Data for 1968

Ecological Footprint, 1968

Name: Ecological Footprint, 1968
Creator: Global Footprint Network
License: https://footprintnetwork.org/licenses/public-data-package-free/

Figures for 1968, as Global Footprint Network published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Ecological Footprint, 1968 covers 106 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 10.029; India is lowest, at 0.553. The middle country reads 1.565. Against 1967, 105 values changed (49 up, 56 down), 1 country joined.

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Ecological Footprint · Data for 1968

HighestLuxembourg

10.029

LowestIndia

0.553

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

106countries
1measure
1968the year it describes
106distinct values15 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY-SA 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Ecological Footprint, 1968, 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, 1968: every country, as published by Global Footprint Network.
derived
1	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	10.029
2	Canada`CAN`Northern America	9.939
3	United States`USA`Northern America	9.770
4	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	9.276
5	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	8.221
6	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	7.967
7	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	6.623
8	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	6.598
9	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	6.559
10	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	6.245
11	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	5.873
12	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	5.590
13	France`FRA`Western Europe	4.959
14	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	4.779
15	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	4.472
16	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	4.328
17	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	4.083
18	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	3.809
19	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	3.615
20	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	3.535
21	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	3.473
22	Argentina`ARG`South America	3.427
23	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	3.368
24	Paraguay`PRY`South America	3.250
25	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	3.051
26	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	2.896
27	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2.820
28	Chile`CHL`South America	2.699
29	Peru`PER`South America	2.533
30	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	2.392
31	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	2.311
32	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	2.301
33	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	2.294
34	Bolivia`BOL`South America	2.253
35	Colombia`COL`South America	2.251
36	Brazil`BRA`South America	2.237
37	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	2.191
38	Venezuela`VEN`South America	2.154
39	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	2.129
40	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.040
41	Mexico`MEX`Central America	1.906
42	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1.886
43	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1.885
44	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1.882
45	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1.869
46	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1.837
47	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1.788
48	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	1.745
49	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1.744
50	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	1.742
51	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1.676
52	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1.669
53	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1.578
54	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	1.552
55	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1.548
56	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1.533
57	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1.521
58	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	1.494
59	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1.484
60	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1.447
61	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	1.445
62	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1.432
63	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	1.424
64	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	1.409
65	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	1.396
66	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1.387
67	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	1.283
68	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1.273
69	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1.259
70	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1.251
71	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1.244
72	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	1.239
73	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.226
74	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1.218
75	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1.188
76	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1.174
77	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	1.167
78	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	1.105
79	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	1.084
80	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1.067
81	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1.042
82	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1.029
83	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1.020
84	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	1.011
85	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	1.008
86	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.976
87	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.959
88	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.941
89	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.925
90	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.920
91	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.911
92	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.891
93	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.856
94	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.831
95	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.807
96	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.784
97	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.774
98	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.753
99	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.720
100	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.719
101	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.706
102	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.665
103	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.640
104	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.601
105	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.566
106	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.553

02In 1968

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Luxembourg10.029
2Canada9.939
3United States9.770
4Qatar9.276
5Norway8.221

Lowest

106India0.553
105Haiti0.566
104Myanmar0.601
103Timor-Leste0.640
102Nepal0.665

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 1.565. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031967 → 1968

Since 1967

What changed between 1967 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
105values changed, of 105 in both
49 · 56rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Antigua and Barbuda3.609 → 5.590+1.981
Botswana1.927 → 2.820+0.893
Denmark7.497 → 7.967+0.470
Belgium6.311 → 6.623+0.312
United States9.460 → 9.770+0.310

Fell most

Sweden8.099 → 6.559−1.540
Qatar10.230 → 9.276−0.954
Norway9.174 → 8.221−0.953
South Africa3.593 → 3.051−0.542
Niger2.515 → 2.040−0.475

+ Eswatini

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

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Global Footprint Network publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 106 countries has every column.

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Global Footprint Network (1968). Ecological Footprint, 1968 [data set], describing 1968. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/ecological-footprint/1968

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