![]() 8.4.2 (12.2.2) Domestic Material Consumption per capitaMetadataPeriod: AnnualYear: 2025 |
METADATA |
Indicator information |
Definition and methodology |
Data source type and data collection method |
ID of global indicator |
Metadata update |
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Indicator | |
8.4.2 (12.2.2) Domestic Material Consumption per capita | |
Global indicator name | |
8.4.2 (12.2.2) Domestic material consumption, domestic material consumption per capita, and domestic material consumption per GDP | |
Target | |
8.4 Improve progressively, through 2030, global resource efficiency in consumption and production and endeavour to decouple economic growth from environmental degradation, in accordance with the 10‑Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production, with developed countries taking the lead | |
Goal | |
Goal 8. Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all |
Definition and methodology | Top |
Definition | |
Domestic material consumption (DMC) measures the annual amount of raw materials extracted and used in the national economy, increased by the difference between physical imports and physical exports. | |
Methodological explanations | |
Per-capita DMC describes the average level of material use in an economy – an environmental pressure indicator – and is also referred to as metabolic profile. | |
Method of calculation | |
Domestic material consumption per capita, by type of raw material (tonnes), is calculated as: DMC per capita= DMC/(Annual average population) | |
Unit of measure | |
tonne per capita | |
Available disaggregation | |
Territorial level | |
Republic of Serbia |
Data source type and data collection method | Top |
Data source | |
Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia | |
Periodicity of data collection | |
Annual |
ID of global indicator | Top |
C200203 |
Metadata update | Top |
21/8/2025 |
Global metadata | Top |
https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/files/Metadata-08-04-02.pdf |