Data for 2020

Ecological Footprint, 2020

Name: Ecological Footprint, 2020
Creator: Global Footprint Network
License: https://footprintnetwork.org/licenses/public-data-package-free/

Figures for 2020, as Global Footprint Network published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Ecological Footprint, 2020 covers 126 countries. Qatar is highest, at 12.4777; DR Congo is lowest, at 0.6824. The middle country reads 2.3057. Against 2019, 126 values changed (28 up, 98 down), the same countries are covered.

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Ecological Footprint · Data for 2020

HighestQatar

12.4777

LowestDR Congo

0.6824

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

126countries
1measure
2020the 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, 2020, 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, 2020: every country, as published by Global Footprint Network.
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1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	12.4777
2	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	10.7891
3	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	7.6657
4	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	7.5325
5	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	7.4901
6	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	7.3441
7	Canada`CAN`Northern America	7.0893
8	United States`USA`Northern America	6.8786
9	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	5.7984
10	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	5.7905
11	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	5.3500
12	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	5.1519
13	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	5.1345
14	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	5.0757
15	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	5.0247
16	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	4.8647
17	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	4.8399
18	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	4.7768
19	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	4.6084
20	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	4.5509
21	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	4.5217
22	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	4.4390
23	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	4.3184
24	France`FRA`Western Europe	4.2675
25	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	4.2172
26	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	4.1546
27	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	4.1352
28	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	4.0927
29	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	4.0472
30	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	4.0374
31	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	3.9682
32	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	3.9427
33	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	3.9343
34	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	3.8723
35	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	3.7865
36	Chile`CHL`South America	3.7800
37	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	3.7542
38	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	3.6386
39	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	3.6351
40	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	3.4709
41	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	3.4491
42	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	3.4113
43	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	3.3841
44	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	3.3784
45	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	3.3370
46	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	3.0669
47	Paraguay`PRY`South America	2.9829
48	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	2.9733
49	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	2.9628
50	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	2.9527
51	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	2.9146
52	Argentina`ARG`South America	2.9106
53	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2.8881
54	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	2.8074
55	Bolivia`BOL`South America	2.7380
56	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	2.5780
57	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	2.4066
58	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	2.3712
59	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	2.3691
60	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2.3476
61	Brazil`BRA`South America	2.3365
62	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	2.3191
63	Mexico`MEX`Central America	2.3158
64	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	2.2955
65	Peru`PER`South America	2.2793
66	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	2.1379
67	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	2.0902
68	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	2.0414
69	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	2.0316
70	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	2.0029
71	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1.9529
72	Colombia`COL`South America	1.8445
73	Venezuela`VEN`South America	1.8337
74	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1.7814
75	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	1.7623
76	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1.6420
77	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1.6335
78	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	1.5942
79	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	1.5198
80	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1.5116
81	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	1.4754
82	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1.4517
83	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1.4217
84	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	1.4039
85	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.4038
86	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1.3966
87	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1.3598
88	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1.3466
89	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	1.3098
90	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1.2557
91	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1.2210
92	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1.2107
93	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1.2028
94	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1.1930
95	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1.1872
96	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1.1636
97	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1.1597
98	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	1.1420
99	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.1269
100	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	1.1037
101	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1.0725
102	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	1.0517
103	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	1.0317
104	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1.0142
105	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.9989
106	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.9851
107	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.9767
108	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.9746
109	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.9614
110	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.9449
111	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.9266
112	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.8916
113	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.8588
114	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.8466
115	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.8401
116	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.8194
117	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.8061
118	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.7995
119	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.7932
120	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.7752
121	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.7530
122	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.7364
123	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.7129
124	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.6873
125	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.6862
126	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.6824

02In 2020

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Qatar12.4777
2Luxembourg10.7891
3Estonia7.6657
4Mongolia7.5325
5Latvia7.4901

Lowest

126DR Congo0.6824
125Burundi0.6862
124Yemen0.6873
123Haiti0.7129
122Angola0.7364

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 2.3057. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
126values changed, of 126 in both
28 · 98rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Botswana2.1947 → 2.8881+0.6933
Latvia6.8017 → 7.4901+0.6884
Oman4.7443 → 5.1345+0.3902
Paraguay2.7900 → 2.9829+0.1929
Serbia3.9326 → 4.0927+0.1602

Fell most

Luxembourg13.2138 → 10.7891−2.4247
Lebanon3.8246 → 2.9628−0.8618
Mauritius3.7920 → 2.9527−0.8393
Canada7.9068 → 7.0893−0.8174
Sweden6.1625 → 5.3500−0.8124

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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Cite this edition

Global Footprint Network (2020). Ecological Footprint, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/ecological-footprint/2020

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