List of countries by ecological footprint

World map of countries by ecological footprint.

This page is a list of countries by ecological footprint. This table is based on 2007 data from the Global Footprint Network published in 2010. Data is given as global hectares per capita. The world-average ecological footprint in 2007 was 2.7 global hectares per person (18.0 billion in total).

With a world-average biocapacity of 1.8 global hectares per person (12 billion in total), this leads to an ecological deficit of 0.9 global hectares per person (6 billion in total). If a country does not have enough ecological resources within its own territory, then there is a local ecological deficit and it is called an ecological debtor country. Otherwise, it has an ecological remainder and it is called an ecological creditor country.

Countries

NB this list does not include all countries; it contains 154 of the 192 world countries

Country	Population in millions	Ecological Footprint in gha/pers	Biocapacity in gha/pers	Ecological remainder (if positive) in gha/pers
United Arab Emirates	6.25	10.68	0.85	-9.83
Qatar	1.41	10.51	2.51	-8.00
Bahrain	0.76	10.04	0.94	-9.10
Denmark	5.45	8.26	4.85	-3.41
Belgium	10.53	8.00	1.34	-6.66
United States	310	8.00	3.87	-4.13
Estonia	1.34	7.88	8.96	1.08
Canada	32.95	7.01	14.92	7.91
Australia	23.07	6.84	14.71	7.87
Iceland[1]	0.32	6.50	?	?
Kuwait	2.85	6.32	0.40	-5.92
Ireland	4.36	6.29	3.48	-2.81
Netherlands	16.46	6.19	1.03	-5.16
Finland	5.28	6.16	12.46	6.30
Sweden	9.16	5.88	9.75	3.87
Czech Republic	10.27	5.73	2.67	-3.06
Macedonia	2.04	5.66	1.43	-4.23
Latvia	2.27	5.64	7.07	1.43
Norway	4.72	5.56	5.48	-0.08
Mongolia	2.61	5.53	15.14	9.61
Spain	44.05	5.42	1.61	-3.81
Greece	11.11	5.39	1.62	-3.77
Singapore	4.49	5.34	0.02	-5.32
Austria	8.31	5.30	3.31	-1.99
Slovenia	2.01	5.30	2.61	-2.69
Saudi Arabia	24.68	5.13	0.84	-4.29
Uruguay	3.34	5.13	9.91	4.78
Germany	82.34	5.08	1.92	-3.16
Switzerland	7.51	5.02	1.24	-3.78
France	61.71	5.01	3.00	-2.01
Italy	59.31	4.99	1.14	-3.85
Oman	2.73	4.99	2.14	-2.85
New Zealand	4.19	4.89	10.77	5.88
United Kingdom	61.13	4.89	1.34	-3.55
South Korea	47.96	4.87	0.33	-4.54
Malaysia	26.56	4.86	2.61	-2.25
Israel	6.93	4.82	0.32	-4.50
Japan	127.40	4.73	0.60	-4.13
Lithuania	3.36	4.67	4.36	-0.31
Kazakhstan	15.41	4.54	4.01	-0.53
Portugal	10.64	4.47	1.25	-3.22
Russia	141.94	4.41	5.75	1.34
Poland	38.13	4.35	2.09	-2.26
Mauritius	1.27	4.26	0.56	-3.70
Bulgaria	7.64	4.07	2.13	-1.94
Slovakia	5.39	4.06	2.68	-1.38
Turkmenistan	4.98	3.93	3.21	-0.72
Belarus	9.72	3.80	3.29	-0.51
Croatia	4.43	3.75	2.50	-1.25
Nepal	28.29	3.56	0.55	-3.01
Gambia	1.62	3.45	1.10	-2.35
Chile	16.64	3.24	3.83	0.59
Paraguay	6.13	3.19	11.24	8.05
Trinidad and Tobago	1.33	3.09	1.57	-1.52
Libya	6.17	3.05	0.44	-2.61
Mexico	107.49	3.00	1.47	-1.53
Hungary	10.03	2.99	2.23	-0.76
Brazil	190.12	2.91	8.98	6.07
Lebanon	4.16	2.90	0.40	-2.50
Ukraine	46.29	2.90	1.82	-1.08
Venezuela	27.66	2.89	2.81	-0.08
Panama	3.34	2.87	3.15	0.28
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3.78	2.75	1.60	-1.15
Romania	21.45	2.71	1.95	-0.76
Turkey	73.00	2.70	1.32	-1.38
Costa Rica	4.46	2.69	1.90	-0.79
Botswana	1.89	2.68	3.83	1.15
Iran	72.44	2.68	0.81	-1.87
Mauritania	3.14	2.61	5.50	2.89
Argentina	39.49	2.60	7.50	4.90
Bolivia	9.52	2.57	18.84	16.27
Serbia	9.83	2.39	1.16	-1.23
Guyana	0.76	2.38	62.13	59.75
Thailand	66.98	2.37	1.15	-1.22
Niger	14.14	2.35	2.09	-0.26
South Africa	49.17	2.32	1.14	-1.18
China	1336.55	2.21	0.98	-1.23
Namibia	2.09	2.15	7.56	5.41
Papua New Guinea	6.42	2.14	3.75	1.61
Jordan	5.94	2.05	0.24	-1.81
El Salvador	6.11	2.03	0.67	-1.36
Jamaica	2.70	1.93	0.38	-1.55
Mali	12.41	1.93	2.49	0.56
Albania	3.13	1.91	0.87	-1.04
Honduras	7.17	1.91	1.84	-0.07
Tunisia	10.07	1.90	0.98	-0.92
Ecuador	13.34	1.89	2.33	0.44
Azerbaijan	8.63	1.87	0.76	-1.11
Colombia	44.36	1.87	3.98	2.11
Cuba	11.20	1.85	0.74	-1.11
Georgia	4.36	1.82	1.21	-0.61
Madagascar	18.60	1.79	3.07	1.28
Myanmar	49.13	1.79	2.04	0.25
Guatemala	13.35	1.77	1.12	-0.65
Armenia	3.07	1.75	0.71	-1.04
Ghana	22.87	1.75	1.19	-0.56
Uzbekistan	26.90	1.74	0.92	-0.82
Chad	10.62	1.73	3.17	1.44
Sudan	40.43	1.73	2.42	0.69
Guinea	9.62	1.67	2.85	1.18
Egypt	80.06	1.66	0.62	-1.04
Algeria	33.86	1.59	0.59	-1.00
Nicaragua	5.60	1.56	2.82	1.26
Peru	28.51	1.54	3.86	2.32
Uganda	30.64	1.53	0.85	-0.68
Syria	20.50	1.52	0.70	-0.82
Swaziland	1.15	1.50	1.00	-0.50
Dominican Republic	9.81	1.47	0.50	-0.97
Nigeria	147.72	1.44	1.12	-0.32
Comoros	0.83	1.42	0.29	-1.13
Somalia	8.73	1.42	1.40	-0.02
Gabon	1.42	1.41	29.29	27.88
Vietnam	86.11	1.40	0.86	-0.54
Moldova	3.67	1.39	0.66	-0.73
Iraq	29.49	1.35	0.30	-1.05
Burkina Faso	14.72	1.32	1.30	-0.02
Central African Republic	4.26	1.32	8.44	7.12
North Korea	23.73	1.32	0.58	-0.74
Philippines	88.72	1.30	0.62	-0.68
Laos	6.09	1.28	1.58	0.30
Liberia	3.63	1.26	2.47	1.21
Kyrgyzstan	5.35	1.25	1.34	0.09
Zimbabwe	12.45	1.25	0.75	-0.50
Benin	8.39	1.23	0.78	-0.45
Morocco	31.22	1.22	0.61	-0.61
Indonesia	224.67	1.21	1.35	0.14
Sri Lanka	19.88	1.21	0.45	-0.76
Tanzania	41.28	1.18	1.02	-0.16
Cape Verde	0.49	1.17	0.51	-0.66
Kenya	37.76	1.11	0.59	-0.52
Ethiopia	78.65	1.10	0.66	-0.44
Senegal	11.89	1.09	1.20	0.11
Lesotho	2.03	1.07	0.81	-0.26
Sierra Leone	5.42	1.05	1.20	0.15
Cameroon	18.66	1.04	1.85	0.81
Cambodia	14.32	1.03	0.94	-0.09
Rwanda	9.45	1.02	0.56	-0.46
Côte d'Ivoire	20.12	1.01	1.67	0.66
Angola	17.56	1.00	3.00	2.00
Tajikistan	6.73	1.00	0.56	-0.44
Togo	6.30	0.97	0.60	-0.37
Republic of the Congo	3.55	0.96	13.27	12.31
Guinea-Bissau	1.54	0.96	3.22	2.26
Yemen	22.27	0.94	0.62	-0.32
India	1164.67	0.91	0.51	-0.40
Zambia	12.31	0.91	2.26	1.35
Burundi	7.84	0.90	0.50	-0.40
Eritrea	4.78	0.89	1.60	0.71
Mozambique	21.87	0.77	1.89	1.12
Pakistan	173.18	0.77	0.43	-0.34
Democratic Republic of the Congo	62.52	0.75	2.76	2.01
Palestinian Authority	4.02	0.74	0.16	-0.58
Malawi	14.44	0.73	0.70	-0.03
Haiti	9.72	0.68	0.31	-0.37
Afghanistan	26.29	0.62	0.54	-0.08
Bangladesh	157.75	0.62	0.38	-0.24
Timor-Leste	1.06	0.44	1.21	0.77
Puerto Rico	3.95	0.04	0.14	0.10

See also

• List of countries by carbon dioxide emissions per capita

References

"Ecological Footprint Atlas 2010". Global Footprint Network. 13 October 2010. Retrieved 28 October 2010.

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