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Decent jobs and economic growth - Goal 8

Indicator 8.4.1: Material footprint, material footprint per capita, and material footprint per GDP

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This table provides information on metadata for SDG indicators as defined by the UN Statistical Commission. Complete global metadata is provided by the UN Statistics Division.

Indicator name

Material footprint, material footprint per capita, and material footprint per GDP
Indicator number
Target name

Improve progressively, through 2030, global resource efficiency in consumption and production and endeavour to decouple economic growth from environmental degradation, in accordance with the 10‐Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production, with developed countries taking the lead
Target number

8.4
Global indicator description
UN designated tier

3
UN custodian agency

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
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