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Ecological Footprint, 1996

Figures for 1996, as Global Footprint Network published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Ecological Footprint, 1996 covers 122 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 13.4950; Bangladesh is lowest, at 0.4154. The middle country reads 2.0566. Against 1995, 122 values changed (70 up, 52 down), the same countries are covered.

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Ecological Footprint · Data for 1996

HighestLuxembourg

13.4950

LowestBangladesh

0.4154

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, 1996, 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 122 countries · select a heading to sort

Ecological Footprint, 1996: every country, as published by Global Footprint Network.
derived
1LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe13.4950
2QatarQATWestern Asia11.1872
3United StatesUSANorthern America9.8159
4DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe8.6294
5CanadaCANNorthern America8.5740
6BelgiumBELWestern Europe7.7369
7NorwayNORNorthern Europe6.4890
8SwedenSWENorthern Europe5.8653
9CzechiaCZEEastern Europe5.8601
10AustriaAUTWestern Europe5.7640
11FranceFRAWestern Europe5.6378
12GermanyDEUWestern Europe5.6267
13JapanJPNEastern Asia5.5772
14United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe5.5227
15MaltaMLTSouthern Europe5.4944
16EstoniaESTNorthern Europe5.4012
17MongoliaMNGEastern Asia5.3502
18SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe5.3321
19IsraelISRWestern Asia5.0351
20GreeceGRCSouthern Europe4.9526
21ItalyITASouthern Europe4.9506
22South KoreaKOREastern Asia4.8566
23ParaguayPRYSouth America4.7965
24SpainESPSouthern Europe4.7713
25BelarusBLREastern Europe4.7155

02In 1996

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Luxembourg13.4950
  2. 2Qatar11.1872
  3. 3United States9.8159
  4. 4Denmark8.6294
  5. 5Canada8.5740

Lowest

  1. 122Bangladesh0.4154
  2. 121Timor-Leste0.4250
  3. 120Haiti0.5584
  4. 119Nepal0.5706
  5. 118Malawi0.6202

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 2.0566. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031995 → 1996

Since 1995

What changed between 1995 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 122values changed, of 122 in both
  • 70 · 52rose · 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 122 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 (1996). Ecological Footprint, 1996 [data set], describing 1996. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/ecological-footprint/1996

0665 held

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07Questions

Ecological Footprint, 1996: questions and answers

Which country has the highest ecological footprint in Ecological Footprint, 1996?

Luxembourg, at 13.4950, of the 122 countries in the file.

What year does Ecological Footprint, 1996 describe?

1996.

How many countries does Ecological Footprint, 1996 cover?

122.

Where can I download Ecological Footprint, 1996?

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, 1996 the newest?

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

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