Data for 1981

Ecological Footprint, 1981

Name: Ecological Footprint, 1981
Creator: Global Footprint Network
License: https://footprintnetwork.org/licenses/public-data-package-free/

Figures for 1981, as Global Footprint Network published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Ecological Footprint, 1981 covers 107 countries. Qatar is highest, at 15.0642; Bangladesh is lowest, at 0.3777. The middle country reads 1.7262. Against 1980, 107 values changed (53 up, 54 down), the same countries are covered.

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Ecological Footprint · Data for 1981

HighestQatar

15.0642

LowestBangladesh

0.3777

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

107countries
1measure
1981the 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, 1981, 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, 1981: every country, as published by Global Footprint Network.
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1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	15.0642
2	Canada`CAN`Northern America	9.6009
3	United States`USA`Northern America	9.4555
4	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	9.4191
5	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	9.0797
6	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	8.1432
7	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	6.5875
8	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	6.5691
9	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	6.2321
10	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	5.7868
11	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	5.5139
12	France`FRA`Western Europe	5.4389
13	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	5.3520
14	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	5.2247
15	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	4.6814
16	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	4.5886
17	Paraguay`PRY`South America	4.4518
18	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	4.3582
19	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	4.3002
20	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	4.2164
21	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	3.7594
22	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	3.5973
23	Venezuela`VEN`South America	3.5387
24	Argentina`ARG`South America	3.5378
25	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	3.3081
26	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	3.0586
27	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	2.9795
28	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	2.9690
29	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	2.9548
30	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	2.8291
31	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	2.8257
32	Chile`CHL`South America	2.8006
33	Brazil`BRA`South America	2.7927
34	Bolivia`BOL`South America	2.6504
35	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	2.6416
36	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	2.6035
37	Mexico`MEX`Central America	2.6011
38	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	2.4710
39	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	2.4152
40	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	2.3987
41	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2.3980
42	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	2.3687
43	Colombia`COL`South America	2.2238
44	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	2.1162
45	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	2.0844
46	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	2.0785
47	Peru`PER`South America	1.9504
48	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1.9393
49	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.9257
50	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	1.8751
51	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	1.8629
52	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1.7781
53	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1.7520
54	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1.7262
55	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	1.6993
56	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1.6963
57	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1.6145
58	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1.6024
59	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1.5981
60	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1.5764
61	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1.5325
62	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	1.4888
63	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	1.4740
64	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1.4698
65	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1.4688
66	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1.4469
67	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	1.4420
68	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1.3840
69	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1.3564
70	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1.3512
71	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1.3196
72	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1.3082
73	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	1.2432
74	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1.2393
75	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1.2388
76	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1.2270
77	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	1.2180
78	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1.1614
79	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1.1546
80	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	1.1491
81	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.1439
82	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	1.1054
83	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1.1021
84	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	1.0792
85	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1.0716
86	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	1.0533
87	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	1.0282
88	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1.0076
89	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.9753
90	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.9485
91	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.9328
92	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.9222
93	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.8970
94	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.8625
95	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.8319
96	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.8258
97	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.7860
98	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.7228
99	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.7012
100	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.6822
101	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.6325
102	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.6224
103	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.5866
104	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.5778
105	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.5543
106	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.5326
107	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.3777

02In 1981

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Qatar15.0642
2Canada9.6009
3United States9.4555
4Luxembourg9.4191
5Norway9.0797

Lowest

107Bangladesh0.3777
106Haiti0.5326
105Timor-Leste0.5543
104Vietnam0.5778
103India0.5866

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 1.7262. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031980 → 1981

Since 1980

What changed between 1980 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
107values changed, of 107 in both
53 · 54rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Qatar13.5003 → 15.0642+1.5640
Eswatini2.4507 → 2.9690+0.5183
Cambodia1.4229 → 1.9393+0.5164
Paraguay4.0550 → 4.4518+0.3968
Fiji2.2532 → 2.6416+0.3883

Fell most

Luxembourg10.6243 → 9.4191−1.2052
Botswana2.9718 → 2.3980−0.5738
France5.9506 → 5.4389−0.5117
Belgium7.0565 → 6.5875−0.4691
Spain4.0432 → 3.5973−0.4459

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 (1981). Ecological Footprint, 1981 [data set], describing 1981. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/ecological-footprint/1981

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