Volume of natural resources extracted relative to GDP (the same as 12.2.1.b)

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Indicator

Indicator 8.4.1.b: Volume of natural resources extracted relative to GDP (the same as 12.2.1.b)
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
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.
Periodicity

Annual
Data last updated May 30, 2023
Metadata last updated May 30, 2023

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

Indicator 8.4.1.b: NA
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
UN designated tier

2
Link to global metadata

https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/files/Metadata-08-04-01.pdf
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United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Metadata (PDF 4.0 MB)
International organisations(s) responsible for global monitoring

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Source 1

Data sources

UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
Data producers

1.National Bureau of Statistics

2.UN Environment Programme (UNEP)

Data providers

National Bureau of Statistics
Institutional mandate

Ministry of Environment
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Contact details

Lungu Ludmila, Biroul Național de Statistică, tel.067770682, e-mail: ludmila.lungu@statistica.gov.md
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