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The article presents problems of sustainable production against the idea of
sustainable development, which means a comprehensive and harmonious socioeconomic
development that does not disturb the natural environment. An aim of the
article is to show the importance of initiatives in the field of sustainable production
connected with practice of implementing the principles of sustainable development.
In search of quantitative measures to assess the basic pillars of eco-development, as
well as social, economic and natural resources and their relationships, the Eurostat
and European Commission databases from 2010 and 2016 were analysed. These
data made it possible to visualise the behavior of the European countries with a
dynamic approach.