Field: Environment and sustainable development

Subfield: Use and preservation of natural resources

Details:

This indicator is obtained by relating gross domestic product (GDP) to domestic material consumption (DMC). DMC is calculated as the total amount of material directly used in the economy and is defined as the direct input of materials for the use in the economy (domestic extraction) plus imports, minus material exports. To calculate resource productivity, GDP is calculated either in EURO chain-linked volumes (the year of reference 2010 and 2010 exchange rates), or in purchasing power standard (PPS). Consequently, the units of measure can be euro/kg, which allows comparisons of a country’s evolution in time, or PPS/kg, which allows comparisons of various countries in the same year. The data is collected annually since 200, by country.

This indicator is relevant because it relates GDP to the volume of extracted and/or traded resources in a year. The highest its value, the more efficient the use of resources. Although in Romania this indicator has increased 40% in the last ten years, Romania is still modestly placed (around 0.3 euro/kg in 2016, compared to EU average, 2 euro/kg).