Data for 1989

Ecological Footprint, 1989

Name: Ecological Footprint, 1989
Creator: Global Footprint Network
License: https://footprintnetwork.org/licenses/public-data-package-free/

Figures for 1989, as Global Footprint Network published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Ecological Footprint, 1989 covers 107 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 11.4858; Bangladesh is lowest, at 0.4007. The middle country reads 1.7287. Against 1988, 107 values changed (46 up, 61 down), the same countries are covered.

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Ecological Footprint · Data for 1989

HighestLuxembourg

11.4858

LowestBangladesh

0.4007

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

107countries
1measure
1989the 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, 1989, 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, 1989: every country, as published by Global Footprint Network.
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1	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	11.4858
2	United States`USA`Northern America	9.8187
3	Canada`CAN`Northern America	9.6621
4	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	9.3168
5	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	8.9035
6	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	8.0276
7	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	7.1425
8	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	6.5311
9	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	6.3018
10	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	6.1317
11	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	6.0283
12	France`FRA`Western Europe	5.7089
13	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	5.7073
14	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	5.5061
15	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	5.2309
16	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	5.0228
17	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	4.8933
18	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	4.7275
19	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	4.5876
20	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	4.4952
21	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	4.3459
22	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	4.2722
23	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	4.1082
24	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	3.8852
25	Paraguay`PRY`South America	3.7328
26	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	3.5440
27	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	3.5144
28	Venezuela`VEN`South America	3.2929
29	Argentina`ARG`South America	3.2398
30	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	3.1599
31	Chile`CHL`South America	3.1556
32	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	3.0669
33	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	2.7718
34	Brazil`BRA`South America	2.7644
35	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	2.7121
36	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	2.6078
37	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2.4544
38	Mexico`MEX`Central America	2.4144
39	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	2.3793
40	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	2.3262
41	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2.2727
42	Bolivia`BOL`South America	2.2359
43	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	2.1547
44	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2.0843
45	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	2.0640
46	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	2.0368
47	Colombia`COL`South America	2.0358
48	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	2.0307
49	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	2.0003
50	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	1.9150
51	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1.8338
52	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	1.7929
53	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	1.7759
54	Peru`PER`South America	1.7287
55	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	1.6869
56	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1.6544
57	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1.5442
58	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1.5048
59	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1.4959
60	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1.4776
61	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1.4648
62	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1.4387
63	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1.4106
64	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.4027
65	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1.3873
66	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	1.3424
67	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1.3379
68	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1.3104
69	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1.2977
70	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1.2929
71	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1.2850
72	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1.2200
73	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	1.2028
74	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	1.2020
75	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	1.1847
76	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	1.1547
77	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	1.1100
78	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1.1038
79	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1.0892
80	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1.0887
81	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	1.0701
82	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1.0699
83	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	1.0624
84	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1.0497
85	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.0064
86	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.9836
87	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.9765
88	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.9585
89	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.9420
90	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.9234
91	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.9128
92	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.8720
93	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.8621
94	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.8483
95	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.8476
96	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.7617
97	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.7609
98	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.7417
99	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.6709
100	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.6208
101	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.5950
102	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.5933
103	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.5931
104	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.5745
105	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.5332
106	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.4843
107	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.4007

02In 1989

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Luxembourg11.4858
2United States9.8187
3Canada9.6621
4Qatar9.3168
5Denmark8.9035

Lowest

107Bangladesh0.4007
106Timor-Leste0.4843
105Haiti0.5332
104Vietnam0.5745
103Malawi0.5931

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 1.7287. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031988 → 1989

Since 1988

What changed between 1988 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
107values changed, of 107 in both
46 · 61rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Canada8.4807 → 9.6621+1.1813
Jamaica1.0680 → 1.5442+0.4762
Saint Lucia1.9040 → 2.2727+0.3687
South Korea2.7505 → 3.0669+0.3165
Cuba2.4659 → 2.7718+0.3059

Fell most

Qatar14.6794 → 9.3168−5.3626
Syria1.7289 → 1.0624−0.6666
Oman2.3511 → 1.6869−0.6642
Norway8.5461 → 8.0276−0.5185
Cyprus4.0310 → 3.5144−0.5166

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 (1989). Ecological Footprint, 1989 [data set], describing 1989. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/ecological-footprint/1989

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