The Human Impacts Database

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


Quantity Value HuID Source Type
Global annual concrete production (2 ± 0.3) × 1013 kg / yr 16995 Krausmann, F., Wiedenhofer, D., Lauk, …
Global annual plastic production (2.9 ± 0.4) × 1011 kg / yr 25437 Krausmann, F., Wiedenhofer, D., Lauk, …
Global cement production ≈ 4.4 × 1012 kg / yr 25488 United States Geological Survey
Annual production mass of steel ≈ 1.878 × 1012 kg / yr 44894 World Steel Association
Annual production mass of steel ≈ 1.900 × 1012 kg / yr 51453 United States Geological Survey
Global non-agricultural sediment mass flux 3.16 × 1011 kg / yr 66360 Cooper, A. H., Brown, T. …
Global concrete consumption ≈ 2.34 × 1013 kg / yr 81346 Miller, S.A., Horvath, A., and …
Total anthropogenic mass 1.23 × 1015 kg 85388 Elhacham, E., Ben-Uri, L., Grozovski, …
Global annual steel production (1.4 ± 0.21) × 1012 kg / yr 85981 Krausmann, F., Wiedenhofer, D., Lauk, …
Global plastic production ≈ 4 × 1011 kg / yr 97241 Geyer, R., Jambeck, J.R., and …