Data for 1991

Ecological Footprint, 1991

Name: Ecological Footprint, 1991
Creator: Global Footprint Network
License: https://footprintnetwork.org/licenses/public-data-package-free/

Figures for 1991, as Global Footprint Network published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Ecological Footprint, 1991 covers 107 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 11.211; Bangladesh is lowest, at 0.386. The middle country reads 1.638. Against 1990, 107 values changed (45 up, 62 down), the same countries are covered.

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Ecological Footprint · Data for 1991

HighestLuxembourg

11.211

LowestBangladesh

0.386

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

107countries
1measure
1991the 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, 1991, 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, 1991: every country, as published by Global Footprint Network.
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1	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	11.211
2	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	9.663
3	United States`USA`Northern America	9.085
4	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	8.594
5	Canada`CAN`Northern America	7.874
6	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	7.122
7	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	6.089
8	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	5.901
9	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	5.891
10	France`FRA`Western Europe	5.823
11	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	5.650
12	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	5.597
13	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	5.442
14	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	5.286
15	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	5.264
16	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	5.147
17	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	4.695
18	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	4.579
19	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	4.382
20	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	4.279
21	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	4.258
22	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	4.236
23	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	4.079
24	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	3.768
25	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	3.720
26	Paraguay`PRY`South America	3.707
27	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	3.605
28	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	3.553
29	Chile`CHL`South America	3.244
30	Argentina`ARG`South America	3.159
31	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	3.110
32	Venezuela`VEN`South America	3.085
33	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	2.974
34	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	2.776
35	Brazil`BRA`South America	2.711
36	Mexico`MEX`Central America	2.502
37	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	2.422
38	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2.394
39	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2.283
40	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	2.248
41	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	2.202
42	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	2.200
43	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	2.186
44	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2.124
45	Bolivia`BOL`South America	2.088
46	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	2.030
47	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	2.016
48	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	1.991
49	Colombia`COL`South America	1.972
50	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	1.858
51	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1.760
52	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	1.695
53	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1.687
54	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	1.638
55	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	1.616
56	Peru`PER`South America	1.610
57	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1.587
58	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	1.504
59	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1.500
60	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1.458
61	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	1.451
62	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1.432
63	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1.428
64	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	1.391
65	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.389
66	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1.380
67	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1.337
68	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1.322
69	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1.303
70	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1.301
71	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1.274
72	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1.245
73	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1.241
74	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1.218
75	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	1.143
76	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	1.139
77	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1.127
78	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1.123
79	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1.098
80	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	1.067
81	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	1.066
82	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	1.065
83	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1.059
84	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.051
85	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1.045
86	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1.024
87	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	1.009
88	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.963
89	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.958
90	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.943
91	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.919
92	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.907
93	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.895
94	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.849
95	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.835
96	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.747
97	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.731
98	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.722
99	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.680
100	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.665
101	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.661
102	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.595
103	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.576
104	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.539
105	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.537
106	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.438
107	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.386

02In 1991

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Luxembourg11.211
2Qatar9.663
3United States9.085
4Denmark8.594
5Canada7.874

Lowest

107Bangladesh0.386
106Timor-Leste0.438
105Haiti0.537
104Vietnam0.539
103Malawi0.576

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 1.638. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031990 → 1991

Since 1990

What changed between 1990 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
107values changed, of 107 in both
45 · 62rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Qatar8.354 → 9.663+1.309
Oman2.236 → 2.776+0.540
Mongolia5.784 → 6.089+0.304
Malta4.094 → 4.382+0.289
Lebanon1.401 → 1.687+0.286

Fell most

Canada8.683 → 7.874−0.809
United States9.782 → 9.085−0.696
Germany6.516 → 5.891−0.625
Romania4.227 → 3.605−0.622
Jamaica1.740 → 1.241−0.499

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 (1991). Ecological Footprint, 1991 [data set], describing 1991. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/ecological-footprint/1991

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