Indicator 8.4.2 - Domestic material consumption, domestic material consumption per capita, and domestic material consumption per GDP - Indicators For The Sustainable Development Goals

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Goal

Goal 8: Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all

Target

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

Indicator

Indicator 8.4.2: Domestic material consumption, domestic material consumption per capita, and domestic material consumption per GDP

Definition and concepts

Domestic Material Consumption (DMC) is a standard material flow accounting (MFA) indicator and reports the apparent consumption of materials in a national economy.

Comment and limitations

Method of computation

This table provides information on metadata for SDG indicators as defined by the UN Statistical Commission. Complete global metadata is provided by the UN Statistics Division.

Goal	Goal 8: Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
Target	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
Indicator	Indicator 8.4.2: Domestic material consumption, domestic material consumption per capita, and domestic material consumption per GDP
UN designated tier	Tier I
UN custodian agency	United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Link to UN metadata	United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Metadata opens in a new window

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Indicator 8.4.2 Domestic material consumption, domestic material consumption per capita, and domestic material consumption per GDP