Global collection rate of municipal solid waste by income group 2016

Published by T. Wang, Sep 24, 2018
This statistic represents the collection rate of municipal solid waste in rural and urban areas worldwide in 2016, broken down by income level. In this year, the collection rate in rural areas in lower-middle income regions was about 33 percent. The most common form of waste collection worldwide is door-to-door collection.

Rate of urban and rural municipal solid waste collection worldwide in 2016, by income level

UrbanRural
High income100%98%
Upper-middle income85%45%
Lower-middle income71%33%
Low income48%26%
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September 2018

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2016

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