Domestic material consumption per capita by country
Countries reporting
225
Highest
122.18
Gibraltar
Lowest
0
Montserrat
Median
8.55
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
5,766
What the numbers show
Domestic material consumption per capita is currently reported for 225 countries. The highest value is 122.18 in Gibraltar; the lowest is 0 in Montserrat.
The median across all reporting countries is 8.55, and the mean is 11.88.
Over the past decade 119 countries rose and 99 fell. The largest increase was in New Zealand (up 46,766.7%), and the largest decrease in Brunei (down 100.0%).
Domestic material consumption per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gibraltar | 122.18 | 2024 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 2 | Canada | 56.21 | 2024 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 3 | Chile | 54.32 | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 4 | Mongolia | 49.16 | 2024 | down 24.1% | volatile |
| 5 | Australia | 47.83 | 2024 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 6 | New Caledonia | 45.23 | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 7 | Andorra | 44.7 | 2024 | up 274.1% | volatile |
| 8 | Finland | 38.54 | 2024 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 9 | Guyana | 33.49 | 2024 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 10 | Suriname | 33.39 | 2024 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 11 | Romania | 30.27 | 2024 | up 62.0% | rising |
| 12 | Bhutan | 29.57 | 2024 | up 43.6% | rising |
| 13 | Singapore | 28.63 | 2024 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 14 | New Zealand | 28.12 | 2024 | up 46,766.7% | volatile |
| 15 | Oman | 27.27 | 2024 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 16 | China | 26.66 | 2024 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 17 | Qatar | 26.53 | 2024 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 18 | Kazakhstan | 25.63 | 2024 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 19 | Kuwait | 25.48 | 2024 | up 15.6% | falling |
| 20 | Estonia | 24.92 | 2024 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 21 | Serbia | 24.55 | 2023 | up 61.8% | rising |
| 22 | Saudi Arabia | 24.37 | 2024 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 23 | Ireland | 23.69 | 2024 | up 10.3% | falling |
| 24 | Nauru | 23.67 | 2024 | up 32.3% | volatile |
| 25 | Israel | 23.4 | 2024 | up 64.0% | rising |
| 26 | Bulgaria | 23.24 | 2024 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 27 | Denmark | 23.12 | 2024 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 28 | Bahrain | 22.81 | 2024 | down 16.5% | flat |
| 29 | Montenegro | 22.75 | 2024 | up 79.0% | volatile |
| 30 | United Arab Emirates | 22.61 | 2024 | down 32.1% | falling |
| 31 | Paraguay | 22.6 | 2024 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 32 | United States | 22.59 | 2024 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 33 | Panama | 22.04 | 2024 | up 139.8% | rising |
| 34 | Sweden | 21.6 | 2024 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 35 | Brazil | 20.94 | 2024 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 36 | Lithuania | 20.81 | 2024 | up 40.5% | rising |
| 36 | Malaysia | 20.81 | 2024 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 38 | Cyprus | 20.52 | 2024 | up 48.3% | falling |
| 39 | Luxembourg | 20.5 | 2024 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 40 | Norway | 20.46 | 2023 | down 24.5% | rising |
| 41 | Uruguay | 20.45 | 2024 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 42 | Armenia | 20.39 | 2024 | up 49.4% | rising |
| 43 | Argentina | 19.97 | 2024 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 44 | Hong Kong | 18.46 | 2024 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 45 | South Korea | 18.25 | 2024 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 46 | Libya | 17.76 | 2024 | up 36.9% | rising |
| 47 | Belize | 17.68 | 2024 | up 11.0% | falling |
| 48 | Peru | 17.56 | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 49 | Maldives | 17.49 | 2024 | up 150.2% | rising |
| 50 | Poland | 16.68 | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 51 | Namibia | 16.64 | 2024 | up 12,700.0% | volatile |
| 52 | Guinea | 16.57 | 2024 | up 155.3% | rising |
| 53 | Iceland | 16.39 | 2024 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 54 | Austria | 15.7 | 2024 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 55 | Portugal | 15.59 | 2024 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 56 | Botswana | 15.28 | 2024 | down 41.0% | falling |
| 57 | Lesotho | 15.21 | 2024 | up 218.9% | volatile |
| 58 | Laos | 15.17 | 2024 | up 35.1% | rising |
| 59 | Russia | 14.66 | 2024 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 60 | Ukraine | 14.51 | 2024 | up 35.5% | rising |
| 61 | Vietnam | 13.94 | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 62 | Slovenia | 13.91 | 2024 | up 5.9% | falling |
| 63 | Croatia | 13.78 | 2024 | up 48.8% | flat |
| 64 | Bolivia | 13.67 | 2024 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 65 | Latvia | 13.59 | 2024 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 66 | Czechia | 13.35 | 2024 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 67 | Seychelles | 13.13 | 2024 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 68 | Mauritius | 13.06 | 2024 | up 11.7% | flat |
| 69 | Aruba | 12.99 | 2024 | up 18.6% | falling |
| 70 | Bahamas | 12.89 | 2024 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 71 | Hungary | 12.33 | 2024 | down 5.4% | flat |
| 72 | Mexico | 12.29 | 2024 | down 34.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Lebanon | 12.18 | 2024 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 74 | Eswatini | 12.07 | 2024 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 75 | United Kingdom | 11.99 | 2024 | up 33.8% | falling |
| 76 | Antigua and Barbuda | 11.95 | 2024 | up 37.7% | rising |
| 77 | Germany | 11.86 | 2024 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 78 | Turkey | 11.75 | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 79 | Bermuda | 11.71 | 2024 | up 62.4% | rising |
| 80 | Belgium | 11.66 | 2024 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 81 | Malta | 11.6 | 2024 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 82 | Moldova | 11.53 | 2024 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 83 | Thailand | 11.46 | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 84 | South Africa | 11.14 | 2024 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 85 | Georgia | 11.13 | 2024 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 86 | Japan | 11.11 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 87 | North Macedonia | 11.05 | 2023 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 87 | Nicaragua | 11.05 | 2024 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 89 | France | 10.91 | 2024 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 89 | Greece | 10.91 | 2024 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 91 | Costa Rica | 10.71 | 2024 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 92 | Belarus | 10.3 | 2023 | down 33.8% | flat |
| 93 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 10.29 | 2023 | up 6.0% | flat |
| 94 | Egypt | 10.26 | 2024 | up 57.1% | rising |
| 95 | Iran | 10.24 | 2024 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 96 | Slovakia | 10.16 | 2024 | down 18.9% | flat |
| 97 | Niue | 9.72 | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 98 | Mauritania | 9.66 | 2024 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 99 | Switzerland | 9.57 | 2024 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 100 | Ghana | 9.56 | 2024 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 101 | Faroe Islands | 9.3 | 2024 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 102 | Spain | 9.28 | 2024 | up 11.0% | falling |
| 103 | Uzbekistan | 9.15 | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 103 | Zambia | 9.15 | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 105 | Palau | 9.14 | 2024 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 106 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 9.02 | 2024 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 106 | Philippines | 9.02 | 2024 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 108 | Trinidad and Tobago | 8.73 | 2024 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 109 | Algeria | 8.69 | 2024 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 110 | Cuba | 8.63 | 2024 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 111 | Saint Lucia | 8.59 | 2024 | up 71.8% | rising |
| 112 | Jamaica | 8.58 | 2024 | up 26.4% | falling |
| 113 | Ecuador | 8.55 | 2024 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 114 | Guatemala | 8.52 | 2024 | down 29.0% | rising |
| 115 | Dominican Republic | 8.42 | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 116 | Tunisia | 8.41 | 2024 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 117 | Italy | 8.24 | 2024 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 118 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 8.18 | 2024 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 119 | Turkmenistan | 8.16 | 2024 | down 21.2% | rising |
| 120 | Cambodia | 8.13 | 2024 | up 50.6% | rising |
| 121 | Indonesia | 8.11 | 2024 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 122 | Venezuela | 8.02 | 2024 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 123 | Chad | 7.94 | 2024 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 124 | Albania | 7.86 | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 125 | Colombia | 7.76 | 2024 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 126 | Netherlands | 7.65 | 2024 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 127 | Gabon | 7.56 | 2024 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 128 | Morocco | 7.41 | 2024 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 129 | Djibouti | 7.38 | 2024 | up 68.1% | rising |
| 130 | Azerbaijan | 7.26 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 131 | Nepal | 7.25 | 2024 | up 72.6% | rising |
| 132 | Falkland Islands | 7.17 | 2024 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 133 | Fiji | 7.07 | 2024 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 134 | Kyrgyzstan | 7.04 | 2024 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 135 | Guadeloupe | 7.03 | 2024 | up 32.1% | flat |
| 136 | Papua New Guinea | 6.94 | 2024 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 137 | Jordan | 6.81 | 2024 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 138 | French Guiana | 6.72 | 2024 | down 64.0% | volatile |
| 139 | Cape Verde | 6.69 | 2024 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 140 | El Salvador | 6.66 | 2024 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 141 | Mali | 6.62 | 2024 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 142 | Barbados | 6.36 | 2024 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 143 | Samoa | 6.3 | 2024 | down 11.6% | flat |
| 144 | Greenland | 6.25 | 2024 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 145 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 6.24 | 2024 | down 12.4% | rising |
| 146 | French Polynesia | 6.21 | 2024 | up 7.8% | falling |
| 146 | Vanuatu | 6.21 | 2024 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 148 | India | 6.13 | 2024 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 149 | Macao | 5.85 | 2024 | down 56.6% | volatile |
| 150 | Tokelau | 5.8 | 2024 | down 18.3% | rising |
| 151 | Honduras | 5.77 | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 152 | Cayman Islands | 5.67 | 2024 | up 5.8% | falling |
| 153 | Palestine | 5.64 | 2024 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 154 | Kiribati | 5.48 | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 155 | Micronesia (country) | 5.44 | 2024 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 155 | Zimbabwe | 5.44 | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 157 | Solomon Islands | 5.37 | 2024 | up 39.5% | rising |
| 158 | Senegal | 5.29 | 2024 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 159 | Eritrea | 5.27 | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 159 | Tonga | 5.27 | 2024 | down 78.7% | volatile |
| 161 | Cook Islands | 5.24 | 2024 | up 35.8% | rising |
| 162 | Cote d'Ivoire | 5.17 | 2024 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 163 | Grenada | 5 | 2024 | up 139.2% | falling |
| 164 | Burkina Faso | 4.84 | 2024 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 165 | Iraq | 4.82 | 2024 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 165 | Sudan | 4.82 | 2024 | down 19.8% | volatile |
| 167 | Marshall Islands | 4.61 | 2024 | up 81.5% | rising |
| 168 | East Timor | 4.54 | 2024 | up 33.5% | rising |
| 169 | Cameroon | 4.46 | 2024 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 170 | Tajikistan | 4.37 | 2024 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 171 | North Korea | 4.3 | 2024 | up 7.8% | falling |
| 172 | Benin | 4.17 | 2024 | down 9.9% | flat |
| 173 | Anguilla | 4.16 | 2024 | up 8.9% | volatile |
| 174 | Angola | 4.13 | 2024 | down 56.6% | rising |
| 174 | South Sudan | 4.13 | 2024 | up 3.8% | volatile |
| 176 | Kenya | 4.09 | 2024 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 177 | Liberia | 4.03 | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 178 | Ethiopia | 4.02 | 2024 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 179 | Sri Lanka | 3.99 | 2024 | down 26.7% | rising |
| 180 | Malawi | 3.93 | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 181 | Niger | 3.84 | 2024 | down 11.3% | flat |
| 182 | Bangladesh | 3.83 | 2024 | up 92.5% | rising |
| 183 | Pakistan | 3.82 | 2024 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 184 | Dominica | 3.8 | 2024 | down 33.6% | falling |
| 185 | Tanzania | 3.7 | 2024 | down 14.4% | rising |
| 185 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 3.7 | 2024 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 187 | Comoros | 3.67 | 2024 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 188 | Nigeria | 3.66 | 2024 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 189 | Sierra Leone | 3.65 | 2024 | down 36.3% | rising |
| 190 | Central African Republic | 3.59 | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 191 | Congo | 3.58 | 2024 | down 26.8% | rising |
| 192 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 3.55 | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 193 | Myanmar | 3.52 | 2024 | down 34.0% | rising |
| 194 | Uganda | 3.09 | 2024 | down 13.0% | flat |
| 195 | Somalia | 2.87 | 2024 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 196 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.83 | 2024 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 197 | Gambia | 2.68 | 2024 | up 21.3% | falling |
| 197 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2.68 | 2024 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 197 | Syria | 2.68 | 2024 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 200 | Martinique | 2.65 | 2024 | down 13.1% | volatile |
| 201 | Rwanda | 2.61 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 202 | Togo | 2.47 | 2024 | down 51.5% | falling |
| 203 | Puerto Rico | 2.34 | 2024 | up 9.3% | falling |
| 204 | Mozambique | 2.23 | 2024 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 205 | Madagascar | 2.11 | 2024 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 206 | Tuvalu | 1.93 | 2024 | up 30.4% | falling |
| 207 | British Virgin Islands | 1.9 | 2024 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 208 | Haiti | 1.83 | 2024 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 209 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.68 | 2024 | down 22.6% | rising |
| 209 | Reunion | 1.68 | 2024 | down 44.2% | volatile |
| 211 | Burundi | 1.67 | 2024 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 212 | Yemen | 1.24 | 2024 | down 41.2% | falling |
| 213 | Afghanistan | 1.19 | 2024 | down 24.2% | flat |
| 214 | Wallis and Futuna | 1.07 | 2024 | up 33.8% | volatile |
| 215 | Saint Helena | 0.85 | 2024 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 216 | San Marino | 0.55 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 217 | Liechtenstein | 0.54 | 2024 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 218 | American Samoa | 0.16 | 2024 | up 166.7% | rising |
| 219 | Norfolk Island | 0.13 | 2024 | down 13.3% | volatile |
| 220 | Mayotte | 0.05 | 2024 | down 37.5% | volatile |
| 221 | Guam | 0.01 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 221 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.01 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 223 | Brunei | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 223 | United States Virgin Islands | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 223 | Montserrat | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |