Economy-wide material flow accounts (EW-MFA) provide an aggregate overview, in thousand tonnes per year, of the material flows into and out of an economy. EW-MFA cover solid, gaseous, and liquid materials, except for bulk flows of water and air. Several policy-relevant indicators are derived from EW-MFA, for example domestic material consumption (DMC) and resource productivity. Economy-wide material flow accounts (EW-MFA) is one module of European Environmental Economic Accounts (short: environmental accounts).
Further information
- Material flows and resource productivity (Eurostat website)
- Regulation No 691/2011 on European Environmental Economic Accounts, consolidated version