Total Consumption Rate of Industrial Minerals & Ore and Construction Materials in the year 2000 (tons of Domestic Material Consumption/capita/year) Figure 1. The relationship between gross domestic product (GDP) per capita and the domestic consumption rate of industrial minerals & ore and construction material consumption in tons per capita for ~150 different countries in the year (Modified from UNEP Decoupling Report, 2011; Consumption (metabolic) rate data from Steinberger et al., 2010; GDP data from With the exception of considering Mexico as part of North America, country regions came from m49/m49regin.htm. Not all the countries plotted are labeled above due to space restrictions. m49/m49regin.htm Consumption Rates vs GDP
Total Consumption Rate of Industrial Minerals & Ore and Construction Materials in the year 2000 (tons of Domestic Material Consumption/capita/year) A B Consumption Rates vs GDP
Total Consumption Rate of Industrial Minerals & Ore and Construction Materials in the year 2000 (tons of Domestic Material Consumption/capita/year) C D Consumption Rates vs GDP
Mineral resource consumption (use) and extraction (mining) in North America
Mineral resource consumption (use) and extraction (mining) in South America
India
Mineral resource consumption (use) and extraction (mining) in India
India North America
South America North America
India South America