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Ecological Footprint, 2021

Figures for 2021, as Global Footprint Network published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Ecological Footprint, 2021 covers 126 countries. Qatar is highest, at 11.98173; Yemen is lowest, at 0.66592. The middle country reads 2.33704. Against 2020, 126 values changed (83 up, 43 down), the same countries are covered.

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Ecological Footprint · Data for 2021

HighestQatar

11.98173

LowestYemen

0.66592

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, 2021, 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, 2021: every country, as published by Global Footprint Network.
derived
1QatarQATWestern Asia11.98173
2LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe11.75396
3MongoliaMNGEastern Asia8.45621
4United StatesUSANorthern America7.42702
5LatviaLVANorthern Europe7.26877
6DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe6.93002
7CanadaCANNorthern America6.21273
8AustriaAUTWestern Europe6.10799
9LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe6.08638
10EstoniaESTNorthern Europe5.87939
11SwedenSWENorthern Europe5.70244
12CzechiaCZEEastern Europe5.64614
13BelgiumBELWestern Europe5.63441
14South KoreaKOREastern Asia5.48994
15Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean5.46736
16OmanOMNWestern Asia5.44807
17RussiaRUSEastern Europe5.15915
18PolandPOLEastern Europe4.94001
19FranceFRAWestern Europe4.84329
20TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia4.76350
21SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe4.73960
22BhutanBTNSouthern Asia4.60634
23IsraelISRWestern Asia4.56938
24MaltaMLTSouthern Europe4.53788
25GermanyDEUWestern Europe4.37486

02In 2021

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Qatar11.98173
  2. 2Luxembourg11.75396
  3. 3Mongolia8.45621
  4. 4United States7.42702
  5. 5Latvia7.26877

Lowest

  1. 126Yemen0.66592
  2. 125Burundi0.67127
  3. 124DR Congo0.67133
  4. 123Haiti0.69642
  5. 122Angola0.73993

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 2.33704. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

What changed between 2020 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 126values changed, of 126 in both
  • 83 · 43rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Estonia7.66567 → 5.87939−1.78628
  • Canada7.08934 → 6.21273−0.87661
  • Norway4.60843 → 4.05654−0.55189
  • Qatar12.47771 → 11.98173−0.49598
  • Denmark7.34411 → 6.93002−0.41409

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 (2021). Ecological Footprint, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/ecological-footprint/2021

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07Questions

Ecological Footprint, 2021: questions and answers

Which country has the highest ecological footprint in Ecological Footprint, 2021?

Qatar, at 11.98173, of the 126 countries in the file.

What year does Ecological Footprint, 2021 describe?

2021.

How many countries does Ecological Footprint, 2021 cover?

126.

Where can I download Ecological Footprint, 2021?

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, 2021 the newest?

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

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