On this page you find six fact sheets which describe and illustrate several aspects which are related to resource extraction and use. A number of figures and graphs visualise these aspects and relations and allow for their better understanding.

• FS1: Material consumption and economic development

• FS2: GDP growth as growth factor for material use

• FS3: Global trends of material use at a glance

• FS4: Material productivity and decoupling

• FS5: Material use and human development

• FS6: Material use and happiness
• FS7: Global physical trade

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