Environment in Turkey 771 indicators covering environment for Turkey. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Semi-chemical wood pulp (1961-2016) — Export value 0 1000 USD 2016 — 37th Agriculture area actually irrigated — Area 4,914 1000 ha 2024 up 39.4% 8th Agriculture area actually irrigated — Share in Agricultural land 12.72 % 2024 up 39.0% 27th Wood briquettes and other agglomerates — Production 0 t 2024 — 48th Wood fuel, coniferous — Export quantity 49 m3 2024 — 53rd Wood fuel, coniferous — Export value 154 1000 USD 2024 — 40th Chemical wood pulp, sulphite — Export quantity 84 t 2024 down 16.0% 22nd Chemical wood pulp, sulphite — Export value 165 1000 USD 2024 up 1,550.0% 23rd Mechanical and semi-chemical wood pulp — Production 70,000 t 2024 unchanged 32nd Proportion of forest area with a long-term management plan 100.0% 2025 unchanged 1st Chemical wood pulp, sulphite, unbleached (1961-2016) — Export quantity 0 t 2016 — 23rd Chemical wood pulp, sulphite, unbleached (1961-2016) — Export value 0 1000 USD 2016 — 23rd Population using safely managed sanitation services 81.4% 2024 up 25.7% 19th Malnutrition: Number of children who are wasted 117,720 2018 up 87.7% 45th Beach litter originating from national land-based sources that ends 28.1% 2021 — 89th Beach litter originating from national land-based sources that ends 153,356 2021 — 9th Household and ambient air pollution attributable DALYs 837,718 2019 up 17.3% 41st Lake water quality turbidity 10.4% 2021 — 95th Lake water quality trophic state 1.5% 2021 — 46th Chemical wood pulp, sulphite — Production 0 t 2024 — 19th Municipal waste collected 32.74 million 2021 up 23.0% 6th Share of forest with a long-term management plan 100.0% 2025 unchanged 1st Annual forest expansion 117,500 hectares per year 2020 up 4.9% 5th Share of annual global forest expansion 2.2% 2020 up 30.2% 5th Annual afforestation 83,300 hectares per year 2020 up 6.3% 3rd Cropland area under protective cover — Area 78 1000 ha 2024 up 20.0% 4th Municipal waste recycled 4.32 million 2021 up 39.7% 18th Hazardous waste generated 27.06 million 2022 up 578.6% 9th Hazardous waste generated, per capita 318 2022 up 500.0% 17th Municipal waste recycled 4.32 million tonnes 2021 up 39.7% 16th Municipal waste generated 32.46 million 2023 up 5.0% 7th Hazardous waste generated, per unit of GDP 0.0319 2022 up 306.5% 14th Municipal waste treated by type of treatment 119,000 2021 down 59.1% 37th Share of deforestation that is driven by domestic consumption 93.8% 2013 down 2.3% 57th Paper and paperboard — Capacity 7.80 million t 2026 — 17th Proportion of municipal waste recycled 12.8% 2021 up 37.5% 49th Proportion of municipal waste treated, by type of treatment 0.4% 2021 down 66.6% 53rd Other paper and paperboard — Capacity 7.45 million t 2026 — 12th Household and sanitary papers — Capacity 1.48 million t 2026 — 7th Hazardous waste treated or disposed 34.68 million 2022 up 871.1% 3rd Graphic papers — Capacity 348,000 t 2026 — 23rd Packaging paper and paperboard — Capacity 5.96 million t 2026 — 12th Total waste generation, by activity 109.14 million 2022 up 62.0% 23rd Hazardous waste treated, by type of treatment 62,475 2022 up 54.0% 21st Proportion of hazardous waste treated or disposed 128.1% 2022 up 43.1% 7th Hazardous waste generated per capita 318 kilograms 2022 up 500.0% 13th Treatment of hazardous waste 1.73 million tonnes 2022 up 210.5% 12th Total waste generation 0 tonnes 2022 — 59th Municipal waste recycling rate 0 Percentage 2014 — 31st Average nitrate concentration in freshwater 15.26 milligrams per liter 2013 up 14.1% 20th Share of deforestation that is exported 6.2% 2013 up 55.9% 61st ← Previous Page 13 of 13