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Ecological Footprint, 1979

Figures for 1979, as Global Footprint Network published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Ecological Footprint, 1979 covers 107 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 12.2163; Bangladesh is lowest, at 0.3903. The middle country reads 1.6736. Against 1978, 107 values changed (63 up, 44 down), the same countries are covered.

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Ecological Footprint · Data for 1979

HighestLuxembourg

12.2163

LowestBangladesh

0.3903

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, 1979, 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, 1979: every country, as published by Global Footprint Network.
derived
1LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe12.2163
2United StatesUSANorthern America11.1017
3CanadaCANNorthern America10.8334
4NorwayNORNorthern Europe9.6747
5DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe9.4647
6BelgiumBELWestern Europe8.0474
7GermanyDEUWestern Europe7.2393
8SwedenSWENorthern Europe7.0067
9QatarQATWestern Asia6.6551
10FranceFRAWestern Europe6.2786
11United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe6.2326
12PolandPOLEastern Europe6.0356
13MongoliaMNGEastern Asia5.8028
14SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe5.6906
15JapanJPNEastern Asia5.2615
16AustriaAUTWestern Europe5.1305
17BhutanBTNSouthern Asia4.7612
18ItalyITASouthern Europe4.6902
19RomaniaROUEastern Europe4.6175
20SpainESPSouthern Europe4.0058
21ParaguayPRYSouth America3.9644
22ArgentinaARGSouth America3.9361
23South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa3.7612
24GreeceGRCSouthern Europe3.6933
25IsraelISRWestern Asia3.6097

02In 1979

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Luxembourg12.2163
  2. 2United States11.1017
  3. 3Canada10.8334
  4. 4Norway9.6747
  5. 5Denmark9.4647

Lowest

  1. 107Bangladesh0.3903
  2. 106Haiti0.5456
  3. 105India0.5704
  4. 104Timor-Leste0.6047
  5. 103Vietnam0.6170

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 1.6736. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031978 → 1979

Since 1978

What changed between 1978 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 107values changed, of 107 in both
  • 63 · 44rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • Qatar1.5531 → 6.6551+5.1020
  • Sweden5.9447 → 7.0067+1.0620
  • Samoa1.7241 → 2.2691+0.5451
  • Israel3.1935 → 3.6097+0.4162
  • Denmark9.0516 → 9.4647+0.4130

Fell most

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 (1979). Ecological Footprint, 1979 [data set], describing 1979. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/ecological-footprint/1979

0665 held

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07Questions

Ecological Footprint, 1979: questions and answers

Which country has the highest ecological footprint in Ecological Footprint, 1979?

Luxembourg, at 12.2163, of the 107 countries in the file.

What year does Ecological Footprint, 1979 describe?

1979.

How many countries does Ecological Footprint, 1979 cover?

107.

Where can I download Ecological Footprint, 1979?

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, 1979 the newest?

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

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