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Ecological Footprint, 2019

Figures for 2019, as Global Footprint Network published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Ecological Footprint, 2019 covers 126 countries. Qatar is highest, at 13.2644; Yemen is lowest, at 0.6191. The middle country reads 2.2578. Against 2018, 126 values changed (62 up, 64 down), the same countries are covered.

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Ecological Footprint · Data for 2019

HighestQatar

13.2644

LowestYemen

0.6191

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, 2019, 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 126 countries · select a heading to sort

Ecological Footprint, 2019: every country, as published by Global Footprint Network.
derived
1QatarQATWestern Asia13.2644
2LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe13.2138
3CanadaCANNorthern America7.9068
4MongoliaMNGEastern Asia7.7477
5DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe7.7421
6EstoniaESTNorthern Europe7.5741
7United StatesUSANorthern America7.5168
8LatviaLVANorthern Europe6.8017
9AustriaAUTWestern Europe6.1764
10SwedenSWENorthern Europe6.1625
11BelgiumBELWestern Europe5.9304
12CzechiaCZEEastern Europe5.7172
13LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe5.6782
14South KoreaKOREastern Asia5.5524
15MaltaMLTSouthern Europe5.4618
16SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe5.4089
17NorwayNORNorthern Europe5.2081
18Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean5.0480
19MontenegroMNESouthern Europe4.9147
20FranceFRAWestern Europe4.9127
21RussiaRUSEastern Europe4.8117
22OmanOMNWestern Asia4.7443
23IsraelISRWestern Asia4.6806
24BhutanBTNSouthern Asia4.6129
25GermanyDEUWestern Europe4.5825

02In 2019

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Qatar13.2644
  2. 2Luxembourg13.2138
  3. 3Canada7.9068
  4. 4Mongolia7.7477
  5. 5Denmark7.7421

Lowest

  1. 126Yemen0.6191
  2. 125Timor-Leste0.6921
  3. 124DR Congo0.6973
  4. 123Burundi0.6989
  5. 122Haiti0.7550

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 2.2578. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 126values changed, of 126 in both
  • 62 · 64rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Luxembourg14.2641 → 13.2138−1.0503
  • Spain4.4264 → 3.5713−0.8550
  • Oman5.4497 → 4.7443−0.7054
  • Malta5.8837 → 5.4618−0.4219
  • Paraguay3.1881 → 2.7900−0.3980

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 126 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 (2019). Ecological Footprint, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/ecological-footprint/2019

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07Questions

Ecological Footprint, 2019: questions and answers

Which country has the highest ecological footprint in Ecological Footprint, 2019?

Qatar, at 13.2644, of the 126 countries in the file.

What year does Ecological Footprint, 2019 describe?

2019.

How many countries does Ecological Footprint, 2019 cover?

126.

Where can I download Ecological Footprint, 2019?

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, 2019 the newest?

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

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