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Domestic Material Consumption (DMC)

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The indicator "measures the total amount of materials directly used by an economy and is defined as the annual quantity of raw materials extracted from the domestic territory, plus all physical imports minus all physical exports."

Retrieved from : http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Glossary:Dom... [2] on 29/01/2015

Data host: 

Eurostat

Unit of Measurement: 

Kilo Tonnes (t)

Link to Data: 

http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/tgm/refreshTableAction.do [3]

Description to get data: 

Select indic_nv: Domestic Material consumption

Type of Indicator source: 

  • Intergovernmental Organisation [4]

Geographical Coverage: 

Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey

Geographical Level: 

  • National [5]

Same/similar indicators appears in the following sets: 

  • Material flow accounts (MFA) [6]
  • Eurostat [7]

Methodological transparency: 

  • Complete methodology available [8]
Indicator relation: 
Indicator: 
Material consumption [9]
Type of relation: 
Similar indicator
Indicator: 
Domestic material consumption by material [10]
Type of relation: 
Break down of indicator(Former Differentiation by group)
Indicator: 
Domestic material consumption per capita [11]
Type of relation: 
Other arithmetical connection
Indicator: 
Components of domestic material consumption       [12]
Type of relation: 
Break down of indicator(Former Differentiation by group)

Temporal Coverage: 

2000 to 2013

Frequency of Updates: 

  • annualy [13]

Indicator developer: 

Eurostat

Link to Methodology: 

Components of domestic material consumption_Indicator Profile [14]

Aggregation level of indicator: 

  • Aggregate [15]

Data quality assesment: 

  • assessed by international institution including WTO, OECD [16]

Publishing delay: 

  • 1-3 years [17]

Link to data quality assessment: 

Eurostat Quality Profile [18]

Contribution to the green economy: 

Generally a decrease in the indicator value is beneficial to the environment and to the Green Economy.

Cost of accessing data: 

  • free of charge [19]
Potential misinterpretation: 
Is DMC on the same level, but the economic output is increasing due to productivity gains - are there decoupling effects?
Related Indicator: 
Resource productivity (GDP/Domestic Material Consumption) [20]
Potential misinterpretation: 
Is domestic material consumption per country unchanged, but changes are happing regarding ist distribution?
Related Indicator: 
Domestic material consumption per capita [11]
Potential misinterpretation: 
Is the domestic material consumption decreasing, because economic activities are declining due to a recession?
Related Indicator: 
GDP (current US$) [21]
Potential misinterpretation: 
Is domestic material consumption decreasing, but other environmental pressured are increasing?
Related Indicator: 
Ecological Footprint [22]
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Source URL: https://measuring-progress.eu/domestic-material-consumption-dmc

Links
[1] https://measuring-progress.eu/coll-del/nojs/2100
[2] http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Glossary:Domestic_material_consumption_%28DMC%29
[3] http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/tgm/refreshTableAction.do?tab=table&plugin=1&pcode=tsdpc220&language=en
[4] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/52
[5] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/33
[6] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/85
[7] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/75
[8] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/34
[9] https://measuring-progress.eu/material-consumption
[10] https://measuring-progress.eu/domestic-material-consumption-material
[11] https://measuring-progress.eu/domestic-material-consumption-capita
[12] https://measuring-progress.eu/components-domestic-material-consumption-%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0-%C2%A0
[13] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/17
[14] http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/cache/metadata/DE/tsdpc220_esmsip.htm
[15] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/28
[16] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/39
[17] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/25
[18] http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/cache/metadata/DE/tsdpc220_esmsip.htm#compar_geo1418762303370
[19] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/9
[20] https://measuring-progress.eu/resource-productivity-gdpdomestic-material-consumption
[21] https://measuring-progress.eu/gdp-current-us
[22] https://measuring-progress.eu/ecological-footprint