Decoupling trends

Relative decoupling occurs when resource impacts decline relative to the GDP.

There is only a limited pool of indicators available that would enable us to judge whether economic growth can be decoupled from changes in material use and the environmental impact. The picture in Hungary is quite contradictory.

Resource productivity

GDP/DMC €/kg, vásárlóerő paritáson

Sources of data:

Eurostat

Value-added of chemical industry and TOC emission

TOC= Total Organic Carbon, percentage change between 2004 and 2009

Sources of data:

EEA

Value-added of chemical industry and heavy metal pollution

percentage change between 2004 and 2009

Sources of data:

EEA

Decoupling of nutrients emission in water from gross value added in manufacturing industries

percentage

Sources of data:

Eurostat

A hozzáadott érték növekszik, a tápanyag-kibocsátás csökken, tehát a szétkapcsolás megvalósul Magyarországon.