Data for 2005

Ecological Footprint, 2005

Name: Ecological Footprint, 2005
Creator: Global Footprint Network
License: https://footprintnetwork.org/licenses/public-data-package-free/

Figures for 2005, as Global Footprint Network published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Ecological Footprint, 2005 covers 123 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 15.451; Timor-Leste is lowest, at 0.407. The middle country reads 2.151. Against 2004, 123 values changed (77 up, 46 down), the same countries are covered.

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Ecological Footprint · Data for 2005

HighestLuxembourg

15.451

LowestTimor-Leste

0.407

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

123countries
1measure
2005the 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, 2005, 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, 2005: every country, as published by Global Footprint Network.
derived
1	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	15.451
2	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	12.616
3	United States`USA`Northern America	10.226
4	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	9.226
5	Canada`CAN`Northern America	9.205
6	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	8.369
7	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	8.132
8	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	6.416
9	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	6.141
10	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	6.062
11	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	5.938
12	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	5.902
13	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	5.866
14	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	5.754
15	France`FRA`Western Europe	5.648
16	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	5.614
17	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	5.380
18	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	5.374
19	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	5.348
20	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	5.287
21	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	5.181
22	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	5.174
23	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	5.061
24	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	4.998
25	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	4.978
26	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	4.867
27	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	4.838
28	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	4.772
29	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	4.685
30	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	4.650
31	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	4.604
32	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	4.582
33	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	4.499
34	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	4.463
35	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	4.306
36	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	4.076
37	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	4.042
38	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	4.009
39	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	3.849
40	Chile`CHL`South America	3.526
41	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	3.304
42	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	3.258
43	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	3.159
44	Argentina`ARG`South America	3.141
45	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	3.127
46	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	3.079
47	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	2.973
48	Mexico`MEX`Central America	2.938
49	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	2.923
50	Paraguay`PRY`South America	2.869
51	Venezuela`VEN`South America	2.865
52	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	2.846
53	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	2.723
54	Brazil`BRA`South America	2.388
55	Bolivia`BOL`South America	2.382
56	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	2.366
57	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	2.346
58	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	2.281
59	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	2.248
60	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	2.201
61	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	2.152
62	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	2.151
63	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	2.100
64	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	2.081
65	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	2.030
66	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	2.004
67	Peru`PER`South America	1.962
68	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1.951
69	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	1.884
70	Colombia`COL`South America	1.813
71	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	1.802
72	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1.781
73	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	1.742
74	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1.635
75	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1.514
76	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1.487
77	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.447
78	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1.434
79	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1.418
80	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	1.401
81	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1.377
82	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1.288
83	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1.285
84	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1.278
85	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	1.248
86	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	1.218
87	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1.210
88	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1.199
89	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	1.183
90	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1.180
91	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	1.179
92	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1.177
93	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1.131
94	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1.117
95	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1.091
96	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1.075
97	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	1.072
98	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1.064
99	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1.057
100	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.021
101	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.988
102	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.979
103	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.962
104	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.957
105	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.923
106	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.910
107	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.908
108	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.897
109	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.884
110	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.878
111	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.866
112	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.828
113	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.794
114	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.770
115	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.760
116	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.738
117	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.712
118	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.669
119	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.615
120	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.599
121	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.552
122	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.506
123	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.407

02In 2005

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Luxembourg15.451
2Qatar12.616
3United States10.226
4Denmark9.226
5Canada9.205

Lowest

123Timor-Leste0.407
122Bangladesh0.506
121Malawi0.552
120Haiti0.599
119Nepal0.615

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 2.151. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032004 → 2005

Since 2004

What changed between 2004 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
123values changed, of 123 in both
77 · 46rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Sweden6.105 → 8.369+2.264
Barbados4.120 → 4.998+0.877
Tunisia1.242 → 1.781+0.539
Botswana2.637 → 3.159+0.522
Luxembourg14.975 → 15.451+0.476

Fell most

Czechia6.951 → 5.938−1.013
Qatar13.296 → 12.616−0.679
Estonia6.898 → 6.416−0.482
Norway6.308 → 5.866−0.441
Paraguay3.230 → 2.869−0.361

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

The position is ours
Global Footprint Network publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 123 countries has every column.

05The files

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Global Footprint Network (2005). Ecological Footprint, 2005 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/ecological-footprint/2005

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