Domestic material consumption per unit of GDP, by type of raw material (kilograms per constant 2020 United States dollars) by country

Countries reporting
220
Highest
16.67 kg per constant US$
Mongolia
Lowest
-5.21 kg per constant US$
Montserrat
Median
1.5 kg per constant US$
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
5,951

What the numbers show

Domestic material consumption per unit of GDP, by type of raw material (kilograms per constant 2020 United States dollars) is currently reported for 220 countries. The highest value is 16.67 kg per constant US$ in Mongolia; the lowest is -5.21 kg per constant US$ in Montserrat.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.5 kg per constant US$, and the mean is 2.33 kg per constant US$.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 66 countries rose and 153 fell. The largest increase was in Mexico (up 951.8%), and the largest decrease in Montserrat (down 694.8%).

Domestic material consumption per unit of GDP, by type of raw material: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Mongolia 16.67 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 34.7% volatile
2 Lesotho 15.82 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 175.5% volatile
3 Mexico 13.38 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 951.8% volatile
4 South Sudan 12.6 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 30.9% volatile
5 Chad 10.24 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 16.7% falling
6 Zambia 9.12 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 0.6% falling
7 Bhutan 8.13 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 27.9% rising
8 Eritrea 8.03 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 3.2% rising
9 Central African Republic 8.03 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 35.2% rising
10 Guinea 7.39 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 7.9% falling
11 Mali 7.09 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 1.2% rising
12 Democratic Republic of the Congo 6.92 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 13.0% falling
13 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 6.85 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 13.2% falling
14 Niger 6.84 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 26.0% falling
15 Malawi 6.7 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 21.0% falling
16 Burundi 6.39 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 4.2% falling
17 Liberia 6.11 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 22.7% falling
18 Sudan 5.99 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 4.7% volatile
19 Somalia 5.99 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 45.3% falling
20 Burkina Faso 5.75 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 23.8% falling
21 Nepal 5.6 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 19.3% rising
22 Kyrgyzstan 5.58 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 9.3% falling
23 Lao People's Democratic Republic 5.46 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 6.0% rising
24 Mauritania 5.39 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 4.2% rising
25 Lao People's Democratic Republic 5.25 kg per constant US$ 2024 down 6.1% rising
26 Nicaragua 5.14 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 0.2% flat
27 Yemen 5.09 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 46.0% rising
28 Tajikistan 5.06 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 13.4% rising
29 Mozambique 4.99 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 18.2% volatile
30 Ukraine 4.98 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 70.1% rising
31 Suriname 4.93 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 29.2% rising
32 Timor-Leste 4.71 kg per constant US$ 2024 up 52.6% rising
33 Madagascar 4.68 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 20.8% falling
34 Ethiopia 4.63 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 35.3% falling
35 Uzbekistan 4.55 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 24.8% falling
36 Paraguay 4.19 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 2.0% flat
37 Armenia 4.15 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 18.0% falling
38 Sierra Leone 4.14 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 17.3% falling
39 Ghana 4.14 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 15.3% falling
40 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 4.14 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 16.7% flat
41 Guinea-Bissau 4.07 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 22.6% falling
42 Cambodia 3.66 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 5.5% falling
43 Uganda 3.6 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 18.8% falling
44 Gambia 3.57 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 4.7% falling
45 Chile 3.54 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 6.9% falling
46 United Republic of Tanzania 3.45 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 27.3% falling
47 Eswatini 3.41 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 14.9% falling
48 Viet Nam 3.32 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 19.1% falling
49 Timor-Leste 3.32 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 47.3% rising
50 Afghanistan 3.31 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 11.2% falling
51 Benin 3.3 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 32.4% falling
52 Syrian Arab Republic 3.25 kg per constant US$ 2024 down 1.8% falling
53 Viet Nam 3.24 kg per constant US$ 2024 down 35.3% falling
54 Senegal 3.05 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 12.4% falling
55 Pakistan 3.02 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 8.7% flat
56 Kazakhstan 2.99 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 14.6% falling
57 Republic of Moldova 2.9 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 10.4% falling
58 Rwanda 2.89 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 34.2% falling
59 Cameroon 2.89 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 4.9% rising
60 Syrian Arab Republic 2.86 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 31.2% falling
61 Papua New Guinea 2.81 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 42.4% falling
62 Solomon Islands 2.8 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 4.9% flat
63 Kiribati 2.79 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 26.7% falling
64 Togo 2.78 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 56.5% falling
65 Republic of Moldova 2.76 kg per constant US$ 2024 down 11.7% falling
66 Brazil 2.73 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 2.7% rising
67 Belize 2.71 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 6.6% falling
68 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2.62 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 28.5% falling
69 India 2.56 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 27.4% falling
70 Guyana 2.52 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 61.2% falling
71 Peru 2.48 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 13.8% falling
72 Egypt 2.44 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 4.3% falling
73 Djibouti 2.41 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 14.8% falling
74 Libya 2.39 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 547.6% volatile
75 Comoros 2.38 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 11.2% rising
76 Montenegro 2.36 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 30.8% volatile
77 Serbia 2.36 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 15.0% falling
78 Melanesia 2.28 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 31.1% falling
79 Georgia 2.26 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 8.8% flat
80 Philippines 2.24 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 23.2% rising
81 Honduras 2.24 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 15.1% falling
82 Zimbabwe 2.23 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 42.5% falling
83 Myanmar 2.23 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 46.7% falling
84 Côte d'Ivoire 2.2 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 14.2% flat
85 Algeria 2.2 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 8.2% rising
86 Tunisia 2.17 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 7.1% falling
87 Angola 2.13 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 41.5% rising
88 China 2.13 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 36.3% falling
89 Vanuatu 2.09 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 31.0% falling
90 Botswana 2.09 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 52.6% falling
91 Congo 2.07 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 40.0% rising
92 Bulgaria 2.06 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 0.2% falling
93 Côte d'Ivoire 2.04 kg per constant US$ 2024 down 13.7% flat
94 Morocco 2.03 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 14.5% falling
95 Romania 2.01 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 10.7% rising
96 Kenya 1.99 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 12.3% falling
97 Argentina 1.94 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 20.9% flat
98 South Africa 1.94 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 11.5% falling
99 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1.94 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 166.5% rising
100 Lebanon 1.87 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 44.6% rising
101 Indonesia 1.84 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 16.7% falling
102 Malaysia 1.83 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 30.8% falling
103 Guatemala 1.75 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 19.7% flat
104 Naoero 1.63 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 73.5% volatile
105 State of Palestine 1.59 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 0.1% rising
106 Micronesia (Federated States of) 1.58 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 30.1% rising
107 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.56 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 16.5% falling
108 Oman 1.53 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 15.5% rising
109 Jordan 1.51 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 6.0% falling
110 North Macedonia 1.51 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 29.1% falling
111 Micronesia 1.5 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 19.4% flat
112 Cabo Verde 1.49 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 6.3% falling
113 Thailand 1.48 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 19.9% falling
114 Bangladesh 1.47 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 33.2% falling
115 Maldives 1.47 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 81.3% rising
116 El Salvador 1.44 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 11.9% falling
117 Samoa 1.43 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 29.0% falling
118 Haiti 1.43 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 2.0% falling
119 Russian Federation 1.39 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 11.0% falling
120 Jamaica 1.38 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 8.5% falling
121 Ecuador 1.36 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 7.5% falling
122 New Caledonia 1.33 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 25.8% rising
123 Panama 1.31 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 63.9% falling
124 Fiji 1.31 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 33.5% falling
125 Nigeria 1.3 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 15.0% falling
126 Turkmenistan 1.29 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 15.7% falling
127 Sao Tome and Principe 1.27 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 21.2% falling
128 Russian Federation 1.25 kg per constant US$ 2024 down 23.0% falling
129 Colombia 1.25 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 17.2% falling
130 Mauritius 1.25 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 22.3% falling
131 Albania 1.23 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 23.5% falling
132 Uruguay 1.17 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 60.2% falling
133 Türkiye 1.16 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 33.7% falling
134 Gabon 1.14 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 33.5% rising
135 Canada 1.14 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 11.8% flat
136 Türkiye 1.13 kg per constant US$ 2023 down 30.9% falling
137 Sri Lanka 1.07 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 34.8% falling
138 Tonga 1.07 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 82.1% volatile
139 Estonia 1.06 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 22.3% falling
140 Seychelles 1.05 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 27.1% falling
141 Iraq 1.05 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 9.1% falling
142 Dominican Republic 0.9936 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 28.7% falling
143 Andorra 0.9893 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 480.2% volatile
144 Poland 0.9886 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 30.3% falling
145 Kuwait 0.9409 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 65.7% rising
146 Lithuania 0.9091 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 4.0% falling
147 Finland 0.88 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 5.7% rising
148 Latvia 0.8733 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 8.1% falling
149 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.8599 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 29.2% falling
150 Saudi Arabia 0.8524 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 26.7% flat
151 Cuba 0.8352 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 13.2% falling
152 Bahrain 0.8221 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 11.4% falling
153 Australia 0.8067 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 4.3% falling
154 Saint Lucia 0.7434 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 27.4% flat
155 Hungary 0.7343 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 7.0% falling
156 Costa Rica 0.7152 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 16.0% falling
157 Australia and New Zealand 0.7007 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 5.2% falling
158 Marshall Islands 0.6882 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 10.1% rising
159 Palau 0.6763 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 24.5% rising
160 Croatia 0.6615 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 12.0% falling
161 Trinidad and Tobago 0.6564 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 13.8% falling
162 Antigua and Barbuda 0.6533 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 17.0% rising
163 Czechia 0.6257 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 14.6% falling
164 Portugal 0.6071 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 20.2% falling
165 Cyprus 0.5773 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 23.7% falling
166 United Arab Emirates 0.544 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 9.0% falling
167 Slovakia 0.5371 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 23.7% falling
168 Slovenia 0.5238 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 6.9% falling
169 Greece 0.5167 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 34.2% falling
170 Grenada 0.4865 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 83.9% falling
171 Republic of Korea 0.4859 kg per constant US$ 2024 down 9.4% falling
172 Republic of Korea 0.4801 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 14.1% falling
173 Qatar 0.4756 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 4.8% falling
174 Polynesia 0.4709 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 47.1% falling
175 Aruba 0.4602 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 10.1% falling
176 Sweden 0.4412 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 3.3% flat
177 Israel 0.4288 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 24.2% rising
178 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.417 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 3.8% falling
179 Dominica 0.409 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 41.9% falling
180 Denmark 0.3988 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 5.0% falling
181 Singapore 0.3903 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 18.3% volatile
182 Tuvalu 0.3855 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 44.2% falling
183 Bahamas 0.3715 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 78.6% rising
184 United States of America 0.3309 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 16.4% falling
185 Austria 0.33 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 12.0% falling
186 Equatorial Guinea 0.3134 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 83.7% rising
187 Norway 0.3109 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 24.1% rising
188 Malta 0.302 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 30.0% falling
189 Spain 0.2958 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 9.9% falling
190 Iceland 0.2871 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 4.5% falling
191 Germany 0.2811 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 17.5% falling
192 French Polynesia 0.2787 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 17.4% falling
193 France 0.2766 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 6.6% falling
194 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.263 kg per constant US$ 2024 up 23.9% falling
195 Barbados 0.2576 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 0.9% falling
196 Belgium 0.2571 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 13.7% falling
197 Italy 0.2407 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 19.8% falling
198 Ireland 0.2267 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 44.9% falling
199 Cook Islands 0.2162 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 23.1% falling
200 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.2103 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 34.2% rising
201 Luxembourg 0.1969 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 5.8% falling
202 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.1923 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 12.2% falling
203 Anguilla 0.1633 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 0.1% falling
204 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0.1598 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 28.7% falling
205 Namibia 0.131 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 179.0% volatile
206 Switzerland 0.1125 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 23.3% falling
207 Greenland 0.1116 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 43.2% falling
208 Bermuda 0.0963 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 91.1% rising
209 Puerto Rico 0.0692 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 10.3% falling
210 Cayman Islands 0.0667 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 9.4% rising
211 British Virgin Islands 0.0482 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 24.9% rising
212 Azerbaijan 0.0439 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 593.9% volatile
213 San Marino 0.0096 kg per constant US$ 2022 volatile
214 Liechtenstein 0.0032 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 45.9% falling
215 Netherlands Antilles [former] 0 kg per constant US$ 2012 down 100.0% falling
220 Japan -0.0006 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 233.3% volatile
221 New Zealand -0.0077 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 7.4% volatile
222 Brunei Darussalam -0.0784 kg per constant US$ 2024 down 110.5% volatile
223 Brunei Darussalam -0.1055 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 117.1% volatile
224 Montserrat -5.21 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 694.8% volatile

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Indicator
Domestic material consumption per unit of GDP, by type of raw material (kilograms per constant 2020 United States dollars)
Unit
kg per constant US$
Source
United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database
Licence
UN SDG Global Database (open, attribution requested)
Coverage
261 places, 5,951 data points, 2000–2024
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