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Ecological Footprint, 2016

Figures for 2016, as Global Footprint Network published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Ecological Footprint, 2016 covers 126 countries. Qatar is highest, at 14.2650; Yemen is lowest, at 0.5974. The middle country reads 2.2308. Against 2015, 126 values changed (53 up, 73 down), the same countries are covered.

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Ecological Footprint · Data for 2016

HighestQatar

14.2650

LowestYemen

0.5974

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, 2016, 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, 2016: every country, as published by Global Footprint Network.
derived
1QatarQATWestern Asia14.2650
2LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe13.6096
3CanadaCANNorthern America8.0385
4United StatesUSANorthern America7.9069
5DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe7.6933
6MongoliaMNGEastern Asia7.0797
7EstoniaESTNorthern Europe6.9074
8BelgiumBELWestern Europe6.2175
9LatviaLVANorthern Europe6.2008
10SwedenSWENorthern Europe6.1074
11MaltaMLTSouthern Europe6.0837
12OmanOMNWestern Asia5.8989
13AustriaAUTWestern Europe5.8957
14CzechiaCZEEastern Europe5.7194
15South KoreaKOREastern Asia5.5049
16LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe5.3564
17SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe5.0019
18Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean4.9440
19GermanyDEUWestern Europe4.8592
20NorwayNORNorthern Europe4.7903
21IsraelISRWestern Asia4.6671
22FranceFRAWestern Europe4.6501
23RussiaRUSEastern Europe4.6266
24BhutanBTNSouthern Asia4.6188
25SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe4.5661

02In 2016

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Qatar14.2650
  2. 2Luxembourg13.6096
  3. 3Canada8.0385
  4. 4United States7.9069
  5. 5Denmark7.6933

Lowest

  1. 126Yemen0.5974
  2. 125Timor-Leste0.6019
  3. 124Mozambique0.6812
  4. 123DR Congo0.7112
  5. 122Burundi0.7170

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 2.2308. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 126values changed, of 126 in both
  • 53 · 73rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Qatar15.3507 → 14.2650−1.0858
  • Israel5.5969 → 4.6671−0.9297
  • Oman6.5625 → 5.8989−0.6636
  • Argentina3.5932 → 3.1417−0.4515
  • France5.0412 → 4.6501−0.3911

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 (2016). Ecological Footprint, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/ecological-footprint/2016

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07Questions

Ecological Footprint, 2016: questions and answers

Which country has the highest ecological footprint in Ecological Footprint, 2016?

Qatar, at 14.2650, of the 126 countries in the file.

What year does Ecological Footprint, 2016 describe?

2016.

How many countries does Ecological Footprint, 2016 cover?

126.

Where can I download Ecological Footprint, 2016?

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, 2016 the newest?

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

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