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Ecological Footprint, 1973

Figures for 1973, as Global Footprint Network published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Ecological Footprint, 1973 covers 107 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 11.78465; Bangladesh is lowest, at 0.45614. The middle country reads 1.66221. Against 1972, 107 values changed (74 up, 33 down), the same countries are covered.

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Ecological Footprint · Data for 1973

HighestLuxembourg

11.78465

LowestBangladesh

0.45614

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

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Ecological Footprint, 1973, as published. Global Footprint Network ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 107 countries · select a heading to sort

Ecological Footprint, 1973: every country, as published by Global Footprint Network.
derived
1LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe11.78465
2United StatesUSANorthern America10.89531
3CanadaCANNorthern America10.73231
4QatarQATWestern Asia10.03253
5DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe8.94274
6NorwayNORNorthern Europe8.68729
7BelgiumBELWestern Europe7.69426
8GermanyDEUWestern Europe6.77209
9United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe6.65778
10SwedenSWENorthern Europe6.49205
11FranceFRAWestern Europe6.22403
12SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe6.12757
13MongoliaMNGEastern Asia5.99183
14JapanJPNEastern Asia5.52585
15BhutanBTNSouthern Asia5.22420
16PolandPOLEastern Europe5.13925
17AustriaAUTWestern Europe5.10928
18ItalyITASouthern Europe4.47059
19ArgentinaARGSouth America4.27859
20SpainESPSouthern Europe3.90330
21RomaniaROUEastern Europe3.69643
22IsraelISRWestern Asia3.66842
23South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa3.62060
24GreeceGRCSouthern Europe3.40686
25PortugalPRTSouthern Europe3.33341

02In 1973

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Luxembourg11.78465
  2. 2United States10.89531
  3. 3Canada10.73231
  4. 4Qatar10.03253
  5. 5Denmark8.94274

Lowest

  1. 107Bangladesh0.45614
  2. 106Haiti0.55788
  3. 105India0.56711
  4. 104Myanmar0.56978
  5. 103Syria0.61863

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 1.66221. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031972 → 1973

Since 1972

What changed between 1972 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 107values changed, of 107 in both
  • 74 · 33rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • Qatar8.14139 → 10.03253+1.89115
  • Canada9.81431 → 10.73231+0.91800
  • Luxembourg10.94623 → 11.78465+0.83842
  • Japan4.86952 → 5.52585+0.65633
  • Senegal1.32691 → 1.84054+0.51363

Fell most

  • Botswana3.51328 → 2.14667−1.36661
  • Niger2.20482 → 1.40293−0.80190
  • Syria1.32081 → 0.61863−0.70218
  • Norway9.30757 → 8.68729−0.62028
  • Sweden6.84848 → 6.49205−0.35643

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

Read before you use

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 107 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

Global Footprint Network (1973). Ecological Footprint, 1973 [data set], describing 1973. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/ecological-footprint/1973

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07Questions

Ecological Footprint, 1973: questions and answers

Which country has the highest ecological footprint in Ecological Footprint, 1973?

Luxembourg, at 11.78465, of the 107 countries in the file.

What year does Ecological Footprint, 1973 describe?

1973.

How many countries does Ecological Footprint, 1973 cover?

107.

Where can I download Ecological Footprint, 1973?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Ecological Footprint, 1973 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Ecological Footprint, 2025.

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