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

Countries reporting
222
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
23
2000–2022
Data points
5,949

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 222 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$, and the mean is 2.31 kg per constant US$.

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

Over the past decade 65 countries rose and 156 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: 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 Laos 5.46 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 6.0% rising
23 Lao People's Democratic Republic 5.46 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 6.0% rising
25 Mauritania 5.39 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 4.2% 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 Madagascar 4.68 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 20.8% falling
33 Ethiopia 4.63 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 35.3% falling
34 Uzbekistan 4.55 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 24.8% falling
35 Paraguay 4.19 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 2.0% flat
36 Armenia 4.15 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 18.0% falling
37 Sierra Leone 4.14 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 17.3% falling
38 Ghana 4.14 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 15.3% falling
39 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 4.14 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 16.7% flat
40 Guinea-Bissau 4.07 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 22.6% falling
41 Cambodia 3.66 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 5.5% falling
42 Uganda 3.6 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 18.8% falling
43 Gambia 3.57 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 4.7% falling
44 Chile 3.54 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 6.9% falling
45 United Republic of Tanzania 3.45 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 27.3% falling
46 Eswatini 3.41 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 14.9% falling
47 Vietnam 3.32 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 19.1% falling
47 Viet Nam 3.32 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 19.1% falling
49 East Timor 3.32 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 47.3% rising
49 Timor-Leste 3.32 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 47.3% rising
51 Afghanistan 3.31 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 11.2% falling
52 Benin 3.3 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 32.4% falling
53 Senegal 3.05 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 12.4% falling
54 Pakistan 3.02 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 8.7% flat
55 Kazakhstan 2.99 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 14.6% falling
56 Moldova 2.9 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 10.4% falling
56 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 Syria 2.86 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 31.2% falling
60 Syrian Arab Republic 2.86 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 31.2% falling
62 Papua New Guinea 2.81 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 42.4% falling
63 Solomon Islands 2.8 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 4.9% flat
64 Kiribati 2.79 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 26.7% falling
65 Togo 2.78 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 56.5% 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 Cote d'Ivoire 2.2 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 14.2% flat
84 Côte d'Ivoire 2.2 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 14.2% flat
86 Algeria 2.2 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 8.2% rising
87 Tunisia 2.17 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 7.1% falling
88 Angola 2.13 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 41.5% rising
89 China 2.13 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 36.3% falling
90 Vanuatu 2.09 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 31.0% falling
91 Botswana 2.09 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 52.6% falling
92 Congo 2.07 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 40.0% rising
93 Bulgaria 2.06 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 0.2% falling
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 Nauru 1.63 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 73.5% volatile
104 Naoero 1.63 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 73.5% volatile
106 State of Palestine 1.59 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 0.1% rising
107 Micronesia (Federated States of) 1.58 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 30.1% rising
108 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.56 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 16.5% falling
109 Oman 1.53 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 15.5% rising
110 Jordan 1.51 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 6.0% falling
111 North Macedonia 1.51 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 29.1% falling
112 Micronesia 1.5 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 19.4% flat
113 Cabo Verde 1.49 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 6.3% falling
114 Thailand 1.48 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 19.9% falling
115 Bangladesh 1.47 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 33.2% falling
116 Maldives 1.47 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 81.3% rising
117 El Salvador 1.44 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 11.9% falling
118 Samoa 1.43 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 29.0% falling
119 Haiti 1.43 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 2.0% falling
120 Russia 1.39 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 11.0% falling
120 Russian Federation 1.39 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 11.0% falling
122 Jamaica 1.38 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 8.5% falling
123 Ecuador 1.36 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 7.5% falling
124 New Caledonia 1.33 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 25.8% rising
125 Panama 1.31 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 63.9% falling
126 Fiji 1.31 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 33.5% falling
127 Nigeria 1.3 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 15.0% falling
128 Turkmenistan 1.29 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 15.7% falling
129 Sao Tome and Principe 1.27 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 21.2% falling
130 Colombia 1.25 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 17.2% falling
131 Mauritius 1.25 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 22.3% falling
132 Albania 1.23 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 23.5% falling
133 Uruguay 1.17 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 60.2% falling
134 Turkey 1.16 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 33.7% falling
134 Türkiye 1.16 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 33.7% falling
136 Gabon 1.14 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 33.5% rising
137 Canada 1.14 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 11.8% flat
138 Sri Lanka 1.07 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 34.8% falling
139 Tonga 1.07 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 82.1% volatile
140 Estonia 1.06 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 22.3% falling
141 Seychelles 1.05 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 27.1% falling
142 Iraq 1.05 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 9.1% falling
143 Dominican Republic 0.9936 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 28.7% falling
144 Andorra 0.9893 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 480.2% volatile
145 Poland 0.9886 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 30.3% falling
146 Kuwait 0.9409 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 65.7% rising
147 Lithuania 0.9091 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 4.0% falling
148 Finland 0.88 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 5.7% rising
149 Latvia 0.8733 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 8.1% falling
150 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.8599 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 29.2% falling
151 Saudi Arabia 0.8524 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 26.7% flat
152 Cuba 0.8352 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 13.2% falling
153 Bahrain 0.8221 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 11.4% falling
154 Australia 0.8067 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 4.3% falling
155 Saint Lucia 0.7434 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 27.4% flat
156 Hungary 0.7343 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 7.0% falling
157 Costa Rica 0.7152 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 16.0% falling
158 Australia and New Zealand 0.7007 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 5.2% falling
159 Marshall Islands 0.6882 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 10.1% rising
160 Palau 0.6763 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 24.5% rising
161 Croatia 0.6615 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 12.0% falling
162 Caribbean 0.6572 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 4.9% falling
163 Trinidad and Tobago 0.6564 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 13.8% falling
164 Antigua and Barbuda 0.6533 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 17.0% rising
165 Czechia 0.6257 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 14.6% falling
166 Portugal 0.6071 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 20.2% falling
167 Cyprus 0.5773 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 23.7% falling
168 United Arab Emirates 0.544 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 9.0% falling
169 Slovakia 0.5371 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 23.7% falling
170 Slovenia 0.5238 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 6.9% falling
171 Greece 0.5167 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 34.2% falling
172 Grenada 0.4865 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 83.9% falling
173 South Korea 0.4801 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 14.1% falling
173 Republic of Korea 0.4801 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 14.1% falling
175 Qatar 0.4756 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 4.8% falling
176 Polynesia 0.4709 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 47.1% falling
177 Aruba 0.4602 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 10.1% falling
178 Sweden 0.4412 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 3.3% flat
179 Israel 0.4288 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 24.2% rising
180 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.417 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 3.8% falling
181 Dominica 0.409 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 41.9% falling
182 Denmark 0.3988 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 5.0% falling
183 Singapore 0.3903 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 18.3% volatile
184 Tuvalu 0.3855 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 44.2% falling
185 Bahamas 0.3715 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 78.6% rising
186 United States 0.3309 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 16.4% falling
187 Austria 0.33 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 12.0% falling
188 Equatorial Guinea 0.3134 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 83.7% rising
189 Norway 0.3109 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 24.1% rising
190 Malta 0.302 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 30.0% falling
191 Spain 0.2958 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 9.9% falling
192 Iceland 0.2871 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 4.5% falling
193 Germany 0.2811 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 17.5% falling
194 French Polynesia 0.2787 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 17.4% falling
195 France 0.2766 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 6.6% falling
196 Barbados 0.2576 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 0.9% falling
197 Belgium 0.2571 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 13.7% falling
198 Italy 0.2407 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 19.8% falling
199 Ireland 0.2267 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 44.9% falling
200 Cook Islands 0.2162 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 23.1% falling
201 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.2103 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 34.2% rising
202 Luxembourg 0.1969 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 5.8% falling
203 United Kingdom 0.1923 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 12.2% falling
203 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.1923 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 12.2% falling
205 Anguilla 0.1633 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 0.1% falling
206 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0.1598 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 28.7% falling
207 Namibia 0.131 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 179.0% volatile
208 Switzerland 0.1125 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 23.3% falling
209 Greenland 0.1116 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 43.2% falling
210 Bermuda 0.0963 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 91.1% rising
211 Puerto Rico 0.0692 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 10.3% falling
212 Cayman Islands 0.0667 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 9.4% rising
213 British Virgin Islands 0.0482 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 24.9% rising
214 Azerbaijan 0.0439 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 593.9% volatile
215 San Marino 0.0096 kg per constant US$ 2022 — volatile
216 Liechtenstein 0.0032 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 45.9% falling
217 Netherlands Antilles [former] 0 kg per constant US$ 2012 down 100.0% falling
222 Japan -0.0006 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 233.3% volatile
223 New Zealand -0.0077 kg per constant US$ 2022 up 7.4% volatile
224 Brunei -0.1055 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 117.1% volatile
224 Brunei Darussalam -0.1055 kg per constant US$ 2022 down 117.1% volatile
226 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
262 places, 5,949 data points, 2000–2022
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