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Ecological Footprint, 2002

Figures for 2002, as Global Footprint Network published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Ecological Footprint, 2002 covers 122 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 14.2764; Timor-Leste is lowest, at 0.3801. The middle country reads 2.1195. Against 2001, 122 values changed (45 up, 77 down), the same countries are covered.

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Ecological Footprint · Data for 2002

HighestLuxembourg

14.2764

LowestTimor-Leste

0.3801

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, 2002, 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 122 countries · select a heading to sort

Ecological Footprint, 2002: every country, as published by Global Footprint Network.
derived
1LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe14.2764
2QatarQATWestern Asia10.3261
3United StatesUSANorthern America9.7410
4DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe8.9360
5CanadaCANNorthern America8.1348
6BelgiumBELWestern Europe8.0646
7SwedenSWENorthern Europe6.6376
8EstoniaESTNorthern Europe6.3563
9CyprusCYPWestern Asia6.1025
10CzechiaCZEEastern Europe5.7742
11United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe5.7539
12FranceFRAWestern Europe5.7075
13AustriaAUTWestern Europe5.6347
14SpainESPSouthern Europe5.6134
15GreeceGRCSouthern Europe5.5473
16ItalyITASouthern Europe5.4510
17NorwayNORNorthern Europe5.4255
18South KoreaKOREastern Asia5.3913
19IsraelISRWestern Asia5.3868
20GermanyDEUWestern Europe5.1868
21SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe5.1503
22JapanJPNEastern Asia5.1469
23MaltaMLTSouthern Europe4.8532
24RussiaRUSEastern Europe4.7775
25SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe4.6867

02In 2002

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Luxembourg14.2764
  2. 2Qatar10.3261
  3. 3United States9.7410
  4. 4Denmark8.9360
  5. 5Canada8.1348

Lowest

  1. 122Timor-Leste0.3801
  2. 121Bangladesh0.4694
  3. 120Malawi0.5961
  4. 119Haiti0.5964
  5. 118Nepal0.6082

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 2.1195. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032001 → 2002

Since 2001

What changed between 2001 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 122values changed, of 122 in both
  • 45 · 77rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

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 122 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 (2002). Ecological Footprint, 2002 [data set], describing 2002. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/ecological-footprint/2002

0665 held

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07Questions

Ecological Footprint, 2002: questions and answers

Which country has the highest ecological footprint in Ecological Footprint, 2002?

Luxembourg, at 14.2764, of the 122 countries in the file.

What year does Ecological Footprint, 2002 describe?

2002.

How many countries does Ecological Footprint, 2002 cover?

122.

Where can I download Ecological Footprint, 2002?

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, 2002 the newest?

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

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