Data for 2024

Ecological Footprint, 2024

Name: Ecological Footprint, 2024
Creator: Global Footprint Network
License: https://footprintnetwork.org/licenses/public-data-package-free/

Figures for 2024, as Global Footprint Network published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Ecological Footprint, 2024 covers 126 countries. Qatar is highest, at 11.99361; Yemen is lowest, at 0.52874. The middle country reads 2.31386. Against 2023, 126 values changed (25 up, 101 down), the same countries are covered.

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Ecological Footprint · Data for 2024

HighestQatar

11.99361

LowestYemen

0.52874

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

126countries
1measure
2024the 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, 2024, 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, 2024: every country, as published by Global Footprint Network.
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1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	11.99361
2	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	10.32738
3	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	7.61416
4	United States`USA`Northern America	7.10513
5	Canada`CAN`Northern America	6.68361
6	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	6.56334
7	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	6.49245
8	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	6.47205
9	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	5.71687
10	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	5.64350
11	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	5.40295
12	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	5.40150
13	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	5.36611
14	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	5.14323
15	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	5.10847
16	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	5.09680
17	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	5.01546
18	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	4.86669
19	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	4.84399
20	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	4.80209
21	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	4.74588
22	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	4.72731
23	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	4.49005
24	France`FRA`Western Europe	4.47596
25	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	4.45637
26	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	4.44857
27	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	4.30756
28	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	4.27189
29	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	4.25826
30	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	4.15734
31	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	4.09346
32	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	4.03644
33	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	4.03132
34	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	4.02470
35	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	3.96817
36	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	3.96100
37	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	3.94980
38	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	3.91129
39	Chile`CHL`South America	3.78523
40	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	3.77217
41	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	3.74914
42	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	3.74350
43	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	3.68781
44	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	3.58451
45	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	3.43902
46	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	3.19336
47	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	3.15854
48	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	3.13714
49	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	3.13686
50	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	3.03861
51	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2.72376
52	Argentina`ARG`South America	2.68320
53	Mexico`MEX`Central America	2.67193
54	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	2.63953
55	Bolivia`BOL`South America	2.61010
56	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	2.58654
57	Brazil`BRA`South America	2.46026
58	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	2.45354
59	Paraguay`PRY`South America	2.40330
60	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	2.37913
61	Peru`PER`South America	2.34359
62	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	2.33550
63	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	2.31994
64	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	2.30777
65	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	2.29968
66	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2.19511
67	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	2.18282
68	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	2.16379
69	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	2.06190
70	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1.95945
71	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1.94658
72	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1.93994
73	Venezuela`VEN`South America	1.93341
74	Colombia`COL`South America	1.86158
75	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1.84802
76	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1.78873
77	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	1.69578
78	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	1.67197
79	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1.63976
80	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1.59111
81	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1.52940
82	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1.48406
83	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	1.38279
84	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1.37960
85	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	1.37254
86	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	1.29939
87	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	1.27812
88	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1.26702
89	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.21240
90	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1.21032
91	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	1.17699
92	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1.16003
93	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1.14267
94	India`IND`Southern Asia	1.13913
95	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1.13010
96	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	1.12085
97	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1.10717
98	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1.08942
99	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1.08791
100	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.06729
101	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1.05279
102	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	1.05195
103	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1.00479
104	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.99339
105	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.99287
106	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.99094
107	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.94951
108	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.91581
109	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.90440
110	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.89432
111	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.88350
112	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.83029
113	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.82961
114	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.82960
115	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.79647
116	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.79453
117	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.75313
118	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.73191
119	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.72855
120	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.72760
121	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.68837
122	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.66750
123	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.62985
124	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.62841
125	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.60533
126	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.52874

02In 2024

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Qatar11.99361
2Luxembourg10.32738
3Mongolia7.61416
4United States7.10513
5Canada6.68361

Lowest

126Yemen0.52874
125Mozambique0.60533
124Burundi0.62841
123Haiti0.62985
122DR Congo0.66750

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 2.31386. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032023 → 2024

Since 2023

What changed between 2023 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
126values changed, of 126 in both
25 · 101rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Malta4.88713 → 5.71687+0.82975
Mauritius3.34894 → 3.94980+0.60086
Barbados4.18228 → 4.49005+0.30777
Lithuania5.40113 → 5.64350+0.24237
Slovenia5.18802 → 5.40295+0.21493

Fell most

Luxembourg10.63692 → 10.32738−0.30954
Belgium5.13062 → 4.84399−0.28663
Germany4.02817 → 3.77217−0.25600
Slovakia4.26504 → 4.03132−0.23373
Antigua and Barbuda4.96319 → 4.74588−0.21731

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 (2024). Ecological Footprint, 2024 [data set], describing 2024. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/ecological-footprint/2024

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How it has moved, charted by country

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