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Ecological Footprint, 2009

Figures for 2009, as Global Footprint Network published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Ecological Footprint, 2009 covers 125 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 15.5450; Timor-Leste is lowest, at 0.3585. The middle country reads 2.2224. Against 2008, 125 values changed (40 up, 85 down), the same countries are covered.

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Ecological Footprint · Data for 2009

HighestLuxembourg

15.5450

LowestTimor-Leste

0.3585

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, 2009, 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, 2009: every country, as published by Global Footprint Network.
derived
1LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe15.5450
2QatarQATWestern Asia13.4128
3United StatesUSANorthern America8.4151
4DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe7.9845
5CanadaCANNorthern America7.6276
6BelgiumBELWestern Europe7.1909
7MongoliaMNGEastern Asia6.3942
8CyprusCYPWestern Asia6.1252
9AustriaAUTWestern Europe5.9080
10MaltaMLTSouthern Europe5.6986
11OmanOMNWestern Asia5.6696
12EstoniaESTNorthern Europe5.6042
13CzechiaCZEEastern Europe5.5634
14NorwayNORNorthern Europe5.4678
15FranceFRAWestern Europe5.4244
16SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe5.4131
17GreeceGRCSouthern Europe5.3681
18SwedenSWENorthern Europe5.2626
19SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe5.2029
20South KoreaKOREastern Asia5.1634
21GermanyDEUWestern Europe5.0769
22IsraelISRWestern Asia4.9126
23United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe4.8670
24ItalyITASouthern Europe4.8190
25RussiaRUSEastern Europe4.7207

02In 2009

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Luxembourg15.5450
  2. 2Qatar13.4128
  3. 3United States8.4151
  4. 4Denmark7.9845
  5. 5Canada7.6276

Lowest

  1. 125Timor-Leste0.3585
  2. 124Bangladesh0.5871
  3. 123Haiti0.6313
  4. 122Nepal0.6711
  5. 121Mozambique0.6816

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 2.2224. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 125values changed, of 125 in both
  • 40 · 85rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • Lebanon3.2298 → 3.7906+0.5607
  • Syria1.7576 → 2.0716+0.3140
  • Samoa2.1146 → 2.3027+0.1881
  • China2.6329 → 2.8034+0.1704
  • Mali1.2965 → 1.4587+0.1622

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 (2009). Ecological Footprint, 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/ecological-footprint/2009

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07Questions

Ecological Footprint, 2009: questions and answers

Which country has the highest ecological footprint in Ecological Footprint, 2009?

Luxembourg, at 15.5450, of the 125 countries in the file.

What year does Ecological Footprint, 2009 describe?

2009.

How many countries does Ecological Footprint, 2009 cover?

125.

Where can I download Ecological Footprint, 2009?

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, 2009 the newest?

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

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