Data for 2001

Ecological Footprint, 2001

Name: Ecological Footprint, 2001
Creator: Global Footprint Network
License: https://footprintnetwork.org/licenses/public-data-package-free/

Figures for 2001, as Global Footprint Network published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Ecological Footprint, 2001 covers 122 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 14.619; Timor-Leste is lowest, at 0.421. The middle country reads 2.200. Against 2000, 122 values changed (72 up, 50 down), the same countries are covered.

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Ecological Footprint · Data for 2001

HighestLuxembourg

14.619

LowestTimor-Leste

0.421

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

122countries
1measure
2001the 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, 2001, 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, 2001: every country, as published by Global Footprint Network.
derived
1	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	14.619
2	United States`USA`Northern America	10.583
3	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	10.236
4	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	9.296
5	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	8.546
6	Canada`CAN`Northern America	8.308
7	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	6.425
8	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	6.308
9	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	6.307
10	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	6.286
11	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	6.212
12	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	6.173
13	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	6.166
14	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	6.163
15	France`FRA`Western Europe	5.914
16	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	5.706
17	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	5.659
18	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	5.647
19	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	5.493
20	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	5.453
21	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	5.395
22	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	5.361
23	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	5.358
24	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	5.182
25	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	4.949
26	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	4.821
27	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	4.794
28	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	4.457
29	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	4.385
30	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	4.372
31	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	4.128
32	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	4.078
33	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	3.997
34	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	3.887
35	Paraguay`PRY`South America	3.886
36	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	3.843
37	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	3.823
38	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	3.732
39	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	3.711
40	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	3.503
41	Chile`CHL`South America	3.342
42	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	3.281
43	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	3.275
44	Venezuela`VEN`South America	3.139
45	Argentina`ARG`South America	3.080
46	Mexico`MEX`Central America	3.068
47	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	2.961
48	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	2.845
49	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	2.842
50	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	2.782
51	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2.781
52	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2.752
53	Brazil`BRA`South America	2.742
54	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	2.544
55	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	2.444
56	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	2.439
57	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	2.424
58	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	2.402
59	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	2.340
60	Bolivia`BOL`South America	2.308
61	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2.227
62	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	2.173
63	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	1.997
64	Colombia`COL`South America	1.948
65	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	1.887
66	Peru`PER`South America	1.855
67	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	1.834
68	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	1.804
69	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1.770
70	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1.710
71	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	1.684
72	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1.657
73	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	1.635
74	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	1.574
75	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1.454
76	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	1.426
77	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1.414
78	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1.403
79	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1.395
80	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1.377
81	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1.336
82	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	1.331
83	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.266
84	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1.250
85	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	1.247
86	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1.212
87	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1.210
88	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	1.180
89	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	1.178
90	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1.173
91	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1.159
92	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1.149
93	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1.138
94	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1.119
95	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1.084
96	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1.054
97	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1.040
98	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.017
99	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.996
100	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.990
101	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.986
102	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.981
103	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.974
104	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.969
105	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.947
106	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.930
107	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.891
108	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.825
109	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.819
110	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.812
111	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.798
112	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.781
113	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.769
114	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.761
115	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.756
116	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.706
117	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.686
118	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.625
119	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.598
120	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.587
121	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.474
122	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.421

02In 2001

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Luxembourg14.619
2United States10.583
3Qatar10.236
4Denmark9.296
5Belgium8.546

Lowest

122Timor-Leste0.421
121Bangladesh0.474
120Haiti0.587
119Nepal0.598
118Malawi0.625

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 2.200. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032000 → 2001

Since 2000

What changed between 2000 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
122values changed, of 122 in both
72 · 50rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Estonia5.542 → 6.308+0.766
Qatar9.566 → 10.236+0.670
Oman3.180 → 3.843+0.664
Cyprus5.706 → 6.307+0.601
United Kingdom5.606 → 6.166+0.559

Fell most

Mongolia6.114 → 5.358−0.757
Canada8.957 → 8.308−0.649
Latvia4.291 → 3.823−0.467
Botswana3.198 → 2.752−0.446
Türkiye2.822 → 2.444−0.378

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.

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Global Footprint Network (2001). Ecological Footprint, 2001 [data set], describing 2001. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/ecological-footprint/2001

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