"All the problems we face can be dealt with using existing technologies. And almost everything we need to do to move the world economy back onto an environmentally sustainable path has already been done in one or more countries." –Lester R. Brown, Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization
Supporting Data
(Formatted as Excel files - See note on file format)
Chapter 1 Data: Pushing Beyond the Earth's Limits (all data)
Figure 1. World Grain Stocks as Days of Consumption, 1960-2004
Figure 2. Grain Production Per Person in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1960-2004
Figure 3. Grain Production, Consumption, and Imports in Japan, 1960-2004
Chapter 2 Data: Stopping at Seven Billion (all data)
Figure 1. World Grainland Per Person, 1950-2004, With Projection to 2050
Figure 2. The Three-Stage Process of the Demographic Transition
Chapter 3 Data: Moving Up the Food Chain Efficiently (all data)
Figure 1. World Meat Production, 1950-2003
Figure 2. World Meat Production by Type, 1950-2003
Figure 3. World Oceanic Fish Catch and Beef Production, 1950-2003
Figure 4. Milk Production in India and the United States, 1961-2003
Figure 5. Aquacultural and Poultry Production in China, 1961-2003
Figure 6. Meat Production in China and the United States, 1961-2003
Chapter 4 Data: Raising the Earth's Productivity (all data)
Figure 1. World Fertilizer Use, 1950-2003
Figure 2. Fertilizer Use by Country, 1950-2003
Figure 3. World Irrigated Area, 1950-2002
Figure 4. Rice Yields in Japan, China, and India, 1960-2004
Figure 5. Wheat Yields in France, China, and the United States, 1960-2004
Figure 6. Corn Yields in the United States, China, and Brazil, 1960-2004
Chapter 5 Data: Protecting Cropland
Figure 1. World Automobile Fleet, 1950-2003
Chapter 6 Data: Stabilizing Water Tables
Figure 1. Wheat Production in Saudi Arabia, 1960-2004
Chapter 7 Data: Stabilizing Climate (all data)
Figure 1. Average Global Temperature, 1880-2003
Figure 2. Global Atmospheric Concentrations of Carbon Dioxide, 1760-2003
Figure 3. World Wind Electric Generating Capacity, 1980-2003
Chapter 8 Data: Reversing China's Harvest Decline (all data)
Figure 1. Geographic Distribution of Population in China, 2002
Figure 2. Vegetable and Fruit Harvested Area in China, 1961-2003
Figure 3. Grain Production in China, 1960-2004
Figure 4. Grain Stocks in China, 1960-2004
Figure 5. Soybean Production and Consumption in China, 1964-2004
Chapter 9 Data: The Brazilian Dilemma (all data)
Figure 1. The Cerrado of Brazil (map)
Figure 2. Soybean Production by Country, 1964-2004
Figure 3. Soybean Imports into China and Japan, 1964-2004
Figure 4. Grain and Soybean Production in Brazil, 1964-2004
Figure 5. Grain Production in Brazil and the United States, 1960-2004
Figure 6. Number of Cattle in Brazil, 1961-2003
Figure 7. Meat Exports from Brazil, 1960-2004
Table of Contents for Outgrowing the Earth
Note on Excel file format (xls):
Data for each chapter is saved in a Microsoft Excel workbook. MS Excel is spreadsheet software that allows users to manipulate and view numerical data. To use these data files, we recommend that you save them on your computer and then open with MS Excel. They can also be viewed in your web browser. If other spreadsheet software is used to view files, the original formatting may not be retained. Each chapter’s dataset opens to an Index page listing all the files available for the chapter. Click on the linked titles to move to a particular data table, or browse by clicking the tabs at the bottom of the screen. Use the tabs to view graphs. At the bottom of each data table is a link that will take you “Back to the index” of the particular chapter’s dataset.