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Domestic material consumption, domestic material consumption per capita, and domestic material consumption per GDP
Year Value Units Series Observation status Unit multiplier
2000 738.8485 Tonnes Domestic material consumption Normal value Millions
2001 743.2789 Tonnes Domestic material consumption Normal value Millions
2002 721.972 Tonnes Domestic material consumption Normal value Millions
2003 723.0251 Tonnes Domestic material consumption Normal value Millions
2004 751.9634 Tonnes Domestic material consumption Normal value Millions
2005 732.6655 Tonnes Domestic material consumption Normal value Millions
2006 724.2632 Tonnes Domestic material consumption Normal value Millions
2007 718.9227 Tonnes Domestic material consumption Normal value Millions
2008 674.9295 Tonnes Domestic material consumption Normal value Millions
2009 591.6201 Tonnes Domestic material consumption Normal value Millions
2010 575.3487 Tonnes Domestic material consumption Normal value Millions
2011 575.5522 Tonnes Domestic material consumption Normal value Millions
2012 557.4719 Tonnes Domestic material consumption Normal value Millions
2013 572.7743 Tonnes Domestic material consumption Normal value Millions
2014 588.3881 Tonnes Domestic material consumption Normal value Millions
2015 566.5515 Tonnes Domestic material consumption Normal value Millions
2016 558.3661 Tonnes Domestic material consumption Normal value Millions
2017 569.638 Tonnes Domestic material consumption Normal value Millions
2018 565.6744 Tonnes Domestic material consumption Normal value Millions
2019 566.7899 Tonnes Domestic material consumption Normal value Millions
2000 12.5 Tonnes Domestic material consumption per capita Normal value Units
2001 12.6 Tonnes Domestic material consumption per capita Normal value Units
2002 12.2 Tonnes Domestic material consumption per capita Normal value Units
2003 12.1 Tonnes Domestic material consumption per capita Normal value Units
2004 12.5 Tonnes Domestic material consumption per capita Normal value Units
2005 12.1 Tonnes Domestic material consumption per capita Normal value Units
2006 11.9 Tonnes Domestic material consumption per capita Normal value Units
2007 11.7 Tonnes Domestic material consumption per capita Normal value Units
2008 10.9 Tonnes Domestic material consumption per capita Normal value Units
2009 9.5 Tonnes Domestic material consumption per capita Normal value Units
2010 9.2 Tonnes Domestic material consumption per capita Normal value Units
2011 9.1 Tonnes Domestic material consumption per capita Normal value Units
2012 8.8 Tonnes Domestic material consumption per capita Normal value Units
2013 8.9 Tonnes Domestic material consumption per capita Normal value Units
2014 9.1 Tonnes Domestic material consumption per capita Normal value Units
2015 8.7 Tonnes Domestic material consumption per capita Normal value Units
2016 8.5 Tonnes Domestic material consumption per capita Normal value Units
2017 8.6 Tonnes Domestic material consumption per capita Normal value Units
2018 8.5 Tonnes Domestic material consumption per capita Normal value Units
2019 8.4852852232 Tonnes Domestic material consumption per capita Normal value Units
2000 225.7871516117 Tonnes per $m Domestic material consumption per unit of GDP Normal value Units
2001 236.9181128925 Tonnes per $m Domestic material consumption per unit of GDP Normal value Units
2002 219.3087112001 Tonnes per $m Domestic material consumption per unit of GDP Normal value Units
2003 199.0089111529 Tonnes per $m Domestic material consumption per unit of GDP Normal value Units
2004 185.0046183487 Tonnes per $m Domestic material consumption per unit of GDP Normal value Units
2005 181.5959244472 Tonnes per $m Domestic material consumption per unit of GDP Normal value Units
2006 177.737439347 Tonnes per $m Domestic material consumption per unit of GDP Normal value Units
2007 162.6436469631 Tonnes per $m Domestic material consumption per unit of GDP Normal value Units
2008 172.6563102979 Tonnes per $m Domestic material consumption per unit of GDP Normal value Units
2009 184.4772446126 Tonnes per $m Domestic material consumption per unit of GDP Normal value Units
2010 180.0532711506 Tonnes per $m Domestic material consumption per unit of GDP Normal value Units
2011 174.461957852 Tonnes per $m Domestic material consumption per unit of GDP Normal value Units
2012 171.6982767604 Tonnes per $m Domestic material consumption per unit of GDP Normal value Units
2013 178.1140930181 Tonnes per $m Domestic material consumption per unit of GDP Normal value Units
2014 172.4758765631 Tonnes per $m Domestic material consumption per unit of GDP Normal value Units
2015 176.4993962683 Tonnes per $m Domestic material consumption per unit of GDP Normal value Units
2016 195.2596480731 Tonnes per $m Domestic material consumption per unit of GDP Normal value Units
2017 208.7470757614 Tonnes per $m Domestic material consumption per unit of GDP Normal value Units
2018 202.2079500822 Tonnes per $m Domestic material consumption per unit of GDP Normal value Units
2019 212.5544518332 Tonnes per $m Domestic material consumption per unit of GDP Normal value Units

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS)

Geographical Area: United Kingdom

Unit of Measurement: Million tonnes, Tonnes per capita, Tonnes per GDP ($m)

Footnote: 1. Imports and exports for 'Other' and 'waste for final treatment and disposal' are included in the Domestic Material Consumption estimates. 2. Total material input and consumption for 2016 onwards may be slight underestimates due to small missing data sources on extraction for some minor materials. 3. Total figures are based on raw data and therefore may not sum due to rounding.

This table provides metadata for the actual indicator available from UK statistics closest to the corresponding global SDG indicator. Please note that even when the global SDG indicator is fully available from UK statistics, this table should be consulted for information on national methodology and other UK-specific metadata information.

Indicator available
Indicator description
Geographical coverage

United Kingdom
Unit of measurement

Million tonnes, Tonnes per capita, Tonnes per GDP ($m)
Definitions

Domestic Material Consumption (DMC) is a standard material flow accounting (MFA) indicator and reports the apparent consumption of materials in a national economy. Domestic Material Consumption (DMC) is calculated as direct imports (IM) of material plus domestic extraction (DE) of materials minus direct exports (EX) of materials. DMC per capita is calculated as DMC/UK population. DMC per GDP is calculated as DMC/GDP.

All reference to tonnes refers to Metric Tonnes.

Available disaggregations
Calculations

No calculations were performed in the data acquisition for DMC and DMC per capita as appropriate data was readily available in the final format specified by this indicator.

Domestic Material per GDP is calculated as DMC/GDP using a Constant USD conversion.

The constant USD conversion was done using methodology specified by the OECD.

The GBP values for GDP were converted with the USD exchange rate for the respective year, and then a deflator with base year 2019 was applied to transform the current USD values to constant 2019 USD values.
Other information

Data follows the UN specification for this indicator. This indicator has been identified in collaboration with topic experts.
Data last updated 23 February 2022
Metadata last updated 11 April 2022

This table provides information on metadata for SDG indicators as defined by the UN Statistical Commission. Complete global metadata is provided by the UN Statistics Division.

Indicator name

Domestic material consumption, domestic material consumption per capita, and domestic material consumption per GDP
Target name

Improve progressively, through 2030, global resource efficiency in consumption and production and endeavour to decouple economic growth from environmental degradation, in accordance with the 10‐Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production, with developed countries taking the lead
Global indicator description
UN designated tier

Tier I
UN custodian agency

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Link to UN metadata United Nations Sustainable Development Goals metadata for target 8.4 opens in a new window

Source 1

Organisation

Office for National Statistics (ONS)
Periodicity

Annual
Earliest available data

2000
Geographical coverage

United Kingdom
Link to data source Material flow accounts opens in a new window
Release date 10 May 2021
Next release

TBA
Statistical classification

Official Statistic
Contact details

environment.accounts@ons.gov.uk
Other information

Source 2

Organisation

Office for National Statistics (ONS)
Periodicity

Quarterly
Earliest available data

1948
Geographical coverage

United Kingdom
Link to data source Gross Domestic Product - chained volume measures - Seasonally adjusted £m opens in a new window
Release date 12 August 2021
Next release

See Source link
Statistical classification

Official Statistic
Contact details

gdp@ons.gov.uk
Other information

Source 3

Organisation

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Periodicity

Annual
Earliest available data

1960
Geographical coverage

United Kingdom
Link to data source Development finance data opens in a new window
Release date 01 April 2021
Next release

See source link
Statistical classification

Official international
Contact details

dac.contact@oecd.org
Other information

Data tables section, tables “Deflators for Resource Flows from DAC Countries (2019=100).xls” and “Annual Exchange Rates for DAC Donor Countries from 1960 to 2020.xls”
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