Romania, Bulgaria Rank Last in EU by Resource Productivity

Resource productivity measures how efficiently natural resources are used by the economy and indicates whether economic growth is compatible with a more efficient use of natural resources from the environment.

The level of resource productivity varies widely between the EU Member States. It depends on a country's natural resources, the diversity of its industrial activities, the role played by its services sector and its construction activities, the scale and patterns of its consumption and its various energy sources.

Across member states, the highest resource productivity in 2016 was recorded in Italy (EUR3.98/kg) and the Netherlands (EUR3.96/kg), ahead of Luxembourg (EUR3.65/kg), the United Kingdom (EUR3.59/kg) and Spain (EUR3.17/kg).

At the opposite end of the scale, five member states registered resource productivity lower than EUR1/kg: Bulgaria (EUR0.68/kg), Romania (EUR0.70/kg), Latvia (EUR0.82/kg), Estonia (EUR0.85/kg) and Finland (EUR0.95/kg).

In the Eu, resource productivity increased to EUR2.07/kg in 2016, from EUR1.47/kg in 2000, a growth of 41% in real terms.

The amount of resources used by an economy plays a crucial role in the generation of environmental pressures, from the extraction of natural resources for production and consumption activities to materials released into the environment, such as the disposal of waste and emissions into the air and water.

Resource productivity measures how efficiently natural resources are used by the economy and indicates whether economic growth is compatible with a more efficient use of natural resources from the environment.

 

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