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Cost of oil production

Production cost comparison between arctic oil, deep and ultra-deepwater oil, heavy oil and bitumen, conventional oil

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World energy demand

World energy demand

14 Dec 2010

Total primary energy demand by fuel type (coal, oil, gas, nuclear, hydroelectric, biomass and waste, other renewable). Distinguishing 2 scenario for 2020 and 2035: IEA-450 scenario and current policies scenario.

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Selected oil and gas reserves

The bars show proved oil and natural gas reserves by country. Only countries with more than 20 billion barrels of oil are shown (top maps). Only countries with more than 3 billion cubic metres are shown (bottom maps).

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Human use of terrestrial ecosystems

Human appropriation of net primary production in percentage

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Price of fossil fuels and metals

Fuel price index and metals price index evolution from 1980 to 2010

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Share of global exports

Share of world exports evolution (1980 to 2009) for selected export regions or countries

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Shift in trade partner

Top five partners in trade of China, the European Union, the United States and Sub-Saharan Africa for 2006 and projections for 2050

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The weight of trade

The weight of trade

14 Dec 2010

Trend of exports as a percentage of gross domestic product

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Registered inventions

Registered inventions

14 Dec 2010

The bar sizes show, for each country, the number of applicants to register inventions, counted as patent families. A patent family is a set of inter-related applications on the same subject. Statistics based on patent families eliminate double counts (i.e. when the same invention is registered in different patent offices).

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Still a large gap between advanced and emerging economies

GDP per capita from 1980 to 2030

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Economic growth continues, faster in emerging economies

Trend of Gross Domestic Product in selected countries and world regions. Indexed values (index=100 in 2000).

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Patent registration trends

Trends in patent registration for selected patent offices including the 3 most popular ones (United States , Japan and China), European selected patent offices, China and Korea.

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Shortening time lapse before mass use of technological inventions

Timeline describing the ever-shortening time taken by a selection of inventions (telephone, radio, TV, Internet..) to reach a quarter of the population in the US.

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Malaria in 2050

Malaria in 2050

13 Dec 2010

The map shows the current distribution of falciparum malaria (in yellow), areas where it is projected to appear (in red) and disappear (in green) by 2050.

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Environmental factors and conflicts possibly causing migration

Colors show Human development Index ranking. Symbols locate possible causes of displacements: environmental upheavals related to climate change and major conflicts since 2000.

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Movements of people: migration and tourism

The map shows 'moving to work and escape poverty': Migration between and inside world regions from 1995 to 2004. Colors show regional migratory balance (surplus or deficit), arrows show major movements between and inside regions. The graph shows 'travelling for leisure': trends in number of tourists since 1950 and projections to 2020.

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Car ownership rates projections

Car ownership trends and projections (2000-2050). Although car ownership is projected to grow at much higher rates in China and India than in the rest of the world, the number of cars per person in 2050 will still stay below that of more advanced economies.

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Changing middle class

Changing middle class

13 Dec 2010

Trends and projections (2000- 2050) of middle-class consumption, showing the growing importance of middle-class consumers in China and India.

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Slowdown of urban growth

Historical trends and projections by world regions (1950- 2050) of urban growth rate showing a clear slowdown for all regions

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Urban trends

Urban trends

13 Dec 2010

Historical urban population trends and projections by world regions (1950- 2050), showing the share of cities with less than 750 000 inhabitants

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