Indicator 12.4.2 (a)
Indicator 12.4.2 (a)
Hazardous waste generated, per capita (Kg)
Hazardous waste generated (in tonnes, per km sq of land area and per capita): Hazardous waste collected + Hazardous waste given by generator to treatment or disposal facilities + Estimation of Unaccounted for hazardous waste
INDICATOR 12.4.2 (a)
Hazardous waste generated. Hazardous waste generated (in tonnes, per km sq of land area and per capita): Hazardous waste collected + Hazardous waste given by generator to treatment or disposal facilities + Estimation of Unaccounted for hazardous waste
TARGET 12.4
By 2020, achieve the environmentally sound management of chemicals and all wastes throughout their life cycle, in accordance with agreed international frameworks, and significantly reduce their release to air, water and soil in order to minimize their adverse impacts on human health and the environment.
GOAL 12
Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
METADATA
See United Nations Global SDG Database
INDICATOR 12.4.2 (a)
Hazardous waste generated. Hazardous waste generated (in tonnes, per km sq of land area and per capita): Hazardous waste collected + Hazardous waste given by generator to treatment or disposal facilities + Estimation of Unaccounted for hazardous waste
TARGET 12.4
By 2020, achieve the environmentally sound management of chemicals and all wastes throughout their life cycle, in accordance with agreed international frameworks, and significantly reduce their release to air, water and soil in order to minimize their adverse impacts on human health and the environment.
GOAL 12
Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
METADATA
See United Nations Global SDG Database
INDICATOR 12.4.2 (a)
Hazardous waste generated. Hazardous waste generated (in tonnes, per km sq of land area and per capita): Hazardous waste collected + Hazardous waste given by generator to treatment or disposal facilities + Estimation of Unaccounted for hazardous waste
TARGET 12.4
By 2020, achieve the environmentally sound management of chemicals and all wastes throughout their life cycle, in accordance with agreed international frameworks, and significantly reduce their release to air, water and soil in order to minimize their adverse impacts on human health and the environment.
GOAL 12
Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
METADATA
See United Nations Global SDG Database
| Country | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Albania | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 169.0 | .. |
| Andorra | .. | .. | 7.7 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 5.9 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 6.2 | 7.1 |
| Armenia | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Austria | .. | 126.0 | .. | 149.0 | .. | 144.0 | .. | 149.0 | .. | 144.0 | .. | 163.0 | .. |
| Azerbaijan | 5.0 | 3.2 | 4.7 | 2.1 | 5.1 | 1.6 | 5.3 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.1 | 4.4 |
| Belarus | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Belgium | .. | 251.0 | .. | 264.0 | .. | 336.0 | .. | 343.0 | .. | 342.0 | .. | 190.0 | .. |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | .. | 246.0 | .. | 2.0 | .. | 4.0 | .. | 4.0 | .. | 3.0 | .. | 4.0 | .. |
| Bulgaria | .. | 1835.0 | .. | 1726.0 | .. | 1933.0 | .. | 2002.0 | .. | 2130.0 | .. | 2246.0 | .. |
| Canada | .. | 22.5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Croatia | .. | 28.0 | .. | 31.0 | .. | 42.0 | .. | 44.0 | .. | 48.0 | .. | 47.0 | .. |
| Cyprus | .. | 36.0 | .. | 201.0 | .. | 184.0 | .. | 254.0 | .. | 36.0 | .. | 61.0 | .. |
| Czechia | .. | 141.0 | .. | 110.0 | .. | 103.0 | .. | 159.0 | .. | 164.0 | .. | 146.0 | .. |
| Denmark | .. | 218.0 | .. | 304.0 | .. | 351.0 | .. | 361.0 | .. | 235.0 | .. | 237.0 | .. |
| Estonia | .. | 6925.0 | .. | 7919.0 | .. | 7358.0 | .. | 8230.0 | .. | 1198.0 | .. | 1130.0 | .. |
| Finland | .. | 305.0 | .. | 366.0 | .. | 435.0 | .. | 4771.0 | .. | 3585.0 | .. | 5266.0 | .. |
| France | .. | 173.0 | .. | 163.0 | .. | 165.0 | .. | 180.0 | .. | 166.0 | .. | 167.0 | .. |
| Germany | .. | 273.0 | .. | 269.0 | .. | 280.0 | .. | 292.0 | .. | 282.0 | .. | 274.0 | .. |
| Greece | .. | 27.0 | .. | 20.0 | .. | 47.0 | .. | 58.0 | .. | 52.0 | .. | 76.0 | .. |
| Hungary | .. | 71.0 | .. | 61.0 | .. | 47.0 | .. | 56.0 | .. | 60.0 | .. | 62.0 | .. |
| Iceland | .. | 51.0 | .. | 111.0 | .. | 143.0 | .. | 92.0 | .. | 113.0 | .. | 147.0 | .. |
| Ireland | .. | 104.0 | .. | 104.0 | .. | 112.0 | .. | 129.0 | .. | 176.0 | .. | 129.0 | .. |
| Israel | 43.4 | 46.8 | 44.6 | 41.9 | 38.6 | 36.1 | 38.0 | 37.9 | 40.4 | 39.0 | 40.9 | 43.0 | 39.0 |
| Italy | .. | 149.0 | .. | 147.0 | .. | 161.0 | .. | 169.0 | .. | 168.0 | .. | 171.0 | .. |
| Kazakhstan | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Latvia | .. | 47.0 | .. | 52.0 | .. | 34.0 | .. | 40.0 | .. | 74.0 | .. | 31.0 | .. |
| Liechtenstein | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Lithuania | .. | 46.0 | .. | 56.0 | .. | 61.0 | .. | 68.0 | .. | 92.0 | .. | 85.0 | .. |
| Luxembourg | .. | 593.0 | .. | 426.0 | .. | 613.0 | .. | 708.0 | .. | 397.0 | .. | 722.0 | .. |
| Malta | .. | 91.0 | .. | 85.0 | .. | 296.0 | .. | 68.0 | .. | 81.0 | .. | 84.0 | .. |
| Monaco | .. | .. | 11.8 | 11.9 | 11.8 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.9 |
| Montenegro | .. | 337.0 | .. | 436.0 | .. | 524.0 | .. | 546.0 | .. | 553.0 | .. | 477.0 | .. |
| Netherlands | .. | 290.0 | .. | 287.0 | .. | 301.0 | .. | 298.0 | .. | 288.0 | .. | 246.0 | .. |
| North Macedonia | .. | 329.0 | .. | 20.0 | .. | 28.0 | .. | 10.0 | .. | 202.0 | .. | 224.0 | .. |
| Norway | .. | 271.0 | .. | 310.0 | .. | 310.0 | .. | 308.0 | .. | 347.0 | .. | 349.0 | .. |
| Poland | .. | 46.0 | .. | 44.0 | .. | 50.0 | .. | 100.0 | .. | 60.0 | .. | 57.0 | .. |
| Portugal | .. | 70.0 | .. | 71.0 | .. | 81.0 | .. | 108.0 | .. | 100.0 | .. | 89.0 | .. |
| Republic of Moldova | 114.5 | 89.7 | 81.9 | 264.7 | 45.3 | 52.9 | 36.7 | 28.7 | 36.0 | 74.7 | 60.3 | .. | .. |
| Romania | .. | 34.0 | .. | 30.0 | .. | 32.0 | .. | 38.0 | .. | 40.0 | .. | 57.0 | .. |
| Russian Federation | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Serbia | .. | 2008.0 | .. | 1890.0 | .. | 2441.0 | .. | 2199.0 | .. | 1645.0 | .. | 4444.0 | .. |
| Slovakia | .. | 68.0 | .. | 69.0 | .. | 91.0 | .. | 83.0 | .. | 80.0 | .. | 91.0 | .. |
| Slovenia | .. | 65.0 | .. | 75.0 | .. | 60.0 | .. | 62.0 | .. | 63.0 | .. | 63.0 | .. |
| Spain | .. | 67.0 | .. | 64.0 | .. | 69.0 | .. | 69.0 | .. | 70.0 | .. | 72.0 | .. |
| Sweden | .. | 283.0 | .. | 265.0 | .. | 240.0 | .. | 283.0 | .. | 768.0 | .. | 684.0 | .. |
| Türkiye | .. | 53.0 | .. | 44.0 | .. | 70.0 | .. | 183.0 | .. | 368.0 | .. | 318.0 | .. |
| Ukraine | 3.2 | 3.4 | 5.0 | 6.2 | 7.8 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 8.1 | 8.4 | 7.3 | 17.8 | 20.1 |
| United Kingdom | .. | 85.1 | .. | 80.7 | .. | 83.4 | .. | 86.4 | .. | 125.4 | .. | .. | .. |
| United States | 110.9 | .. | 105.5 | .. | 103.2 | .. | 105.1 | .. | 103.3 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Uzbekistan | .. | .. | .. | 78.5 | 78.0 | 73.0 | 37.7 | 34.3 | 36.3 | 36.2 | 36.6 | 30.6 | 28.4 |
| Country | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Albania | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 169.0 | .. |
| Andorra | .. | .. | 7.7 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 5.9 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 6.2 | 7.1 |
| Armenia | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Austria | .. | 126.0 | .. | 149.0 | .. | 144.0 | .. | 149.0 | .. | 144.0 | .. | 163.0 | .. |
| Azerbaijan | 5.0 | 3.2 | 4.7 | 2.1 | 5.1 | 1.6 | 5.3 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.1 | 4.4 |
| Belarus | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Belgium | .. | 251.0 | .. | 264.0 | .. | 336.0 | .. | 343.0 | .. | 342.0 | .. | 190.0 | .. |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | .. | 246.0 | .. | 2.0 | .. | 4.0 | .. | 4.0 | .. | 3.0 | .. | 4.0 | .. |
| Bulgaria | .. | 1835.0 | .. | 1726.0 | .. | 1933.0 | .. | 2002.0 | .. | 2130.0 | .. | 2246.0 | .. |
| Canada | .. | 22.5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Croatia | .. | 28.0 | .. | 31.0 | .. | 42.0 | .. | 44.0 | .. | 48.0 | .. | 47.0 | .. |
| Cyprus | .. | 36.0 | .. | 201.0 | .. | 184.0 | .. | 254.0 | .. | 36.0 | .. | 61.0 | .. |
| Czechia | .. | 141.0 | .. | 110.0 | .. | 103.0 | .. | 159.0 | .. | 164.0 | .. | 146.0 | .. |
| Denmark | .. | 218.0 | .. | 304.0 | .. | 351.0 | .. | 361.0 | .. | 235.0 | .. | 237.0 | .. |
| Estonia | .. | 6925.0 | .. | 7919.0 | .. | 7358.0 | .. | 8230.0 | .. | 1198.0 | .. | 1130.0 | .. |
| Finland | .. | 305.0 | .. | 366.0 | .. | 435.0 | .. | 4771.0 | .. | 3585.0 | .. | 5266.0 | .. |
| France | .. | 173.0 | .. | 163.0 | .. | 165.0 | .. | 180.0 | .. | 166.0 | .. | 167.0 | .. |
| Germany | .. | 273.0 | .. | 269.0 | .. | 280.0 | .. | 292.0 | .. | 282.0 | .. | 274.0 | .. |
| Greece | .. | 27.0 | .. | 20.0 | .. | 47.0 | .. | 58.0 | .. | 52.0 | .. | 76.0 | .. |
| Hungary | .. | 71.0 | .. | 61.0 | .. | 47.0 | .. | 56.0 | .. | 60.0 | .. | 62.0 | .. |
| Iceland | .. | 51.0 | .. | 111.0 | .. | 143.0 | .. | 92.0 | .. | 113.0 | .. | 147.0 | .. |
| Ireland | .. | 104.0 | .. | 104.0 | .. | 112.0 | .. | 129.0 | .. | 176.0 | .. | 129.0 | .. |
| Israel | 43.4 | 46.8 | 44.6 | 41.9 | 38.6 | 36.1 | 38.0 | 37.9 | 40.4 | 39.0 | 40.9 | 43.0 | 39.0 |
| Italy | .. | 149.0 | .. | 147.0 | .. | 161.0 | .. | 169.0 | .. | 168.0 | .. | 171.0 | .. |
| Kazakhstan | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Latvia | .. | 47.0 | .. | 52.0 | .. | 34.0 | .. | 40.0 | .. | 74.0 | .. | 31.0 | .. |
| Liechtenstein | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Lithuania | .. | 46.0 | .. | 56.0 | .. | 61.0 | .. | 68.0 | .. | 92.0 | .. | 85.0 | .. |
| Luxembourg | .. | 593.0 | .. | 426.0 | .. | 613.0 | .. | 708.0 | .. | 397.0 | .. | 722.0 | .. |
| Malta | .. | 91.0 | .. | 85.0 | .. | 296.0 | .. | 68.0 | .. | 81.0 | .. | 84.0 | .. |
| Monaco | .. | .. | 11.8 | 11.9 | 11.8 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.9 |
| Montenegro | .. | 337.0 | .. | 436.0 | .. | 524.0 | .. | 546.0 | .. | 553.0 | .. | 477.0 | .. |
| Netherlands | .. | 290.0 | .. | 287.0 | .. | 301.0 | .. | 298.0 | .. | 288.0 | .. | 246.0 | .. |
| North Macedonia | .. | 329.0 | .. | 20.0 | .. | 28.0 | .. | 10.0 | .. | 202.0 | .. | 224.0 | .. |
| Norway | .. | 271.0 | .. | 310.0 | .. | 310.0 | .. | 308.0 | .. | 347.0 | .. | 349.0 | .. |
| Poland | .. | 46.0 | .. | 44.0 | .. | 50.0 | .. | 100.0 | .. | 60.0 | .. | 57.0 | .. |
| Portugal | .. | 70.0 | .. | 71.0 | .. | 81.0 | .. | 108.0 | .. | 100.0 | .. | 89.0 | .. |
| Republic of Moldova | 114.5 | 89.7 | 81.9 | 264.7 | 45.3 | 52.9 | 36.7 | 28.7 | 36.0 | 74.7 | 60.3 | .. | .. |
| Romania | .. | 34.0 | .. | 30.0 | .. | 32.0 | .. | 38.0 | .. | 40.0 | .. | 57.0 | .. |
| Russian Federation | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Serbia | .. | 2008.0 | .. | 1890.0 | .. | 2441.0 | .. | 2199.0 | .. | 1645.0 | .. | 4444.0 | .. |
| Slovakia | .. | 68.0 | .. | 69.0 | .. | 91.0 | .. | 83.0 | .. | 80.0 | .. | 91.0 | .. |
| Slovenia | .. | 65.0 | .. | 75.0 | .. | 60.0 | .. | 62.0 | .. | 63.0 | .. | 63.0 | .. |
| Spain | .. | 67.0 | .. | 64.0 | .. | 69.0 | .. | 69.0 | .. | 70.0 | .. | 72.0 | .. |
| Sweden | .. | 283.0 | .. | 265.0 | .. | 240.0 | .. | 283.0 | .. | 768.0 | .. | 684.0 | .. |
| Türkiye | .. | 53.0 | .. | 44.0 | .. | 70.0 | .. | 183.0 | .. | 368.0 | .. | 318.0 | .. |
| Ukraine | 3.2 | 3.4 | 5.0 | 6.2 | 7.8 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 8.1 | 8.4 | 7.3 | 17.8 | 20.1 |
| United Kingdom | .. | 85.1 | .. | 80.7 | .. | 83.4 | .. | 86.4 | .. | 125.4 | .. | .. | .. |
| United States | 110.9 | .. | 105.5 | .. | 103.2 | .. | 105.1 | .. | 103.3 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Uzbekistan | .. | .. | .. | 78.5 | 78.0 | 73.0 | 37.7 | 34.3 | 36.3 | 36.2 | 36.6 | 30.6 | 28.4 |
INDICATOR 12.4.2 (a)
Hazardous waste generated. Hazardous waste generated (in tonnes, per km sq of land area and per capita): Hazardous waste collected + Hazardous waste given by generator to treatment or disposal facilities + Estimation of Unaccounted for hazardous waste
TARGET 12.4
By 2020, achieve the environmentally sound management of chemicals and all wastes throughout their life cycle, in accordance with agreed international frameworks, and significantly reduce their release to air, water and soil in order to minimize their adverse impacts on human health and the environment.
GOAL 12
Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
METADATA
See United Nations Global SDG Database