This table provides metadata for the actual indicator available from Moldova statistics closest to the corresponding global SDG indicator. Please note that even when the global SDG indicator is fully available from Moldovan statistics, this table should be consulted for information on national methodology and other Moldovan-specific metadata information.
Indicator |
Indicator 8.4.1.b: Volume of natural resources extracted relative to GDP (the same as 12.2.1.b) |
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Definition and concepts |
Material Footprint is the attribution of global material extraction to domestic final demand of a country. The total material footprint is the sum of the material footprint for biomass, fossil fuels, metal ores and non-metalic minerals. |
Unit of measure |
kg in USD constant prices |
Data sources |
UN Environment Programme (UNEP) |
Data providers |
National Bureau of Statistics |
Institutional mandate |
Ministry of Environment |
Method of computation |
MF = Domestic extraction of materials + raw material equivalents of imports - raw material equivalents of exports, expressed in kg in USA dollars in constant prices, related to GDP. |
Data last updated | May 30, 2023 |
Metadata last updated | May 30, 2023 |