Data for 2004

Ecological Footprint, 2004

Name: Ecological Footprint, 2004
Creator: Global Footprint Network
License: https://footprintnetwork.org/licenses/public-data-package-free/

Figures for 2004, as Global Footprint Network published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Ecological Footprint, 2004 covers 123 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 14.975; Timor-Leste is lowest, at 0.413. The middle country reads 2.105. Against 2003, 122 values changed (72 up, 50 down), 1 country joined.

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Ecological Footprint · Data for 2004

HighestLuxembourg

14.975

LowestTimor-Leste

0.413

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

123countries
1measure
2004the year it describes
123distinct 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, 2004, 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, 2004: every country, as published by Global Footprint Network.
derived
1	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	14.975
2	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	13.296
3	United States`USA`Northern America	10.234
4	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	9.209
5	Canada`CAN`Northern America	8.991
6	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	7.881
7	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	6.951
8	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	6.898
9	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	6.308
10	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	6.105
11	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	5.984
12	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	5.940
13	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	5.852
14	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	5.749
15	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	5.746
16	France`FRA`Western Europe	5.703
17	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	5.332
18	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	5.279
19	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	5.269
20	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	5.268
21	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	5.126
22	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	5.082
23	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	5.020
24	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	5.016
25	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	4.930
26	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	4.869
27	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	4.636
28	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	4.520
29	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	4.510
30	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	4.394
31	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	4.364
32	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	4.347
33	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	4.334
34	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	4.253
35	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	4.120
36	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	4.086
37	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	4.064
38	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	3.962
39	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	3.886
40	Chile`CHL`South America	3.521
41	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	3.505
42	Paraguay`PRY`South America	3.230
43	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	3.200
44	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	3.174
45	Argentina`ARG`South America	3.058
46	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2.907
47	Mexico`MEX`Central America	2.903
48	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	2.854
49	Venezuela`VEN`South America	2.848
50	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	2.764
51	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	2.712
52	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	2.710
53	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2.637
54	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	2.554
55	Brazil`BRA`South America	2.494
56	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	2.467
57	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	2.361
58	Bolivia`BOL`South America	2.340
59	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	2.318
60	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	2.191
61	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	2.138
62	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	2.105
63	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	2.039
64	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1.999
65	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	1.998
66	Peru`PER`South America	1.939
67	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	1.934
68	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	1.819
69	Colombia`COL`South America	1.772
70	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	1.763
71	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	1.755
72	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	1.565
73	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1.523
74	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1.490
75	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1.480
76	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1.405
77	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1.359
78	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1.348
79	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	1.302
80	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1.294
81	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	1.276
82	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	1.260
83	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.249
84	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1.242
85	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	1.230
86	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1.200
87	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1.198
88	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1.186
89	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1.179
90	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1.158
91	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	1.150
92	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1.110
93	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	1.104
94	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1.088
95	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1.080
96	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.059
97	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1.046
98	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1.040
99	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1.014
100	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.994
101	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.993
102	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.976
103	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.956
104	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.941
105	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.911
106	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.904
107	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.898
108	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.861
109	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.856
110	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.850
111	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.846
112	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.771
113	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.770
114	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.762
115	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.756
116	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.754
117	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.748
118	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.671
119	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.614
120	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.593
121	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.586
122	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.486
123	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.413

02In 2004

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Luxembourg14.975
2Qatar13.296
3United States10.234
4Denmark9.209
5Canada8.991

Lowest

123Timor-Leste0.413
122Bangladesh0.486
121Malawi0.586
120Haiti0.593
119Nepal0.614

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 2.105. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032003 → 2004

Since 2003

What changed between 2003 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
122values changed, of 122 in both
72 · 50rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Qatar11.010 → 13.296+2.286
Czechia5.591 → 6.951+1.360
Malaysia3.305 → 3.886+0.581
Slovakia4.076 → 4.636+0.559
Lithuania4.040 → 4.520+0.480

Fell most

Luxembourg16.891 → 14.975−1.916
Paraguay3.998 → 3.230−0.768
Tunisia1.926 → 1.242−0.684
Oman5.493 → 4.869−0.624
Sweden6.711 → 6.105−0.606

+ Palestine

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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05The files

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Global Footprint Network (2004). Ecological Footprint, 2004 [data set], describing 2004. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/ecological-footprint/2004

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