Data for 1987

Ecological Footprint, 1987

Name: Ecological Footprint, 1987
Creator: Global Footprint Network
License: https://footprintnetwork.org/licenses/public-data-package-free/

Figures for 1987, as Global Footprint Network published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Ecological Footprint, 1987 covers 107 countries. Qatar is highest, at 15.007; Bangladesh is lowest, at 0.382. The middle country reads 1.726. Against 1986, 107 values changed (55 up, 52 down), the same countries are covered.

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Ecological Footprint · Data for 1987

HighestQatar

15.007

LowestBangladesh

0.382

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

107countries
1measure
1987the 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, 1987, 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, 1987: every country, as published by Global Footprint Network.
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1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	15.007
2	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	10.404
3	United States`USA`Northern America	9.817
4	Canada`CAN`Northern America	9.131
5	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	8.581
6	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	8.363
7	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	6.963
8	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	6.286
9	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	6.192
10	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	5.999
11	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	5.677
12	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	5.582
13	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	5.581
14	France`FRA`Western Europe	5.364
15	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	4.847
16	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	4.750
17	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	4.722
18	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	4.455
19	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	4.279
20	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	4.182
21	Paraguay`PRY`South America	4.100
22	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	3.945
23	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	3.925
24	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	3.863
25	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	3.768
26	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	3.570
27	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	3.461
28	Argentina`ARG`South America	3.444
29	Venezuela`VEN`South America	3.439
30	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	3.210
31	Brazil`BRA`South America	2.742
32	Chile`CHL`South America	2.651
33	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	2.614
34	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	2.503
35	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	2.458
36	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	2.406
37	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	2.327
38	Bolivia`BOL`South America	2.326
39	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	2.303
40	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	2.302
41	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	2.281
42	Mexico`MEX`Central America	2.275
43	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2.207
44	Colombia`COL`South America	2.071
45	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2.053
46	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	1.981
47	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	1.959
48	Peru`PER`South America	1.842
49	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	1.833
50	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1.807
51	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1.796
52	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1.776
53	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1.739
54	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	1.726
55	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1.700
56	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1.675
57	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1.605
58	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1.587
59	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	1.529
60	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1.507
61	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	1.471
62	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1.442
63	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1.432
64	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.424
65	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1.380
66	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1.376
67	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1.353
68	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1.331
69	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1.309
70	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	1.302
71	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1.288
72	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1.273
73	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1.256
74	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	1.241
75	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1.208
76	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	1.185
77	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	1.157
78	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	1.156
79	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1.119
80	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1.114
81	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1.088
82	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	1.066
83	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	1.054
84	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1.003
85	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.984
86	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.975
87	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.967
88	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.966
89	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.953
90	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.942
91	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.941
92	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.940
93	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.906
94	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.841
95	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.834
96	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.823
97	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.767
98	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.700
99	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.679
100	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.658
101	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.627
102	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.619
103	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.603
104	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.592
105	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.555
106	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.497
107	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.382

02In 1987

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Qatar15.007
2Luxembourg10.404
3United States9.817
4Canada9.131
5Denmark8.581

Lowest

107Bangladesh0.382
106Timor-Leste0.497
105Haiti0.555
104Malawi0.592
103Nepal0.603

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 1.726. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031986 → 1987

Since 1986

What changed between 1986 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
107values changed, of 107 in both
55 · 52rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Norway7.413 → 8.363+0.950
Mongolia5.585 → 5.999+0.414
Cyprus3.451 → 3.863+0.411
Botswana1.834 → 2.207+0.373
Israel3.625 → 3.945+0.319

Fell most

Oman3.287 → 2.503−0.783
Canada9.605 → 9.131−0.474
Qatar15.419 → 15.007−0.412
Denmark8.938 → 8.581−0.358
Fiji2.061 → 1.833−0.228

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 (1987). Ecological Footprint, 1987 [data set], describing 1987. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/ecological-footprint/1987

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