Data for 2023

Ecological Footprint, 2023

Name: Ecological Footprint, 2023
Creator: Global Footprint Network
License: https://footprintnetwork.org/licenses/public-data-package-free/

Figures for 2023, as Global Footprint Network published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Ecological Footprint, 2023 covers 126 countries. Qatar is highest, at 12.055; Yemen is lowest, at 0.554. The middle country reads 2.317. Against 2022, 126 values changed (53 up, 73 down), the same countries are covered.

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Ecological Footprint · Data for 2023

HighestQatar

12.055

LowestYemen

0.554

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

126countries
1measure
2023the 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, 2023, 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, 2023: every country, as published by Global Footprint Network.
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1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	12.055
2	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	10.637
3	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	7.672
4	United States`USA`Northern America	7.142
5	Canada`CAN`Northern America	6.856
6	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	6.608
7	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	6.519
8	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	6.478
9	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	5.488
10	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	5.401
11	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	5.358
12	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	5.267
13	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	5.259
14	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	5.188
15	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	5.159
16	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	5.131
17	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	5.068
18	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	4.963
19	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	4.887
20	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	4.839
21	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	4.727
22	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	4.680
23	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	4.634
24	France`FRA`Western Europe	4.545
25	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	4.420
26	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	4.376
27	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	4.342
28	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	4.265
29	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	4.248
30	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	4.182
31	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	4.126
32	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	4.105
33	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	4.094
34	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	4.047
35	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	4.028
36	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	4.016
37	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	4.013
38	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	3.955
39	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	3.740
40	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	3.705
41	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	3.646
42	Chile`CHL`South America	3.620
43	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	3.568
44	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	3.452
45	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	3.349
46	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	3.239
47	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	3.214
48	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	3.211
49	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	3.126
50	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	3.051
51	Argentina`ARG`South America	2.807
52	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2.743
53	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	2.701
54	Bolivia`BOL`South America	2.668
55	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	2.660
56	Mexico`MEX`Central America	2.624
57	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	2.532
58	Brazil`BRA`South America	2.444
59	Paraguay`PRY`South America	2.439
60	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	2.403
61	Peru`PER`South America	2.367
62	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2.338
63	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	2.321
64	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	2.314
65	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	2.311
66	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	2.270
67	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	2.265
68	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	2.251
69	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	2.089
70	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	2.027
71	Venezuela`VEN`South America	1.996
72	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1.994
73	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1.978
74	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1.956
75	Colombia`COL`South America	1.915
76	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1.834
77	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	1.765
78	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1.679
79	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	1.673
80	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1.627
81	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1.585
82	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1.518
83	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1.454
84	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	1.391
85	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	1.390
86	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	1.313
87	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1.303
88	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1.272
89	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.259
90	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	1.244
91	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1.203
92	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	1.201
93	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1.168
94	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1.167
95	India`IND`Southern Asia	1.150
96	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1.142
97	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1.141
98	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	1.137
99	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1.114
100	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.103
101	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1.081
102	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	1.052
103	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1.040
104	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1.027
105	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	1.018
106	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1.013
107	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.974
108	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.921
109	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.917
110	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.910
111	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.875
112	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.874
113	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.860
114	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.848
115	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.819
116	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.812
117	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.769
118	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.751
119	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.738
120	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.733
121	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.705
122	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.693
123	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.641
124	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.640
125	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.633
126	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.554

02In 2023

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Qatar12.055
2Luxembourg10.637
3Mongolia7.672
4United States7.142
5Canada6.856

Lowest

126Yemen0.554
125Mozambique0.633
124Haiti0.640
123Burundi0.641
122DR Congo0.693

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 2.317. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
126values changed, of 126 in both
53 · 73rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Grenada3.233 → 3.705+0.472
Fiji2.691 → 3.126+0.435
Montenegro4.322 → 4.680+0.358
Central African Republic1.685 → 2.027+0.342
Thailand2.261 → 2.532+0.271

Fell most

Luxembourg12.002 → 10.637−1.365
Qatar13.214 → 12.055−1.159
Canada7.819 → 6.856−0.963
Lithuania6.185 → 5.401−0.784
Mongolia8.425 → 7.672−0.753

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 (2023). Ecological Footprint, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/ecological-footprint/2023

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