City profile

Baghdad, Iraq

City waste generation, collection, composition, treatment and system statistics for Baghdad, Iraq.

Indicator year 2023Mid. East & N. AfricaUMIC

Municipal waste generated474.5kg per person · 2023 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · reported value

Collection coverage98.8%2023 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · population coverage

Municipal recycling rate—No published value

Uncollected waste—No published value

Open dumping—No published value

Sanitary landfill—No published value

Waste composition

World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · 2023 · reported material shares

Food and organics46%

Other materials39.5%

Paper and cardboard14.5%

World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · 2023 · reported treatment and disposal shares

No published split is available for this profile.

Primary collectionNot reported

Collection operatorMunicipal

Collection modelMunicipal

Local waste rulesNo

Long-term master planNo

Information systemNo