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

Resource productivity and domestic material consumption 2014
Catalonia Spain European Union-27
Resource productivity
EUR (chain linked volumes, 2015) per kg 4.5 2.6 2.0 (e) Estimated value
Index 2000 = 100 236.0 208.7 (e) Estimated value 128.0 (e) Estimated value
PPS per kg 4.9 2.8 2.0 (e) Estimated value
Domestic material consumption
Thousand tonnes 45,567.2 391,953.1 6,036,769.2 (e) Estimated value
Source Catalonia: Idescat. Material Flow Account. Source Spain and European Union: Eurostat.
(e) Estimated value.

Last update: September 23, 2020. Revised series on December 23, 2021.

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.