Data for 1999

Ecological Footprint, 1999

Name: Ecological Footprint, 1999
Creator: Global Footprint Network
License: https://footprintnetwork.org/licenses/public-data-package-free/

Figures for 1999, as Global Footprint Network published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Ecological Footprint, 1999 covers 122 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 14.5761; Timor-Leste is lowest, at 0.3885. The middle country reads 1.9219. Against 1998, 122 values changed (75 up, 47 down), the same countries are covered.

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Ecological Footprint · Data for 1999

HighestLuxembourg

14.5761

LowestTimor-Leste

0.3885

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

122countries
1measure
1999the 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, 1999, 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, 1999: every country, as published by Global Footprint Network.
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1	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	14.5761
2	United States`USA`Northern America	10.4251
3	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	9.3072
4	Canada`CAN`Northern America	8.9696
5	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	8.0390
6	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	7.8366
7	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	6.0414
8	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	5.9191
9	France`FRA`Western Europe	5.8298
10	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	5.6917
11	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	5.6836
12	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	5.5921
13	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	5.5910
14	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	5.5090
15	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	5.4168
16	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	5.4161
17	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	5.3741
18	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	5.3374
19	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	5.3238
20	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	5.3225
21	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	5.1889
22	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	5.0565
23	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	4.9213
24	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	4.7944
25	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	4.7374
26	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	4.6875
27	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	4.6188
28	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	4.5549
29	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	4.3812
30	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	4.3666
31	Paraguay`PRY`South America	4.3662
32	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	4.2361
33	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	4.1571
34	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	3.8793
35	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	3.8275
36	Mexico`MEX`Central America	3.7063
37	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	3.6923
38	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	3.6427
39	Chile`CHL`South America	3.6251
40	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	3.5584
41	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	3.1857
42	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	3.1808
43	Argentina`ARG`South America	3.1427
44	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	3.1228
45	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	3.0424
46	Venezuela`VEN`South America	2.9942
47	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	2.9657
48	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	2.9466
49	Brazil`BRA`South America	2.8143
50	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2.6695
51	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	2.5203
52	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	2.4993
53	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	2.4562
54	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	2.4551
55	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	2.4477
56	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	2.4239
57	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2.2992
58	Bolivia`BOL`South America	2.2861
59	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	2.2110
60	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	2.1920
61	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	1.9403
62	Peru`PER`South America	1.9036
63	Colombia`COL`South America	1.8928
64	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	1.8212
65	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1.7224
66	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	1.7068
67	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	1.6856
68	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1.6608
69	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1.6364
70	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	1.6270
71	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1.5806
72	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	1.5259
73	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	1.5034
74	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1.4793
75	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1.4764
76	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1.4700
77	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1.4632
78	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1.4402
79	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	1.4384
80	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1.3830
81	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	1.3592
82	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.3199
83	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1.2841
84	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1.2840
85	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	1.2795
86	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	1.2563
87	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1.2296
88	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1.2072
89	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	1.2053
90	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	1.1945
91	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1.1765
92	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1.1240
93	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1.1229
94	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1.1187
95	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1.0828
96	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	1.0606
97	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1.0499
98	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1.0363
99	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.9693
100	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.9621
101	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.9562
102	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.9447
103	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.9035
104	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.8947
105	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.8913
106	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.8873
107	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.8200
108	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.8026
109	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.7939
110	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.7896
111	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.7697
112	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.7628
113	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.7554
114	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.7519
115	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.7269
116	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.7247
117	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.7067
118	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.6299
119	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.6145
120	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.5976
121	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.4709
122	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.3885

02In 1999

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Luxembourg14.5761
2United States10.4251
3Denmark9.3072
4Canada8.9696
5Belgium8.0390

Lowest

122Timor-Leste0.3885
121Bangladesh0.4709
120Nepal0.5976
119Haiti0.6145
118Malawi0.6299

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 1.9219. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031998 → 1999

Since 1998

What changed between 1998 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
122values changed, of 122 in both
75 · 47rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Antigua and Barbuda2.7297 → 4.9213+2.1916
Cyprus4.5581 → 6.0414+1.4833
Latvia3.1728 → 4.3666+1.1937
Canada7.9835 → 8.9696+0.9861
Luxembourg13.6086 → 14.5761+0.9675

Fell most

Qatar9.4240 → 7.8366−1.5873
Norway7.0497 → 5.5910−1.4588
Malta5.8235 → 4.7944−1.0291
Lithuania4.2055 → 3.5584−0.6471
South Africa3.3835 → 2.9657−0.4178

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 (1999). Ecological Footprint, 1999 [data set], describing 1999. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/ecological-footprint/1999

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