Waste statistics

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF)
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Statistics related to topics:Environment and nature
Waste statistics describe changes in the amounts of waste, treatment modes of waste and shares of hazardous waste. The classifiers in the statistics are main industries, waste categories or waste types. The data are collected from several sources and for manufacturing they are updated once a year, otherwise irregularly.

Correction

Database tables and the release for 2022 of the statistics on waste statistics were corrected. The amount of mineral waste decreased by 2.3 million tons.
Read more about the correction

Key figures

Municipal waste

521kilogrammes per capita
2022
Waste statistics
Updated: 13/02/2024

Detailed tables of the statistics are available in the StatFin database

You can find updated tables in the StatFin database. Extract the data you need into tables, view the data as charts or download the data for your use.

The archive contains the database tables that we no longer update.

Future releases

Figures

See key statistical data in the figures.

Weight of waste, tonnes in 2002 to 2022 by Waste treatment

Documentation

Description of the production, used methods and quality of the statistics.

Go to documentation of the statistics

Referencing instructions

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Waste statistics [online publication].
ISSN=2323-5314. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [Referenced: 16.12.2024].
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Statistical experts

Inquiries primarily

Juha Espo
Senior Statistician
029 551 3463

Other experts

Martti Kujansuu
Senior Statistician
029 551 3899