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Indicator: World and UK materials consumption per head U7
Global consumption of grain per head 1995 to 1996  
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Contextual indicator

Coverage: Global

Source: WWF

Global consumption of cement per head: 1995 to 1996  
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Coverage: Global

Source: WWF

  • The data this indicator is based on have not been updated since 1996.
  • The data were chosen to be indicative of renewable and non-renewable resources (grain and cement respectively).
  • There was greater per capita consumption of grain in the UK than the global average, and less consumption of cement. UK consumption was less than other developed parts of the world such as Western Europe and North America.
Note: Not updated since QoLC (1999)

Page last modified: 21 April 2004  |  Page published: 21 April 2004