Data for 1966

Ecological Footprint, 1966

Name: Ecological Footprint, 1966
Creator: Global Footprint Network
License: https://footprintnetwork.org/licenses/public-data-package-free/

Figures for 1966, as Global Footprint Network published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Ecological Footprint, 1966 covers 105 countries. Canada is highest, at 10.1810; Myanmar is lowest, at 0.4311. The middle country reads 1.5558. Against 1965, 104 values changed (74 up, 30 down), 1 country joined.

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Ecological Footprint · Data for 1966

HighestCanada

10.1810

LowestMyanmar

0.4311

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

105countries
1measure
1966the year it describes
105distinct 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, 1966, 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, 1966: every country, as published by Global Footprint Network.
derived
1	Canada`CAN`Northern America	10.1810
2	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	10.1068
3	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	9.5606
4	United States`USA`Northern America	8.7626
5	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	8.4389
6	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	7.4893
7	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	7.0795
8	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	7.0651
9	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	6.1160
10	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	5.8283
11	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	5.8077
12	France`FRA`Western Europe	4.5118
13	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	4.3954
14	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	4.1221
15	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	3.8603
16	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	3.6714
17	Paraguay`PRY`South America	3.4502
18	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	3.3106
19	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	3.2956
20	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	3.2831
21	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	3.2480
22	Argentina`ARG`South America	3.1256
23	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	3.1122
24	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	2.9875
25	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	2.6937
26	Peru`PER`South America	2.6131
27	Chile`CHL`South America	2.5911
28	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	2.4610
29	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	2.4007
30	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.3090
31	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	2.2109
32	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	2.2079
33	Brazil`BRA`South America	2.2035
34	Colombia`COL`South America	2.1874
35	Bolivia`BOL`South America	2.1828
36	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	2.1163
37	Venezuela`VEN`South America	1.9893
38	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1.9619
39	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1.9468
40	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1.9329
41	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1.9292
42	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1.8662
43	Mexico`MEX`Central America	1.8562
44	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1.7958
45	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1.7776
46	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	1.7413
47	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	1.7322
48	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1.7148
49	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1.6733
50	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1.6695
51	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1.6602
52	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1.5682
53	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	1.5558
54	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1.5498
55	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1.5088
56	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	1.4822
57	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1.4412
58	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	1.4353
59	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1.4216
60	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1.4208
61	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	1.4024
62	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1.3703
63	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	1.3544
64	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1.3285
65	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	1.3060
66	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1.2805
67	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1.2626
68	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1.2423
69	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	1.2404
70	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.2347
71	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	1.2308
72	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	1.2271
73	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	1.2013
74	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1.1889
75	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1.1792
76	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	1.1169
77	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1.0940
78	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1.0439
79	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1.0256
80	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1.0021
81	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	1.0015
82	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.9939
83	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.9843
84	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.9375
85	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.9276
86	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.8792
87	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.8451
88	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.8192
89	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.8126
90	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.8099
91	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.7964
92	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.7941
93	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.7816
94	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.7771
95	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.7692
96	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.7439
97	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.7280
98	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.7105
99	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.6847
100	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.6764
101	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.6640
102	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.6615
103	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.5702
104	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.5310
105	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.4311

02In 1966

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Canada10.1810
2Qatar10.1068
3Luxembourg9.5606
4United States8.7626
5Norway8.4389

Lowest

105Myanmar0.4311
104India0.5310
103Haiti0.5702
102Timor-Leste0.6615
101Tunisia0.6640

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 1.5558. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031965 → 1966

Since 1965

What changed between 1965 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
104values changed, of 104 in both
74 · 30rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Antigua and Barbuda1.4287 → 2.4007+0.9720
Norway7.6424 → 8.4389+0.7965
Canada9.5228 → 10.1810+0.6583
Mongolia6.4734 → 7.0795+0.6061
Bhutan5.5139 → 6.1160+0.6021

Fell most

Qatar10.6964 → 10.1068−0.5896
Syria1.1221 → 0.9843−0.1379
Venezuela2.1075 → 1.9893−0.1181
Tunisia0.7746 → 0.6640−0.1106
Afghanistan1.4754 → 1.3703−0.1051

+ Botswana

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.

How values are stored

The position is ours
Global Footprint Network publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 105 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

Global Footprint Network (1966). Ecological Footprint, 1966 [data set], describing 1966. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/ecological-footprint/1966

0665 held

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