IB Geography SL · 2019 to 2025
3.1 Global trends in consumption
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3.1 Global trends in consumption
Latest exam session: May 2025
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Micro-topics in 3.1 Global trends in consumption
In syllabus order. The ring is the share of papers each appears in.
3.1.1
The ecological footprint and embedded water
7 questions · in 21% of papersAppears in 6 of the 28 Geography SL papers analysed (21%), at least once each.
Regularlast Nov 24 P2
3.1.2
The new global middle class and changing diets
14 questions · in 32% of papersAppears in 9 of the 28 Geography SL papers analysed (32%), at least once each.
Frequently testedlast May 25 P2 TZ2
3.1.3
Trends in energy and resource consumption
17 questions · in 21% of papersAppears in 6 of the 28 Geography SL papers analysed (21%), at least once each.
Duelast May 24 P2 TZ1
Exam pattern
How often each micro-topic has been examined, year by year. Each label is explained under the grid.
Does it repeat?
Questions per year for each micro-topic.
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| Micro-topic | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1The new global middle class and changing diets, 2019: 1 question | 1The new global middle class and changing diets, 2020: 1 question | 3The new global middle class and changing diets, 2021: 3 questions | 2The new global middle class and changing diets, 2022: 2 questions | 1The new global middle class and changing diets, 2023: 1 question | 5The new global middle class and changing diets, 2024: 5 questions | 1The new global middle class and changing diets, 2025: 1 question | |
| 6Trends in energy and resource consumption, 2019: 6 questions | 2Trends in energy and resource consumption, 2020: 2 questions | ·Trends in energy and resource consumption, 2021: 0 questions | 4Trends in energy and resource consumption, 2022: 4 questions | 4Trends in energy and resource consumption, 2023: 4 questions | 1Trends in energy and resource consumption, 2024: 1 question | ·Trends in energy and resource consumption, 2025: 0 questions | |
| 2The ecological footprint and embedded water, 2019: 2 questions | 1The ecological footprint and embedded water, 2020: 1 question | 1The ecological footprint and embedded water, 2021: 1 question | 2The ecological footprint and embedded water, 2022: 2 questions | ·The ecological footprint and embedded water, 2023: 0 questions | 1The ecological footprint and embedded water, 2024: 1 question | ·The ecological footprint and embedded water, 2025: 0 questions |
- Frequently testedin at least a quarter of all papers, and still appearing in the last two years
- Dueusually examined, but missing from the last two exam sessions
- Regularin roughly one paper in six or more
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Questions on 3.1 Global trends in consumption, by exam session
Which papers asked about 3.1 Global trends in consumption, and which question numbers. Open a paper to see them highlighted.
May 2025
1 question across 1 paper
November 2024
1 question across 1 paper
May 2024
3 questions across 2 papers
November 2023
1 question across 1 paper
May 2023
1 question across 1 paper
November 2022
1 question across 1 paper
May 2022
2 questions across 1 paper
November 2021
1 question across 1 paper
May 2021
1 question across 1 paper
November 2020
3 questions across 1 paper
November 2019
1 question across 1 paper
May 2019
1 question across 1 paper
Specimen 2019
2 questions across 1 paper
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Which Geography SL exam sessions are covered for 3.1 Global trends in consumption?
13 exam sessions from 2019 to 2025, the latest May 2025. Every Paper 2 in every timezone is read and classified in full, which gives 14 papers in this archive.
Which 3.1 Global trends in consumption topic comes up most?
The new global middle class and changing diets (3.1.2): in 32% of papers, last seen May 25 P2 TZ2. Usually "explain / justify", worth about 6.4 marks in a paper that includes it.
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Banker: examined in at least one sitting in four and still appearing. Due: regular before, but absent for the last two exam sessions. Rising: clearly more common in the last two years. Our classification of real papers, not an IB statistic.
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