Domestic material consumption per capita

In 2024, Germany's domestic material consumption per capita decreased by 3.6% compared to 2023, reaching 11.9.

Germany accounts for 88.8% of the EU-27 total of 13.4.

Germany 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 17.2% (from 14.3 in 2019).

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