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Ecological Footprint, 2018

Figures for 2018, as Global Footprint Network published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Ecological Footprint, 2018 covers 126 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 14.2641; Timor-Leste is lowest, at 0.5702. The middle country reads 2.2485. Against 2017, 126 values changed (52 up, 74 down), the same countries are covered.

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Ecological Footprint · Data for 2018

HighestLuxembourg

14.2641

LowestTimor-Leste

0.5702

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, 2018, 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, 2018: every country, as published by Global Footprint Network.
derived
1LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe14.2641
2QatarQATWestern Asia13.3430
3CanadaCANNorthern America8.0644
4United StatesUSANorthern America7.8870
5MongoliaMNGEastern Asia7.6038
6DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe7.4693
7EstoniaESTNorthern Europe7.3807
8BelgiumBELWestern Europe6.2666
9AustriaAUTWestern Europe6.2252
10CzechiaCZEEastern Europe6.0599
11SwedenSWENorthern Europe6.0464
12MaltaMLTSouthern Europe5.8837
13LatviaLVANorthern Europe5.8821
14South KoreaKOREastern Asia5.7346
15OmanOMNWestern Asia5.4497
16SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe5.4001
17LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe5.2582
18MontenegroMNESouthern Europe5.0365
19Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean4.9810
20NorwayNORNorthern Europe4.9293
21RussiaRUSEastern Europe4.7877
22FranceFRAWestern Europe4.7519
23GermanyDEUWestern Europe4.7164
24SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe4.6285
25BhutanBTNSouthern Asia4.6276

02In 2018

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Luxembourg14.2641
  2. 2Qatar13.3430
  3. 3Canada8.0644
  4. 4United States7.8870
  5. 5Mongolia7.6038

Lowest

  1. 126Timor-Leste0.5702
  2. 125Yemen0.5953
  3. 124Burundi0.6852
  4. 123DR Congo0.6869
  5. 122Haiti0.7555

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 2.2485. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 126values changed, of 126 in both
  • 52 · 74rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Israel5.5382 → 4.5995−0.9387
  • Lithuania5.8517 → 5.2582−0.5935
  • Qatar13.7726 → 13.3430−0.4296
  • Oman5.8687 → 5.4497−0.4190
  • Denmark7.8595 → 7.4693−0.3902

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 (2018). Ecological Footprint, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/ecological-footprint/2018

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07Questions

Ecological Footprint, 2018: questions and answers

Which country has the highest ecological footprint in Ecological Footprint, 2018?

Luxembourg, at 14.2641, of the 126 countries in the file.

What year does Ecological Footprint, 2018 describe?

2018.

How many countries does Ecological Footprint, 2018 cover?

126.

Where can I download Ecological Footprint, 2018?

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, 2018 the newest?

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

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