Domestic material consumption per capita

In 2023, Belgium's domestic material consumption per capita decreased by 4.6% compared to 2022, reaching 12.3.

Belgium accounts for 91.1% of the EU-27 total of 13.5.

Belgium ranks 19th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 2.1% (from 12.6 in 2018).

Source: Eurostat dataset ten00137, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.