The European Union has seen a marked reduction in both the absolute and per capita consumption of raw materials since the global financial crisis of 2007-2008, with the EU consuming around six trillion tonnes of raw materials in 2020, compared to 8.3 trillion in 2007. Raw material consumption is a key economic and environmental indicator in the European Union's efforts to stimulate a transition towards a sustainable and green economy, mainly through its Green Deal industrial plan.
Annual raw material consumption in the European Union from 2000 to 2020 in absolute and in per capita terms
Characteristic
Thousands of tonnes
Tonnes per capita
2020
6,108,243.18
13.65
2019
6,469,454.3
14.47
2018
6,464,015.97
14.47
2017
6,343,007.43
14.23
2016
6,238,260.23
14.01
2015
6,224,028.96
14.01
2014
6,203,694.41
14
2013
6,158,612.43
13.94
2012
6,289,683.45
14.27
2011
6,813,450.79
15.48
2010
6,511,693.6
14.76
2009
7,131,797.44
16.19
2008
8,141,305.08
18.53
02,000,0004,000,0006,000,0008,000,00010,000,000
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