Material footprint in Belgium, 2021

Material footprint in 2021: Annual value — 157,759.8 thousand tonnes. Comparison with the previous year and position in the series history. Official data — Eurostat.

Material footprint in 2021 — neighbouring years chart, Annual value 157,759.8 thousand tonnes, source Eurostat
Material footprint in 2021 — value in the context of neighbouring years. Source: Eurostat. forecasteconomy.com

Material footprint in 2021

  • Value: 157,759.8 thousand tonnes
  • Change vs 2020: +7,063.45 thousand tonnes (+4.69 %)
  • Position in history: above the 18-year average (average — 149,163.63 thousand tonnes)
  • Series maximum — 173,052.35 thousand tonnes in 2008 (13 years ago)
  • Series minimum — 101,478.64 thousand tonnes in 2024
  • Value date: 1 January 2021
  • Source: Eurostat

Dynamics over neighbouring years

YearValue, thousand tonnes
2016159,231.93
2017153,429.04
2018171,234.93
2019148,121.42
2020150,696.35
2021157,759.8
2022137,564.5
2023118,722.9
2024101,478.64
2025108,544.9

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Complete series for Belgium — on the Material footprint page.

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