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Ecological Footprint, 1985

Figures for 1985, as Global Footprint Network published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Ecological Footprint, 1985 covers 107 countries. Qatar is highest, at 15.23623; Bangladesh is lowest, at 0.38816. The middle country reads 1.67128. Against 1984, 107 values changed (64 up, 43 down), the same countries are covered.

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Ecological Footprint · Data for 1985

HighestQatar

15.23623

LowestBangladesh

0.38816

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, 1985, 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, 1985: every country, as published by Global Footprint Network.
derived
1QatarQATWestern Asia15.23623
2LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe10.56426
3United StatesUSANorthern America9.80468
4CanadaCANNorthern America9.05128
5DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe8.76036
6NorwayNORNorthern Europe6.71721
7BelgiumBELWestern Europe6.65131
8GermanyDEUWestern Europe6.35376
9MongoliaMNGEastern Asia6.03758
10SwedenSWENorthern Europe5.82821
11SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe5.63781
12PolandPOLEastern Europe5.43076
13United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe5.27116
14FranceFRAWestern Europe5.18499
15AustriaAUTWestern Europe4.88204
16ItalyITASouthern Europe4.55823
17JapanJPNEastern Asia4.47614
18RomaniaROUEastern Europe4.37584
19BhutanBTNSouthern Asia4.13092
20ParaguayPRYSouth America4.07032
21GreeceGRCSouthern Europe3.88984
22SpainESPSouthern Europe3.70543
23OmanOMNWestern Asia3.66099
24BarbadosBRBCaribbean3.49680
25VenezuelaVENSouth America3.47227

02In 1985

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Qatar15.23623
  2. 2Luxembourg10.56426
  3. 3United States9.80468
  4. 4Canada9.05128
  5. 5Denmark8.76036

Lowest

  1. 107Bangladesh0.38816
  2. 106Timor-Leste0.50347
  3. 105Haiti0.54270
  4. 104Malawi0.57380
  5. 103Nepal0.59171

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 1.67128. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031984 → 1985

Since 1984

What changed between 1984 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

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

Rose most

Fell most

  • Norway7.86448 → 6.71721−1.14727
  • Qatar15.79579 → 15.23623−0.55956
  • Argentina3.64567 → 3.17966−0.46601
  • Malaysia2.78769 → 2.37557−0.41212
  • Botswana2.46909 → 2.14243−0.32665

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 (1985). Ecological Footprint, 1985 [data set], describing 1985. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/ecological-footprint/1985

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07Questions

Ecological Footprint, 1985: questions and answers

Which country has the highest ecological footprint in Ecological Footprint, 1985?

Qatar, at 15.23623, of the 107 countries in the file.

What year does Ecological Footprint, 1985 describe?

1985.

How many countries does Ecological Footprint, 1985 cover?

107.

Where can I download Ecological Footprint, 1985?

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, 1985 the newest?

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

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