Data for 2019

Ecological Footprint, 2019

Name: Ecological Footprint, 2019
Creator: Global Footprint Network
License: https://footprintnetwork.org/licenses/public-data-package-free/

Figures for 2019, as Global Footprint Network published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Ecological Footprint, 2019 covers 126 countries. Qatar is highest, at 13.2644; Yemen is lowest, at 0.6191. The middle country reads 2.2578. Against 2018, 126 values changed (62 up, 64 down), the same countries are covered.

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Ecological Footprint · Data for 2019

HighestQatar

13.2644

LowestYemen

0.6191

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

126countries
1measure
2019the 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, 2019, 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, 2019: every country, as published by Global Footprint Network.
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1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	13.2644
2	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	13.2138
3	Canada`CAN`Northern America	7.9068
4	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	7.7477
5	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	7.7421
6	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	7.5741
7	United States`USA`Northern America	7.5168
8	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	6.8017
9	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	6.1764
10	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	6.1625
11	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	5.9304
12	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	5.7172
13	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	5.6782
14	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	5.5524
15	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	5.4618
16	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	5.4089
17	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	5.2081
18	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	5.0480
19	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	4.9147
20	France`FRA`Western Europe	4.9127
21	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	4.8117
22	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	4.7443
23	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	4.6806
24	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	4.6129
25	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	4.5825
26	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	4.5222
27	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	4.4294
28	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	4.3916
29	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	4.3896
30	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	4.3632
31	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	4.3178
32	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	4.2635
33	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	4.2632
34	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	4.2105
35	Chile`CHL`South America	4.1710
36	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	4.1600
37	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	3.9461
38	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	3.9326
39	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	3.9251
40	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	3.9174
41	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	3.8838
42	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	3.8246
43	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	3.7920
44	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	3.7214
45	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	3.5713
46	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	3.5430
47	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	3.4597
48	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	3.3582
49	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	3.2261
50	Argentina`ARG`South America	3.1919
51	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	3.0954
52	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	3.0748
53	Bolivia`BOL`South America	2.9823
54	Paraguay`PRY`South America	2.7900
55	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	2.6841
56	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2.6212
57	Mexico`MEX`Central America	2.6185
58	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	2.5993
59	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	2.5721
60	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	2.5004
61	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	2.4333
62	Brazil`BRA`South America	2.4083
63	Peru`PER`South America	2.2733
64	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	2.2423
65	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	2.1952
66	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2.1947
67	Venezuela`VEN`South America	2.1852
68	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	2.1775
69	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	2.1294
70	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	2.1051
71	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	2.0384
72	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	2.0194
73	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1.9298
74	Colombia`COL`South America	1.9240
75	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1.9163
76	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1.9141
77	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1.8790
78	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1.8242
79	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1.6812
80	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1.6328
81	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	1.6059
82	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	1.5858
83	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	1.5758
84	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	1.5144
85	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1.4834
86	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	1.4733
87	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.3712
88	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1.3384
89	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1.3195
90	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1.3126
91	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1.3070
92	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	1.3060
93	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1.2822
94	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	1.2671
95	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.2542
96	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1.2434
97	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1.1742
98	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1.1675
99	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1.1665
100	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1.1208
101	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	1.1177
102	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1.0986
103	India`IND`Southern Asia	1.0833
104	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1.0802
105	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1.0504
106	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.9887
107	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.9857
108	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.9836
109	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.9622
110	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.9613
111	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.9515
112	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.9219
113	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.8833
114	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.8709
115	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.8414
116	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.8319
117	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.8288
118	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.8217
119	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.8080
120	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.8061
121	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.7568
122	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.7550
123	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.6989
124	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.6973
125	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.6921
126	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.6191

02In 2019

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Qatar13.2644
2Luxembourg13.2138
3Canada7.9068
4Mongolia7.7477
5Denmark7.7421

Lowest

126Yemen0.6191
125Timor-Leste0.6921
124DR Congo0.6973
123Burundi0.6989
122Haiti0.7550

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 2.2578. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
126values changed, of 126 in both
62 · 64rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Latvia5.8821 → 6.8017+0.9197
Lithuania5.2582 → 5.6782+0.4200
Norway4.9293 → 5.2081+0.2788
Denmark7.4693 → 7.7421+0.2727
Cambodia1.4170 → 1.6812+0.2642

Fell most

Luxembourg14.2641 → 13.2138−1.0503
Spain4.4264 → 3.5713−0.8550
Oman5.4497 → 4.7443−0.7054
Malta5.8837 → 5.4618−0.4219
Paraguay3.1881 → 2.7900−0.3980

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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Every one of the 126 countries has every column.

05The files

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Global Footprint Network (2019). Ecological Footprint, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/ecological-footprint/2019

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