Table 8.11
Copper Intensity of Use Index
Unit: Not applicable · Cochilco, Anuario Cochilco 2025 · 2005 to 2025
| Series | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL OECD COUNTRIES | 1 | 0.98 | 0.92 | 0.9 | 0.86 | 0.86 | 0.82 | 0.78 | 0.78 | 0.79 | 0.9305 | 1.014 | 0.9744 | 0.966 | 0.9398 | 0.9449 | 0.93 | 0.9125 | 0.8862 | 0.9318 | 0.9224 |
| Germany | 1 | 1.18 | 1.1 | 1.11 | 1.08 | 1.12 | 0.98 | 0.88 | 0.9 | 0.91 | 0.9044 | 1.012 | 0.9311 | 0.9376 | 0.8218 | 0.9418 | 0.8186 | 0.8635 | 0.8078 | 0.8685 | 0.9009 |
| Australia | 1 | 0.89 | 0.89 | 0.9 | 0.78 | 0.81 | 0.68 | 0.62 | 0.46 | 0.24 | 0.9179 | 0.8438 | 1.166 | 0.7853 | 0.6771 | 1.046 | 1.171 | 1.614 | 1.375 | 1.276 | 1.193 |
| Austria | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | 0.9058 | 0.9718 | 0.9045 | 0.861 | 0.859 | 0.9083 | 0.8168 | 0.7663 | 0.7687 | 0.8033 | 0.7911 |
| Belgium | 1 | 0.86 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.75 | 0.7 | 0.62 | 0.59 | 0.57 | 0.57 | 0.9569 | 0.8322 | 0.6153 | 0.7726 | 0.6876 | 0.7014 | 0.6165 | 0.6745 | 0.655 | 0.7165 | 0.6585 |
| Canada | 1 | 1.04 | 0.72 | 0.73 | 0.59 | 0.58 | 0.54 | 0.57 | 0.57 | 0.59 | 0.9005 | 1.147 | 1.154 | 1.245 | 1.22 | 1.126 | 1.236 | 1.014 | 1.291 | 1.37 | 1.041 |
| Chile | 1 | 1.05 | 0.95 | 0.93 | 0.89 | 0.96 | 0.88 | 0.81 | 0.8 | 0.81 | 0.884 | 1.07 | 0.8979 | 0.6814 | 0.5588 | 0.5834 | 0.7691 | 0.796 | 0.9057 | 0.8928 | 0.8773 |
| South Korea | 1 | 0.88 | 0.85 | 0.78 | 0.9 | 0.71 | 0.61 | 0.56 | 0.55 | 0.58 | 0.9251 | 1.054 | 1.039 | 0.9568 | 0.8414 | 0.8252 | 0.739 | 0.8008 | 0.7957 | 0.7801 | 0.7885 |
| Denmark | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | 0.9862 | 1.146 | 0.8796 | 0.4589 | 0.3925 | 0.1382 | 0.3877 | 0.1771 | 0.5136 | 0.4764 | 0.4881 |
| Spain | 1 | 0.92 | 0.9 | 0.95 | 1.09 | 1.24 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.18 | 1.22 | 1.057 | 0.9206 | 0.9742 | 1.02 | 1.033 | 1.09 | 0.9829 | 1.013 | 0.9803 | 1.032 | 1.09 |
| United States | 1 | 0.91 | 0.9 | 0.88 | 0.81 | 0.82 | 0.79 | 0.77 | 0.78 | 0.75 | 0.9043 | 1.031 | 0.9957 | 0.9886 | 1.005 | 1.009 | 1 | 0.9559 | 0.8788 | 0.8845 | 0.9152 |
| Finland | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | 1.066 | 1.065 | 0.8379 | 0.8825 | 0.8049 | 0.5806 | 0.9474 | 1.036 | 1.008 | 0.9949 | 0.9897 |
| France | 1 | 0.97 | 0.76 | 0.81 | 0.53 | 0.45 | 0.42 | 0.42 | 0.47 | 0.49 | 1.003 | 1.07 | 1.121 | 1.069 | 1.057 | 1.021 | 0.961 | 0.8927 | 0.8725 | 0.8564 | 0.8823 |
| Greece | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | 1.132 | 1.207 | 1.283 | 0.9462 | 1.014 | 1.129 | 1.02 | 0.942 | 0.9163 | 1.086 | 0.8045 |
| Hungary | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | 0.8276 | 4.84 | 8.326 | 4.701 | 2.99 | 3.67 | 4.687 | 4.777 | 3.546 | 2.816 | 2.952 |
| Italy | 1 | 1.14 | 1.06 | 0.92 | 0.93 | 1.03 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.13 | 1.089 | 0.9595 | 0.9917 | 0.8482 | 0.8631 | 0.829 | 0.959 | 0.9862 | 0.8934 | 0.8897 | 0.8128 |
| Japan | 1 | 1 | 0.95 | 0.93 | 0.87 | 0.91 | 0.89 | 0.87 | 0.88 | 0.94 | 1.027 | 0.9746 | 0.9724 | 1.002 | 1.001 | 0.9801 | 0.9512 | 0.9334 | 0.8545 | 0.9093 | 0.8367 |
| Mexico | 1 | 0.8 | 0.71 | 0.69 | 0.71 | 0.64 | 0.75 | 0.71 | 0.74 | 0.67 | 0.9108 | 1.074 | 0.9082 | 1.023 | 1.13 | 1.139 | 1.226 | 0.8921 | 1.086 | 1.304 | 1.326 |
| Netherlands | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | 1.069 | 0.9861 | 0.9757 | 0.9625 | 0.976 | 1.009 | 0.9706 | 0.9364 | 0.9476 | 0.967 | 0.9613 |
| Poland | 1 | 0.91 | 0.91 | 0.71 | 0.65 | 0.71 | 0.65 | 0.63 | 0.59 | 0.67 | 0.8338 | 0.9842 | 0.892 | 0.9091 | 0.8454 | 0.8545 | 0.7881 | 0.7276 | 0.7142 | 0.7072 | 0.6993 |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1.04 | 0.25 | 0.27 | 0.16 | 0.29 | 0.15 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 1.014 | 0.9525 | 0.8219 | 0.6471 | 1.051 | 0.8579 | 0.8596 | 0.6792 | 0.5255 | 0.4198 | 0.3061 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1.08 | 1.02 | 1.05 | 1.07 | 1.09 | 1.01 | 0.91 | 0.83 | 0.84 | 1.026 | 1.016 | 1.013 | 0.8997 | 1.069 | 0.8652 | 0.9586 | 0.8305 | 1.301 | 2.26 | 2.052 |
| Türkiye | 1 | 0.89 | 1.08 | 1.01 | 0.99 | 1 | 1.04 | 1.03 | 1.06 | 1.02 | 0.6938 | 0.9598 | 0.8446 | 0.9045 | 0.8749 | 0.8091 | 0.738 | 0.766 | 0.769 | 0.7218 | 0.7988 |
| NON-OECD MEMBER ECONOMIES | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Brazil | 1 | 0.98 | 0.9 | 1.01 | 0.94 | 1.19 | 1.03 | 1.14 | 1.12 | 1.03 | 1.122 | 0.9724 | 0.9135 | 0.9355 | 0.9882 | 0.761 | 0.7925 | 0.8215 | 0.7997 | 0.8981 | 0.8081 |
| China (2) | 1 | 0.88 | 1.03 | 1 | 1.26 | 1.19 | 1.16 | 1.22 | 1.25 | 1.34 | 0.9346 | 0.9602 | 0.9715 | 1.029 | 1.063 | 1.251 | 1.126 | 1.255 | 1.234 | 1.286 | 1.311 |
| India | 1 | 0.93 | 1.07 | 1.02 | 1.02 | 0.86 | 0.64 | 0.72 | 0.67 | 0.67 | 0.8788 | 0.9657 | 0.9071 | 0.9102 | 0.9295 | 0.8558 | 0.8838 | 1.151 | 1.335 | 1.206 | 1.178 |
| Russia | 1 | 0.98 | 0.91 | 0.94 | 0.59 | 0.61 | 0.74 | 0.6 | 0.59 | 0.71 | 0.8917 | 1.105 | 1.107 | 1.073 | 0.953 | 0.9818 | 1.585 | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. |
Notes of the table
- (1) Cociente entre el Índice de Consumo de Cobre y el Índice de Actividad Industrial (Base 2015 = 1). / Ratio of Copper Consumption Index to Industrial Activity Index (Base 2015 = 1).
- (2) China: Cociente entre el Índice de Consumo de Cobre y el Índice de Producto Interno Bruto (PIB) (Base 2015 = 1). / China: Ratio of Copper Consumption Index to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Index (Base 2015 = 1).
- n.d.: Información no disponible. / Not available.
Source stated in the table
World Metal Statistics July 2026: cifras de consumo. / World Metal Statistics July 2026: consumption data. OECD Main Economic Indicators (Online Bookshop): actividad industrial. / OECD Main Economic Indicators (Online Bookshop): industrial activity. National Bureau of Statistics of China: Índice de PIB a precios constantes. / National Bureau of Statistics of China: Gross Domestic Product Index at constant prices. Elaborado por la Comisión Chilena del Cobre (COCHILCO), en base a información de las fuentes señaladas. / Prepared by the Chilean Copper Commission (COCHILCO), based on information from the aforementioned sources.
Source: Chilean Copper Commission (Cochilco), Cochilco, Anuario Cochilco 2025 (XLSX), 2026. Read on Oct 6, 2026.
n.d.: no data · n.a.: not applicable · “< 1”: less than one unit.