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Growth in the Productivity of Labour, Energy and Materials in the EU

Figure Created 07 Jun 2012 Published 21 Aug 2012 Last modified 29 Nov 2012

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Topics: Resource efficiency and waste

This figure shows the development of labour productivity, energy productivity and materials productivity in the EU

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Methodology:: The methodology for the calculation of DMI / DMC was revised by Eurostat in 2007. For this figure, the data are calculated after the revised methodology from 2000 on. Therefore, the data set compromises the consistency in order to provide an extended temporal coverage.
Units:: index 1970=100, 1992=100
Rights:: EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (https://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: Wuppertal institute for climate, Environment and energy.
Owners:: Wuppertal institute for climate, Environment and energy
Figure type:: Graph

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The data are taken from external data bases: GDP in millions of 2011 US$ (converted to 2011 price level with updated 2005 EKS PPPs) and labour hours from Total Economy Database, DMC from Eurostat, IFF database and WI database, Total primary energy supply from the Energy Balances of the IEA database, since 1990: Energy data are taken from Eurostat.