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Ecological Footprint, 2015

Figures for 2015, as Global Footprint Network published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Ecological Footprint, 2015 covers 126 countries. Qatar is highest, at 15.3507; Timor-Leste is lowest, at 0.5053. The middle country reads 2.3000. Against 2014, 126 values changed (56 up, 70 down), the same countries are covered.

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Ecological Footprint · Data for 2015

HighestQatar

15.3507

LowestTimor-Leste

0.5053

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, 2015, 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 126 countries · select a heading to sort

Ecological Footprint, 2015: every country, as published by Global Footprint Network.
derived
1QatarQATWestern Asia15.3507
2LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe13.8591
3DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe8.0577
4United StatesUSANorthern America7.9426
5CanadaCANNorthern America7.7415
6EstoniaESTNorthern Europe7.1318
7MongoliaMNGEastern Asia6.8191
8OmanOMNWestern Asia6.5625
9LatviaLVANorthern Europe6.4082
10BelgiumBELWestern Europe6.3263
11SwedenSWENorthern Europe5.9447
12AustriaAUTWestern Europe5.8961
13CzechiaCZEEastern Europe5.6769
14IsraelISRWestern Asia5.5969
15MaltaMLTSouthern Europe5.5674
16LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe5.4861
17South KoreaKOREastern Asia5.4316
18SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe5.0572
19FranceFRAWestern Europe5.0412
20NorwayNORNorthern Europe5.0391
21GermanyDEUWestern Europe5.0217
22Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean4.9564
23SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe4.7695
24RussiaRUSEastern Europe4.6458
25BhutanBTNSouthern Asia4.6375

02In 2015

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Qatar15.3507
  2. 2Luxembourg13.8591
  3. 3Denmark8.0577
  4. 4United States7.9426
  5. 5Canada7.7415

Lowest

  1. 126Timor-Leste0.5053
  2. 125Yemen0.6528
  3. 124Burundi0.6736
  4. 123Pakistan0.7486
  5. 122DR Congo0.7510

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 2.3000. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

What changed between 2014 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 126values changed, of 126 in both
  • 56 · 70rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • Israel4.6308 → 5.5969+0.9660
  • Latvia5.5619 → 6.4082+0.8464
  • Oman5.9855 → 6.5625+0.5770
  • Estonia6.7332 → 7.1318+0.3986
  • Grenada2.5172 → 2.8843+0.3671

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 126 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 (2015). Ecological Footprint, 2015 [data set], describing 2015. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/ecological-footprint/2015

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07Questions

Ecological Footprint, 2015: questions and answers

Which country has the highest ecological footprint in Ecological Footprint, 2015?

Qatar, at 15.3507, of the 126 countries in the file.

What year does Ecological Footprint, 2015 describe?

2015.

How many countries does Ecological Footprint, 2015 cover?

126.

Where can I download Ecological Footprint, 2015?

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, 2015 the newest?

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

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