List of countries by ecological footprint

World map of countries by ecological footprint (data of 2007).

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

Note that this list does not include all countries; it contains 154 of the 192 world countries.

Rank	Country	Population in millions	Ecological Footprint in gha/pers	Biocapacity in gha/pers	Ecological remainder (if positive) in gha/pers
1	United Arab Emirates	6.25	10.68	0.85	-9.83
2	Qatar	1.41	10.51	2.51	-8.00
3	Bahrain	0.76	10.04	0.94	-9.10
4	Denmark	5.45	8.26	4.85	-3.41
5	Belgium	10.53	8.00	1.34	-6.66
6	United States	310	8.00	3.87	-4.13
7	Estonia	1.34	7.88	8.96	1.08
8	Canada	35.16	7.01	14.92	7.91
9	Australia	23.07	6.84	14.71	7.87
10	Iceland[1]	0.32	6.50	?	?
11	Kuwait	2.85	6.32	0.40	-5.92
12	Ireland	4.36	6.29	3.48	-2.81
13	Netherlands	16.46	6.19	1.03	-5.16
14	Finland	5.28	6.16	12.46	6.30
15	Sweden	9.16	5.88	9.75	3.87
16	Czech Republic	10.27	5.73	2.67	-3.06
17	Macedonia	2.04	5.66	1.43	-4.23
18	Latvia	2.27	5.64	7.07	1.43
19	Norway	4.72	5.56	5.48	-0.08
20	Mongolia	2.61	5.53	15.14	9.61
21	Spain	44.05	5.42	1.61	-3.81
22	Greece	11.11	5.39	1.62	-3.77
23	Singapore	4.49	5.34	0.02	-5.32
24	Austria	8.31	5.30	3.31	-1.99
25	Slovenia	2.01	5.30	2.61	-2.69
26	Saudi Arabia	24.68	5.13	0.84	-4.29
27	Uruguay	3.34	5.13	9.91	4.78
28	Germany	82.34	5.08	1.92	-3.16
29	Switzerland	7.51	5.02	1.24	-3.78
30	France	61.71	5.01	3.00	-2.01
31	Italy	59.31	4.99	1.14	-3.85
32	Oman	2.73	4.99	2.14	-2.85
33	New Zealand	4.19	4.89	10.77	5.88
34	United Kingdom	61.13	4.89	1.34	-3.55
35	South Korea	47.96	4.87	0.33	-4.54
36	Malaysia	26.56	4.86	2.61	-2.25
37	Israel	6.93	4.82	0.32	-4.50
38	Japan	127.40	4.73	0.60	-4.13
39	Lithuania	3.36	4.67	4.36	-0.31
40	Kazakhstan	15.41	4.54	4.01	-0.53
41	Portugal	10.64	4.47	1.25	-3.22
42	Russia	141.94	4.41	5.75	1.34
43	Poland	38.13	4.35	2.09	-2.26
44	Mauritius	1.27	4.26	0.56	-3.70
45	Bulgaria	7.64	4.07	2.13	-1.94
46	Slovakia	5.39	4.06	2.68	-1.38
47	Turkmenistan	4.98	3.93	3.21	-0.72
48	Belarus	9.72	3.80	3.29	-0.51
49	Croatia	4.43	3.75	2.50	-1.25
50	Nepal	28.29	3.56	0.55	-3.01
51	Gambia	1.62	3.45	1.10	-2.35
52	Chile	16.64	3.24	3.83	0.59
53	Paraguay	6.13	3.19	11.24	8.05
54	Trinidad and Tobago	1.33	3.09	1.57	-1.52
55	Libya	6.17	3.05	0.44	-2.61
56	Mexico	107.49	3.00	1.47	-1.53
57	Hungary	10.03	2.99	2.23	-0.76
58	Brazil	190.12	2.91	8.98	6.07
59	Lebanon	4.16	2.90	0.40	-2.50
60	Ukraine	46.29	2.90	1.82	-1.08
61	Venezuela	27.66	2.89	2.81	-0.08
62	Panama	3.34	2.87	3.15	0.28
63	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3.78	2.75	1.60	-1.15
64	Romania	21.45	2.71	1.95	-0.76
65	Turkey	73.00	2.70	1.32	-1.38
66	Costa Rica	4.46	2.69	1.90	-0.79
67	Botswana	1.89	2.68	3.83	1.15
68	Iran	72.44	2.68	0.81	-1.87
69	Mauritania	3.14	2.61	5.50	2.89
70	Argentina	39.49	2.60	7.50	4.90
71	Bolivia	9.52	2.57	18.84	16.27
72	Serbia	9.83	2.39	1.16	-1.23
73	Guyana	0.76	2.38	62.13	59.75
74	Thailand	66.98	2.37	1.15	-1.22
75	Niger	14.14	2.35	2.09	-0.26
76	South Africa	49.17	2.32	1.14	-1.18
77	China	1336.55	2.21	0.98	-1.23
78	Namibia	2.09	2.15	7.56	5.41
79	Papua New Guinea	6.42	2.14	3.75	1.61
80	Jordan	5.94	2.05	0.24	-1.81
81	El Salvador	6.11	2.03	0.67	-1.36
82	Jamaica	2.70	1.93	0.38	-1.55
83	Mali	12.41	1.93	2.49	0.56
84	Albania	3.13	1.91	0.87	-1.04
85	Honduras	7.17	1.91	1.84	-0.07
86	Tunisia	10.07	1.90	0.98	-0.92
87	Ecuador	13.34	1.89	2.33	0.44
88	Azerbaijan	8.63	1.87	0.76	-1.11
89	Colombia	44.36	1.87	3.98	2.11
90	Cuba	11.20	1.85	0.74	-1.11
91	Georgia	4.36	1.82	1.21	-0.61
92	Madagascar	18.60	1.79	3.07	1.28
93	Myanmar	49.13	1.79	2.04	0.25
94	Guatemala	13.35	1.77	1.12	-0.65
95	Armenia	3.07	1.75	0.71	-1.04
96	Ghana	22.87	1.75	1.19	-0.56
97	Uzbekistan	26.90	1.74	0.92	-0.82
98	Chad	10.62	1.73	3.17	1.44
99	Sudan	40.43	1.73	2.42	0.69
100	Guinea	9.62	1.67	2.85	1.18
101	Egypt	80.06	1.66	0.62	-1.04
102	Algeria	33.86	1.59	0.59	-1.00
103	Nicaragua	5.60	1.56	2.82	1.26
104	Peru	28.51	1.54	3.86	2.32
105	Uganda	30.64	1.53	0.85	-0.68
106	Syria	20.50	1.52	0.70	-0.82
107	Swaziland	1.15	1.50	1.00	-0.50
108	Dominican Republic	9.81	1.47	0.50	-0.97
109	Nigeria	147.72	1.44	1.12	-0.32
110	Comoros	0.83	1.42	0.29	-1.13
111	Somalia	8.73	1.42	1.40	-0.02
113	Gabon	1.42	1.41	29.29	27.88
114	Vietnam	86.11	1.40	0.86	-0.54
115	Moldova	3.67	1.39	0.66	-0.73
116	Iraq	29.49	1.35	0.30	-1.05
117	Burkina Faso	14.72	1.32	1.30	-0.02
118	Central African Republic	4.26	1.32	8.44	7.12
119	North Korea	23.73	1.32	0.58	-0.74
120	Philippines	88.72	1.30	0.62	-0.68
121	Laos	6.09	1.28	1.58	0.30
122	Liberia	3.63	1.26	2.47	1.21
123	Kyrgyzstan	5.35	1.25	1.34	0.09
124	Zimbabwe	12.45	1.25	0.75	-0.50
125	Benin	8.39	1.23	0.78	-0.45
126	Morocco	31.22	1.22	0.61	-0.61
127	Indonesia	224.67	1.21	1.35	0.14
128	Sri Lanka	19.88	1.21	0.45	-0.76
129	Tanzania	41.28	1.18	1.02	-0.16
130	Cape Verde	0.49	1.17	0.51	-0.66
131	Kenya	37.76	1.11	0.59	-0.52
132	Ethiopia	78.65	1.10	0.66	-0.44
133	Senegal	11.89	1.09	1.20	0.11
134	Lesotho	2.03	1.07	0.81	-0.26
135	Sierra Leone	5.42	1.05	1.20	0.15
136	Cameroon	18.66	1.04	1.85	0.81
137	Cambodia	14.32	1.03	0.94	-0.09
138	Rwanda	9.45	1.02	0.56	-0.46
139	Côte d'Ivoire	20.12	1.01	1.67	0.66
140	Angola	17.56	1.00	3.00	2.00
141	Tajikistan	6.73	1.00	0.56	-0.44
142	Togo	6.30	0.97	0.60	-0.37
143	Republic of the Congo	3.55	0.96	13.27	12.31
144	Guinea-Bissau	1.54	0.96	3.22	2.26
145	Yemen	22.27	0.94	0.62	-0.32
146	India	1164.67	0.91	0.51	-0.40
147	Zambia	12.31	0.91	2.26	1.35
148	Burundi	7.84	0.90	0.50	-0.40
149	Eritrea	4.78	0.89	1.60	0.71
150	Mozambique	21.87	0.77	1.89	1.12
151	Pakistan	173.18	0.77	0.43	-0.34
152	Democratic Republic of the Congo	62.52	0.75	2.76	2.01
153	Palestine	4.02	0.74	0.16	-0.58
154	Malawi	14.44	0.73	0.70	-0.03
155	Haiti	9.72	0.68	0.31	-0.37
156	Afghanistan	26.29	0.62	0.54	-0.08
157	Bangladesh	157.75	0.62	0.38	-0.24
158	Timor-Leste	1.06	0.44	1.21	0.77
159	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.