Material Consumption
Introduction
Domestic material consumption (usually abbreviated by the acronym DMC, domestic material consumption) is the total amount of materials used directly by an economy. It is defined as the annual amount of raw materials extracted from the national territory, plus all imported materials, minus all exported materials.[1] The data refers to metals, non-metallic "Ore (mining)") minerals (construction and industrial minerals), biomass "Biomass (ecology)") (wood, food) and fossil fuel deposits.
Domestic consumption of materials is an indicator published by Eurostat, the statistical agency of the European Union (EU).[2].
Domestic consumption of materials per capita is the first of the 11 key indicators selected by the French Ministry of Ecological Transition[3] for monitoring the circular economy.
To give an idea of the order of magnitude of this concept, the EU's internal consumption of materials in 2022 was 14.5 tons per capita.[4].
References
- [1] ↑ «Material Consumption, sur le site de l'OCDE». OCDE.: https://data.oecd.org/materials/material-consumption.htm
- [2] ↑ «Productividad de los recursos y consumo interno de materiales (DMC)». Eurostat.: https://data.europa.eu/data/datasets/94btlhpcbdoqoz8jeciyia?locale=es
- [3] ↑ «Consommation intérieure de matières par habitant».: https://www.statistiques.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/edition-numerique/economie-circulaire/3-consommation-interieure-de-matieres-par
- [4] ↑ Comisión Europea (7 de agosto de 2023). «El consumo doméstico de materiales de la UE se mantuvo estable en 2022». Eureporter (Europa). Consultado el 19 de agosto de 2025.: https://es.eureporter.co/economy/eurostat-economy/2023/08/07/eus-domestic-material-consumption-remained-stable-in-2022/