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How big is the material footprint per capita?

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Values among 41 countries

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Definition:	Material Footprint per Capita. The material footprint refers to the global allocation of used raw material extracted to meet the final demand of an economy.
Year:	2017
Unit:	to/cap
Direction:	Low values translate into high scores
Source 1:	OECD Online Database
Data for:	AUS, AUT, BEL, BGR, CAN, CHL, HRV, CYP, DNK, EST, FIN, FRA, DEU, GRC, HUN, ISL, IRL, ISR, ITA, JPN, KOR, LVA, LTU, LUX, MLT, MEX, NLD, NZL, NOR, POL, PRT, ROU, SVK, SVN, ESP, SWE, CHE, TUR, GBR, USA
Annotation:	OECD: Dataset: Dataset: Material resources URL: https://stats.oecd.org/Index… extracted May 20th, 2020
Source 2:	Charles University Environment Center, Praque, World Bank World Development Indicators
Data for:	CZE
Annotation:	Dataset obtained by E-Mail from Jan Kovanda, University of Praque, Aug. 13th, 2019 World Bank: Dataset: World Development Indicators, Population, total [SP.POP.TOTL] URL: https://databank.worldbank.o… extracted May 21st, 2020

Calculation:	Long-term data series were used to set appropriate minimum and maximum values.
Minimum:	0
Maximum:	47.325
/	Below/Above IQR boundary value. See FAQ for further information.
Distance:	Distance=(value for calculation-minimum)/(maximum-minimum)
Score:	Score=10-relative distance*9
Annotat.:	Source 2: Indicator calculated by Margit Kraus (Calculus Consult)

Top group

Score

Material Footprint

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Upper middle group

Mexico

8.3

8.71

Bulgaria

7.6

12.59

Croatia

7.6

12.66

Hungary

7.2

14.73

Turkey

7.0

15.92

Chile

6.9

16.42

Portugal

6.8

16.65

Romania

6.8

16.84

Czechia

6.8

16.95

Poland

6.7

17.33

Italy

6.3

19.49

Cyprus

6.2

19.91

Ireland

6.2

19.96

Lower middle group

Israel

5.9

21.62

Spain

5.8

21.89

France

5.8

21.98

5.8

22.11

Germany

5.8

22.14

Slovenia

5.7

22.42

Latvia

5.6

23.11

Belgium

5.6

23.33

Sweden

5.4

24.20

New Zealand

5.4

24.35

Denmark

5.4

24.44

Japan

5.3

24.62

Malta

5.1

25.55

South Korea

5.0

26.34

Greece

5.0

26.41

Netherlands

4.9

26.76

Estonia

4.4

29.32

USA

4.2

30.49

Switzerland

4.1

30.93

Austria

4.0

31.39

Iceland

4.0

31.76

Canada

3.5

34.25

Finland

3.1

36.14

Lithuania

3.1

36.31

Bottom group

Norway

2.9

37.42

Australia

1.9

42.74

Slovakia

1.4

45.15

Luxembourg

1.0

101.67

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