Domestic Materials Consumption per capita
Scope
Circular economy
Action line
Production and consumption
Type of indicator (global, European, national)
- Global
- European (sdg_12_20 (s))
- s: similar
Correlation with other sets of indicators
SDG: 12.2.2.3/8.4.2.3
Description
Domestic material consumption (DMC) per capita is defined as the amount of material used by one person in a year.
Calculation method
$$\textit{Domestic Materials Consumption per capita}^{t}=\frac{\textit{DMC}^{t}}{\textit{P}^{t}} \cdot 100$$
,where \(DMC^{t}\) is Domestic Materials Consumption and \(P^{t}\) is the population on July 1st, both in year t.
Unit of measure
Tonnes per inhabitant
Source
Periodicity
Annual
Disaggregated data(Gender, age, region in Spain, other)
Types of material
Come from National Statistics Plan (YES/NO)
Yes
Statistical operation
Material flow accounts (ISO code: 30086)
Responsible institution
Link to Eurostat metadata
Date of the last metadata update
05/06/2024
Observations
The indicator can be divided into five large types of products:
- Biomass and biomass products
- Minerals and metal concentrates
- Non-metallic minerals
- Fossil fuels
- Other products
- Waste for final treatment and disposal
The last two do not present values for the domestic extraction of materials.