Domestic material consumption per unit of gdp by country
Countries reporting
207
Highest
16.68
Mongolia
Lowest
0
Netherlands Antilles
Median
1.64
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
4,957
What the numbers show
Domestic material consumption per unit of gdp is currently reported for 207 countries. The highest value is 16.68 in Mongolia; the lowest is 0 in Netherlands Antilles.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.64, and the mean is 2.36.
Over the past decade 65 countries rose and 138 fell. The largest increase was in Mexico (up 967.5%), and the largest decrease in Montserrat (down 100.0%).
Domestic material consumption per unit of gdp: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mongolia | 16.68 | 2023 | up 11.3% | volatile |
| 1 | Cook Islands | 0.19 | 2023 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 2 | Guinea | 15.99 | 2023 | up 79.1% | rising |
| 2 | Anguilla | 0.18 | 2023 | up 20.0% | falling |
| 3 | Lesotho | 15.16 | 2023 | up 209.4% | volatile |
| 3 | Montserrat | 0 | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 4 | Mexico | 12.81 | 2022 | up 967.5% | volatile |
| 5 | Chad | 9.63 | 2023 | up 19.6% | falling |
| 6 | Central African Republic | 9.12 | 2023 | down 13.1% | rising |
| 7 | Bhutan | 8.29 | 2023 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 8 | Mali | 7.37 | 2023 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 9 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 7.18 | 2023 | up 17.7% | falling |
| 10 | South Sudan | 7.16 | 2023 | down 12.4% | volatile |
| 11 | Malawi | 7.09 | 2023 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 12 | Eritrea | 7.01 | 2023 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 13 | Ukraine | 6.94 | 2023 | up 37.7% | rising |
| 14 | Niger | 6.9 | 2023 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 14 | Zambia | 6.9 | 2023 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 16 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 6.61 | 2023 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 17 | Burkina Faso | 6.47 | 2023 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 18 | Burundi | 6.41 | 2023 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 19 | Nepal | 6.37 | 2023 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 20 | Liberia | 6.36 | 2023 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 21 | Mauritania | 5.89 | 2023 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 22 | Somalia | 5.56 | 2023 | down 50.4% | falling |
| 23 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 5.32 | 2023 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 24 | Nicaragua | 5.01 | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 25 | Madagascar | 4.74 | 2023 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 26 | Ethiopia | 4.66 | 2023 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 27 | Suriname | 4.62 | 2023 | up 42.2% | rising |
| 28 | Ghana | 4.51 | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 29 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 4.3 | 2023 | down 9.3% | flat |
| 30 | Kyrgyzstan | 4.21 | 2023 | down 40.1% | falling |
| 31 | Cambodia | 4.13 | 2023 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 32 | Namibia | 4.12 | 2023 | up 20.5% | falling |
| 33 | Guinea-Bissau | 4.07 | 2023 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 34 | Armenia | 3.95 | 2023 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 35 | Zimbabwe | 3.77 | 2023 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 36 | Chile | 3.71 | 2023 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 37 | Republic of Moldova | 3.68 | 2023 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 38 | Gambia | 3.65 | 2023 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 38 | Mozambique | 3.65 | 2023 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 40 | Senegal | 3.59 | 2023 | down 9.6% | flat |
| 41 | Uganda | 3.53 | 2023 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 42 | Timor-Leste | 3.51 | 2023 | up 37.6% | rising |
| 43 | Libya | 3.38 | 2023 | up 397.1% | volatile |
| 44 | Benin | 3.3 | 2023 | down 34.7% | falling |
| 45 | Sierra Leone | 3.29 | 2023 | down 52.8% | falling |
| 46 | Syrian Arab Republic | 3.26 | 2023 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 47 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 3.22 | 2023 | down 32.1% | falling |
| 48 | Paraguay | 3.16 | 2023 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 49 | Eswatini | 3.1 | 2023 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 50 | Afghanistan | 3.03 | 2023 | up 11.0% | falling |
| 51 | Cameroon | 3.02 | 2023 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 51 | Tajikistan | 3.02 | 2023 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 53 | Sudan | 3.01 | 2023 | up 1.3% | volatile |
| 54 | Belize | 2.9 | 2023 | up 9.8% | falling |
| 55 | Papua New Guinea | 2.81 | 2023 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 56 | Kiribati | 2.77 | 2023 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 56 | Solomon Islands | 2.77 | 2023 | down 7.7% | flat |
| 58 | Serbia | 2.73 | 2021 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 59 | Peru | 2.69 | 2023 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 59 | Togo | 2.69 | 2023 | down 57.3% | falling |
| 59 | Yemen | 2.69 | 2023 | up 61.1% | rising |
| 62 | Montenegro | 2.68 | 2023 | up 35.4% | volatile |
| 63 | India | 2.61 | 2023 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 64 | Romania | 2.6 | 2023 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 65 | Rwanda | 2.58 | 2023 | down 43.7% | falling |
| 65 | Viet Nam | 2.58 | 2023 | down 36.9% | falling |
| 67 | Pakistan | 2.44 | 2023 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 68 | Uzbekistan | 2.43 | 2023 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 69 | Myanmar | 2.39 | 2023 | down 45.6% | falling |
| 70 | Honduras | 2.36 | 2023 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 70 | Vanuatu | 2.36 | 2023 | down 32.2% | falling |
| 72 | Egypt | 2.35 | 2023 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 73 | Djibouti | 2.33 | 2023 | up 7.4% | falling |
| 74 | Bulgaria | 2.31 | 2023 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 75 | Kenya | 2.23 | 2023 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 76 | Naoero | 2.22 | 2023 | down 56.6% | volatile |
| 77 | Brazil | 2.19 | 2023 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 77 | Comoros | 2.19 | 2023 | down 13.8% | rising |
| 77 | Kazakhstan | 2.19 | 2023 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 80 | Côte d'Ivoire | 2.18 | 2023 | down 19.0% | flat |
| 81 | Morocco | 2.13 | 2023 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 82 | China | 2.08 | 2023 | down 38.6% | falling |
| 83 | Botswana | 2.07 | 2023 | down 52.4% | falling |
| 83 | Congo | 2.07 | 2023 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 85 | Palestine, State of | 1.99 | 2023 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 86 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 1.96 | 2023 | up 151.3% | rising |
| 87 | South Africa | 1.95 | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 88 | Guatemala | 1.93 | 2023 | down 34.6% | flat |
| 89 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.91 | 2022 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 90 | Indonesia | 1.85 | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 91 | Tunisia | 1.84 | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 92 | Lebanon | 1.81 | 2023 | up 39.2% | rising |
| 93 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 1.8 | 2023 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 93 | Georgia | 1.8 | 2023 | down 23.4% | flat |
| 93 | Philippines | 1.8 | 2023 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 96 | North Macedonia | 1.75 | 2022 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 97 | Algeria | 1.74 | 2023 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 97 | Malaysia | 1.74 | 2023 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 99 | Oman | 1.73 | 2023 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 99 | Thailand | 1.73 | 2023 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 101 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1.7 | 2023 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 101 | Jordan | 1.7 | 2023 | up 17.2% | falling |
| 103 | Bangladesh | 1.65 | 2023 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 104 | Belarus | 1.64 | 2023 | down 37.4% | falling |
| 105 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.6 | 2023 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 106 | Haiti | 1.59 | 2023 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 106 | Jamaica | 1.59 | 2023 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 108 | Cape Verde | 1.53 | 2023 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 108 | Samoa | 1.53 | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 110 | New Caledonia | 1.51 | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 110 | El Salvador | 1.51 | 2023 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 112 | Maldives | 1.48 | 2023 | up 114.5% | rising |
| 112 | Nigeria | 1.48 | 2023 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 114 | Guyana | 1.45 | 2023 | down 71.2% | falling |
| 115 | Estonia | 1.42 | 2023 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 116 | Argentina | 1.36 | 2023 | up 15.3% | flat |
| 116 | Ecuador | 1.36 | 2023 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 118 | Angola | 1.31 | 2023 | down 45.2% | rising |
| 118 | Panama | 1.31 | 2023 | up 67.9% | flat |
| 120 | Azerbaijan | 1.22 | 2023 | down 40.8% | falling |
| 121 | Fiji | 1.21 | 2023 | down 39.8% | falling |
| 122 | Canada | 1.19 | 2022 | down 10.5% | flat |
| 122 | Iraq | 1.19 | 2023 | up 14.4% | falling |
| 122 | Tonga | 1.19 | 2023 | down 90.3% | volatile |
| 122 | Uruguay | 1.19 | 2023 | down 54.4% | falling |
| 126 | Gabon | 1.15 | 2023 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 127 | Russian Federation | 1.14 | 2023 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 128 | Kuwait | 1.13 | 2023 | up 68.7% | rising |
| 128 | Mauritius | 1.13 | 2023 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 130 | Colombia | 1.12 | 2023 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 131 | Lithuania | 1.11 | 2023 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 132 | Andorra | 1.08 | 2023 | up 390.9% | volatile |
| 133 | Turkmenistan | 1.07 | 2023 | down 41.2% | falling |
| 134 | Poland | 1.04 | 2023 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 135 | Latvia | 1.02 | 2023 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 136 | Sri Lanka | 1.01 | 2023 | up 13.5% | falling |
| 136 | Saudi Arabia | 1.01 | 2023 | down 25.2% | flat |
| 138 | Cuba | 0.98 | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 139 | Bahrain | 0.96 | 2023 | up 26.3% | falling |
| 140 | Dominican Republic | 0.95 | 2023 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 141 | Hungary | 0.94 | 2023 | up 9.3% | falling |
| 142 | Finland | 0.93 | 2023 | down 17.7% | rising |
| 143 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.89 | 2023 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 144 | Seychelles | 0.83 | 2023 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 144 | Türkiye | 0.83 | 2022 | down 33.6% | falling |
| 146 | Marshall Islands | 0.81 | 2023 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 147 | Australia | 0.76 | 2023 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 148 | Saint Lucia | 0.75 | 2023 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 149 | Czechia | 0.74 | 2023 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 150 | Croatia | 0.73 | 2023 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 151 | Palau | 0.71 | 2023 | down 20.2% | rising |
| 151 | Portugal | 0.71 | 2023 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 153 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.66 | 2023 | up 34.7% | rising |
| 153 | Costa Rica | 0.66 | 2023 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 155 | Slovenia | 0.65 | 2023 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 156 | Cyprus | 0.63 | 2023 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 157 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.61 | 2023 | up 24.5% | falling |
| 158 | Slovakia | 0.59 | 2023 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 159 | New Zealand | 0.55 | 2023 | down 43.3% | falling |
| 160 | Qatar | 0.53 | 2023 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 161 | Greece | 0.52 | 2023 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 162 | Grenada | 0.51 | 2023 | up 75.9% | falling |
| 163 | Israel | 0.5 | 2023 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 164 | United Arab Emirates | 0.49 | 2023 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 164 | Republic of Korea | 0.49 | 2022 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 166 | Dominica | 0.46 | 2023 | down 39.5% | falling |
| 167 | Aruba | 0.42 | 2023 | up 10.5% | falling |
| 167 | Bahamas | 0.42 | 2023 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 167 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.42 | 2023 | up 31.2% | falling |
| 170 | Sweden | 0.41 | 2023 | down 12.8% | flat |
| 171 | Hong Kong, China | 0.4 | 2023 | up 42.9% | falling |
| 172 | Tuvalu | 0.39 | 2023 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 173 | Denmark | 0.38 | 2023 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 174 | United States of America | 0.36 | 2023 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 175 | Austria | 0.35 | 2023 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 176 | Singapore | 0.34 | 2023 | down 29.2% | volatile |
| 177 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.33 | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 178 | Barbados | 0.32 | 2023 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 178 | Iceland | 0.32 | 2022 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 180 | Belgium | 0.31 | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 180 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.31 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 182 | Malta | 0.3 | 2023 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 183 | Germany | 0.29 | 2023 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 183 | Japan | 0.29 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 183 | French Polynesia | 0.29 | 2023 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 186 | Spain | 0.28 | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 186 | France | 0.28 | 2023 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 186 | Norway | 0.28 | 2022 | down 24.3% | rising |
| 189 | Italy | 0.25 | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 190 | Ireland | 0.22 | 2023 | down 52.2% | falling |
| 191 | Luxembourg | 0.2 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 192 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.17 | 2022 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 193 | Netherlands | 0.16 | 2023 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 194 | Greenland | 0.13 | 2023 | down 38.1% | falling |
| 195 | Bermuda | 0.11 | 2023 | up 57.1% | rising |
| 195 | Switzerland | 0.11 | 2023 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 197 | Macau, China | 0.1 | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 198 | Puerto Rico | 0.08 | 2023 | up 14.3% | falling |
| 199 | Cayman Islands | 0.07 | 2023 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 200 | British Virgin Islands | 0.05 | 2023 | down 28.6% | rising |
| 201 | San Marino | 0.01 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 202 | Brunei Darussalam | 0 | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 202 | Liechtenstein | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 202 | Netherlands Antilles | 0 | 2012 | down 100.0% | falling |