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Ecological Footprint, 2004

Figures for 2004, as Global Footprint Network published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Ecological Footprint, 2004 covers 123 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 14.975; Timor-Leste is lowest, at 0.413. The middle country reads 2.105. Against 2003, 122 values changed (72 up, 50 down), 1 country joined.

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Ecological Footprint · Data for 2004

HighestLuxembourg

14.975

LowestTimor-Leste

0.413

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, 2004, 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 123 countries · select a heading to sort

Ecological Footprint, 2004: every country, as published by Global Footprint Network.
derived
1LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe14.975
2QatarQATWestern Asia13.296
3United StatesUSANorthern America10.234
4DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe9.209
5CanadaCANNorthern America8.991
6BelgiumBELWestern Europe7.881
7CzechiaCZEEastern Europe6.951
8EstoniaESTNorthern Europe6.898
9NorwayNORNorthern Europe6.308
10SwedenSWENorthern Europe6.105
11AustriaAUTWestern Europe5.984
12GreeceGRCSouthern Europe5.940
13United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe5.852
14SpainESPSouthern Europe5.749
15ItalyITASouthern Europe5.746
16FranceFRAWestern Europe5.703
17South KoreaKOREastern Asia5.332
18IsraelISRWestern Asia5.279
19CyprusCYPWestern Asia5.269
20GermanyDEUWestern Europe5.268
21SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe5.126
22SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe5.082
23JapanJPNEastern Asia5.020
24MaltaMLTSouthern Europe5.016
25RussiaRUSEastern Europe4.930

02In 2004

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Luxembourg14.975
  2. 2Qatar13.296
  3. 3United States10.234
  4. 4Denmark9.209
  5. 5Canada8.991

Lowest

  1. 123Timor-Leste0.413
  2. 122Bangladesh0.486
  3. 121Malawi0.586
  4. 120Haiti0.593
  5. 119Nepal0.614

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 2.105. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032003 → 2004

Since 2003

What changed between 2003 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 122values changed, of 122 in both
  • 72 · 50rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Palestine

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 123 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 (2004). Ecological Footprint, 2004 [data set], describing 2004. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/ecological-footprint/2004

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07Questions

Ecological Footprint, 2004: questions and answers

Which country has the highest ecological footprint in Ecological Footprint, 2004?

Luxembourg, at 14.975, of the 123 countries in the file.

What year does Ecological Footprint, 2004 describe?

2004.

How many countries does Ecological Footprint, 2004 cover?

123.

Where can I download Ecological Footprint, 2004?

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, 2004 the newest?

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

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