1. 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 2000. (Modified from UNEP Decoupling Report, 2011; Consumption (metabolic) rate data from Steinberger et al., 2010; GDP data from http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.KD); With the exception of considering Mexico as part of North America, country regions came from http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/ m49/m49regin.htm. Not all the countries plotted are labeled above due to space restrictions.http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.KDhttp://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/ m49/m49regin.htm Consumption Rates vs GDP

2. 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

3. 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

4. Mineral resource consumption (use) and extraction (mining) in North America

5. Mineral resource consumption (use) and extraction (mining) in South America

6. India

7. Mineral resource consumption (use) and extraction (mining) in India

8. India North America

9. South America North America

10. India South America