Ecological footprint statistics - Countries compared

Rank	Countries	Amount
# 141	Bangladesh:	0.6
Environment in Bangladesh
# 140	Namibia:	0.66
Environment in Namibia
# 139	Sierra Leone:	0.73
Environment in Sierra Leone
= 138	Burundi:	0.75
Environment in Burundi
= 138	Chad:	0.75
Environment in Chad
# 136	Mozambique:	0.76
Environment in Mozambique
# 135	Haiti:	0.78
Environment in Haiti
# 134	Bhutan:	0.79
Environment in Bhutan
# 133	Guinea-Bissau:	0.8
Environment in Guinea-Bissau
= 132	Togo:	0.82
Environment in Togo
= 132	Angola:	0.82
Environment in Angola
# 130	Cambodia:	0.83
Environment in Cambodia
= 129	Ethiopia:	0.85
Environment in Ethiopia
= 129	Guinea:	0.85
Environment in Guinea
# 127	Mali:	0.86
Environment in Mali
# 126	Malawi:	0.87
Environment in Malawi
# 125	Uganda:	0.88
Environment in Uganda
# 124	Cameroon:	0.89
Environment in Cameroon
= 123	Burkina Faso:	0.9
Environment in Burkina Faso
= 123	Tajikistan:	0.9
Environment in Tajikistan
= 123	Rwanda:	0.9
Environment in Rwanda
# 120	Laos:	0.91
Environment in Laos
# 119	Madagascar:	0.93
Environment in Madagascar
= 118	Vietnam:	0.95
Environment in Vietnam
= 118	Sri Lanka:	0.95
Environment in Sri Lanka
= 118	Cote d'Ivoire:	0.95
Environment in Cote d'Ivoire
= 115	Benin:	0.97
Environment in Benin
= 115	Niger:	0.97
Environment in Niger
= 115	Somalia:	0.97
Environment in Somalia
# 112	Gambia, The:	0.99
Environment in Gambia, The
# 111	Nepal:	1.01
Environment in Nepal
# 110	Tanzania:	1.02
Environment in Tanzania
= 109	India:	1.06
Environment in India
= 109	Senegal:	1.06
Environment in Senegal
# 107	Burma:	1.07
Environment in Burma
# 106	Pakistan:	1.09
Environment in Pakistan
= 105	Central African Republic:	1.12
Environment in Central African Republic
= 105	Ghana:	1.12
Environment in Ghana
# 103	Sudan:	1.14
Environment in Sudan
= 102	Congo, Democratic Republic of the:	1.15
Environment in Congo, Democratic Republic of the
= 102	Kenya:	1.15
Environment in Kenya
= 100	Armenia:	1.16
Environment in Armenia
= 100	Liberia:	1.16
Environment in Liberia
# 98	Zambia:	1.21
Environment in Zambia
# 97	Mauritania:	1.22
Environment in Mauritania
# 96	Nicaragua:	1.26
Environment in Nicaragua
= 95	Bosnia and Herzegovina:	1.29
Environment in Bosnia and Herzegovina
= 95	Bolivia:	1.29
Environment in Bolivia
# 93	Nigeria:	1.31
Environment in Nigeria
# 92	Peru:	1.33
Environment in Peru
# 91	Dominica:	1.37
Environment in Dominica
= 90	Papua New Guinea:	1.4
Environment in Papua New Guinea
= 90	Guatemala:	1.4
Environment in Guatemala
# 88	Philippines:	1.42
Environment in Philippines
# 87	Honduras:	1.43
Environment in Honduras
# 86	Zimbabwe:	1.45
Environment in Zimbabwe
# 85	Indonesia:	1.48
Environment in Indonesia
# 84	El Salvador:	1.55
Environment in El Salvador
# 83	Morocco:	1.56
Environment in Morocco
# 82	Botswana:	1.68
Environment in Botswana
# 81	Egypt:	1.7
Environment in Egypt
# 80	Jordan:	1.71
Environment in Jordan
# 79	Iraq:	1.73
Environment in Iraq
# 78	Algeria:	1.79
Environment in Algeria
# 77	China:	1.84
Environment in China
# 76	Albania:	1.86
Environment in Albania
# 75	Kyrgyzstan:	1.87
Environment in Kyrgyzstan
# 74	Colombia:	1.9
Environment in Colombia
# 73	Korea, North:	1.92
Environment in Korea, North
# 72	Gabon:	2.06
Environment in Gabon
# 71	Cuba:	2.1
Environment in Cuba
# 70	Azerbaijan:	2.18
Environment in Azerbaijan
# 69	Ecuador:	2.26
Environment in Ecuador
# 68	Tunisia:	2.27
Environment in Tunisia
= 67	Croatia:	2.35
Environment in Croatia
= 67	Panama:	2.35
Environment in Panama
# 65	Trinidad and Tobago:	2.43
Environment in Trinidad and Tobago
= 64	Iran:	2.47
Environment in Iran
= 64	Moldova:	2.47
Environment in Moldova
# 62	Syria:	2.56
Environment in Syria
# 61	Brazil:	2.6
Environment in Brazil
# 60	Uzbekistan:	2.65
Environment in Uzbekistan
# 59	Jamaica:	2.68
Environment in Jamaica
# 58	Mexico:	2.69
Environment in Mexico
# 57	Thailand:	2.7
Environment in Thailand
# 56	Turkey:	2.73
Environment in Turkey
# 55	Costa Rica:	2.77
Environment in Costa Rica
# 54	Paraguay:	2.84
Environment in Paraguay
# 53	Venezuela:	2.88
Environment in Venezuela
# 52	Lebanon:	3.19
Environment in Lebanon
# 51	Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:	3.24
Environment in Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of
= 50	Chile:	3.39
Environment in Chile
= 50	Oman:	3.39
Environment in Oman
# 48	Romania:	3.49
Environment in Romania
# 47	Turkmenistan:	3.62
Environment in Turkmenistan
# 46	Malaysia:	3.68
Environment in Malaysia
# 45	Latvia:	3.74
Environment in Latvia
# 44	Argentina:	3.79
Environment in Argentina
# 43	Bulgaria:	3.81
Environment in Bulgaria
# 42	Slovakia:	3.94
Environment in Slovakia
# 41	South Africa:	4.04
Environment in South Africa
# 40	Mongolia:	4.3
Environment in Mongolia
# 39	Libya:	4.36
Environment in Libya
# 38	Kazakhstan:	4.45
Environment in Kazakhstan
= 37	Ukraine:	4.76
Environment in Ukraine
= 37	Lithuania:	4.76
Environment in Lithuania
# 35	Uruguay:	4.91
Environment in Uruguay
# 34	Portugal:	4.99
Environment in Portugal
# 33	Hungary:	5.01
Environment in Hungary
# 32	Belarus:	5.27
Environment in Belarus
# 31	Russia:	5.36
Environment in Russia
= 30	Israel:	5.4
Environment in Israel
= 30	Poland:	5.4
Environment in Poland
= 30	Slovenia:	5.4
Environment in Slovenia
# 27	Austria:	5.45
Environment in Austria
# 26	Spain:	5.5
Environment in Spain
# 25	Italy:	5.51
Environment in Italy
# 24	Greece:	5.58
Environment in Greece
# 23	Korea, South:	5.6
Environment in Korea, South
# 22	Netherlands:	5.75
Environment in Netherlands
# 21	Belgium:	5.88
Environment in Belgium
# 20	Japan:	5.94
Environment in Japan
# 19	Iceland:	6.02
Environment in Iceland
# 18	Norway:	6.13
Environment in Norway
# 17	Saudi Arabia:	6.15
Environment in Saudi Arabia
# 16	United Kingdom:	6.29
Environment in United Kingdom
# 15	Czech Republic:	6.3
Environment in Czech Republic
# 14	Germany:	6.31
Environment in Germany
# 13	Switzerland:	6.63
Environment in Switzerland
# 12	Estonia:	7.12
Environment in Estonia
# 11	France:	7.27
Environment in France
# 10	Sweden:	7.53
Environment in Sweden
# 9	Canada:	7.66
Environment in Canada
# 8	Finland:	8.45
Environment in Finland
# 7	Australia:	8.49
Environment in Australia
# 6	Ireland:	9.43
Environment in Ireland
# 5	New Zealand:	9.54
Environment in New Zealand
# 4	Denmark:	9.88
Environment in Denmark
# 3	Kuwait:	10.31
Environment in Kuwait
# 2	United States:	12.22
Environment in United States
# 1	United Arab Emirates:	15.99
Environment in United Arab Emirates
	Weighted average:	3.1

DEFINITION: Ecological footprint per capita
Units: Hectares per Person

SOURCE: World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Living Planet Report 2000, Gland, Switzerland: 2000, and Redefining Progress.

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goodie 9th January 2012	The factual accuracy of most statistics on this website are appalling.
nicole belisle 9th August 2011	Somebody needs to be poor to sustain the riches. Equal share of the earth around 1,2ha per person. When you need more than your equal share to sustain your standard of living someone has to let go something.
Toopy 2nd July 2011	Its shocking really how high up Canada on this list Canada is! I wish we could get it into our heads that we need to lay back on the excess stuff!!
Sean Power 7th March 2011	No comment....
dragon-lover99 4th February 2011	OMGGG !! THIS WESITE IS SO COOL !! XD
gcbc 17th January 2011	...
AtOna 16th November 2010	Source: year 2000. You: Stoopid.
@Ona 16th November 2010	Source: year 2000. You: Stoopid.
William Goliff 24th September 2010	Looks like these numbers are in flux -- what other original sources are available to verify these numbers?
Ona 17th August 2010	Wrong the highest ecological footprint is united arab emirates which you got right but its amount is actually know to be 11.9 global hectares per person
Samar Jodha 29th May 2010	Is there any link to share this on Facebook?
ScaredBaird 16th May 2010	Hewwwwwo
Lachlan+Blanch 28th April 2010	Hey, cool website, i can't believe how high Australia is
lachlan blanch 28th April 2010	Nice website mate, Ihave just subscribed!
Awesome. 12th April 2010	WHHHHY?!!?!
Fitzpatrick27Jeri 20th March 2010	People all over the world take the mortgage loans from various banks, because it is comfortable.
Helpful Tom 14th March 2010	If you're having difficulty finding a country, simply press ctrl+f and a box should appear. then simply type in what you're looking for and it will find it for you, like magic! and Austria is #27: 5.45 :)
failed report 9th February 2010	Lesotho is never on these things...=( There goes my "A"
Aleavae Carrok 27th January 2010	Can anyone help find Austrias footprint? I can't... but I am not the smartest cookie- so some help please??
inq 5th January 2010	Japan 5.94 gh
girl u dont know 16th December 2009	I CANT FIND JAPAN!!!!! i'm doing a report on it :P
Gina 2nd November 2009	I never see my contry in the map
gerald 6th June 2005	how possible can we rely on the ecological footprint concept in environmental management
Edria Murray Staff editor 14th February 2005	The Ecological Footprint is a method of measuring and analysing resource consumption and waste output compared to the renewable capacity of nature. It represents the amount of productive land area needed to produce the resources (food, energy and materials) and to absorb the wastes produced by an individual. Since 1980, the average per capita ecological footprint has decreased as many processes (especially crop production) have become more efficient. If the ecological footprint exceeds the available productive land, The resource use is considered unsustainable. Globally, the available ecologically productive land area included in the Ecological footprint analysis is 1.89 hectares for each person. The footprint takes into account fossil fuel use, cropland, forests, nuclear and hydroelectric power, fisheries and buildings. Countries with a high per capita GDP have a high global footprint as they also have a high level of fossil fuel consumption. Some european countries including Denmark, Netherlands, Austria, the United kingdom and Finland have taken steps to reduce their per capita global footprint.

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