Data for 1998

Ecological Footprint, 1998

Name: Ecological Footprint, 1998
Creator: Global Footprint Network
License: https://footprintnetwork.org/licenses/public-data-package-free/

Figures for 1998, as Global Footprint Network published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Ecological Footprint, 1998 covers 122 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 13.6086; Timor-Leste is lowest, at 0.3595. The middle country reads 1.9764. Against 1997, 122 values changed (65 up, 57 down), the same countries are covered.

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Ecological Footprint · Data for 1998

HighestLuxembourg

13.6086

LowestTimor-Leste

0.3595

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

122countries
1measure
1998the year it describes
122distinct 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, 1998, 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, 1998: every country, as published by Global Footprint Network.
derived
1	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	13.6086
2	United States`USA`Northern America	10.0756
3	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	9.4240
4	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	9.1219
5	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	7.9929
6	Canada`CAN`Northern America	7.9835
7	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	7.0497
8	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	5.9087
9	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	5.8235
10	France`FRA`Western Europe	5.7817
11	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	5.7050
12	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	5.6605
13	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	5.4401
14	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	5.4005
15	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	5.2633
16	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	5.2311
17	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	5.2223
18	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	5.0974
19	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	5.0912
20	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	5.0342
21	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	4.8939
22	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	4.5581
23	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	4.4213
24	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	4.3290
25	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	4.3168
26	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	4.3081
27	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	4.2830
28	Paraguay`PRY`South America	4.2552
29	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	4.2055
30	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	4.1931
31	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	3.9387
32	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	3.7889
33	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	3.7165
34	Chile`CHL`South America	3.6702
35	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	3.5037
36	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	3.3835
37	Argentina`ARG`South America	3.3412
38	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	3.2150
39	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	3.1728
40	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	3.1425
41	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	3.0795
42	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	3.0521
43	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	2.9897
44	Venezuela`VEN`South America	2.9455
45	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	2.8676
46	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	2.8468
47	Mexico`MEX`Central America	2.8393
48	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	2.7714
49	Brazil`BRA`South America	2.7641
50	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	2.7297
51	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	2.6545
52	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	2.6346
53	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2.5226
54	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	2.5192
55	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	2.5052
56	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	2.4364
57	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2.3522
58	Bolivia`BOL`South America	2.3183
59	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	2.2229
60	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	2.2020
61	Colombia`COL`South America	2.0490
62	Peru`PER`South America	1.9039
63	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	1.8875
64	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1.8117
65	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	1.7944
66	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	1.7589
67	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1.6404
68	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	1.6294
69	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	1.6180
70	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1.5987
71	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1.5475
72	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1.5422
73	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1.5173
74	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1.5032
75	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.4932
76	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	1.4260
77	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1.3831
78	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1.3737
79	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	1.3588
80	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	1.3266
81	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1.3150
82	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	1.2746
83	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1.2434
84	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1.2384
85	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	1.2370
86	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1.2141
87	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1.2035
88	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	1.1891
89	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	1.1800
90	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	1.1551
91	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1.1492
92	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1.1483
93	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1.1425
94	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1.1022
95	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1.1015
96	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1.0790
97	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	1.0662
98	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1.0174
99	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1.0144
100	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.9813
101	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.9758
102	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.9634
103	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.9140
104	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.9028
105	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.8984
106	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.8810
107	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.8689
108	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.8313
109	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.7960
110	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.7891
111	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.7699
112	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.7367
113	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.7303
114	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.7243
115	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.7206
116	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.7188
117	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.7123
118	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.6204
119	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.5996
120	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.5743
121	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.4294
122	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.3595

02In 1998

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Luxembourg13.6086
2United States10.0756
3Qatar9.4240
4Denmark9.1219
5Belgium7.9929

Lowest

122Timor-Leste0.3595
121Bangladesh0.4294
120Nepal0.5743
119Haiti0.5996
118Malawi0.6204

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 1.9764. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031997 → 1998

Since 1997

What changed between 1997 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
122values changed, of 122 in both
65 · 57rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Tunisia1.1871 → 1.5475+0.3605
Mongolia5.3007 → 5.6605+0.3598
Norway6.6976 → 7.0497+0.3521
Niger1.1702 → 1.4932+0.3230
France5.4646 → 5.7817+0.3171

Fell most

Qatar10.7803 → 9.4240−1.3564
South Korea4.9384 → 3.7889−1.1495
Belarus4.8604 → 3.7165−1.1438
Malaysia3.9385 → 3.2150−0.7234
Luxembourg14.1943 → 13.6086−0.5857

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

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Global Footprint Network publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 122 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

Global Footprint Network (1998). Ecological Footprint, 1998 [data set], describing 1998. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/ecological-footprint/1998

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