Data for 1988

Ecological Footprint, 1988

Name: Ecological Footprint, 1988
Creator: Global Footprint Network
License: https://footprintnetwork.org/licenses/public-data-package-free/

Figures for 1988, as Global Footprint Network published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Ecological Footprint, 1988 covers 107 countries. Qatar is highest, at 14.6794; Bangladesh is lowest, at 0.4028. The middle country reads 1.7887. Against 1987, 107 values changed (65 up, 42 down), the same countries are covered.

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Ecological Footprint · Data for 1988

HighestQatar

14.6794

LowestBangladesh

0.4028

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

107countries
1measure
1988the 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, 1988, 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, 1988: every country, as published by Global Footprint Network.
derived
1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	14.6794
2	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	11.2081
3	United States`USA`Northern America	9.6610
4	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	9.1580
5	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	8.5461
6	Canada`CAN`Northern America	8.4807
7	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	7.2846
8	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	6.4126
9	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	6.3318
10	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	6.2042
11	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	5.8674
12	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	5.8494
13	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	5.6897
14	France`FRA`Western Europe	5.6609
15	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	5.1607
16	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	4.8676
17	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	4.8115
18	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	4.6840
19	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	4.4704
20	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	4.4223
21	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	4.4052
22	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	4.2773
23	Paraguay`PRY`South America	4.1179
24	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	4.0733
25	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	4.0310
26	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	3.7779
27	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	3.5946
28	Venezuela`VEN`South America	3.5682
29	Argentina`ARG`South America	3.5276
30	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	3.2453
31	Chile`CHL`South America	3.0757
32	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	2.7505
33	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	2.6986
34	Brazil`BRA`South America	2.6338
35	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	2.5942
36	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2.4899
37	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	2.4659
38	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	2.3662
39	Mexico`MEX`Central America	2.3594
40	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	2.3511
41	Bolivia`BOL`South America	2.2555
42	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	2.2356
43	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	2.2258
44	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	2.2099
45	Colombia`COL`South America	2.1206
46	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2.0749
47	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	2.0631
48	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1.9040
49	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	1.9019
50	Peru`PER`South America	1.8987
51	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	1.8883
52	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	1.8374
53	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1.8006
54	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	1.7887
55	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1.7536
56	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	1.7289
57	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1.6514
58	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1.5343
59	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1.5013
60	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.4819
61	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1.4582
62	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1.4554
63	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1.4332
64	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1.3744
65	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1.3639
66	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1.3317
67	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1.3313
68	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	1.3308
69	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1.3288
70	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	1.3037
71	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1.2519
72	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1.2492
73	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	1.2213
74	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	1.1835
75	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1.1821
76	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1.1549
77	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	1.1524
78	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	1.1504
79	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1.1291
80	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1.1213
81	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1.1131
82	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	1.0990
83	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1.0680
84	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.0483
85	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	1.0234
86	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.9980
87	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.9942
88	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.9751
89	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.9743
90	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.9485
91	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.9282
92	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.8941
93	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.8797
94	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.8689
95	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.8668
96	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.7706
97	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.7446
98	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.7008
99	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.6620
100	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.6516
101	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.6159
102	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.6098
103	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.6007
104	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.5647
105	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.5347
106	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.5020
107	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.4028

02In 1988

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Qatar14.6794
2Luxembourg11.2081
3United States9.6610
4Denmark9.1580
5Norway8.5461

Lowest

107Bangladesh0.4028
106Timor-Leste0.5020
105Haiti0.5347
104Malawi0.5647
103Yemen0.6007

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 1.7887. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031987 → 1988

Since 1987

What changed between 1987 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
107values changed, of 107 in both
65 · 42rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Luxembourg10.4036 → 11.2081+0.8044
Eswatini1.5069 → 2.2258+0.7189
Barbados3.5704 → 4.2773+0.7069
Denmark8.5809 → 9.1580+0.5771
Israel3.9447 → 4.4223+0.4776

Fell most

Canada9.1308 → 8.4807−0.6501
Qatar15.0070 → 14.6794−0.3276
Senegal1.6055 → 1.4332−0.1723
Lebanon1.7002 → 1.5343−0.1659
United States9.8168 → 9.6610−0.1558

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 (1988). Ecological Footprint, 1988 [data set], describing 1988. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/ecological-footprint/1988

0665 held

Other years

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Ecological Footprint: every year
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How it has moved, charted by country

07Questions