The Human Impacts Database

A collection of useful numbers for quantifying the impacts of the human presence on Earth.


Quantity Value HuID Source Type
Total annual cultured seafood mass ≈ 8.21 × 1010 kg / yr 74604 FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization …
Global calorie supply from beef 39 kcal / capita / day 79776 FAO (Food and Agricultural Organization …
Annual cultured grass carp mass ≈ 5.70 × 109 kg / yr 80400 FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization …
Commercial whaling catches per year 300-2000 81374 Rocha, R.C. Jr; Clapham, P.J.; …
Feed-to-food protein conversion efficiency of pork 9 ± 4.5 % 82172 Shepon, A., Eshel, G., Noor, …
Annual production mass of beef 6.7 × 1010 kg / yr 82278 FAO (Food and Agricultural Organization …
Production yield of chicken poultry ≈ 1.7 kg / chicken 82920 FAO (Food and Agricultural Organization …
Global pelagic fish protein supply 1.1 g / capita / day 83673 FAO (Food and Agricultural Organization …
Annual cultured Nile tilapia mass ≈ 4.53 × 109 kg / yr 83907 FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization …
Number of marine non-indigenous species in Europe ≈ 1039 species 84779 European Environment Agency
Estimate of oceanic zooplankton biomass ≈ 3 - 150 × 1012 kg 85142 Hatton, I.A., Heneghan, R.F., Bar-On, …
Global human population ≈ 8 × 109 people 85255 FAO (Food and Agricultural Organization) …
Number of contemporary plant extinctions > 120 species 86866 IUCN (International Union for the …
Annual captured Alaska pollock mass ≈ 3.40 × 109 kg / yr 87648 FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization …
Global calorie supply 2927 kcal / capita / day 87877 FAO (Food and Agricultural Organization …