Data for 1980

Ecological Footprint, 1980

Name: Ecological Footprint, 1980
Creator: Global Footprint Network
License: https://footprintnetwork.org/licenses/public-data-package-free/

Figures for 1980, as Global Footprint Network published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Ecological Footprint, 1980 covers 107 countries. Qatar is highest, at 13.5003; Bangladesh is lowest, at 0.4061. The middle country reads 1.5838. Against 1979, 107 values changed (30 up, 77 down), the same countries are covered.

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Ecological Footprint · Data for 1980

HighestQatar

13.5003

LowestBangladesh

0.4061

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

107countries
1measure
1980the 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, 1980, 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, 1980: every country, as published by Global Footprint Network.
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1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	13.5003
2	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	10.6243
3	Canada`CAN`Northern America	9.7808
4	United States`USA`Northern America	9.3244
5	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	8.9593
6	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	8.3777
7	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	7.0565
8	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	6.5024
9	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	6.4163
10	France`FRA`Western Europe	5.9506
11	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	5.7609
12	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	5.6559
13	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	5.4975
14	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	5.2862
15	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	5.0560
16	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	4.6635
17	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	4.6149
18	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	4.4539
19	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	4.3440
20	Paraguay`PRY`South America	4.0550
21	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	4.0432
22	Argentina`ARG`South America	3.7887
23	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	3.6051
24	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	3.5040
25	Venezuela`VEN`South America	3.4885
26	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	3.2522
27	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2.9718
28	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	2.9457
29	Brazil`BRA`South America	2.9241
30	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	2.8198
31	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	2.8096
32	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	2.7948
33	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	2.7689
34	Bolivia`BOL`South America	2.6939
35	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	2.6067
36	Mexico`MEX`Central America	2.4908
37	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	2.4507
38	Chile`CHL`South America	2.4475
39	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	2.4255
40	Colombia`COL`South America	2.2698
41	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	2.2532
42	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	2.1841
43	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	2.1230
44	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	2.1049
45	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	2.0726
46	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	2.0458
47	Peru`PER`South America	2.0201
48	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.0134
49	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	1.8191
50	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	1.8002
51	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1.7515
52	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1.7146
53	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1.6493
54	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1.5838
55	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	1.5650
56	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1.5568
57	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1.5505
58	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1.5183
59	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1.5139
60	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1.4973
61	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1.4763
62	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	1.4717
63	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1.4620
64	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1.4508
65	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1.4480
66	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1.4229
67	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	1.4168
68	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1.3829
69	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	1.3300
70	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1.3284
71	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	1.3248
72	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1.3187
73	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	1.3069
74	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1.2907
75	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	1.2815
76	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1.2576
77	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1.2552
78	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1.2416
79	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	1.2127
80	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1.1716
81	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1.1259
82	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1.1202
83	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.1173
84	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	1.0811
85	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1.0679
86	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1.0607
87	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	1.0473
88	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.9719
89	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.9714
90	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.9710
91	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.9672
92	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.9391
93	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.9390
94	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.8930
95	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.8221
96	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.8028
97	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.7509
98	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.7192
99	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.6769
100	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.6738
101	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.6370
102	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.6360
103	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.5778
104	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.5751
105	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.5614
106	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.5155
107	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.4061

02In 1980

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Qatar13.5003
2Luxembourg10.6243
3Canada9.7808
4United States9.3244
5Norway8.9593

Lowest

107Bangladesh0.4061
106Haiti0.5155
105India0.5614
104Timor-Leste0.5751
103Vietnam0.5778

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 1.5838. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031979 → 1980

Since 1979

What changed between 1979 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
107values changed, of 107 in both
30 · 77rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Qatar6.6551 → 13.5003+6.8452
Botswana2.1017 → 2.9718+0.8701
Eswatini1.9002 → 2.4507+0.5505
Tunisia1.0524 → 1.3284+0.2760
Syria1.5294 → 1.8002+0.2708

Fell most

United States11.1017 → 9.3244−1.7773
Luxembourg12.2163 → 10.6243−1.5920
Antigua and Barbuda3.0169 → 1.5650−1.4519
Denmark9.4647 → 8.3777−1.0870
Canada10.8334 → 9.7808−1.0526

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 (1980). Ecological Footprint, 1980 [data set], describing 1980. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/ecological-footprint/1980

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