Why is consumption of resources higher …

Consumption of resources is higher in developed countries than in developing countries because developed countries have more financial resources and technology to make use of the resources. These developed countries are mostly industrialized countries which require more and more resources for their industrial growth. Actually, the developed nations use more than their share of resources. For example an average American uses 20 times more energy than a Costa Rican and 70 times more energy than a Bangladeshi. The world's richest 1 billion people use around 80 % of the world's resources. That means that the other 6.4 billion people use only around 20 % of the world's resources. Currently, the inhabitants of the developed nations of the world consume resources at the rate of almost 32 times greater than those of the developing nations, who make up the majority of the human population.