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Indicator metadata and score calculation

Definition:	Proportion of municipal waste recovered by material recycling.
Year:	2022
Unit:	Percent
Direction:	High values translate into high scores
Source 1:	Eurostat
Data for:	AUT, BEL, CZE, DNK, EST, FIN, FRA, DEU, GRC, HUN, IRL, ITA, LVA, LTU, NLD, NOR, POL, PRT, SVK, SVN, ESP, SWE, CHE
Exceptions:	AUT (2021), CZE (2021), FIN (2021), GRC (2021), IRL (2020), ITA (2021), LVA (2021), PRT (2021)
Annotation:	Eurostat: Dataset: Municipal waste by waste management operations [env_wasmun] URL: https://ec.europa.eu/eurosta… extracted 2023/07/04.
Source 2:	OECD
Data for:	AUS, CAN, ISR, JPN, GBR, USA
Exceptions:	AUS (2021), CAN (2018), JPN (2021), USA (2018)
Annotation:	OECD: Dataset: Municipal waste, Generation and Treatment URL: https://data-explorer.oecd.o… extracted 2023/07/04.
Source 3:	UNSD Environmental Indicators and Selected Time Series
Data for:	NZL
Exceptions:	NZL (1999)
Annotation:	UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Dataset: Time Series, percentage of municipal waste collected which is recycled URL: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/… extracted 2016/10/18.

Calculation:	Long-term data series were used to set appropriate minimum and maximum values.
Maximum:	52.0925
Minimum:	0
/	Above/Below IQR boundary value. See FAQ for further information.
Distance:	Distance=(value for calculation-minimum)/(maximum-minimum)
Score:	Score=1+relative distance*9
Formula:	Source 1: Indicator calculated by Margit Kraus (Calculus Consult).

Top group

Score

Municipal Recycling

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Germany

9.1

47.05

Slovenia

9.0

46.41

Upper middle group

Austria

8.1

41.08

Latvia

7.3

36.23

Belgium

6.7

33.23

Slovakia

6.7

33.05

Norway

6.3

30.86

Czechia

6.3

30.70

Ireland

6.1

29.50

Estonia

6.0

28.95

Denmark

6.0

28.72

Switzerland

5.9

28.51

Netherlands

5.9

28.12

Italy

5.8

27.68

Finland

5.6

26.67

Poland

5.6

26.65

Lithuania

5.5

26.24

5.5

26.18

Lower middle group

Hungary

5.3

24.88

USA

5.1

23.63

France

5.0

23.01

Sweden

4.6

20.76

Canada

4.4

19.63

Japan

4.4

19.42

Spain

4.3

18.84

Australia

4.2

18.57

Greece

3.7

15.91

New Zealand

3.6

15.30

Portugal

3.4

13.65

Bottom group

Israel

2.2

7.06

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