Data for 1961

Ecological Footprint, 1961

Name: Ecological Footprint, 1961
Creator: Global Footprint Network
License: https://footprintnetwork.org/licenses/public-data-package-free/

Figures for 1961, as Global Footprint Network published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Ecological Footprint, 1961 covers 101 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 10.952; Myanmar is lowest, at 0.427. The middle country reads 1.544.

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Ecological Footprint · Data for 1961

HighestLuxembourg

10.952

LowestMyanmar

0.427

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end.

101countries
1measure
1961the year it describes
101distinct 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, 1961, 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, 1961: every country, as published by Global Footprint Network.
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1	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	10.952
2	United States`USA`Northern America	8.315
3	Canada`CAN`Northern America	8.058
4	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	7.179
5	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	7.053
6	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	6.798
7	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	6.119
8	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	5.853
9	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	5.823
10	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	5.558
11	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	5.505
12	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	4.190
13	France`FRA`Western Europe	4.162
14	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	4.121
15	Paraguay`PRY`South America	3.902
16	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	3.706
17	Argentina`ARG`South America	3.658
18	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	3.465
19	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	3.169
20	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	2.812
21	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2.774
22	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	2.656
23	Peru`PER`South America	2.576
24	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	2.489
25	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	2.454
26	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	2.436
27	Chile`CHL`South America	2.389
28	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	2.352
29	Brazil`BRA`South America	2.294
30	Colombia`COL`South America	2.270
31	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	2.253
32	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	2.164
33	Bolivia`BOL`South America	2.160
34	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.022
35	Venezuela`VEN`South America	2.017
36	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1.984
37	Mexico`MEX`Central America	1.967
38	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1.917
39	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	1.816
40	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1.772
41	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1.765
42	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1.681
43	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	1.657
44	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1.634
45	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	1.620
46	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1.618
47	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1.591
48	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1.587
49	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	1.584
50	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1.563
51	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	1.544
52	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	1.534
53	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1.524
54	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1.510
55	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1.509
56	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1.483
57	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1.471
58	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	1.464
59	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	1.446
60	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	1.428
61	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	1.406
62	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1.388
63	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1.264
64	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.205
65	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	1.197
66	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	1.176
67	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	1.141
68	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1.131
69	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	1.101
70	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1.088
71	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	1.077
72	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	1.073
73	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1.049
74	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1.037
75	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1.010
76	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1.004
77	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.956
78	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.954
79	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.950
80	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.861
81	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.859
82	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.841
83	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.839
84	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.821
85	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.809
86	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.803
87	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.788
88	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.769
89	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.768
90	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.757
91	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.738
92	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.724
93	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.721
94	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.679
95	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.669
96	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.659
97	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.632
98	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.590
99	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.585
100	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.540
101	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.427

02In 1961

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Luxembourg10.952
2United States8.315
3Canada8.058
4Sweden7.179
5Norway7.053

Lowest

101Myanmar0.427
100India0.540
99Haiti0.585
98Vietnam0.590
97Saint Lucia0.632

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 1.544. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

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Every one of the 101 countries has every column.

04The files

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Global Footprint Network (1961). Ecological Footprint, 1961 [data set], describing 1961. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/ecological-footprint/1961

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