Material Flow Accounts

These data refer to material resources, i.e. materials originating from natural resources that form the material basis of the economy: metals (ferrous, non-ferrous) non-metallic minerals (construction minerals, industrial minerals), biomass (wood, food) and fossil energy carriers.

Data source(s) : U.N. Environment Programme (UNEP) Global Material Flows Database for non European countries and for material footprint data; Eurostat's Material Flow and Productivity database (for EU countries + Norway, Switzerland and Turkiye)

Contact : ENV.Stat@oecd.org

Dataset release date : August 27, 2025

Database documentation