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Ecological Footprint, 2008

Figures for 2008, as Global Footprint Network published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Ecological Footprint, 2008 covers 125 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 16.8678; Timor-Leste is lowest, at 0.2728. The middle country reads 2.1727. Against 2007, 125 values changed (64 up, 61 down), the same countries are covered.

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Ecological Footprint · Data for 2008

HighestLuxembourg

16.8678

LowestTimor-Leste

0.2728

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, 2008, 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, 2008: every country, as published by Global Footprint Network.
derived
1LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe16.8678
2QatarQATWestern Asia16.2376
3United StatesUSANorthern America9.3225
4DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe8.9349
5CanadaCANNorthern America8.3903
6BelgiumBELWestern Europe7.7398
7CyprusCYPWestern Asia7.1690
8OmanOMNWestern Asia6.6251
9AustriaAUTWestern Europe6.5889
10MongoliaMNGEastern Asia6.3436
11CzechiaCZEEastern Europe6.3176
12EstoniaESTNorthern Europe6.2117
13SwedenSWENorthern Europe6.2055
14SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe6.1390
15GreeceGRCSouthern Europe6.1354
16NorwayNORNorthern Europe6.0093
17MaltaMLTSouthern Europe5.9683
18SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe5.8516
19FranceFRAWestern Europe5.8090
20United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe5.7213
21South KoreaKOREastern Asia5.5075
22GermanyDEUWestern Europe5.5033
23IsraelISRWestern Asia5.4754
24SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe5.4619
25ItalyITASouthern Europe5.3247

02In 2008

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Luxembourg16.8678
  2. 2Qatar16.2376
  3. 3United States9.3225
  4. 4Denmark8.9349
  5. 5Canada8.3903

Lowest

  1. 125Timor-Leste0.2728
  2. 124Bangladesh0.5553
  3. 123Nepal0.5937
  4. 122Haiti0.6227
  5. 121Mozambique0.6749

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 2.1727. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 125values changed, of 125 in both
  • 64 · 61rose · 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 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 (2008). Ecological Footprint, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/ecological-footprint/2008

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07Questions

Ecological Footprint, 2008: questions and answers

Which country has the highest ecological footprint in Ecological Footprint, 2008?

Luxembourg, at 16.8678, of the 125 countries in the file.

What year does Ecological Footprint, 2008 describe?

2008.

How many countries does Ecological Footprint, 2008 cover?

125.

Where can I download Ecological Footprint, 2008?

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, 2008 the newest?

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

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