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Target 8.4: Target 8.4

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.

Go to target 8.5 Go to target 8.5: Full employment an decent work with equal pay

Indicators

8.4.1

8.4.2
Material footprint (domestic material consumption)
Unit: Tonnes per capita
Unit: Tonnes per capita
20102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023
Material Footprint100 696 000.0118 637 000.0126 264 000.0119 965 000.0119 237 000.0131 298 000.0133 662 000.0131 830 000.0134 318 000.0140 924 000.0131 230 000.0132 420 000.0137 938 000.0128 162 000.0
Material Fotprint per capita18.221.322.621.421.123.123.322.923.224.222.522.623.421.5
Material Footprint per bill. DKK GDP49.757.861.557.656.661.060.257.757.759.556.453.054.449.3

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Definition

Material footprint accounts for the amount of primary materials, measured in raw material equivalents, associated with the Danish economy. The indicator is calculated as domestic resource extraction plus the raw material equivalents of imports, minus the raw material equivalents of exports. The material footprint per capita describes the average raw material consumption in the economy. The indicator follows the UN definition and is based on calculations in the environmental-economic accounts. A more detailed methodological description can be found in the statistical documentation for the economy-wide material flow accounts on Statistics Denmark’s website.

Last updated:

09-04-2025