Table 5.
Region | Yearb | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | ||
Africa | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.8 | |
North and South America | 8.2 | 7.2 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 7.5 | 7.8 | |
Asia | 5.0 | 5.6 | 6.6 | 8.0 | 9.3 | 11.1 | |
Europe | 7.8 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 8.4 | 8.8 | 9.0 | |
Oceania | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.3 | |
Total | 24.3 | 24.3 | 25.9 | 27.8 | 29.6 | 32.0 |
Mt
Data from IAI (2006c); USGS (2005c); USGS (2006b)