Methodological note. EIS: Resource productivity

Resource productivity is a measure of the total amount of materials directly used by an economy (measured as domestic material consumption (DMC)) in relation to GDP. It provides insights into whether decoupling between the use of natural resources and economic growth is taking place.

Domestic material consumption (DMC) measures the total amount of materials directly used by an economy and is defined as the annual quantity of raw materials extracted from the domestic territory, plus all physical imports minus all physical exports.

The indicator is obtained as a quotient.

Numerator:

Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

Denominator:

Domestic Material Consumption (DMC) in euros per kg.