Material productivity in Slovenia it is very affected by construction activity. Consumption of non-metallic mineral resources has a major impact primarily due to the weight of these products. It was the lowest in 2007, and then due to a decline in construction activity it began to rise. In 2014 it was 1, 34 EUR / kg. However, it is still below the EU average.
Resource productivity is an indicator expressinh the ratio between gross domestic product (GDP) and domestic material consumption (DMC) in relation to weight.
Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia,SI-STAT,2014;
2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | ||
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resource productivity | EUR2005/kg | 0.7 | 0.74 | 0.74 | 0.7 | 0.72 | 0.78 | 0.7 | 0.68 | 0.8 | 0.89 |
2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | |||||||
resource productivity | EUR2005/kg | 0.96 | 1.07 | 1.21 | 1.21 | 1.21 |
Eurostat,2014
Barbara Bernard Vukadin, Slovenian Environmet agency