Data for 1972

Ecological Footprint, 1972

Name: Ecological Footprint, 1972
Creator: Global Footprint Network
License: https://footprintnetwork.org/licenses/public-data-package-free/

Figures for 1972, as Global Footprint Network published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Ecological Footprint, 1972 covers 107 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 10.9462; Bangladesh is lowest, at 0.4253. The middle country reads 1.6491. Against 1971, 107 values changed (37 up, 70 down), the same countries are covered.

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Ecological Footprint · Data for 1972

HighestLuxembourg

10.9462

LowestBangladesh

0.4253

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

107countries
1measure
1972the year it describes
107distinct 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, 1972, 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, 1972: every country, as published by Global Footprint Network.
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1	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	10.9462
2	United States`USA`Northern America	10.5643
3	Canada`CAN`Northern America	9.8143
4	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	9.3076
5	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	8.6020
6	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	8.1414
7	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	7.3373
8	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	6.8485
9	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	6.4562
10	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	6.3369
11	France`FRA`Western Europe	5.7707
12	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	5.7300
13	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	5.7201
14	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	5.3036
15	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	4.8695
16	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	4.8204
17	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	4.6607
18	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	4.1452
19	Argentina`ARG`South America	3.9153
20	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	3.8176
21	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	3.6252
22	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	3.5133
23	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	3.4974
24	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	3.3327
25	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	3.1556
26	Paraguay`PRY`South America	3.0430
27	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	2.9419
28	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	2.8057
29	Chile`CHL`South America	2.7989
30	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	2.6430
31	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	2.6158
32	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	2.6040
33	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	2.4818
34	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	2.4801
35	Brazil`BRA`South America	2.3436
36	Bolivia`BOL`South America	2.2579
37	Colombia`COL`South America	2.2464
38	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.2048
39	Peru`PER`South America	2.1665
40	Venezuela`VEN`South America	2.1459
41	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	2.0423
42	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	2.0202
43	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	1.9895
44	Mexico`MEX`Central America	1.9837
45	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	1.9333
46	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	1.9097
47	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	1.9048
48	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1.8689
49	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	1.7960
50	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	1.7499
51	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1.7388
52	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	1.6772
53	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1.6674
54	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1.6491
55	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1.6408
56	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1.6364
57	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1.6015
58	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1.5676
59	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1.5648
60	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	1.5410
61	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1.5389
62	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1.5088
63	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1.5086
64	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	1.4685
65	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1.3868
66	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1.3767
67	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1.3302
68	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1.3293
69	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1.3269
70	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	1.3208
71	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1.2998
72	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	1.2471
73	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1.2203
74	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.2124
75	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1.2053
76	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1.1851
77	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	1.1765
78	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1.1709
79	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	1.1585
80	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1.1450
81	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	1.0894
82	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1.0808
83	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	1.0594
84	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1.0543
85	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1.0491
86	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1.0413
87	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.9982
88	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.9860
89	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.9250
90	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.8912
91	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.8742
92	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.8556
93	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.8546
94	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.7934
95	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.7884
96	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.7878
97	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.7748
98	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.7324
99	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.7238
100	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.6909
101	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.6707
102	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.6300
103	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.5573
104	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.5490
105	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.5481
106	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.5438
107	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.4253

02In 1972

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Luxembourg10.9462
2United States10.5643
3Canada9.8143
4Norway9.3076
5Denmark8.6020

Lowest

107Bangladesh0.4253
106India0.5438
105Haiti0.5481
104Myanmar0.5490
103Tunisia0.5573

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 1.6491. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031971 → 1972

Since 1971

What changed between 1971 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
107values changed, of 107 in both
37 · 70rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Botswana2.9612 → 3.5133+0.5521
Mauritius0.9587 → 1.2053+0.2466
Niger2.0005 → 2.2048+0.2043
Samoa1.8519 → 2.0202+0.1683
Syria1.1677 → 1.3208+0.1532

Fell most

Sweden8.2819 → 6.8485−1.4334
Luxembourg11.7508 → 10.9462−0.8045
Senegal2.0295 → 1.3269−0.7026
Qatar8.8209 → 8.1414−0.6795
Norway9.9221 → 9.3076−0.6145

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 107 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

Global Footprint Network (1972). Ecological Footprint, 1972 [data set], describing 1972. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/ecological-footprint/1972

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