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Direct input of materials (IDM) Catalonia
Total Domestic extraction Imports from abroad Imports from the rest of the State IDM per inhabitant IDM/GDP at current prices (kg/€)
2021 127,064,494 35,609,848 48,187,255 43,267,391 16.38 0.57
2020 119,595,496 37,829,759 45,526,235 36,239,501 15.45 0.57
2019 131,274,807 38,690,387 56,829,458 35,754,962 17.09 0.55
2018 126,779,062 37,433,253 54,311,917 35,033,892 16.70 0.54
2017 125,861,277 37,522,659 53,178,582 35,160,036 16.74 0.55
2016 118,848,534 35,053,486 49,401,576 34,393,472 15.91 0.54
2015 119,814,345 34,722,934 50,807,776 34,283,635 16.11 0.56
2014 114,544,712 33,485,303 50,224,060 30,835,348 15.42 0.56
2013 106,627,993 33,208,863 42,635,889 30,783,241 14.30 0.53
2012 116,798,588 39,003,424 45,880,005 31,915,159 15.58 0.57
2011 127,844,241 47,782,095 47,545,930 32,516,215 17.02 0.60
2010 141,291,946 54,388,772 53,412,420 33,490,754 18.88 0.66
2009 151,122,786 65,419,071 53,175,387 32,528,329 20.31 0.72
2008 173,659,981 74,725,302 59,842,735 39,091,944 23.60 0.79
2007 189,342,644 92,527,260 57,073,215 39,742,168 26.22 0.85
2006 181,968,943 93,539,263 52,573,577 35,856,102 25.74 0.84
2005 180,410,842 91,476,796 55,584,987 33,349,058 26.07 0.87
2004 179,866,981 94,100,999 52,393,799 33,372,183 26.57 0.90
2003 171,338,036 90,393,632 49,279,681 31,664,723 25.86 0.90
2002 153,940,799 79,189,512 46,595,989 28,155,297 23.76 0.83
2001 145,659,345 74,145,520 44,838,027 26,675,797 23.03 0.81
2000 139,830,282 71,046,411 43,381,430 25,402,441 22.50 0.81
Units: Tons.
Source: Idescat. Material Flow Accounts.
Note: Totals may not coincide with the sum of the components due to rounding.

Last update: March 27, 2024.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Domestic extraction
Sum total of the raw materials extracted from the Catalan ecosystems, expressed in physical terms, to be used as input material in the economic system.

Methodological aspects

The Material Flow Accounts show the physical inputs that enter the economy from the environment or other economic systems and the outputs that are heading towards other economies or the natural environment. Therefore, it describes the interaction of an economy with the environments and with economies from the rest of the world. In this way we can determine the dependencies and deficiencies of an economic system and, at the same time, the impacts that it generates on the environment.

The magnitudes included in the Material Flow Account are expressed in tonnes and refer to the calendar year. All the materials used by the economy are accounted for, except water and air, as they represent an enormous mass and their prevalence could dilute the effect of the others.

Analysing the material flows that circulate through an economic system enables us to measure the physical dimension of a society's resource use and to search for solutions to their environmental impact.

This methodology produces indicators that provide an overview of the physical dimension of the economy and its evolution, based on the accounting of the materials that come in and out of the economic system.

You can get more information about these statistics in the methodology.