Data for 1975

Ecological Footprint, 1975

Figures for 1975, as Global Footprint Network published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Ecological Footprint, 1975 covers 107 countries. Qatar is highest, at 11.5991; Bangladesh is lowest, at 0.4241. The middle country reads 1.6993. Against 1974, 107 values changed (52 up, 55 down), the same countries are covered.

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Ecological Footprint · Data for 1975

HighestQatar

11.5991

LowestBangladesh

0.4241

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

107countries
1measure
1975the year it describes
107distinct values15 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY-SA 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Ecological Footprint, 1975, as published. Global Footprint Network ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Ecological Footprint, 1975: every country, as published by Global Footprint Network.
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1	QatarQATWestern Asia	11.5991
2	CanadaCANNorthern America	10.6429
3	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	10.5160
4	United StatesUSANorthern America	10.1160
5	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	8.8008
6	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	8.4157
7	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	8.1304
8	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	6.9355
9	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	6.3491
10	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	5.9577
11	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	5.9257
12	FranceFRAWestern Europe	5.5750
13	PolandPOLEastern Europe	5.5549
14	Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean	5.3238
15	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	5.0330
16	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	4.9568
17	JapanJPNEastern Asia	4.8582
18	ArgentinaARGSouth America	4.6771
19	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	4.5963
20	ItalyITASouthern Europe	4.1218
21	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	4.1117
22	SpainESPSouthern Europe	4.1110
23	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	3.8785
24	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	3.8204
25	IsraelISRWestern Asia	3.7283
26	ParaguayPRYSouth America	3.4401
27	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	3.3032
28	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	3.0154
29	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	2.9697
30	VenezuelaVENSouth America	2.9316
31	TongaTONPolynesia	2.9281
32	Costa RicaCRICentral America	2.6642
33	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	2.6071
34	BrazilBRASouth America	2.5641
35	BoliviaBOLSouth America	2.4995
36	ChileCHLSouth America	2.2678
37	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	2.2544
38	MexicoMEXCentral America	2.2517
39	SamoaWSMPolynesia	2.2164
40	ColombiaCOLSouth America	2.2043
41	PeruPERSouth America	2.2038
42	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	2.1348
43	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	2.1127
44	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	2.0950
45	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	1.9959
46	NigerNERWestern Africa	1.9598
47	CubaCUBCaribbean	1.9375
48	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	1.9050
49	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	1.8830
50	FijiFJIMelanesia	1.8657
51	SenegalSENWestern Africa	1.8471
52	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	1.7090
53	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	1.7034
54	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	1.6993
55	GuineaGINWestern Africa	1.6918
56	OmanOMNWestern Asia	1.5851
57	KenyaKENEastern Africa	1.5722
58	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	1.5460
59	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	1.5314
60	TogoTGOWestern Africa	1.5290
61	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	1.5132
62	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	1.4216
63	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	1.4105
64	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	1.3949
65	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	1.3768
66	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	1.3681
67	IraqIRQWestern Asia	1.3616
68	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	1.3573
69	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	1.3458
70	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	1.3151
71	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	1.2880
72	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	1.2767
73	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	1.2730
74	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	1.2626
75	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	1.2121
76	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	1.2077
77	BeninBENWestern Africa	1.1823
78	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	1.1804
79	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	1.1614
80	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	1.1341
81	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	1.1337
82	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	1.1328
83	MaliMLIWestern Africa	1.0934
84	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	1.0884
85	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	1.0842
86	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	1.0817
87	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	1.0455
88	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	1.0316
89	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	0.9827
90	GrenadaGRDCaribbean	0.9719
91	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	0.9589
92	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	0.9288
93	JordanJORWestern Asia	0.9019
94	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	0.8885
95	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	0.8509
96	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	0.8184
97	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	0.8182
98	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	0.7937
99	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	0.7711
100	YemenYEMWestern Asia	0.6977
101	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	0.6960
102	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	0.6627
103	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	0.6301
104	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	0.5913
105	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	0.5711
106	HaitiHTICaribbean	0.5326
107	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	0.4241

02In 1975

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Qatar11.5991
2Canada10.6429
3Luxembourg10.5160
4United States10.1160
5Norway8.8008

Lowest

107Bangladesh0.4241
106Haiti0.5326
105Myanmar0.5711
104India0.5913
103Timor-Leste0.6301

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 1.6993. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031974 → 1975

Since 1974

What changed between 1974 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
107values changed, of 107 in both
52 · 55rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Qatar8.5600 → 11.5991+3.0391
Antigua and Barbuda3.6133 → 5.3238+1.7105
Eswatini2.5020 → 3.8204+1.3185
Sweden7.3822 → 8.4157+1.0335
Tonga2.1491 → 2.9281+0.7790

Fell most

Luxembourg12.2657 → 10.5160−1.7497
Belgium7.7387 → 6.9355−0.8032
Switzerland5.7387 → 5.0330−0.7057
Denmark8.8079 → 8.1304−0.6774
Chile2.7570 → 2.2678−0.4892

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 107 countries has every column.

05The files

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Global Footprint Network (1975). Ecological Footprint, 1975 [data set], describing 1975. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/ecological-footprint/1975

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