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Go to target 12.1: Implement the 10-year sustainable consumption and production framework Go to target 12.1
Target 12.2: Target 12.2

Target 12.2

By 2030, achieve the sustainable management and efficient use of natural resources.

Go to target 12.3 Go to target 12.3: Halve global per capita food waste

Indicators

12.2.1

12.2.2

Indicator: Domestic material consumption
Area: Total  |  Unit: Tonnes per capita
Unit: Tonnes per capita
20102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023
Domestic material consumption (million tonnes)117.7131.2131.7124.4125.0130.1137.5139.8140.6141.6139.5145.7151.7135.8
Domestic material consumption (tonnes per capita)21.223.623.622.222.222.924.024.324.324.423.924.925.722.8
Domestic material consumption (tonnes per DKK billion GDP)58 090.263 902.564 159.259 756.259 290.660 436.961 982.761 148.460 349.659 794.159 948.558 326.659 801.352 240.1

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Definition

The indicator is calculated by Statistics Denmark based on the resource footprint accounts. Resource footprint is defined as domestic material consumption measured in raw material equivalents, where raw material equivalents represent the quantity of resources globally required to produce a given good or service. The resource footprint accounts are part of Statistics Denmark’s green national accounts, and the indicator is thus in accordance with the principles of the international environmental accounting manual, SEEA 2012, published by the UN, the World Bank, the IMF, the OECD, and Eurostat.

Last updated:

09-04-2025