Data for 2022

Ecological Footprint, 2022

Name: Ecological Footprint, 2022
Creator: Global Footprint Network
License: https://footprintnetwork.org/licenses/public-data-package-free/

Figures for 2022, as Global Footprint Network published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Ecological Footprint, 2022 covers 126 countries. Qatar is highest, at 13.2142; Yemen is lowest, at 0.5959. The middle country reads 2.2724. Against 2021, 126 values changed (66 up, 60 down), the same countries are covered.

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Ecological Footprint · Data for 2022

HighestQatar

13.2142

LowestYemen

0.5959

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

126countries
1measure
2022the 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, 2022, 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, 2022: every country, as published by Global Footprint Network.
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1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	13.2142
2	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	12.0019
3	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	8.4251
4	Canada`CAN`Northern America	7.8194
5	United States`USA`Northern America	7.4877
6	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	7.2304
7	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	7.0424
8	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	6.4198
9	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	6.1852
10	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	5.9492
11	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	5.8186
12	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	5.7559
13	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	5.6500
14	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	5.5371
15	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	5.5257
16	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	5.4153
17	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	5.0189
18	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	5.0124
19	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	4.8236
20	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	4.7700
21	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	4.7652
22	France`FRA`Western Europe	4.6660
23	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	4.6200
24	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	4.5901
25	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	4.5808
26	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	4.3900
27	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	4.3826
28	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	4.3478
29	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	4.3216
30	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	4.2811
31	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	4.2653
32	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	4.2593
33	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	4.2479
34	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	4.2424
35	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	4.2389
36	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	4.1924
37	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	4.1579
38	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	4.1567
39	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	3.8382
40	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	3.7914
41	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	3.7020
42	Chile`CHL`South America	3.5693
43	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	3.5307
44	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	3.4379
45	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	3.4376
46	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	3.2901
47	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	3.2692
48	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	3.2331
49	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	3.2275
50	Argentina`ARG`South America	3.0939
51	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	3.0467
52	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	2.7187
53	Bolivia`BOL`South America	2.7124
54	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	2.6906
55	Mexico`MEX`Central America	2.5467
56	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	2.5163
57	Brazil`BRA`South America	2.3796
58	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	2.3748
59	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2.3729
60	Peru`PER`South America	2.3568
61	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	2.3452
62	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	2.3108
63	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	2.2841
64	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	2.2607
65	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	2.2583
66	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	2.2500
67	Paraguay`PRY`South America	2.2138
68	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	2.2009
69	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	2.1545
70	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	2.1113
71	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	2.0309
72	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1.9952
73	Venezuela`VEN`South America	1.9941
74	Colombia`COL`South America	1.9748
75	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1.9059
76	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	1.7449
77	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1.7257
78	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1.6853
79	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1.6851
80	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	1.6582
81	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1.4694
82	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	1.4446
83	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1.4276
84	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	1.4009
85	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.3796
86	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	1.3526
87	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1.3186
88	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1.3040
89	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	1.2785
90	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1.2402
91	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	1.2386
92	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1.1956
93	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.1955
94	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1.1909
95	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	1.1830
96	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1.1576
97	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1.1231
98	India`IND`Southern Asia	1.1104
99	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1.1010
100	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1.0992
101	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	1.0975
102	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1.0942
103	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1.0504
104	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1.0153
105	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1.0056
106	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	1.0050
107	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1.0047
108	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.9879
109	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.9347
110	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.9273
111	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.9045
112	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.9019
113	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.8583
114	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.8449
115	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.8112
116	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.8041
117	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.7957
118	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.7867
119	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.7745
120	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.7484
121	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.7281
122	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.7244
123	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.6785
124	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.6401
125	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.6383
126	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.5959

02In 2022

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Qatar13.2142
2Luxembourg12.0019
3Mongolia8.4251
4Canada7.8194
5United States7.4877

Lowest

126Yemen0.5959
125Haiti0.6383
124Burundi0.6401
123DR Congo0.6785
122Madagascar0.7244

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 2.2724. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
126values changed, of 126 in both
66 · 60rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Canada6.2127 → 7.8194+1.6067
Qatar11.9817 → 13.2142+1.2325
Estonia5.8794 → 7.0424+1.1630
Malaysia3.6259 → 4.1567+0.5308
Mauritius3.3120 → 3.7914+0.4795

Fell most

Botswana3.4434 → 2.3729−1.0705
Latvia7.2688 → 6.4198−0.8490
Chile4.3432 → 3.5693−0.7738
Paraguay2.7648 → 2.2138−0.5510
Antigua and Barbuda5.4674 → 5.0189−0.4485

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

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

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Cite this edition

Global Footprint Network (2022). Ecological Footprint, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/ecological-footprint/2022

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