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Ecological Footprint, 2020

Figures for 2020, as Global Footprint Network published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Ecological Footprint, 2020 covers 126 countries. Qatar is highest, at 12.4777; DR Congo is lowest, at 0.6824. The middle country reads 2.3057. Against 2019, 126 values changed (28 up, 98 down), the same countries are covered.

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Ecological Footprint · Data for 2020

HighestQatar

12.4777

LowestDR Congo

0.6824

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, 2020, 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, 2020: every country, as published by Global Footprint Network.
derived
1QatarQATWestern Asia12.4777
2LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe10.7891
3EstoniaESTNorthern Europe7.6657
4MongoliaMNGEastern Asia7.5325
5LatviaLVANorthern Europe7.4901
6DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe7.3441
7CanadaCANNorthern America7.0893
8United StatesUSANorthern America6.8786
9AustriaAUTWestern Europe5.7984
10LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe5.7905
11SwedenSWENorthern Europe5.3500
12BelgiumBELWestern Europe5.1519
13OmanOMNWestern Asia5.1345
14South KoreaKOREastern Asia5.0757
15CzechiaCZEEastern Europe5.0247
16MaltaMLTSouthern Europe4.8647
17SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe4.8399
18Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean4.7768
19NorwayNORNorthern Europe4.6084
20RussiaRUSEastern Europe4.5509
21PolandPOLEastern Europe4.5217
22BhutanBTNSouthern Asia4.4390
23IsraelISRWestern Asia4.3184
24FranceFRAWestern Europe4.2675
25GermanyDEUWestern Europe4.2172

02In 2020

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Qatar12.4777
  2. 2Luxembourg10.7891
  3. 3Estonia7.6657
  4. 4Mongolia7.5325
  5. 5Latvia7.4901

Lowest

  1. 126DR Congo0.6824
  2. 125Burundi0.6862
  3. 124Yemen0.6873
  4. 123Haiti0.7129
  5. 122Angola0.7364

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 2.3057. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 126values changed, of 126 in both
  • 28 · 98rose · 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 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 (2020). Ecological Footprint, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/ecological-footprint/2020

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07Questions

Ecological Footprint, 2020: questions and answers

Which country has the highest ecological footprint in Ecological Footprint, 2020?

Qatar, at 12.4777, of the 126 countries in the file.

What year does Ecological Footprint, 2020 describe?

2020.

How many countries does Ecological Footprint, 2020 cover?

126.

Where can I download Ecological Footprint, 2020?

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, 2020 the newest?

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

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