Data for 1982

Ecological Footprint, 1982

Name: Ecological Footprint, 1982
Creator: Global Footprint Network
License: https://footprintnetwork.org/licenses/public-data-package-free/

Figures for 1982, as Global Footprint Network published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Ecological Footprint, 1982 covers 107 countries. Qatar is highest, at 15.757; Bangladesh is lowest, at 0.388. The middle country reads 1.687. Against 1981, 107 values changed (43 up, 64 down), the same countries are covered.

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Ecological Footprint · Data for 1982

HighestQatar

15.757

LowestBangladesh

0.388

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

107countries
1measure
1982the 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, 1982, 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, 1982: every country, as published by Global Footprint Network.
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1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	15.757
2	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	9.837
3	United States`USA`Northern America	8.886
4	Canada`CAN`Northern America	8.765
5	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	8.549
6	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	8.329
7	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	6.596
8	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	6.232
9	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	6.192
10	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	5.978
11	France`FRA`Western Europe	5.300
12	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	5.210
13	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	5.127
14	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	4.956
15	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	4.611
16	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	4.562
17	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	4.370
18	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	4.181
19	Paraguay`PRY`South America	4.160
20	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	4.086
21	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	3.744
22	Argentina`ARG`South America	3.617
23	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	3.416
24	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	3.315
25	Venezuela`VEN`South America	3.248
26	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	3.155
27	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	3.063
28	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	2.950
29	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	2.888
30	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	2.867
31	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	2.823
32	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	2.752
33	Brazil`BRA`South America	2.713
34	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	2.703
35	Bolivia`BOL`South America	2.554
36	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	2.515
37	Chile`CHL`South America	2.503
38	Mexico`MEX`Central America	2.411
39	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	2.330
40	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	2.317
41	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	2.248
42	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	2.246
43	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2.234
44	Colombia`COL`South America	2.193
45	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	2.192
46	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	2.050
47	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	1.997
48	Peru`PER`South America	1.886
49	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.871
50	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1.795
51	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1.784
52	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1.726
53	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	1.693
54	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	1.687
55	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1.658
56	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1.647
57	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1.612
58	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1.610
59	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1.587
60	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1.571
61	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1.549
62	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	1.487
63	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1.475
64	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1.473
65	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1.429
66	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	1.423
67	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1.405
68	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1.377
69	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1.289
70	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1.279
71	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1.277
72	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	1.263
73	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1.220
74	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1.199
75	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.190
76	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	1.179
77	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1.169
78	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	1.155
79	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	1.153
80	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1.117
81	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1.091
82	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	1.067
83	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	1.056
84	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	1.046
85	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1.033
86	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1.019
87	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1.005
88	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	1.004
89	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.993
90	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.965
91	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.937
92	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.912
93	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.887
94	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.862
95	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.850
96	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.825
97	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.773
98	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.740
99	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.723
100	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.704
101	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.621
102	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.593
103	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.592
104	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.574
105	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.553
106	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.551
107	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.388

02In 1982

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Qatar15.757
2Luxembourg9.837
3United States8.886
4Canada8.765
5Norway8.549

Lowest

107Bangladesh0.388
106Timor-Leste0.551
105Haiti0.553
104India0.574
103Nepal0.592

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 1.687. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031981 → 1982

Since 1981

What changed between 1981 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
107values changed, of 107 in both
43 · 64rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Qatar15.064 → 15.757+0.693
Antigua and Barbuda1.863 → 2.317+0.454
Mongolia5.787 → 6.232+0.446
Luxembourg9.419 → 9.837+0.418
Malta2.604 → 2.888+0.284

Fell most

Canada9.601 → 8.765−0.835
United States9.456 → 8.886−0.570
Norway9.080 → 8.549−0.531
Syria1.875 → 1.423−0.452
South Africa3.759 → 3.315−0.445

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.

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Cite this edition

Global Footprint Network (1982). Ecological Footprint, 1982 [data set], describing 1982. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/ecological-footprint/1982

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