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ANNEX J

MSW Generation by Country Current Data and Projections for 2025

Country

Albania
Algeria
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Bahamas, The
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia
Comoros
Congo, Dem. Rep.
Congo, Rep.
Costa Rica
Cote d'Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt, Arab Rep.
El Salvador
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Fiji

Income
Level
LMI
LMI
LMI
HIC
UMI
LMI
HIC
HIC
HIC
HIC
LI
HIC
UMI
HIC
UMI
LI
LMI
LMI
UMI
UMI
HIC
UMI
LI
LI
LMI
HIC
LMI
LI
LI
UMI
LMI
LMI
LI
LI
LMI
UMI
LI
UMI
UMI
HIC
HIC
HIC
UMI
LMI
LMI
LMI
LMI
LI
HIC
LI
UMI

Region

ECA
MENA
AFR
LCR
LCR
ECA
OECD
OECD
LCR
MENA
SAR
LCR
ECA
OECD
LCR
AFR
SAR
LCR
AFR
LCR
EAP
ECA
AFR
AFR
AFR
OECD
AFR
AFR
AFR
LCR
EAP
LCR
AFR
AFR
AFR
LCR
AFR
ECA
LCR
ECA
OECD
OECD
LCR
LCR
LCR
MENA
LCR
AFR
ECA
AFR
EAP

Current Available Data

MSW GenTotal MSW
Generation
Total Urban
eration Per
Population
Capita (kg/
(tonnes/
capita/day)
day)
1,418,524
19,225,335
8,973,498
24,907
33,681,145
1,964,525
16,233,664
5,526,033
252,689
574,671
38,103,596
92,289
7,057,977
10,265,273
124,224
3,147,050
225,257
5,587,410
860,779
144,507,175
282,415
5,423,113
2,549,805
700,922
7,914,528
21,287,906
274,049
1,596,934
2,566,839
13,450,282
511,722,970
29,283,628
161,070
18,855,716
2,056,826
2,390,195
9,006,597
2,539,903
8,447,447
595,707
7,547,813
4,684,754
50,793
5,625,356
7,599,288
29,894,036
3,504,687
878,184
931,657
12,566,942
339,328

0.77
1.21
0.48
5.50
1.22
0.68
2.23
2.40
3.25
1.10
0.43
4.75
0.78
1.33
2.87
0.54
1.46
0.33
1.03
1.03
0.87
1.28
0.51
0.55
0.77
2.33
0.50
0.50
0.50
1.08
1.02
0.95
2.23
0.50
0.53
1.36
0.48
0.29
0.81
2.07
1.10
2.34
1.24
1.18
1.13
1.37
1.13
0.50
1.47
0.30
2.10

1,088
23,288
4,329
137
41,096
1,342
36,164
13,288
822
630
16,384
438
5,479
13,690
356
1,699
329
1,863
890
149,096
247
6,959
1,288
384
6,082
49,616
137
795
1,288
14,493
520,548
27,918
359
9,425
1,096
3,260
4,356
740
6,822
1,230
8,326
10,959
63
6,658
8,603
40,822
3,945
438
1,367
3,781
712

Total
Population
3,488,000
42,882,000
27,324,000
101,000
46,115,000
2,908,000
24,393,000
8,622,000
397,000
972,000
206,024,000
303,000
8,668,000
10,742,000
389,000
14,460,000
819,000
12,368,000
2,265,000
228,833,000
526,000
6,551,000
23,729,000
15,040,000
25,136,000
37,912,000
750,000
5,831,000
17,504,000
19,266,000
1,445,782,000
55,563,000
1,217,000
107,481,000
5,362,000
5,549,000
26,233,000
4,274,000
11,231,000
1,018,000
9,910,000
5,578,000
69,000
12,172,000
16,074,000
98,513,000
8,525,000
7,684,000
1,252,000
124,996,000
905,000

2025
MSW GenUrban
eration Per
Population Capita (kg/
capita/day)
2,006,000
31,778,000
18,862,000
35,000
43,470,000
1,947,000
22,266,000
6,204,000
346,000
875,000
76,957,000
152,000
6,903,000
10,511,000
237,000
7,286,000
428,000
9,047,000
1,591,000
206,850,000
426,000
5,011,000
6,899,000
2,577,000
17,194,000
31,445,000
526,000
2,634,000
6,566,000
17,662,000
822,209,000
44,179,000
405,000
48,980,000
3,678,000
3,973,000
15,677,000
2,735,000
8,763,000
760,000
7,575,000
5,027,000
55,000
9,523,000
12,027,000
46,435,000
5,726,000
2,368,000
903,000
30,293,000
557,000

1.2
1.45
0.7
4.3
1.85
1.2
2.1
2.15
2.9
1.6
0.75
4
1.2
1.8
2.3
0.75
1.7
0.7
1.4
1.6
1.3
1.6
0.75
0.8
1
2.2
0.7
0.7
0.7
1.5
1.7
1.5
2.1
0.75
0.75
1.8
0.7
0.8
1.3
2.1
1.65
2.15
1.6
1.5
1.5
1.8
1.6
0.7
1.7
0.65
2.1

Total MSW
Generation
(tonnes/day)
2,407
46,078
13,203
151
80,420
2,336
46,759
13,339
1,003
1,400
57,718
608
8,284
18,920
545
5,465
728
6,333
2,227
330,960
554
8,018
5,174
2,062
17,194
69,179
368
1,844
4,596
26,493
1,397,755
66,269
851
36,735
2,759
7,151
10,974
2,188
11,392
1,596
12,499
10,808
88
14,285
18,041
83,583
9,162
1,658
1,535
19,690
1,170

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ANNEX J (continued)

MSW Generation by Country Current Data and Projections for 2025

Country

Income
Level

Region

Current Available Data

MSW GenTotal MSW
Generation
Total Urban
eration Per
Population
Capita (kg/
(tonnes/
capita/day)
day)

Total
Population

2025
MSW GenUrban
eration Per
Population Capita (kg/
capita/day)

Total MSW
Generation
(tonnes/day)

Finland
France

HIC
HIC

OECD
OECD

3,301,950
47,192,398

2.13
1.92

7,030
90,493

5,464,000
65,769,000

3,805,000
53,659,000

2.1
2

7,991
107,318

Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Grenada
Guatemala
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Hong Kong, China
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran, Islamic Rep.
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kenya
Korea, South
Kuwait
Lao PDR
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macao, China
Macedonia, FYR
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Mongolia
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nepal

UMI
LI
LMI
HIC
LI
HIC
UMI
LMI
LMI
LI
LMI
HIC
HIC
HIC
LMI
LMI
LMI
HIC
HIC
HIC
UMI
HIC
LMI
LI
HIC
HIC
LI
UMI
UMI
LMI
UMI
HIC
HIC
LMI
LI
LI
UMI
LMI
LI
HIC
LI
UMI
UMI
LMI
LMI
LI
LI
LMI
LI

AFR
AFR
ECA
OECD
AFR
OECD
LCR
LCR
LCR
LCR
LCR
EAP
OECD
OECD
SAR
EAP
MENA
OECD
MENA
OECD
LCR
OECD
MENA
AFR
OECD
MENA
EAP
ECA
MENA
AFR
ECA
OECD
EAP
ECA
AFR
AFR
EAP
SAR
AFR
MENA
AFR
AFR
LCR
EAP
MENA
AFR
EAP
AFR
SAR

1,144,675
822,588
2,316,296
60,530,216
11,680,134
6,755,967
31,324
5,237,139
215,946
3,227,249
2,832,769
6,977,700
6,717,604
280,148
321,623,271
117,456,698
46,219,250
2,589,698
5,179,120
39,938,760
1,353,969
84,330,180
3,850,403
6,615,510
38,895,504
2,683,301
1,916,209
1,549,569
3,244,163
461,534
2,256,263
390,776
466,162
1,341,972
4,653,890
2,288,114
14,429,641
70,816
3,900,064
384,809
1,197,094
519,206
79,833,562
1,370,974
15,753,989
7,706,816
12,847,522
708,907
3,464,234

0.45
0.53
1.69
2.11
0.09
2.00
2.71
2.00
5.33
1.00
1.45
1.99
1.92
1.56
0.34
0.52
0.16
3.58
2.12
2.23
0.18
1.71
1.04
0.30
1.24
5.72
0.70
1.03
1.18
0.50
1.10
2.31
1.47
1.06
0.80
0.50
1.52
2.48
0.65
1.78
0.50
2.30
1.24
0.66
1.46
0.14
0.44
0.50
0.12

521
438
3,904
127,816
1,000
13,499
85
10,466
1,151
3,233
4,110
13,890
12,904
438
109,589
61,644
7,197
9,260
10,959
89,096
247
144,466
4,000
2,000
48,397
15,342
1,342
1,600
3,836
230
2,474
904
685
1,425
3,734
1,151
21,918
175
2,534
685
603
1,195
99,014
904
23,014
1,052
5,616
356
427

1,698,000
2,534,000
3,945,000
80,341,000
31,993,000
11,236,000
108,000
19,926,000
683,000
12,305,000
9,682,000
8,305,000
9,448,000
337,000
1,447,499,000
271,227,000
88,027,000
5,275,000
8,722,000
58,079,000
2,908,000
121,614,000
8,029,000
57,176,000
49,019,000
3,988,000
7,713,000
2,072,000
4,784,000
2,211,000
3,102,000
569,000
535,000
2,001,000
29,954,000
21,353,000
33,769,000
411,000
20,589,000
431,000
4,548,000
1,406,000
124,695,000
3,112,000
37,865,000
28,954,000
55,374,000
2,560,000
38,855,000

1,524,000
1,726,000
2,272,000
61,772,000
19,713,000
7,527,000
40,000
11,478,000
230,000
7,966,000
5,544,000
8,305,000
7,011,000
314,000
538,055,000
178,731,000
66,930,000
3,564,000
8,077,000
42,205,000
1,733,000
86,460,000
6,486,000
16,952,000
41,783,000
3,934,000
3,776,000
1,476,000
4,275,000
850,000
2,193,000
473,000
535,000
1,493,000
11,350,000
6,158,000
27,187,000
233,000
8,987,000
416,000
2,203,000
674,000
102,258,000
102,258
1,965,000
23,994,000
14,493,000
24,720,000
1,226,000
10,550,000

0.7
0.75
1.85
2.05
0.5
2
2.3
2
3.5
1.4
1.8
2
2
1.7
0.7
0.85
0.6
3
2.1
2.05
0.9
1.7
1.3
0.6
1.4
4
1.1
1.45
1.7
0.8
1.5
2.2
1.75
1.6
1.1
0.8
1.9
2.2
0.95
2
0.8
2.2
1.75
0.95
1.85
0.5
0.85
0.9
0.7

1,067
1,295
4,203
126,633
9,857
15,054
92
22,956
805
11,152
9,979
16,610
14,022
534
376,639
151,921
40,158
10,692
16,962
86,520
1,560
146,982
8,432
10,171
58,496
15,736
4,154
2,140
7,268
680
3,290
1,041
936
2,389
12,485
4,926
51,655
513
8,538
832
1,762
1,483
179
179,000
1,867
44,389
7,247
21,012
1,103
7,385

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ANNEX J (continued)

MSW Generation by Country Current Data and Projections for 2025

Country

Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Romania
Russian Federation
Rwanda
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovak Republic
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
South Africa
Spain
Sri Lanka
St. Kitts and Nevis
St. Lucia
St. Vincent and the
Grenadines
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Syrian Arab Republic
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan

Income
Level

Region

Current Available Data

MSW GenTotal MSW
Generation
Total Urban
eration Per
Population
Capita (kg/
(tonnes/
capita/day)
day)

Total
Population

2025
MSW GenUrban
eration Per
Population Capita (kg/
capita/day)

Total MSW
Generation
(tonnes/day)

HIC
HIC
LMI
LI
LI
HIC
HIC
LI
UMI
LMI
LMI
LMI
UMI
HIC
HIC
UMI
UMI
LI
LI
HIC
LI
UMI
UMI
LI
HIC
HIC
HIC
LI
UMI
HIC
LMI
UMI
UMI
UMI

OECD
OECD
LCR
AFR
AFR
OECD
MENA
SAR
LCR
LCR
LCR
EAP
ECA
OECD
MENA
ECA
ECA
AFR
AFR
MENA
AFR
ECA
AFR
AFR
EAP
OECD
ECA
EAP
AFR
OECD
SAR
LCR
LCR
LCR

13,197,842
3,612,147
2,848,165
2,162,063
73,178,110
3,605,500
1,629,404
60,038,941
2,008,299
3,052,320
18,678,510
58,654,205
23,398,400
6,162,205
759,577
11,648,240
107,386,402
1,573,625
88,673
15,388,239
4,693,019
3,830,299
43,172
2,029,398
4,839,400
3,036,442
986,862
50,992
26,720,493
33,899,073
2,953,410
15,069
44,119
48,255

2.12
3.68
1.10
0.49
0.56
2.80
0.70
0.84
1.21
0.21
1.00
0.50
0.88
2.21
1.33
1.04
0.93
0.52
0.49
1.30
0.52
0.79
2.98
0.45
1.49
1.37
1.21
4.30
2.00
2.13
5.10
5.45
4.35
1.70

27,945
13,293
3,123
1,068
40,959
10,082
1,142
50,438
2,438
630
18,740
29,315
20,630
13,616
1,014
12,082
100,027
822
44
20,000
2,438
3,041
129
904
7,205
4,164
1,192
219
53,425
72,137
15,068
82
192
82

16,960,000
4,764,000
7,075,000
26,250,000
210,129,000
5,228,000
3,614,000
224,956,000
4,267,000
8,026,000
34,148,000
115,878,000
36,337,000
10,712,000
1,102,000
19,494,000
128,193,000
15,220,000
216,000
34,797,000
17,999,000
9,959,000
94,000
8,639,000
5,104,000
5,308,000
1,941,000
705,000
52,300,000
46,623,000
20,328,000
61,000
195,000
125,000

14,860,000
4,229,000
4,478,000
5,503,000
126,634,000
4,187,000
2,700,000
104,042,000
3,501,000
5,584,000
25,593,000
86,418,000
23,236,000
7,389,000
1,066,000
11,783,000
96,061,000
3,831,000
155,000
29,661,000
8,992,000
5,814,000
60,000
3,949,000
5,104,000
3,300,000
958,000
183,000
36,073,000
37,584,000
3,830,000
23,000
64,000
69,000

2.1
3
1.5
0.75
0.8
2.3
1.15
1.05
1.65
0.6
1.4
0.9
1.2
2.15
1.7
1.45
1.25
0.85
0.9
1.7
0.85
1.05
2.5
0.85
1.8
1.6
1.7
4
2
2.1
4
4
4
1.85

31,206
12,687
6,717
4,127
101,307
9,630
3,105
109,244
5,777
3,350
35,830
77,776
27,883
15,886
1,812
17,085
120,076
3,256
140
50,424
7,643
6,105
150
3,357
9,187
5,280
1,629
732
72,146
78,926
15,320
92
256
128

LMI
UMI
LMI
HIC
HIC
LMI
LI
LI
LMI
LI
LMI
HIC
LMI
UMI
LMI

AFR
LCR
AFR
OECD
OECD
MENA
ECA
AFR
EAP
AFR
EAP
LCR
MENA
ECA
ECA

12,600,333
343,331
270,983
7,662,130
5,490,214
9,109,737
1,653,091
9,439,781
22,453,143
2,390,840
22,162
144,645
6,063,259
48,846,780
2,061,980

0.79
1.36
0.51
1.61
2.61
1.37
0.89
0.26
1.76
0.52
3.71
14.40
0.81
1.77
0.98

10,000
466
137
12,329
14,329
12,493
1,479
2,425
39,452
1,233
82
2,082
4,932
86,301
2,027

54,267,000
482,000
1,242,000
9,854,000
7,978,000
27,519,000
8,929,000
59,989,000
68,803,000
9,925,000
112,000
1,401,000
12,170,000
89,557,000
6,068,000

30,921,000
389,000
417,000
8,525,000
6,096,000
16,890,000
2,774,000
21,029,000
29,063,000
5,352,000
37,000
291000
8,909,000
67,981,000
3,485,000

1.05
1.6
0.85
1.85
2.3
1.7
1.2
0.55
1.95
0.85
3.5
10
1.15
2
1.25

32,467
622
354
15,771
14,021
28,713
3,329
11,566
56,673
4,549
130
2,910
10,245
135,962
4,356

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ANNEX J (continued)

MSW Generation by Country Current Data and Projections for 2025

Country

Uganda
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
Vanuatu
Venezuela, RB
Vietnam
Zambia
Zimbabwe

Income
Level
LI
HIC
HIC
HIC
UMI
LMI
UMI
LI
LI
LI

Region

AFR
MENA
OECD
OECD
LCR
EAP
LCR
EAP
AFR
AFR

Current Available Data

MSW GenTotal MSW
Generation
Total Urban
eration Per
Population
Capita (kg/
(tonnes/
capita/day)
day)
3,450,140
2,526,336
54,411,080
241,972,393
3,025,161
33,430
22,342,983
24,001,081
4,010,708
4,478,555

0.34
1.66
1.79
2.58
0.11
3.28
1.14
1.46
0.21
0.53

1,179
4,192
97,342
624,700
329
110
25,507
35,068
842
2,356

2025
MSW GenUrban
eration Per
Population Capita (kg/
capita/day)

Total
Population
54,011,000
6,268,000
65,190,000
354,930,000
3,548,000
328,000
35,373,000
106,357,000
16,539,000
15,969,000

9,713,000
5,092,000
59,738,000
305,091,000
3,333,000
113,000
34,059,000
40,505,000
6,862,000
7,539,000

0.65
2
1.85
2.3
0.6
3
1.5
1.8
0.55
0.7

Total MSW
Generation
(tonnes/day)
6,313
10,184
110,515
701,709
2,000
339
51,089
72,909
3,774
5,277

Summary by Income Level

Income Level

Number
of
Countries
Included

Current Available Data

Projections for 2025

Urban MSW Generation

Total Urban
Population
(millions)

Per Capita
(kg/capita/day)

Projected Population

Total
(tonnes/day)

Total Population
(millions)

Projected Urban MSW Generation

Urban Population
(millions)

Per Capita
(kg/capita/day)

Total
(tonnes/day)

Lower Income

38

343

0.60

204,802

1,637

676

0.86

584,272

Lower Middle Income

42

1,293

0.78

1,012,321

4,011

2,080

1.26

2,618,804

Upper Middle Income

35

572

1.16

665,586

888

619

1.59

987,039

High Income

46

774

2.13

1,649,546

1,112

912

2.06

1,879,590

Total

161

2,982

1.19

3,532,255

7,648

4,287

1.42

6,069,705

Summary by Region
Current Available Data
Region

Number of
Countries Total Urban
Included Population
(millions)

Projections for 2025

Urban MSW Generation

Per Capita (kg/
capita/day)

Total
(tonnes/day)

Projected Population
Total (millions)

Projected Urban MSW Generation

Urban (millions)

Per Capita (kg/

capita/day)

Total (tonnes/
day)

AFR

42

261

0.65

169,120

1,153

518

0.85

441,840

EAP

17

777

0.95

738,959

2,124

1,230

1.52

1,865,380

ECA

19

227

1.12

254,389

339

240

1.48

354,811

LCR

33

400

1.09

437,545

682

466

1.56

728,392

MENA

16

162

1.07

173,545

379

257

1.43

369,320

OECD

27

729

2.15

1,566,286

1,032

842

2.07

1,742,417

SAR

426

0.45

192,411

1,939

734

0.77

567,545

Total

161

2,982

1.19

3,532,255

7,648

4,287

1.42

6,069,705