List of countries by ecological footprint
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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.
NB this list does not include all countries; it contains 153 of the 192 world countries
Global Footprint Network
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published in 2010. Data is given as global hectares per capita.
NB this list does not include all countries; it contains 153 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 |
1.14 | 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 |
308.67 | 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 |
20.85 | 6.84 | 14.71 | 7.87 |
 Kuwait |
2.85 | 6.32 | 0.40 | -5.92 |
 Republic of 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 |
 Republic of 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 |
 Early Modern 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 |
 Kingdom of 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 |
 Independent State of Croatia |
4.43 | 3.75 | 2.50 | -1.25 |
 Nepal |
28.29 | 3.56 | 0.55 | -3.01 |
 The 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 |
 Kingdom of 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 |
 Mainland 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 (country) |
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 National 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 |
 East Timor |
1.06 | 0.44 | 1.21 | 0.77 |
 Puerto Rico |
3.95 | 0.04 | 0.14 | 0.10 |