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Ecological Footprint, 1962

Figures for 1962, as Global Footprint Network published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Ecological Footprint, 1962 covers 101 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 10.7409; Myanmar is lowest, at 0.4390. The middle country reads 1.5075. Against 1961, 101 values changed (59 up, 42 down), the same countries are covered.

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Ecological Footprint · Data for 1962

HighestLuxembourg

10.7409

LowestMyanmar

0.4390

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end. A higher value is the worse result.

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Ecological Footprint, 1962, as published. Global Footprint Network ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 101 countries · select a heading to sort

Ecological Footprint, 1962: every country, as published by Global Footprint Network.
derived
1LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe10.7409
2CanadaCANNorthern America9.8429
3United StatesUSANorthern America8.4146
4SwedenSWENorthern Europe7.1299
5DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe6.5262
6NorwayNORNorthern Europe6.3828
7MongoliaMNGEastern Asia6.2599
8United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe5.9650
9BelgiumBELWestern Europe5.8598
10BhutanBTNSouthern Asia5.7683
11QatarQATWestern Asia4.9344
12SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe4.4128
13FranceFRAWestern Europe4.4061
14GermanyDEUWestern Europe4.3894
15ParaguayPRYSouth America3.7348
16PolandPOLEastern Europe3.6686
17AustriaAUTWestern Europe3.5323
18PortugalPRTSouthern Europe3.3517
19ArgentinaARGSouth America3.1356
20SpainESPSouthern Europe2.8500
21South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa2.7437
22JapanJPNEastern Asia2.6581
23PeruPERSouth America2.6367
24IsraelISRWestern Asia2.6075
25ChileCHLSouth America2.5061

02In 1962

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Luxembourg10.7409
  2. 2Canada9.8429
  3. 3United States8.4146
  4. 4Sweden7.1299
  5. 5Denmark6.5262

Lowest

  1. 101Myanmar0.4390
  2. 100India0.5395
  3. 99Haiti0.5711
  4. 98Vietnam0.6247
  5. 97Saint Lucia0.6555

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 1.5075. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031961 → 1962

Since 1961

What changed between 1961 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 101values changed, of 101 in both
  • 59 · 42rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • The position is ours

    Global Footprint Network publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the worse result.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 101 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially with credit — and anything you publish that adapts it must carry the same licence.

Cite this edition

Global Footprint Network (1962). Ecological Footprint, 1962 [data set], describing 1962. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/ecological-footprint/1962

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07Questions

Ecological Footprint, 1962: questions and answers

Which country has the highest ecological footprint in Ecological Footprint, 1962?

Luxembourg, at 10.7409, of the 101 countries in the file.

What year does Ecological Footprint, 1962 describe?

1962.

How many countries does Ecological Footprint, 1962 cover?

101.

Where can I download Ecological Footprint, 1962?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Ecological Footprint, 1962 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Ecological Footprint, 2025.

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