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 energy consumption from coal ≈ 1.6 × 1020 J / yr 10400 British Petroleum
Annual production volume of natural gas ≈ 3.99 × 1012 m3 / yr 11468 British Petroleum
Extracted volume of natural gas ≈ 4.0 × 1012 m3 / yr 20532 U.S. Energy Information Administration
Global annual energy consumption from fossil fuels ≈ 5.4 × 1020 J / yr 29109 U.S. Energy Information Administration
Global annual energy consumption from fossil fuels ≈ 4.9 × 1020 J / yr 29470 British Petroleum
Fuel economy of light-duty vehicles in the United States ≈ 10.92 km/L 30550 United States Environmental Protection Agency
Global energy consumption from oil ≈ 2.1 × 1020 J / yr 39756 U.S. Energy Information Administration
Global annual energy consumed from oil ≈ 1.9 × 1020 J / yr 42121 British Petroleum
Global annual mass of coal extracted ≈ 8.0 × 1012 kg / yr 48928 U.S. Energy Information Administration
Global annual energy consumption from natural gas ≈ 1.45 × 1020 J / yr 49947 British Petroleum
Passenger air transport energy consumption ≈ 6.6 × 1018 J / yr 55062 U.S. Energy Information Administration
Global annual energy consumption from coal ≈ 1.75 × 1020 J / yr 60490 U.S. Energy Information Administration
Annual production volume of oil ≈ 5.5 × 109 m3 / yr 66789 British Petroleum
Annual production mass of coal ≈ 8.1 × 1012 kg / year 78435 British Petroleum
Global annual power derived from natural gas 1.5 × 1020 J / yr 86175 U.S. Energy Information Administration