Data for 1983

Ecological Footprint, 1983

Name: Ecological Footprint, 1983
Creator: Global Footprint Network
License: https://footprintnetwork.org/licenses/public-data-package-free/

Figures for 1983, as Global Footprint Network published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Ecological Footprint, 1983 covers 107 countries. Qatar is highest, at 14.5535; Bangladesh is lowest, at 0.3848. The middle country reads 1.6792. Against 1982, 107 values changed (27 up, 80 down), the same countries are covered.

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Ecological Footprint · Data for 1983

HighestQatar

14.5535

LowestBangladesh

0.3848

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

107countries
1measure
1983the 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, 1983, 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, 1983: every country, as published by Global Footprint Network.
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1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	14.5535
2	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	8.7036
3	United States`USA`Northern America	8.3126
4	Canada`CAN`Northern America	8.1372
5	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	7.5598
6	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	7.4368
7	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	5.7899
8	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	5.7896
9	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	5.6672
10	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	5.6030
11	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	5.0071
12	France`FRA`Western Europe	4.9361
13	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	4.9256
14	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	4.8528
15	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	4.4700
16	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	4.3057
17	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	4.1171
18	Paraguay`PRY`South America	4.1068
19	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	4.0680
20	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	3.9822
21	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	3.4767
22	Venezuela`VEN`South America	3.4145
23	Argentina`ARG`South America	3.3529
24	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	3.3257
25	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	3.2513
26	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	3.0643
27	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	3.0546
28	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	3.0180
29	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	2.8787
30	Bolivia`BOL`South America	2.6458
31	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	2.6340
32	Brazil`BRA`South America	2.6246
33	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	2.6172
34	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	2.5557
35	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	2.4045
36	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	2.4004
37	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	2.3360
38	Chile`CHL`South America	2.3135
39	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	2.2826
40	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	2.2297
41	Mexico`MEX`Central America	2.2269
42	Colombia`COL`South America	2.1922
43	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2.1257
44	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	2.1132
45	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	1.9229
46	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	1.9222
47	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.8798
48	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1.8461
49	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1.7949
50	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	1.7875
51	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	1.7434
52	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1.6831
53	Peru`PER`South America	1.6802
54	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1.6792
55	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	1.6304
56	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1.5541
57	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1.5504
58	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1.5204
59	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1.5146
60	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	1.4691
61	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1.4610
62	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1.4230
63	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1.4200
64	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1.3385
65	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1.3327
66	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	1.3229
67	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1.3108
68	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1.2746
69	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	1.2370
70	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	1.2302
71	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	1.2192
72	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1.1848
73	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1.1814
74	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1.1807
75	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1.1705
76	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	1.1550
77	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	1.1372
78	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	1.1371
79	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1.1179
80	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1.1043
81	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1.1020
82	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.1000
83	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1.0745
84	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1.0520
85	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	1.0008
86	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.9944
87	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.9839
88	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.9815
89	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.9698
90	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.9584
91	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.9515
92	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.9325
93	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.8874
94	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.8807
95	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.8443
96	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.7784
97	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.7608
98	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.6661
99	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.6428
100	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.6346
101	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.6233
102	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.5853
103	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.5810
104	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.5778
105	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.5386
106	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.5330
107	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.3848

02In 1983

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Qatar14.5535
2Luxembourg8.7036
3United States8.3126
4Canada8.1372
5Norway7.5598

Lowest

107Bangladesh0.3848
106Haiti0.5330
105Timor-Leste0.5386
104Vietnam0.5778
103Malawi0.5810

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 1.6792. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031982 → 1983

Since 1982

What changed between 1982 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
107values changed, of 107 in both
27 · 80rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Syria1.4233 → 1.7875+0.3642
Tunisia0.9932 → 1.3385+0.3453
Thailand0.8253 → 0.9944+0.1692
Venezuela3.2475 → 3.4145+0.1670
Cyprus2.8668 → 3.0180+0.1512

Fell most

Qatar15.7568 → 14.5535−1.2033
Luxembourg9.8367 → 8.7036−1.1331
Antigua and Barbuda2.3170 → 1.3229−0.9941
Norway8.5486 → 7.5598−0.9888
Denmark8.3287 → 7.4368−0.8919

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 (1983). Ecological Footprint, 1983 [data set], describing 1983. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/ecological-footprint/1983

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