Table 2.

Rates of changing intensity of use and impact and dematerialization during an early period of 1980/1995 and a recent period of 1995/2004

Region	Intensity of use, change c %/yr
	Early period, 1980/1995			Recent period, 1995/2004
	DOE	BP	IEA	DOE	BP	IEA
World	−1.1%	−1.1%	−1.2%	−0.7%	−0.9%	−0.8%
USA	−1.9%	−1.9%	−2.0%	−2.2%	−2.2%	−2.1%
China	−5.2%	−4.5%	−6.0%	−2.6%	−3.7%	−3.9%
India	1.5%	0.6%	−1.5%	−2.5%	−1.4%	−2.9%
Brazil	1.7%	1.2%	0.1%	0.5%	0.6%	0.8%
Indonesia	0.6%	0.1%	−1.4%	2.7%	2.2%	1.2%

The rates for the world and five nations were calculated from reports by the DOE, BP, and CDIAC, and by the Reference and Sectoral methods of the IEA. Sources: World Bank (GDP), and named agencies.