List of countries by ecological footprint
This page is a list of countries by ecological footprint. This table is based on 2007 data from the Global Footprint Network published in 2010. Data is given as global hectares per capita. The world-average ecological footprint in 2007 was 2.7 global hectares per person (18.0 billion in total).
With a world-average biocapacity of 1.8 global hectares per person (12 billion in total), this leads to an ecological deficit of 0.9 global hectares per person (6 billion in total). If a country does not have enough ecological resources within its own territory, then there is a local ecological deficit and it is called an ecological debtor country. Otherwise, it has an ecological remainder and it is called an ecological creditor country.
Countries
Note that this list does not include all countries; it contains 154 of the 192 world countries.
Rank | Country | Population in millions | Ecological Footprint in gha/pers | Biocapacity in gha/pers | Ecological remainder (if positive) in gha/pers |
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1 | United Arab Emirates | 6.25 | 10.68 | 0.85 | -9.83 |
2 | Qatar | 1.41 | 10.51 | 2.51 | -8.00 |
3 | Bahrain | 0.76 | 10.04 | 0.94 | -9.10 |
4 | Denmark | 5.45 | 8.26 | 4.85 | -3.41 |
5 | Belgium | 10.53 | 8.00 | 1.34 | -6.66 |
6 | United States | 310 | 8.00 | 3.87 | -4.13 |
7 | Estonia | 1.34 | 7.88 | 8.96 | 1.08 |
8 | Canada | 35.16 | 7.01 | 14.92 | 7.91 |
9 | Australia | 23.07 | 6.84 | 14.71 | 7.87 |
10 | Iceland[1] | 0.32 | 6.50 | ? | ? |
11 | Kuwait | 2.85 | 6.32 | 0.40 | -5.92 |
12 | Ireland | 4.36 | 6.29 | 3.48 | -2.81 |
13 | Netherlands | 16.46 | 6.19 | 1.03 | -5.16 |
14 | Finland | 5.28 | 6.16 | 12.46 | 6.30 |
15 | Sweden | 9.16 | 5.88 | 9.75 | 3.87 |
16 | Czech Republic | 10.27 | 5.73 | 2.67 | -3.06 |
17 | Macedonia | 2.04 | 5.66 | 1.43 | -4.23 |
18 | Latvia | 2.27 | 5.64 | 7.07 | 1.43 |
19 | Norway | 4.72 | 5.56 | 5.48 | -0.08 |
20 | Mongolia | 2.61 | 5.53 | 15.14 | 9.61 |
21 | Spain | 44.05 | 5.42 | 1.61 | -3.81 |
22 | Greece | 11.11 | 5.39 | 1.62 | -3.77 |
23 | Singapore | 4.49 | 5.34 | 0.02 | -5.32 |
24 | Austria | 8.31 | 5.30 | 3.31 | -1.99 |
25 | Slovenia | 2.01 | 5.30 | 2.61 | -2.69 |
26 | Saudi Arabia | 24.68 | 5.13 | 0.84 | -4.29 |
27 | Uruguay | 3.34 | 5.13 | 9.91 | 4.78 |
28 | Germany | 82.34 | 5.08 | 1.92 | -3.16 |
29 | Switzerland | 7.51 | 5.02 | 1.24 | -3.78 |
30 | France | 61.71 | 5.01 | 3.00 | -2.01 |
31 | Italy | 59.31 | 4.99 | 1.14 | -3.85 |
32 | Oman | 2.73 | 4.99 | 2.14 | -2.85 |
33 | New Zealand | 4.19 | 4.89 | 10.77 | 5.88 |
34 | United Kingdom | 61.13 | 4.89 | 1.34 | -3.55 |
35 | South Korea | 47.96 | 4.87 | 0.33 | -4.54 |
36 | Malaysia | 26.56 | 4.86 | 2.61 | -2.25 |
37 | Israel | 6.93 | 4.82 | 0.32 | -4.50 |
38 | Japan | 127.40 | 4.73 | 0.60 | -4.13 |
39 | Lithuania | 3.36 | 4.67 | 4.36 | -0.31 |
40 | Kazakhstan | 15.41 | 4.54 | 4.01 | -0.53 |
41 | Portugal | 10.64 | 4.47 | 1.25 | -3.22 |
42 | Russia | 141.94 | 4.41 | 5.75 | 1.34 |
43 | Poland | 38.13 | 4.35 | 2.09 | -2.26 |
44 | Mauritius | 1.27 | 4.26 | 0.56 | -3.70 |
45 | Bulgaria | 7.64 | 4.07 | 2.13 | -1.94 |
46 | Slovakia | 5.39 | 4.06 | 2.68 | -1.38 |
47 | Turkmenistan | 4.98 | 3.93 | 3.21 | -0.72 |
48 | Belarus | 9.72 | 3.80 | 3.29 | -0.51 |
49 | Croatia | 4.43 | 3.75 | 2.50 | -1.25 |
50 | Nepal | 28.29 | 3.56 | 0.55 | -3.01 |
51 | Gambia | 1.62 | 3.45 | 1.10 | -2.35 |
52 | Chile | 16.64 | 3.24 | 3.83 | 0.59 |
53 | Paraguay | 6.13 | 3.19 | 11.24 | 8.05 |
54 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.33 | 3.09 | 1.57 | -1.52 |
55 | Libya | 6.17 | 3.05 | 0.44 | -2.61 |
56 | Mexico | 107.49 | 3.00 | 1.47 | -1.53 |
57 | Hungary | 10.03 | 2.99 | 2.23 | -0.76 |
58 | Brazil | 190.12 | 2.91 | 8.98 | 6.07 |
59 | Lebanon | 4.16 | 2.90 | 0.40 | -2.50 |
60 | Ukraine | 46.29 | 2.90 | 1.82 | -1.08 |
61 | Venezuela | 27.66 | 2.89 | 2.81 | -0.08 |
62 | Panama | 3.34 | 2.87 | 3.15 | 0.28 |
63 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.78 | 2.75 | 1.60 | -1.15 |
64 | Romania | 21.45 | 2.71 | 1.95 | -0.76 |
65 | Turkey | 73.00 | 2.70 | 1.32 | -1.38 |
66 | Costa Rica | 4.46 | 2.69 | 1.90 | -0.79 |
67 | Botswana | 1.89 | 2.68 | 3.83 | 1.15 |
68 | Iran | 72.44 | 2.68 | 0.81 | -1.87 |
69 | Mauritania | 3.14 | 2.61 | 5.50 | 2.89 |
70 | Argentina | 39.49 | 2.60 | 7.50 | 4.90 |
71 | Bolivia | 9.52 | 2.57 | 18.84 | 16.27 |
72 | Serbia | 9.83 | 2.39 | 1.16 | -1.23 |
73 | Guyana | 0.76 | 2.38 | 62.13 | 59.75 |
74 | Thailand | 66.98 | 2.37 | 1.15 | -1.22 |
75 | Niger | 14.14 | 2.35 | 2.09 | -0.26 |
76 | South Africa | 49.17 | 2.32 | 1.14 | -1.18 |
77 | China | 1336.55 | 2.21 | 0.98 | -1.23 |
78 | Namibia | 2.09 | 2.15 | 7.56 | 5.41 |
79 | Papua New Guinea | 6.42 | 2.14 | 3.75 | 1.61 |
80 | Jordan | 5.94 | 2.05 | 0.24 | -1.81 |
81 | El Salvador | 6.11 | 2.03 | 0.67 | -1.36 |
82 | Jamaica | 2.70 | 1.93 | 0.38 | -1.55 |
83 | Mali | 12.41 | 1.93 | 2.49 | 0.56 |
84 | Albania | 3.13 | 1.91 | 0.87 | -1.04 |
85 | Honduras | 7.17 | 1.91 | 1.84 | -0.07 |
86 | Tunisia | 10.07 | 1.90 | 0.98 | -0.92 |
87 | Ecuador | 13.34 | 1.89 | 2.33 | 0.44 |
88 | Azerbaijan | 8.63 | 1.87 | 0.76 | -1.11 |
89 | Colombia | 44.36 | 1.87 | 3.98 | 2.11 |
90 | Cuba | 11.20 | 1.85 | 0.74 | -1.11 |
91 | Georgia | 4.36 | 1.82 | 1.21 | -0.61 |
92 | Madagascar | 18.60 | 1.79 | 3.07 | 1.28 |
93 | Myanmar | 49.13 | 1.79 | 2.04 | 0.25 |
94 | Guatemala | 13.35 | 1.77 | 1.12 | -0.65 |
95 | Armenia | 3.07 | 1.75 | 0.71 | -1.04 |
96 | Ghana | 22.87 | 1.75 | 1.19 | -0.56 |
97 | Uzbekistan | 26.90 | 1.74 | 0.92 | -0.82 |
98 | Chad | 10.62 | 1.73 | 3.17 | 1.44 |
99 | Sudan | 40.43 | 1.73 | 2.42 | 0.69 |
100 | Guinea | 9.62 | 1.67 | 2.85 | 1.18 |
101 | Egypt | 80.06 | 1.66 | 0.62 | -1.04 |
102 | Algeria | 33.86 | 1.59 | 0.59 | -1.00 |
103 | Nicaragua | 5.60 | 1.56 | 2.82 | 1.26 |
104 | Peru | 28.51 | 1.54 | 3.86 | 2.32 |
105 | Uganda | 30.64 | 1.53 | 0.85 | -0.68 |
106 | Syria | 20.50 | 1.52 | 0.70 | -0.82 |
107 | Swaziland | 1.15 | 1.50 | 1.00 | -0.50 |
108 | Dominican Republic | 9.81 | 1.47 | 0.50 | -0.97 |
109 | Nigeria | 147.72 | 1.44 | 1.12 | -0.32 |
110 | Comoros | 0.83 | 1.42 | 0.29 | -1.13 |
111 | Somalia | 8.73 | 1.42 | 1.40 | -0.02 |
113 | Gabon | 1.42 | 1.41 | 29.29 | 27.88 |
114 | Vietnam | 86.11 | 1.40 | 0.86 | -0.54 |
115 | Moldova | 3.67 | 1.39 | 0.66 | -0.73 |
116 | Iraq | 29.49 | 1.35 | 0.30 | -1.05 |
117 | Burkina Faso | 14.72 | 1.32 | 1.30 | -0.02 |
118 | Central African Republic | 4.26 | 1.32 | 8.44 | 7.12 |
119 | North Korea | 23.73 | 1.32 | 0.58 | -0.74 |
120 | Philippines | 88.72 | 1.30 | 0.62 | -0.68 |
121 | Laos | 6.09 | 1.28 | 1.58 | 0.30 |
122 | Liberia | 3.63 | 1.26 | 2.47 | 1.21 |
123 | Kyrgyzstan | 5.35 | 1.25 | 1.34 | 0.09 |
124 | Zimbabwe | 12.45 | 1.25 | 0.75 | -0.50 |
125 | Benin | 8.39 | 1.23 | 0.78 | -0.45 |
126 | Morocco | 31.22 | 1.22 | 0.61 | -0.61 |
127 | Indonesia | 224.67 | 1.21 | 1.35 | 0.14 |
128 | Sri Lanka | 19.88 | 1.21 | 0.45 | -0.76 |
129 | Tanzania | 41.28 | 1.18 | 1.02 | -0.16 |
130 | Cape Verde | 0.49 | 1.17 | 0.51 | -0.66 |
131 | Kenya | 37.76 | 1.11 | 0.59 | -0.52 |
132 | Ethiopia | 78.65 | 1.10 | 0.66 | -0.44 |
133 | Senegal | 11.89 | 1.09 | 1.20 | 0.11 |
134 | Lesotho | 2.03 | 1.07 | 0.81 | -0.26 |
135 | Sierra Leone | 5.42 | 1.05 | 1.20 | 0.15 |
136 | Cameroon | 18.66 | 1.04 | 1.85 | 0.81 |
137 | Cambodia | 14.32 | 1.03 | 0.94 | -0.09 |
138 | Rwanda | 9.45 | 1.02 | 0.56 | -0.46 |
139 | Côte d'Ivoire | 20.12 | 1.01 | 1.67 | 0.66 |
140 | Angola | 17.56 | 1.00 | 3.00 | 2.00 |
141 | Tajikistan | 6.73 | 1.00 | 0.56 | -0.44 |
142 | Togo | 6.30 | 0.97 | 0.60 | -0.37 |
143 | Republic of the Congo | 3.55 | 0.96 | 13.27 | 12.31 |
144 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.54 | 0.96 | 3.22 | 2.26 |
145 | Yemen | 22.27 | 0.94 | 0.62 | -0.32 |
146 | India | 1164.67 | 0.91 | 0.51 | -0.40 |
147 | Zambia | 12.31 | 0.91 | 2.26 | 1.35 |
148 | Burundi | 7.84 | 0.90 | 0.50 | -0.40 |
149 | Eritrea | 4.78 | 0.89 | 1.60 | 0.71 |
150 | Mozambique | 21.87 | 0.77 | 1.89 | 1.12 |
151 | Pakistan | 173.18 | 0.77 | 0.43 | -0.34 |
152 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 62.52 | 0.75 | 2.76 | 2.01 |
153 | Palestine | 4.02 | 0.74 | 0.16 | -0.58 |
154 | Malawi | 14.44 | 0.73 | 0.70 | -0.03 |
155 | Haiti | 9.72 | 0.68 | 0.31 | -0.37 |
156 | Afghanistan | 26.29 | 0.62 | 0.54 | -0.08 |
157 | Bangladesh | 157.75 | 0.62 | 0.38 | -0.24 |
158 | Timor-Leste | 1.06 | 0.44 | 1.21 | 0.77 |
159 | Puerto Rico | 3.95 | 0.04 | 0.14 | 0.10 |
See also
References
"Ecological Footprint Atlas 2010". Global Footprint Network. 13 October 2010. Retrieved 28 October 2010.