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Resource productivity and domestic material consumption (DMC) (12.20)

Resource productivity and domestic material consumption Resource productivity. EUR (chain linked volumes, 2015) per kg
Catalonia Spain European Union-27
2021 4.7 2.6 (p) Provisional value 2.1 (p) Provisional value
2020 4.4 2.5 (p) Provisional value 2.1 (p) Provisional value
2019 4.3 2.7 2.1 (e) Estimated value
2018 4.5 2.6 2.1 (e) Estimated value
2017 4.7 2.8 2.1 (e) Estimated value
2016 4.8 2.8 2.1 (e) Estimated value
2015 4.4 2.6 2.0 (e) Estimated value
2014 4.5 2.6 2.0 (e) Estimated value
2013 4.8 2.6 2.0 (e) Estimated value
2012 4.2 2.5 1.9 (e) Estimated value
2011 3.6 2.1 1.8 (e) Estimated value
2010 2.9 1.8 1.8 (e) Estimated value
2009 2.5 1.6 1.7 (e) Estimated value
2008 2.2 1.4 (b) Break in time series 1.6
2007 1.8 1.2 (e) Estimated value 1.6 (e) Estimated value
2006 1.8 1.2 (e) Estimated value 1.6 (e) Estimated value
2005 1.8 1.2 (e) Estimated value 1.6 (e) Estimated value
2004 1.7 1.2 (e) Estimated value 1.5 (e) Estimated value
2003 1.7 1.2 (e) Estimated value 1.6 (e) Estimated value
2002 1.9 1.2 (e) Estimated value 1.6 (e) Estimated value
2001 1.9 1.3 (e) Estimated value 1.6 (e) Estimated value
2000 1.9 1.3 (e) Estimated value 1.5 (e) Estimated value
Source Catalonia: Idescat. Material Flow Account. Source Spain and European Union: Eurostat.
(b) Break in time series.
(p) Provisional value.
(e) Estimated value.

Last update: March 27, 2024.

CFM

These statistics have a specific section with all the information available: Material Flow Accounts (CFM).

Methodological note

The domestic material consumption (DMC) measures the total amount of materials directly used by an economy. It is defined as the annual quantity of raw materials extracted from the domestic territory of the focal economy, plus all physical imports minus all physical exports.

Material productivity (or resource productivity) is calculated as gross domestic product (GDP) divided by domestic material consumption (DMC). To calculate it, GDP is used, either in the unit "Euros in chain-linked volumes" (with reference year 2015 at 2015 exchange rates) or in unit 'PPS' (Purchasing Power). Consequently, the material productivity is expressed: i) in euro per kg, for comparing the changes in one country over time; ii) in PPC per kg, for comparing different countries in one specific year. It is also calculated as an index on year 2000, for comparing countries in different years.