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Ecological Footprint, 2006

Figures for 2006, as Global Footprint Network published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Ecological Footprint, 2006 covers 125 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 15.0593; Timor-Leste is lowest, at 0.3787. The middle country reads 2.1203. Against 2005, 123 values changed (71 up, 52 down), 2 countries joined.

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Ecological Footprint · Data for 2006

HighestLuxembourg

15.0593

LowestTimor-Leste

0.3787

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, 2006, 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 125 countries · select a heading to sort

Ecological Footprint, 2006: every country, as published by Global Footprint Network.
derived
1LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe15.0593
2QatarQATWestern Asia14.8900
3United StatesUSANorthern America9.9196
4DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe9.0390
5CanadaCANNorthern America8.4213
6BelgiumBELWestern Europe8.0115
7EstoniaESTNorthern Europe6.9271
8AustriaAUTWestern Europe6.4352
9CzechiaCZEEastern Europe6.2709
10NorwayNORNorthern Europe6.0140
11United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe5.9734
12GreeceGRCSouthern Europe5.9607
13OmanOMNWestern Asia5.8103
14SpainESPSouthern Europe5.7408
15ItalyITASouthern Europe5.7207
16FranceFRAWestern Europe5.5793
17SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe5.5139
18IsraelISRWestern Asia5.4811
19SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe5.4562
20MongoliaMNGEastern Asia5.4232
21GermanyDEUWestern Europe5.4183
22South KoreaKOREastern Asia5.4003
23MaltaMLTSouthern Europe5.3189
24SwedenSWENorthern Europe5.2724
25RussiaRUSEastern Europe5.1630

02In 2006

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Luxembourg15.0593
  2. 2Qatar14.8900
  3. 3United States9.9196
  4. 4Denmark9.0390
  5. 5Canada8.4213

Lowest

  1. 125Timor-Leste0.3787
  2. 124Bangladesh0.5303
  3. 123Nepal0.5817
  4. 122Haiti0.6232
  5. 121Malawi0.6344

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 2.1203. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032005 → 2006

Since 2005

What changed between 2005 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +2 / −0countries joined / left
  • 123values changed, of 123 in both
  • 71 · 52rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • Qatar12.6164 → 14.8900+2.2736
  • Oman4.6853 → 5.8103+1.1251
  • Mongolia4.7718 → 5.4232+0.6514
  • Estonia6.4161 → 6.9271+0.5111
  • Malta4.8671 → 5.3189+0.4517

Fell most

+ Montenegro+ Serbia

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 125 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 (2006). Ecological Footprint, 2006 [data set], describing 2006. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/ecological-footprint/2006

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07Questions

Ecological Footprint, 2006: questions and answers

Which country has the highest ecological footprint in Ecological Footprint, 2006?

Luxembourg, at 15.0593, of the 125 countries in the file.

What year does Ecological Footprint, 2006 describe?

2006.

How many countries does Ecological Footprint, 2006 cover?

125.

Where can I download Ecological Footprint, 2006?

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, 2006 the newest?

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

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