Material footprint per capita, by type of raw material (tonnes) by country
Countries reporting
3
Highest
31.87 tonnes
Australia and New Zealand
Lowest
1.89 tonnes
Melanesia
Median
4.9 tonnes
Years covered
23
2000–2022
Data points
828
What the numbers show
Material footprint per capita, by type of raw material (tonnes) is currently reported for 3 countries. The highest value is 31.87 tonnes in Australia and New Zealand; the lowest is 1.89 tonnes in Melanesia.
The median across all reporting countries is 4.9 tonnes, and the mean is 12.88 tonnes.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 17.
Over the past decade 1 countries rose and 2 fell. The largest increase was in Caribbean (up 4.9%), and the largest decrease in Melanesia (down 60.2%).
Material footprint per capita, by type of raw material (tonnes): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia and New Zealand | 31.87 tonnes | 2022 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 2 | Caribbean | 4.9 tonnes | 2022 | up 4.9% | flat |
| 3 | Melanesia | 1.89 tonnes | 2022 | down 60.2% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Central America 94.33 tonnes
- Latin America and the Caribbean 35.35 tonnes
- Americas 33.76 tonnes
- Northern America 31.04 tonnes
- Western Europe 23.94 tonnes
- Eastern Asia 23.45 tonnes
- Oceania 22.69 tonnes
- Europe and Northern America 20.02 tonnes
- Eastern and South-Eastern Asia 19.34 tonnes
- Northern Europe 15.11 tonnes
- Europe 14.94 tonnes
- South America 13.83 tonnes
- World 13.76 tonnes
- Asia 12.46 tonnes
- Western Asia 11.49 tonnes
- Eastern Europe 11.48 tonnes
- Southern Europe 11.46 tonnes
- South-Eastern Asia 9.36 tonnes
- Central Asia 8.42 tonnes
- Northern Africa and Western Asia 8.37 tonnes
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 7.71 tonnes
- Southern Africa 5.69 tonnes
- Central and Southern Asia 4.94 tonnes
- Southern Asia 4.81 tonnes
- Landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) 4.77 tonnes
- Northern Africa 4.6 tonnes
- Western Africa 4.18 tonnes
- Africa 3.87 tonnes
- Sub-Saharan Africa 3.69 tonnes
- Eastern Africa 3.22 tonnes
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 3.14 tonnes
- Middle Africa 3.09 tonnes
- Oceania (exc. Australia and New Zealand) 1.72 tonnes