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Ecological Footprint, 1990

Figures for 1990, as Global Footprint Network published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Ecological Footprint, 1990 covers 107 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 11.14295; Bangladesh is lowest, at 0.40660. The middle country reads 1.74028. Against 1989, 107 values changed (47 up, 60 down), the same countries are covered.

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Ecological Footprint · Data for 1990

HighestLuxembourg

11.14295

LowestBangladesh

0.40660

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, 1990, 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, 1990: every country, as published by Global Footprint Network.
derived
1LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe11.14295
2United StatesUSANorthern America9.78154
3CanadaCANNorthern America8.68265
4DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe8.59202
5QatarQATWestern Asia8.35440
6BelgiumBELWestern Europe7.04993
7GermanyDEUWestern Europe6.51575
8SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe6.03504
9NorwayNORNorthern Europe5.92569
10SwedenSWENorthern Europe5.92218
11MongoliaMNGEastern Asia5.78428
12FranceFRAWestern Europe5.68947
13United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe5.58128
14JapanJPNEastern Asia5.35084
15AustriaAUTWestern Europe5.05579
16ItalyITASouthern Europe5.00141
17SpainESPSouthern Europe4.64845
18GreeceGRCSouthern Europe4.55059
19IsraelISRWestern Asia4.39161
20PolandPOLEastern Europe4.35679
21RomaniaROUEastern Europe4.22736
22MaltaMLTSouthern Europe4.09367
23PortugalPRTSouthern Europe4.05827
24CyprusCYPWestern Asia4.00831
25BarbadosBRBCaribbean3.87272

02In 1990

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Luxembourg11.14295
  2. 2United States9.78154
  3. 3Canada8.68265
  4. 4Denmark8.59202
  5. 5Qatar8.35440

Lowest

  1. 107Bangladesh0.40660
  2. 106Timor-Leste0.46494
  3. 105Vietnam0.55269
  4. 104Haiti0.56199
  5. 103Malawi0.59140

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 1.74028. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031989 → 1990

Since 1989

What changed between 1989 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 107values changed, of 107 in both
  • 47 · 60rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • Oman1.68689 → 2.23600+0.54910
  • Cyprus3.51442 → 4.00831+0.49389
  • Jordan1.20196 → 1.67112+0.46916
  • South Korea3.06694 → 3.45976+0.39282
  • Syria1.06235 → 1.42801+0.36565

Fell most

  • Norway8.02761 → 5.92569−2.10192
  • Poland5.50611 → 4.35679−1.14931
  • Canada9.66207 → 8.68265−0.97942
  • Qatar9.31684 → 8.35440−0.96244
  • Sweden6.53110 → 5.92218−0.60892

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 (1990). Ecological Footprint, 1990 [data set], describing 1990. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/ecological-footprint/1990

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07Questions

Ecological Footprint, 1990: questions and answers

Which country has the highest ecological footprint in Ecological Footprint, 1990?

Luxembourg, at 11.14295, of the 107 countries in the file.

What year does Ecological Footprint, 1990 describe?

1990.

How many countries does Ecological Footprint, 1990 cover?

107.

Where can I download Ecological Footprint, 1990?

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, 1990 the newest?

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

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