Domestic material consumption per capita by country

Domestic material consumption per capita, by type of raw material (tonnes).

Countries reporting
225
Highest
122.18 tonnes
Gibraltar
Lowest
0 tonnes
Montserrat
Median
8.55 tonnes
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 tonnes in Gibraltar; the lowest is 0 tonnes in Montserrat.

The median across all reporting countries is 8.55 tonnes, and the mean is 11.88 tonnes.

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

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Indicator
Domestic material consumption per capita
Unit
tonnes
Source
United Nations Environment Programme – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
233 places, 5,766 data points, 2000–2024
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Domestic material consumption per capita, by type of raw material (tonnes).