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. 2011 Dec 1;16(3):365–377. doi: 10.1111/j.1530-9290.2011.00404.x

Table 2.

Drivers of resource use in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Japan. Data for 2005, except when otherwise noted

USA UK Japan
Population density cap/km2 32 249 351
Income (GDP/cap) (const. 2005 $) $/cap/yr 37,702 27,754 38,972
Household final consumption expenditures $/cap/yr 26,757 18,626 21,817
Livestock cattle/1,000 inh. 315 178 35
Meat consumption kg/cap/yr 124 87 47
Motorization MV/1,000 inh. 820 478 562
Pump price of gasoline (2000) US$/L 0.5 1.2 1.1
Passenger road transport 1,000 pkm/cap/yr 26 12 7
Electricity consumption MWh/cap/yr 14.6 6.8 8.7
Residential electricity consumption MWh/cap/yr 4.5 1.9 2.6

Note: Sources:World Bank Group (2010) (road transport, income, household final expenditure, gasoline price), IEA (2007) (electricity), FAO (2009) (cattle, meat consumption), Mitchell (2003) and RITA (2010) (motorization).

cap/km2= individuals per square kilometer; GDP/cap = gross domestic product per capita; const. 2005 $= constant 2005 dollars; $/cap/yr = dollars per capita per year; cattle/1,000 inh. = cattle per 1,000 inhabitants; kg/cap/yr = kilograms per capita per year; MV/1000 inh. = motor vehicless per 1,000 inhabitants; US$/L = U.S. dollars per liter; pkm/cap/yr = passenger kilometers per year; MWh/cap/yr = megawatt hours per capita per year.