Material flow accounts - domestic processed output by country
Countries reporting
38
Highest
760,960 Thousand tonnes
Germany
Lowest
5,099 Thousand tonnes
Malta
Median
55,828 Thousand tonnes
Years covered
36
1990–2025
Data points
985
What the numbers show
Material flow accounts - domestic processed output is currently reported for 38 countries. The highest value is 760,960 Thousand tonnes in Germany; the lowest is 5,099 Thousand tonnes in Malta.
The median across all reporting countries is 55,828 Thousand tonnes, and the mean is 114,921 Thousand tonnes.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 149.
Over the past decade 11 countries rose and 27 fell. The largest increase was in Malta (up 80.3%), and the largest decrease in Estonia (down 29.8%).
Material flow accounts - domestic processed output: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | 760,960 Thousand tonnes | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 2 | France | 442,838 Thousand tonnes | 2023 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 3 | Italy | 389,230 Thousand tonnes | 2023 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 4 | Poland | 374,536 Thousand tonnes | 2023 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 4 | Poland | 374,536 Thousand tonnes | 2023 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 6 | Spain | 288,925 Thousand tonnes | 2024 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 7 | Netherlands | 170,256 Thousand tonnes | 2023 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 7 | Netherlands | 170,256 Thousand tonnes | 2023 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 9 | Belgium | 105,765 Thousand tonnes | 2023 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 10 | Romania | 100,103 Thousand tonnes | 2023 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 11 | Sweden | 97,056 Thousand tonnes | 2023 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 12 | Czechia | 96,540 Thousand tonnes | 2023 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 13 | Denmark | 92,860 Thousand tonnes | 2023 | down 7.4% | flat |
| 14 | Austria | 86,936 Thousand tonnes | 2024 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 15 | Finland | 79,653 Thousand tonnes | 2023 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 16 | Greece | 72,709 Thousand tonnes | 2023 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 17 | Ireland | 68,323 Thousand tonnes | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 18 | Norway | 66,147 Thousand tonnes | 2023 | down 5.8% | flat |
| 19 | Hungary | 60,384 Thousand tonnes | 2023 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 20 | Portugal | 51,271 Thousand tonnes | 2023 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 21 | Switzerland | 50,944 Thousand tonnes | 2024 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 22 | Bulgaria | 46,725 Thousand tonnes | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 23 | Slovakia | 38,976 Thousand tonnes | 2023 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 23 | Slovakia | 38,976 Thousand tonnes | 2023 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 25 | Lithuania | 28,536 Thousand tonnes | 2023 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 25 | Lithuania | 28,536 Thousand tonnes | 2023 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 27 | Croatia | 27,057 Thousand tonnes | 2023 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 27 | Croatia | 27,057 Thousand tonnes | 2023 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 29 | Estonia | 19,366 Thousand tonnes | 2023 | down 29.8% | rising |
| 29 | Estonia | 19,366 Thousand tonnes | 2023 | down 29.8% | rising |
| 31 | Latvia | 16,195 Thousand tonnes | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 31 | Latvia | 16,195 Thousand tonnes | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 33 | Slovenia | 15,561 Thousand tonnes | 2023 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 33 | Slovenia | 15,561 Thousand tonnes | 2023 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 35 | Luxembourg | 9,908 Thousand tonnes | 2023 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 36 | Cyprus | 7,547 Thousand tonnes | 2023 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 37 | Iceland | 6,096 Thousand tonnes | 2025 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 38 | Malta | 5,099 Thousand tonnes | 2023 | up 80.3% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- European Union - 27 countries (from 2020) 3.58 million Thousand tonnes