Data for 1986

Ecological Footprint, 1986

Name: Ecological Footprint, 1986
Creator: Global Footprint Network
License: https://footprintnetwork.org/licenses/public-data-package-free/

Figures for 1986, as Global Footprint Network published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Ecological Footprint, 1986 covers 107 countries. Qatar is highest, at 15.41858; Bangladesh is lowest, at 0.37601. The middle country reads 1.67313. Against 1985, 107 values changed (50 up, 57 down), the same countries are covered.

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Ecological Footprint · Data for 1986

HighestQatar

15.41858

LowestBangladesh

0.37601

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

107countries
1measure
1986the 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, 1986, 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, 1986: every country, as published by Global Footprint Network.
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1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	15.41858
2	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	10.47069
3	United States`USA`Northern America	9.70245
4	Canada`CAN`Northern America	9.60515
5	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	8.93843
6	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	7.41305
7	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	6.77229
8	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	6.36836
9	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	6.22636
10	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	5.73957
11	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	5.58547
12	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	5.52760
13	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	5.47762
14	France`FRA`Western Europe	5.16721
15	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	4.69481
16	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	4.60715
17	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	4.58788
18	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	4.50488
19	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	4.00176
20	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	3.97001
21	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	3.95759
22	Paraguay`PRY`South America	3.81570
23	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	3.76553
24	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	3.62529
25	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	3.45563
26	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	3.45126
27	Venezuela`VEN`South America	3.35812
28	Argentina`ARG`South America	3.35083
29	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	3.28667
30	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	3.20346
31	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	3.05853
32	Brazil`BRA`South America	2.82604
33	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	2.53972
34	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	2.49942
35	Chile`CHL`South America	2.42091
36	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	2.30037
37	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	2.27250
38	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	2.26077
39	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	2.23568
40	Mexico`MEX`Central America	2.22574
41	Bolivia`BOL`South America	2.21891
42	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	2.21401
43	Colombia`COL`South America	2.12722
44	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	2.06100
45	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2.05792
46	Peru`PER`South America	1.88967
47	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1.88436
48	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	1.87827
49	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1.83425
50	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1.75605
51	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	1.75533
52	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1.74285
53	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	1.73946
54	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1.67313
55	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1.66587
56	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	1.65930
57	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1.65182
58	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1.64954
59	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1.59949
60	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.57270
61	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1.51343
62	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1.49927
63	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	1.44523
64	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1.44013
65	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1.44012
66	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1.41228
67	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1.41077
68	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1.37365
69	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	1.36231
70	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1.31876
71	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1.24602
72	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1.24233
73	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1.24176
74	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1.20710
75	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	1.18055
76	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	1.16259
77	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1.15683
78	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	1.15655
79	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1.15535
80	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	1.13239
81	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	1.12717
82	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1.12520
83	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.08836
84	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.99323
85	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.98980
86	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.98319
87	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.97952
88	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.95487
89	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.95354
90	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.95258
91	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.94531
92	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.94197
93	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.92764
94	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.87503
95	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.86333
96	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.85045
97	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.73364
98	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.70995
99	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.68612
100	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.65948
101	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.62225
102	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.61539
103	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.58085
104	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.56357
105	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.54244
106	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.50276
107	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.37601

02In 1986

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Qatar15.41858
2Luxembourg10.47069
3United States9.70245
4Canada9.60515
5Denmark8.93843

Lowest

107Bangladesh0.37601
106Timor-Leste0.50276
105Haiti0.54244
104Malawi0.56357
103Nepal0.58085

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 1.67313. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031985 → 1986

Since 1985

What changed between 1985 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
107values changed, of 107 in both
50 · 57rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Norway6.71721 → 7.41305+0.69584
Canada9.05128 → 9.60515+0.55387
Portugal2.66958 → 3.20346+0.53388
Malta3.03935 → 3.45563+0.41627
Sweden5.82821 → 6.22636+0.39815

Fell most

Eswatini2.42023 → 1.49927−0.92095
Mongolia6.03758 → 5.58547−0.45211
Oman3.66099 → 3.28667−0.37432
Botswana2.14243 → 1.83425−0.30818
Paraguay4.07032 → 3.81570−0.25462

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 (1986). Ecological Footprint, 1986 [data set], describing 1986. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/ecological-footprint/1986

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