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Ecological Footprint, 1978

Figures for 1978, as Global Footprint Network published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Ecological Footprint, 1978 covers 107 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 12.6718; Bangladesh is lowest, at 0.4080. The middle country reads 1.6495. Against 1977, 107 values changed (65 up, 42 down), the same countries are covered.

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Ecological Footprint · Data for 1978

HighestLuxembourg

12.6718

LowestBangladesh

0.4080

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, 1978, 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, 1978: every country, as published by Global Footprint Network.
derived
1LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe12.6718
2United StatesUSANorthern America10.8893
3CanadaCANNorthern America10.6512
4NorwayNORNorthern Europe9.6759
5DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe9.0516
6BelgiumBELWestern Europe7.7383
7GermanyDEUWestern Europe6.9082
8PolandPOLEastern Europe6.1247
9FranceFRAWestern Europe6.1087
10SwedenSWENorthern Europe5.9447
11United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe5.9336
12SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe5.6713
13MongoliaMNGEastern Asia5.6599
14JapanJPNEastern Asia4.9988
15AustriaAUTWestern Europe4.9366
16BhutanBTNSouthern Asia4.9223
17RomaniaROUEastern Europe4.5319
18ItalyITASouthern Europe4.3289
19ParaguayPRYSouth America3.9070
20SpainESPSouthern Europe3.8496
21ArgentinaARGSouth America3.8468
22Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean3.7930
23South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa3.7209
24GreeceGRCSouthern Europe3.5854
25VenezuelaVENSouth America3.5775

02In 1978

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Luxembourg12.6718
  2. 2United States10.8893
  3. 3Canada10.6512
  4. 4Norway9.6759
  5. 5Denmark9.0516

Lowest

  1. 107Bangladesh0.4080
  2. 106Haiti0.5311
  3. 105India0.5796
  4. 104Vietnam0.5886
  5. 103Timor-Leste0.6188

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 1.6495. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031977 → 1978

Since 1977

What changed between 1977 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 107values changed, of 107 in both
  • 65 · 42rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Qatar9.8831 → 1.5531−8.3301
  • Sweden6.9227 → 5.9447−0.9780
  • Lebanon2.2860 → 1.6158−0.6701
  • Mongolia6.0026 → 5.6599−0.3427
  • Israel3.4735 → 3.1935−0.2800

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 (1978). Ecological Footprint, 1978 [data set], describing 1978. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/ecological-footprint/1978

0665 held

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07Questions

Ecological Footprint, 1978: questions and answers

Which country has the highest ecological footprint in Ecological Footprint, 1978?

Luxembourg, at 12.6718, of the 107 countries in the file.

What year does Ecological Footprint, 1978 describe?

1978.

How many countries does Ecological Footprint, 1978 cover?

107.

Where can I download Ecological Footprint, 1978?

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, 1978 the newest?

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

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