Resource productivity (GDP/Domestic Material Consumption)

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Resource productivity is defined as the ratio between gross domestic product (GDP) and domestic material consumption (DMC). The indicator Domestic Material Consumption (DMC) is based on the Economy-wide Material Flow Accounts (EW-MFA).

The indicator is the lead indicator of the resource efficiency scoreboard
http://measuring-progress.eu/resource-efficiency-scoreboard

Source: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/tgm/web/table/description.jsp
Retrieved: 23 February 2015

Data host:

Eurostat

Unit of Measurement:

Euro per Kilogram (EUR/Kg)

Link to Data:

http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/tgm/table.do

Type of Indicator source:

Statistical office

Data availability

Geographical Coverage:

Austria

Belgium

Bulgaria

Croatia

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

Hungary

Iceland

Ireland

Italy

Latvia

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malta

Netherlands

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

United Kingdom

Geographical Level:

National

Temporal Coverage:

2000 to 2013

Frequency of Updates:

annualy

Publishing delay:

1-3 years

Cost of accessing data:

free of charge

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Same/similar indicators appears in the following sets:

Eco-Innovation Scoreboard (EIO)
EU Eurostat SDI Indicators
Eurostat
Eurostat Resource Efficiency Scoreboard

Indicator relation:

Relationship explanation:

similar type of indicator

Type of relation:

Other arithmetical connection

Indicator:

Resource Efficiency Scoreboard

Type of relation:

Aggregated indicator which includes the component

Indicator:

Eco-innovation Index

Type of relation:

Aggregated indicator which includes the component

Indicator:

Resource Efficiency outcomes

Type of relation:

Aggregated indicator which includes the component

Indicator:

Water productivity (GDP/Water Footprint)

Type of relation:

Similar indicator

Indicator:

Energy productivity (GDP/gross inland energy consumption)

Type of relation:

Similar indicator

Indicator:

GHG emissions intensity (CO2e/GDP)

Type of relation:

Similar indicator

Indicator developer:

Eurostat

Aggregation level of indicator:

Single

Indicator quality

Methodological transparency:

Methodology not available

Link to Methodology:

Eurostat Meta Data

Data quality assesment:

Assessed by statistical office

Link to data quality assessment:

Eurostat Meta Data

Interpretation aid

Contribution to the green economy:

The amount of GDP generated by unit of material resource use is a measure of efficiency. The more you can do with one unit of material resources the more sustainable the economy; i.e. the bigger ratio of EUR/Kg, the better for the progress towards the Green Economy

Potential misinterpretation:

Is productivity rising, but outweighted by overall DMC? If so, which components of DMC are increasing?

Related Indicator:

Components of domestic material consumption

Potential misinterpretation:

Does the productivity appear improving, due to changes in GDP?

Related Indicator:

GDP (current US$)

Potential misinterpretation:

If the resource productivity goes up, new energy intensive techniques might be implemented to use less resources.

Related Indicator:

Energy efficiency and energy consumption in industry

Use of indicator in mandates, international agreements or legislation:

Name of agreement or policy:

EU Sustainable Development Strategy

Name of body or organisation:

Eurostat

Link to body or organisation:

Sustainable development indicators

Section or page to find indicator:

http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/sdi/indicators/theme2

Indicator theme

Topic:

Resources use (materials, energy, water, land)

Topic:

Resource use efficiency (materials and energy)

Topic:

Sustainable consumption

Topic:

Sustainable production

Topic:

Circular economy

Topic:

Economic Sustainability and resilience

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Environmental Sustainability

Topic:

Environmental pressures

Topic:

Progress towards the Green Economy

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