Material footprint, by type of raw material (tonnes) by country
Countries reporting
3
Highest
998.62 million tonnes
Australia and New Zealand
Lowest
23.58 million tonnes
Melanesia
Median
215.85 million tonnes
Years covered
23
2000–2022
Data points
828
What the numbers show
Material footprint, by type of raw material (tonnes) is currently reported for 3 countries. The highest value is 998.62 million tonnes in Australia and New Zealand; the lowest is 23.58 million tonnes in Melanesia.
The median across all reporting countries is 215.85 million tonnes, and the mean is 412.68 million tonnes.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 42.
Over the past decade 2 countries rose and 1 fell. The largest increase was in Caribbean (up 10.2%), and the largest decrease in Melanesia (down 50.7%).
Material footprint, by type of raw material: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia and New Zealand | 998.62 million tonnes | 2022 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 2 | Caribbean | 215.85 million tonnes | 2022 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 3 | Melanesia | 23.58 million tonnes | 2022 | down 50.7% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 114.42 billion tonnes
- Asia 60.16 billion tonnes
- Eastern and South-Eastern Asia 45.42 billion tonnes
- Eastern Asia 39.01 billion tonnes
- Americas 34.94 billion tonnes
- Europe and Northern America 24.16 billion tonnes
- Latin America and the Caribbean 23.13 billion tonnes
- Central America 16.96 billion tonnes
- Europe 12.35 billion tonnes
- Northern America 11.81 billion tonnes
- Central and Southern Asia 10.39 billion tonnes
- Southern Asia 9.72 billion tonnes
- South-Eastern Asia 6.41 billion tonnes
- South America 5.95 billion tonnes
- Africa 5.95 billion tonnes
- Northern Africa and Western Asia 5.80 billion tonnes
- Western Europe 4.75 billion tonnes
- Sub-Saharan Africa 4.51 billion tonnes
- Western Asia 4.35 billion tonnes
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 4.10 billion tonnes
- Eastern Europe 3.79 billion tonnes
- Landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) 2.89 billion tonnes
- Southern Europe 2.19 billion tonnes
- Western Africa 1.82 billion tonnes
- Eastern Africa 1.66 billion tonnes
- Northern Europe 1.62 billion tonnes
- Northern Africa 1.44 billion tonnes
- Oceania 1.02 billion tonnes
- Central Asia 668.24 million tonnes
- Middle Africa 616.40 million tonnes
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 549.83 million tonnes
- Southern Africa 405.48 million tonnes
- Oceania (exc. Australia and New Zealand) 23.58 million tonnes