Data for 1976

Ecological Footprint, 1976

Name: Ecological Footprint, 1976
Creator: Global Footprint Network
License: https://footprintnetwork.org/licenses/public-data-package-free/

Figures for 1976, as Global Footprint Network published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Ecological Footprint, 1976 covers 107 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 11.590; Bangladesh is lowest, at 0.414. The middle country reads 1.696. Against 1975, 107 values changed (60 up, 47 down), the same countries are covered.

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Ecological Footprint · Data for 1976

HighestLuxembourg

11.590

LowestBangladesh

0.414

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

107countries
1measure
1976the 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, 1976, 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, 1976: every country, as published by Global Footprint Network.
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1	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	11.590
2	Canada`CAN`Northern America	11.000
3	United States`USA`Northern America	10.449
4	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	9.496
5	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	9.172
6	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	8.000
7	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	7.581
8	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	6.619
9	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	5.979
10	France`FRA`Western Europe	5.877
11	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	5.778
12	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	5.756
13	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	5.150
14	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	4.994
15	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	4.991
16	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	4.795
17	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	4.377
18	Argentina`ARG`South America	4.254
19	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	4.230
20	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	4.044
21	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	4.007
22	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	3.798
23	Paraguay`PRY`South America	3.734
24	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	3.486
25	Venezuela`VEN`South America	3.143
26	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	3.104
27	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	3.062
28	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	2.923
29	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	2.893
30	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	2.765
31	Brazil`BRA`South America	2.677
32	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	2.647
33	Bolivia`BOL`South America	2.525
34	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2.381
35	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	2.357
36	Colombia`COL`South America	2.248
37	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	2.240
38	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	2.208
39	Chile`CHL`South America	2.200
40	Peru`PER`South America	2.191
41	Mexico`MEX`Central America	2.156
42	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	2.141
43	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	2.065
44	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.048
45	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	1.996
46	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1.959
47	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	1.938
48	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	1.847
49	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1.771
50	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	1.753
51	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1.741
52	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1.702
53	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	1.699
54	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1.696
55	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1.632
56	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1.555
57	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	1.481
58	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1.472
59	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	1.467
60	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1.461
61	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1.454
62	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1.416
63	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1.402
64	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1.392
65	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	1.391
66	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1.373
67	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1.367
68	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1.352
69	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1.330
70	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1.323
71	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1.287
72	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1.266
73	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	1.254
74	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	1.235
75	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1.221
76	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.202
77	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1.186
78	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	1.175
79	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1.167
80	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	1.157
81	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1.151
82	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1.131
83	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	1.116
84	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1.113
85	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1.104
86	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	1.072
87	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1.059
88	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	1.008
89	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.992
90	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.969
91	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.924
92	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.919
93	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.885
94	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.876
95	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.854
96	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.828
97	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.794
98	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.788
99	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.721
100	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.672
101	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.640
102	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.626
103	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.579
104	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.574
105	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.567
106	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.560
107	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.414

02In 1976

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Luxembourg11.590
2Canada11.000
3United States10.449
4Norway9.496
5Denmark9.172

Lowest

107Bangladesh0.414
106Yemen0.560
105Haiti0.567
104Myanmar0.574
103India0.579

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 1.696. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031975 → 1976

Since 1975

What changed between 1975 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
107values changed, of 107 in both
60 · 47rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Luxembourg10.516 → 11.590+1.074
Denmark8.130 → 9.172+1.041
Norway8.801 → 9.496+0.695
Belgium6.935 → 7.581+0.645
Greece3.303 → 3.798+0.495

Fell most

Qatar11.599 → 1.402−10.197
Antigua and Barbuda5.324 → 2.923−2.401
Eswatini3.820 → 2.765−1.056
Samoa2.216 → 1.481−0.736
Tonga2.928 → 2.357−0.571

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 (1976). Ecological Footprint, 1976 [data set], describing 1976. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/ecological-footprint/1976

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