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Reported online
Data follows the globally agreed methodology for this UN SDG Indicator and has been identified by the responsible agency as the most appropriate data source.

National Metadata

This table provides metadata for the actual indicator available from Australia closest to the corresponding global SDG indicator. Please note that even when the global SDG indicator is fully available from Australian statistics, this table should be consulted for information on national methodology and other Australia-specific metadata information.

Responsible agency
The agency responsible for this data entry is Department of the Environment and Energy
Reporting Year
2018
Indicator used

Domestic Material Consumption: This dataset contains estimated DMC for Australia, disaggregated by the four main material categories used in Economy Wide Material Flows Accounting i.e. biomass, fossil fuels metal ores, and non-metallic minerals. DMC measures the above classes of materials used directly in economic activity in a nation’s territory. It is calculated as the total of those materials extracted directly from the environment within a nation’s territory, plus the total tonnage of those materials imported, less the tonnage of those materials exported.

Domestic Material Consumption per capita: This dataset contains estimated DMC for Australia per-capita, disaggregated by the four main material categories used in Economy Wide Material Flows Accounting i.e. biomass, fossil fuels metal ores, and non-metallic minerals.

Domestic Material Consumption per USD: This dataset contains estimated DMC for Australia per US Dollar of GDP (on a constant year 2005 basis) generated, disaggregated by the four main material categories used in Economy Wide Material Flows Accounting i.e. biomass, fossil fuels metal ores, and non-metallic minerals.

This indicator is often referred to in the literature as Material Intensity, and is the reciprocal of Material Productivity.

Caveat
Data follows the globally agreed methodology for this UN SDG Indicator and has been identified by the responsible agency as the most appropriate data source.
Indicator status
Reported online
Indicator description

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

Geographic Coverage
Australia
Unit of measurement

Tonnes

Methodology

nil

Other information

As made clear in Technical annex for Global Material Flows Database (vers. 16/1/2018), some of the base data upon which the DMC numerator depends begin terminating as early as 2012, so the from 2012 it is based increasingly on projection of the underlying components from earlier years, until by 2017 it is 100% projected.

In the update frequency field, biennially was chosen as this reflects recent history, not any ongoing and official agreement.

Most recent data release
2018
Page updated
17 July 2018

Global Metadata

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.

Indicator name
Domestic material consumption, domestic material consumption per capita, and domestic material consumption per GDP
Indicator number
8.4.2
Target number
8.4
Target name

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

Global indicator description

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

UN designated tier
Tier 1
UN custodian agency
United Nations Environment Program
Link to UN metadata
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Metadata (PDF 220kb)

Sources

Source 1
Dataset title
Domestic material consumption for Australia
Data custodian

CSIRO Land & Water

Update frequency
Biennially
Earliest available data
1970
Geographical coverage
Australia
Link to data source
Domestic Material Consumption for Australia
Most recent data release
2017
Tier
Tier 1
Source 2
Dataset title
Domestic material consumption per capita for Australia
Data custodian

CSIRO Land & Water

Update frequency
Biennially
Earliest available data
1970
Geographical coverage
Australia
Link to data source
Domestic Material Consumption per capita for Australia
Most recent data release
2017
Tier
Tier 1
Source 3
Dataset title
Domestic material consumption per USD for Australia
Data custodian

CSIRO Land & Water

Update frequency
Biennially
Earliest available data
1970
Geographical coverage
Australia
Link to data source
Domestic Material Consumption per USD for Australia
Most recent data release
2017
Tier
Tier 1

Other

No other information for this indicator

Historic