Domestic material consumption per capita by country
Countries reporting
230
Highest
146.59
Gibraltar
Lowest
0
Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba
Median
8.34
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
5,468
What the numbers show
Domestic material consumption per capita is currently reported for 230 countries. The highest value is 146.59 in Gibraltar; the lowest is 0 in Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba.
The median across all reporting countries is 8.34, and the mean is 12.25.
Over the past decade 117 countries rose and 101 fell. The largest increase was in Mexico (up 987.1%), 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 | 146.59 | 2023 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 2 | Mexico | 129.37 | 2022 | up 987.1% | volatile |
| 3 | Mongolia | 74.81 | 2023 | up 33.5% | volatile |
| 4 | Canada | 54.33 | 2022 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 5 | Chile | 52.91 | 2023 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 6 | New Caledonia | 44.48 | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 7 | Andorra | 44.03 | 2023 | up 437.6% | volatile |
| 8 | Australia | 43.15 | 2023 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 9 | Finland | 42.26 | 2023 | down 13.0% | rising |
| 10 | Guyana | 33.93 | 2023 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 11 | Qatar | 33.87 | 2023 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 12 | Oman | 33.57 | 2023 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 13 | Suriname | 33.4 | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 14 | Romania | 32.24 | 2023 | up 80.1% | rising |
| 15 | Kuwait | 30.72 | 2023 | up 47.1% | flat |
| 16 | Bhutan | 28.88 | 2023 | up 69.4% | rising |
| 17 | Estonia | 28.55 | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 18 | Kazakhstan | 26.56 | 2023 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 19 | China | 25.08 | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 20 | Bahrain | 23.86 | 2023 | up 35.8% | flat |
| 21 | Denmark | 23.46 | 2023 | up 5.9% | falling |
| 22 | New Zealand | 23.31 | 2023 | down 35.3% | falling |
| 23 | United States | 23.12 | 2023 | down 0.0% | falling |
| 24 | United Arab Emirates | 22.77 | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 25 | Israel | 22.76 | 2023 | up 58.2% | rising |
| 26 | Bulgaria | 22.63 | 2023 | up 32.5% | rising |
| 27 | Sweden | 22.49 | 2023 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 28 | Norway | 22.25 | 2022 | down 18.7% | rising |
| 29 | Panama | 22.19 | 2023 | up 118.2% | rising |
| 30 | Montenegro | 22.17 | 2023 | up 84.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Armenia | 21.98 | 2023 | up 68.6% | rising |
| 32 | Singapore | 21.96 | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 33 | Uruguay | 21.73 | 2023 | down 47.4% | falling |
| 34 | Nauru | 21.55 | 2023 | down 39.3% | volatile |
| 35 | Saudi Arabia | 21.28 | 2023 | down 19.7% | rising |
| 36 | Luxembourg | 21.14 | 2023 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 37 | Lithuania | 20.65 | 2023 | up 31.8% | rising |
| 38 | Ireland | 20.55 | 2023 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 39 | Cyprus | 20.41 | 2023 | up 46.7% | falling |
| 40 | Malaysia | 20.39 | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 41 | Paraguay | 20.25 | 2023 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 42 | Brazil | 19.88 | 2023 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 43 | Serbia | 19.44 | 2021 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 44 | Argentina | 18.97 | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 45 | Iceland | 18.75 | 2022 | up 9.0% | falling |
| 46 | Namibia | 18.61 | 2023 | up 17.2% | flat |
| 47 | Libya | 18.52 | 2023 | up 154.4% | rising |
| 48 | Poland | 18.03 | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 49 | Belize | 17.95 | 2023 | up 13.7% | falling |
| 50 | Hong Kong | 17.64 | 2023 | up 54.7% | rising |
| 51 | South Korea | 17.37 | 2022 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 52 | Peru | 17.34 | 2023 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 53 | Maldives | 17.1 | 2023 | up 168.9% | rising |
| 54 | Latvia | 17.08 | 2023 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 55 | Slovenia | 16.74 | 2023 | up 37.1% | falling |
| 56 | Guinea | 16.53 | 2023 | up 150.8% | rising |
| 57 | Austria | 16.26 | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 58 | Portugal | 15.8 | 2023 | up 12.5% | falling |
| 59 | Seychelles | 15.35 | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 60 | Hungary | 15.34 | 2023 | up 52.2% | rising |
| 61 | Czechia | 14.99 | 2023 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 61 | Laos | 14.99 | 2023 | up 41.1% | rising |
| 63 | Lesotho | 14.65 | 2023 | up 175.9% | volatile |
| 64 | Ukraine | 14.38 | 2023 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 65 | Belgium | 14.08 | 2023 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 66 | Botswana | 13.87 | 2023 | down 47.4% | falling |
| 67 | Bolivia | 13.7 | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 68 | Aruba | 13.18 | 2023 | up 18.7% | falling |
| 69 | Germany | 12.9 | 2023 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 70 | Bahamas | 12.51 | 2023 | up 43.1% | rising |
| 71 | Croatia | 12.46 | 2023 | up 25.2% | flat |
| 72 | Mauritius | 12.43 | 2023 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 73 | Lebanon | 12.23 | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 74 | Russia | 12.17 | 2023 | down 24.8% | rising |
| 75 | Eswatini | 12.01 | 2023 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 76 | Antigua and Barbuda | 11.86 | 2023 | up 54.8% | rising |
| 77 | Bermuda | 11.8 | 2023 | up 56.9% | rising |
| 78 | South Africa | 11.72 | 2023 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 79 | Turkey | 11.61 | 2022 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 80 | Slovakia | 11.33 | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 81 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 11.21 | 2022 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 82 | France | 11.15 | 2023 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 83 | Thailand | 11.04 | 2023 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 84 | Georgia | 11.03 | 2023 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 85 | Nicaragua | 10.94 | 2023 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 86 | Greece | 10.93 | 2023 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 87 | Japan | 10.9 | 2023 | up 9.7% | falling |
| 87 | North Macedonia | 10.9 | 2022 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 89 | Belarus | 10.3 | 2023 | down 33.8% | flat |
| 90 | Iran | 10 | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 91 | Malta | 9.98 | 2023 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 92 | Mauritania | 9.91 | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 93 | Moldova | 9.89 | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 94 | Vietnam | 9.86 | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 95 | Switzerland | 9.71 | 2023 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 96 | Faroe Islands | 9.6 | 2023 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 97 | Egypt | 9.49 | 2023 | up 32.0% | rising |
| 98 | Costa Rica | 9.33 | 2023 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 99 | Ghana | 9.32 | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 100 | Zambia | 9.13 | 2023 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 101 | Uzbekistan | 9.08 | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 102 | Niue | 9 | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 103 | Turkmenistan | 8.93 | 2023 | down 19.0% | rising |
| 104 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 8.82 | 2023 | up 49.0% | falling |
| 105 | Cambodia | 8.79 | 2023 | up 64.0% | rising |
| 106 | Palau | 8.75 | 2023 | down 29.3% | rising |
| 107 | Trinidad and Tobago | 8.68 | 2023 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 108 | Guatemala | 8.66 | 2023 | down 20.8% | rising |
| 109 | Chad | 8.62 | 2023 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 110 | Saint Lucia | 8.58 | 2023 | up 45.9% | rising |
| 111 | Jamaica | 8.49 | 2023 | up 9.8% | falling |
| 112 | Netherlands | 8.46 | 2023 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 113 | Italy | 8.45 | 2023 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 114 | Ecuador | 8.38 | 2023 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 115 | Dominican Republic | 8.37 | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 116 | United Kingdom | 8.32 | 2022 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 117 | Algeria | 8.16 | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 118 | Spain | 8.08 | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 119 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 7.91 | 2023 | up 7.8% | falling |
| 120 | Indonesia | 7.85 | 2023 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 121 | Colombia | 7.68 | 2023 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 122 | Gabon | 7.67 | 2023 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 123 | Tokelau | 7.53 | 2023 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 124 | Venezuela | 7.52 | 2023 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 125 | Tunisia | 7.51 | 2023 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 126 | Morocco | 7.33 | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 127 | Djibouti | 7.32 | 2023 | up 55.7% | rising |
| 128 | Cuba | 7.17 | 2023 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 129 | Falkland Islands | 7.11 | 2023 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 130 | Papua New Guinea | 6.98 | 2023 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 131 | Fiji | 6.85 | 2023 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 132 | Jordan | 6.77 | 2023 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 133 | Nepal | 6.76 | 2023 | up 64.9% | rising |
| 134 | Mali | 6.75 | 2023 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 135 | Azerbaijan | 6.73 | 2023 | down 38.7% | rising |
| 136 | El Salvador | 6.72 | 2023 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 137 | Philippines | 6.59 | 2023 | up 44.5% | rising |
| 137 | Guadeloupe | 6.59 | 2023 | up 22.5% | falling |
| 139 | French Guiana | 6.58 | 2023 | down 65.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Barbados | 6.38 | 2023 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 141 | Greenland | 6.34 | 2023 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 141 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 6.34 | 2023 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 143 | Cayman Islands | 6.13 | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 144 | Honduras | 6 | 2023 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 144 | Vanuatu | 6 | 2023 | down 36.2% | falling |
| 146 | India | 5.98 | 2023 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 147 | Samoa | 5.96 | 2023 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 148 | Kyrgyzstan | 5.92 | 2023 | down 22.0% | rising |
| 149 | Solomon Islands | 5.81 | 2023 | down 11.4% | rising |
| 150 | Macao | 5.79 | 2023 | up 12.9% | volatile |
| 151 | Cape Verde | 5.65 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 152 | French Polynesia | 5.52 | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 153 | Palestine | 5.48 | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 154 | Cote d'Ivoire | 5.44 | 2023 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 155 | Kiribati | 5.41 | 2023 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 156 | Senegal | 5.34 | 2023 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 157 | Micronesia (country) | 5.24 | 2023 | up 33.7% | rising |
| 158 | Zimbabwe | 5.23 | 2023 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 159 | Tonga | 5.01 | 2023 | down 88.9% | volatile |
| 160 | Iraq | 4.94 | 2023 | up 6.0% | falling |
| 161 | Sudan | 4.89 | 2023 | down 21.5% | volatile |
| 162 | Burkina Faso | 4.77 | 2023 | down 10.3% | rising |
| 163 | Grenada | 4.64 | 2023 | up 117.8% | falling |
| 164 | Eritrea | 4.61 | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 165 | East Timor | 4.56 | 2023 | up 39.9% | rising |
| 166 | Cameroon | 4.38 | 2023 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 167 | South Sudan | 4.36 | 2023 | up 14.7% | volatile |
| 167 | Tajikistan | 4.36 | 2023 | up 48.8% | rising |
| 169 | Benin | 4.29 | 2023 | down 16.9% | flat |
| 170 | North Korea | 4.23 | 2023 | up 6.3% | falling |
| 171 | Cook Islands | 4.16 | 2023 | up 15.2% | flat |
| 172 | Liberia | 4.09 | 2023 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 173 | Kenya | 4.05 | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 173 | Marshall Islands | 4.05 | 2023 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 175 | Sri Lanka | 4.03 | 2023 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 176 | Pakistan | 4.01 | 2023 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 177 | Ethiopia | 3.99 | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 178 | Malawi | 3.96 | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 179 | Angola | 3.94 | 2023 | down 60.8% | rising |
| 180 | Anguilla | 3.86 | 2023 | up 14.2% | volatile |
| 181 | Niger | 3.73 | 2023 | down 11.2% | flat |
| 182 | Nigeria | 3.69 | 2023 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 183 | Bangladesh | 3.68 | 2023 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 183 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 3.68 | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 185 | Tanzania | 3.65 | 2023 | down 11.4% | rising |
| 186 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 3.62 | 2023 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 187 | Comoros | 3.61 | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 188 | Congo | 3.53 | 2023 | down 17.5% | rising |
| 189 | Dominica | 3.49 | 2023 | down 40.4% | falling |
| 189 | Sierra Leone | 3.49 | 2023 | down 31.7% | rising |
| 191 | Myanmar | 3.45 | 2023 | down 26.4% | rising |
| 192 | Central African Republic | 3.26 | 2023 | down 8.2% | flat |
| 193 | Uganda | 3.12 | 2023 | down 11.6% | flat |
| 194 | Somalia | 2.96 | 2023 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 195 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.87 | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 195 | Syria | 2.87 | 2023 | down 44.9% | falling |
| 197 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2.64 | 2023 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 198 | Gambia | 2.58 | 2023 | up 14.2% | falling |
| 199 | Rwanda | 2.56 | 2023 | down 16.1% | rising |
| 200 | Togo | 2.52 | 2023 | down 45.0% | falling |
| 201 | Martinique | 2.46 | 2023 | down 27.9% | volatile |
| 202 | British Virgin Islands | 2.4 | 2023 | down 16.1% | rising |
| 203 | Puerto Rico | 2.33 | 2023 | up 11.0% | falling |
| 204 | Mozambique | 2.21 | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 205 | Madagascar | 2.17 | 2023 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 206 | Haiti | 1.84 | 2023 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 207 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.82 | 2023 | down 28.1% | rising |
| 208 | Burundi | 1.73 | 2023 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 209 | Tuvalu | 1.61 | 2023 | up 13.4% | falling |
| 210 | Yemen | 1.48 | 2023 | down 45.4% | falling |
| 211 | Reunion | 1.45 | 2023 | down 55.1% | volatile |
| 212 | Afghanistan | 1.18 | 2023 | down 27.2% | flat |
| 213 | Wallis and Futuna | 1.04 | 2023 | up 30.0% | volatile |
| 214 | Saint Helena | 0.83 | 2023 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 215 | San Marino | 0.55 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 216 | Liechtenstein | 0.54 | 2023 | down 37.2% | falling |
| 217 | American Samoa | 0.16 | 2023 | up 166.7% | rising |
| 218 | Mayotte | 0.05 | 2023 | down 64.3% | volatile |
| 219 | Guam | 0.01 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 219 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.01 | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 221 | Brunei | 0 | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 221 | Curacao | 0 | 2022 | — | flat |
| 221 | Isle of Man | 0 | 2022 | — | flat |
| 221 | Saint Martin (French part) | 0 | 2022 | — | flat |
| 221 | Monaco | 0 | 2022 | — | flat |
| 221 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0 | 2022 | — | flat |
| 221 | United States Virgin Islands | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 221 | Western Sahara | 0 | 2022 | — | flat |
| 221 | Montserrat | 0 | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 221 | Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba | 0 | 2022 | — | flat |