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It refers to “the total amount of raw materials extracted to meet final consumption demands”. [1] Raw materials include biomass, fossil fuels, metals and non-metallic minerals. \n\nThe number for each country includes imports of raw materials, but excludes exports, to count the material use where the consumption is happening. High-income countries, for example, rely a great deal on extraction of raw materials from other countries (up to 40%), but this is included in their material footprint as imports.\n\nUN Stats gets the data from the International Resource Panel, a global science-policy platform established by the United Nations Environment Programme in 2007 [2]. In their Global Material Flows Database, they have collected data on material flows from The European Union and Japan, while data from all other countries is modelled. [3]\n\n[1]  [UN Stats](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.unep.org\u002Fexplore-topics\u002Fsustainable-development-goals\u002Fwhy-do-sustainable-development-goals-matter\u002Fgoal-12-1)  \n[2]  [International Resource Panel](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.resourcepanel.org\u002Freports\u002Fglobal-resources-outlook)  \n[3]  [Global Material Flows Database](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.resourcepanel.org\u002Fglobal-material-flows-database)\n[4]  We consulted four independent experts for this question, including Paul Behrens of Leiden University.","The richest countries’ material use has remained stable over the past 20 years, around 25 metric tons per person, which is roughly 13 times more than in low-income countries. The reason the global number increased is that billions of people got richer over recent decades and, just like those who were already rich, they started to consume more materials. Therefore the global material usage has increased very fast over the past 20 years.\n\n### Is the increased consumption due to the world’s increasing population? \nNot really. It’s rather a consequence of billions of people becoming richer. We know the increase in material footprint has been more than 3 times higher than the population growth (19%) over the past 20 years. Material footprint has more closely followed economic growth, but also increased faster (GDP increased by 90% from the year 2000 to 2019). This means that until now, on the global level, there has been no decoupling of material footprint growth from either population growth or GDP growth.\n\n### Why is it a problem that people are wrong about this?\nIf people are unaware of the increased plundering of nature they don’t realize why a lifestyle of overconsumption will have to change. Billions more people are expected to become richer and if the material consumption of the rich doesn’t decrease, lots of natural resources will soon run low and many natural habitats will be destroyed.\nThe reality is that when people get wealthier, their material footprint increases. Although there is a ceiling on this increase, as we see today in the world’s wealthiest countries, this ceiling is far too high and completely unsustainable.\n\n### Why are people wrong about this?\nPeople in high-income countries today are aware of the need to recycle their waste and are concerned about using reusable coffee cups; they probably get an illusion that this has a major impact on the global total material consumption. We don’t know for sure, but maybe the idea of the circular economy is so widely discussed that many assume our current consumption pattern is sustainable. The increased recycling is a small step in the right direction, but it is far from enough. Rich people have become accustomed to a very high rate of consumption and they may believe a small reduction is a big thing.\n\n### Where can I see data for countries?\nThis graph shows how strong the link between GDP per capita and Material Footprint is, with each country shown as a bubble. The size of bubbles shows the total material use, and the vertical axis is the per capita material use. You can interact with the graph [here](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gapminder.org\u002Ftools\u002F#$model$markers$bubble$encoding$y$data$concept=matfootp_cap&source=fasttrack&space@=country&=time;;&scale$domain:null&zoomed:null&type:null;;&frame$value=2017;;;;;&chart-type=bubbles&url=v1). \n\n![materialfootprint](\u002F\u002Fimages.ctfassets.net\u002Fghhpjogyw4x7\u002F31GvgXDqVXjTYMaE4PofpH\u002Fe8d7c47deabadd06b6572c8c194fa804\u002Fmaterialfootprint.gif)\n\n### Can I trust the data?\nYes, the data comes from a UN report and the increased use of all kinds of materials is well documented. Some of the data is modelled, based on a huge number of smaller sources.\n\n### Where can I learn more?\nSee this UN report for an in-depth discussion on the state of our world’s natural resources [Global Resources Outlook 2019](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.resourcepanel.org\u002Freports\u002Fglobal-resources-outlook) \n","Shut your eyes and plunder","Larger and larger bites of nature are taken every year, but you were completely unaware of it."]