Domestic material consumption per capita

In 2024, Belgium's domestic material consumption per capita decreased by 5.4% compared to 2023, reaching 11.7.

Belgium accounts for 87.3% of the EU-27 total of 13.4.

Belgium ranks 20th 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 10.6% (from 13.0 in 2019).

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