Data for 2023

Ecological Footprint, 2023

Figures for 2023, as Global Footprint Network published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Ecological Footprint, 2023 covers 126 countries. Qatar is highest, at 12.055; Yemen is lowest, at 0.554. The middle country reads 2.317. Against 2022, 126 values changed (53 up, 73 down), the same countries are covered.

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Ecological Footprint · Data for 2023

HighestQatar

12.055

LowestYemen

0.554

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

126countries
1measure
2023the year it describes
126distinct 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, 2023, 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, 2023: every country, as published by Global Footprint Network.
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1	QatarQATWestern Asia	12.055
2	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	10.637
3	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	7.672
4	United StatesUSANorthern America	7.142
5	CanadaCANNorthern America	6.856
6	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	6.608
7	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	6.519
8	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	6.478
9	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	5.488
10	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	5.401
11	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	5.358
12	OmanOMNWestern Asia	5.267
13	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	5.259
14	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	5.188
15	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	5.159
16	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	5.131
17	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	5.068
18	Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean	4.963
19	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	4.887
20	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	4.839
21	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	4.727
22	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	4.680
23	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	4.634
24	FranceFRAWestern Europe	4.545
25	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	4.420
26	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	4.376
27	PolandPOLEastern Europe	4.342
28	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	4.265
29	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	4.248
30	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	4.182
31	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	4.126
32	BelarusBLREastern Europe	4.105
33	ItalyITASouthern Europe	4.094
34	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	4.047
35	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	4.028
36	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	4.016
37	JapanJPNEastern Asia	4.013
38	IsraelISRWestern Asia	3.955
39	TongaTONPolynesia	3.740
40	GrenadaGRDCaribbean	3.705
41	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	3.646
42	ChileCHLSouth America	3.620
43	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	3.568
44	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	3.452
45	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	3.349
46	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	3.239
47	SpainESPSouthern Europe	3.214
48	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	3.211
49	FijiFJIMelanesia	3.126
50	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	3.051
51	ArgentinaARGSouth America	2.807
52	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	2.743
53	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	2.701
54	BoliviaBOLSouth America	2.668
55	Costa RicaCRICentral America	2.660
56	MexicoMEXCentral America	2.624
57	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	2.532
58	BrazilBRASouth America	2.444
59	ParaguayPRYSouth America	2.439
60	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	2.403
61	PeruPERSouth America	2.367
62	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	2.338
63	SamoaWSMPolynesia	2.321
64	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	2.314
65	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	2.311
66	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	2.270
67	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	2.265
68	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	2.251
69	IraqIRQWestern Asia	2.089
70	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	2.027
71	VenezuelaVENSouth America	1.996
72	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	1.994
73	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	1.978
74	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	1.956
75	ColombiaCOLSouth America	1.915
76	GuineaGINWestern Africa	1.834
77	CubaCUBCaribbean	1.765
78	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	1.679
79	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	1.673
80	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	1.627
81	SenegalSENWestern Africa	1.585
82	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	1.518
83	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	1.454
84	JordanJORWestern Asia	1.391
85	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	1.390
86	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	1.313
87	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	1.303
88	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	1.272
89	NigerNERWestern Africa	1.259
90	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	1.244
91	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	1.203
92	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	1.201
93	MaliMLIWestern Africa	1.168
94	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	1.167
95	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	1.150
96	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	1.142
97	TogoTGOWestern Africa	1.141
98	PalestinePSEWestern Asia	1.137
99	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	1.114
100	BeninBENWestern Africa	1.103
101	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	1.081
102	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	1.052
103	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	1.040
104	KenyaKENEastern Africa	1.027
105	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	1.018
106	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	1.013
107	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	0.974
108	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	0.921
109	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	0.917
110	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	0.910
111	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	0.875
112	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	0.874
113	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	0.860
114	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	0.848
115	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	0.819
116	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	0.812
117	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	0.769
118	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	0.751
119	EritreaERIEastern Africa	0.738
120	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	0.733
121	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	0.705
122	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	0.693
123	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	0.641
124	HaitiHTICaribbean	0.640
125	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	0.633
126	YemenYEMWestern Asia	0.554

02In 2023

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Qatar12.055
2Luxembourg10.637
3Mongolia7.672
4United States7.142
5Canada6.856

Lowest

126Yemen0.554
125Mozambique0.633
124Haiti0.640
123Burundi0.641
122DR Congo0.693

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 2.317. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
126values changed, of 126 in both
53 · 73rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Grenada3.233 → 3.705+0.472
Fiji2.691 → 3.126+0.435
Montenegro4.322 → 4.680+0.358
Central African Republic1.685 → 2.027+0.342
Thailand2.261 → 2.532+0.271

Fell most

Luxembourg12.002 → 10.637−1.365
Qatar13.214 → 12.055−1.159
Canada7.819 → 6.856−0.963
Lithuania6.185 → 5.401−0.784
Mongolia8.425 → 7.672−0.753

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

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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

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Global Footprint Network (2023). Ecological Footprint, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/ecological-footprint/2023

0665 held

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07Questions