Data for 1977

Ecological Footprint, 1977

Name: Ecological Footprint, 1977
Creator: Global Footprint Network
License: https://footprintnetwork.org/licenses/public-data-package-free/

Figures for 1977, as Global Footprint Network published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Ecological Footprint, 1977 covers 107 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 11.4306; Bangladesh is lowest, at 0.4012. The middle country reads 1.6779. Against 1976, 107 values changed (59 up, 48 down), the same countries are covered.

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Ecological Footprint · Data for 1977

HighestLuxembourg

11.4306

LowestBangladesh

0.4012

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

107countries
1measure
1977the 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, 1977, 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, 1977: every country, as published by Global Footprint Network.
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1	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	11.4306
2	United States`USA`Northern America	10.7373
3	Canada`CAN`Northern America	10.7075
4	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	9.8831
5	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	9.5582
6	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	8.9734
7	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	7.3538
8	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	6.9227
9	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	6.5556
10	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	6.0026
11	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	5.9093
12	France`FRA`Western Europe	5.8366
13	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	5.6947
14	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	5.1948
15	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	4.9630
16	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	4.9283
17	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	4.7357
18	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	4.2679
19	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	4.2056
20	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	3.9793
21	Argentina`ARG`South America	3.9204
22	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	3.9097
23	Paraguay`PRY`South America	3.8432
24	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	3.4735
25	Venezuela`VEN`South America	3.4486
26	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	3.4073
27	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	3.3799
28	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	3.1258
29	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	3.0451
30	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	2.8612
31	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	2.8454
32	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	2.7404
33	Brazil`BRA`South America	2.7345
34	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2.7057
35	Bolivia`BOL`South America	2.5584
36	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	2.4213
37	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	2.3853
38	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	2.3098
39	Colombia`COL`South America	2.3068
40	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	2.2860
41	Chile`CHL`South America	2.2836
42	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	2.2802
43	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	2.2780
44	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	2.2648
45	Mexico`MEX`Central America	2.1573
46	Peru`PER`South America	2.1182
47	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	2.0524
48	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	2.0449
49	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.9861
50	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	1.8913
51	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	1.7792
52	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1.7422
53	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	1.6834
54	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1.6779
55	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1.6272
56	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1.6234
57	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1.5945
58	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	1.5477
59	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1.5375
60	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1.4783
61	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1.4776
62	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1.4465
63	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1.4445
64	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1.4309
65	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1.4276
66	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1.4144
67	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1.3995
68	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1.3637
69	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	1.3598
70	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1.3551
71	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	1.3483
72	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	1.3116
73	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	1.3052
74	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1.2838
75	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1.2302
76	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1.2266
77	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1.2224
78	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	1.2167
79	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1.2086
80	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1.2055
81	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.2045
82	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	1.1756
83	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	1.1670
84	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1.1398
85	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1.1269
86	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1.1188
87	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1.0858
88	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	1.0456
89	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1.0365
90	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1.0323
91	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1.0115
92	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.9653
93	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.9611
94	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.9014
95	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.8750
96	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.8709
97	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.8174
98	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.7451
99	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.6898
100	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.6492
101	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.6304
102	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.6084
103	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.6060
104	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.5838
105	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.5699
106	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.5524
107	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.4012

02In 1977

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Luxembourg11.4306
2United States10.7373
3Canada10.7075
4Qatar9.8831
5Norway9.5582

Lowest

107Bangladesh0.4012
106Haiti0.5524
105Myanmar0.5699
104India0.5838
103Yemen0.6060

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 1.6779. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031976 → 1977

Since 1976

What changed between 1976 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
107values changed, of 107 in both
59 · 48rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Qatar1.4020 → 9.8831+8.4811
Oman1.6988 → 2.2802+0.5814
Fiji1.9380 → 2.4213+0.4834
Antigua and Barbuda2.9227 → 3.3799+0.4572
Grenada0.9186 → 1.3483+0.4298

Fell most

Sweden8.0001 → 6.9227−1.0774
Greece3.7979 → 3.4073−0.3905
Senegal1.7414 → 1.3637−0.3777
Argentina4.2541 → 3.9204−0.3337
Jamaica1.7706 → 1.4776−0.2930

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 107 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

Global Footprint Network (1977). Ecological Footprint, 1977 [data set], describing 1977. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/ecological-footprint/1977

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