Data for 2017

Ecological Footprint, 2017

Name: Ecological Footprint, 2017
Creator: Global Footprint Network
License: https://footprintnetwork.org/licenses/public-data-package-free/

Figures for 2017, as Global Footprint Network published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Ecological Footprint, 2017 covers 126 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 13.934; Yemen is lowest, at 0.614. The middle country reads 2.221. Against 2016, 126 values changed (85 up, 41 down), the same countries are covered.

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Ecological Footprint · Data for 2017

HighestLuxembourg

13.934

LowestYemen

0.614

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end.

126countries
1measure
2017the year it describes
126distinct values15 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY-SA 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Ecological Footprint, 2017, as published. Global Footprint Network ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Ecological Footprint, 2017: every country, as published by Global Footprint Network.
derived
1	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	13.934
2	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	13.773
3	Canada`CAN`Northern America	8.027
4	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	7.860
5	United States`USA`Northern America	7.780
6	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	7.552
7	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	7.206
8	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	6.319
9	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	6.270
10	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	6.178
11	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	6.087
12	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	5.869
13	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	5.852
14	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	5.707
15	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	5.687
16	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	5.661
17	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	5.538
18	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	5.335
19	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	5.138
20	France`FRA`Western Europe	5.097
21	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	4.957
22	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	4.871
23	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	4.832
24	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	4.691
25	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	4.636
26	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	4.564
27	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	4.515
28	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	4.501
29	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	4.396
30	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	4.372
31	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	4.363
32	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	4.345
33	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	4.333
34	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	4.191
35	Chile`CHL`South America	4.167
36	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	4.147
37	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	4.143
38	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	4.135
39	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	3.902
40	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	3.889
41	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	3.837
42	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	3.807
43	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	3.796
44	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	3.572
45	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	3.487
46	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	3.409
47	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	3.383
48	Argentina`ARG`South America	3.352
49	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	3.346
50	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	3.254
51	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	3.232
52	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	3.190
53	Paraguay`PRY`South America	3.161
54	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	2.983
55	Bolivia`BOL`South America	2.961
56	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2.901
57	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	2.857
58	Mexico`MEX`Central America	2.702
59	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	2.654
60	Brazil`BRA`South America	2.621
61	Venezuela`VEN`South America	2.437
62	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	2.423
63	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2.229
64	Peru`PER`South America	2.213
65	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	2.172
66	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	2.141
67	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	2.114
68	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	2.109
69	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	2.083
70	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	2.012
71	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	2.000
72	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1.973
73	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	1.963
74	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1.872
75	Colombia`COL`South America	1.838
76	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1.795
77	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1.756
78	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1.741
79	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1.702
80	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	1.684
81	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	1.644
82	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	1.619
83	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	1.600
84	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1.543
85	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	1.542
86	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1.455
87	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1.424
88	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.360
89	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.359
90	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1.309
91	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1.299
92	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1.268
93	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	1.257
94	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1.244
95	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1.222
96	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1.208
97	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1.207
98	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1.182
99	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1.135
100	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	1.125
101	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1.122
102	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	1.118
103	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1.071
104	India`IND`Southern Asia	1.062
105	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	1.050
106	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	1.045
107	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1.015
108	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.989
109	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.984
110	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.946
111	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.930
112	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.919
113	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.896
114	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.867
115	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.864
116	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.847
117	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.837
118	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.828
119	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.818
120	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.814
121	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.767
122	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.765
123	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.702
124	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.693
125	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.623
126	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.614

02In 2017

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Luxembourg13.934
2Qatar13.773
3Canada8.027
4Denmark7.860
5United States7.780

Lowest

126Yemen0.614
125Timor-Leste0.623
124Burundi0.693
123DR Congo0.702
122Mozambique0.765

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 2.221. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
126values changed, of 126 in both
85 · 41rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Israel4.667 → 5.538+0.871
Montenegro3.670 → 4.333+0.663
Estonia6.907 → 7.552+0.645
Cyprus3.801 → 4.345+0.543
Lithuania5.356 → 5.852+0.495

Fell most

Qatar14.265 → 13.773−0.492
Malta6.084 → 5.687−0.396
Serbia3.714 → 3.487−0.227
Laos1.920 → 1.702−0.218
Spain4.083 → 3.902−0.181

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

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

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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

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Global Footprint Network (2017). Ecological Footprint, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/ecological-footprint/2017

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