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The world in thirds - countries by size of footprintThe top 'third' of the world
Just under a fifth of the world's population(+) lives in countries with an average footprint of 3.0 global hectares per person or above. Click here for middle-third countries and click here for the rest.
(data - Global Footprint Network - see below for details)
  
Europe:
Finland (6.8)
Estonia (5.9)
Norway (5.9)
France (5.6)
United Kingdom (5.6)
Sweden (5.5)
Denmark (5.3)
Belgium & Luxembourg (5.2)
Czech Republic (4.9)
Spain (4.9)
Austria (4.7)
Greece (4.7)
Switzerland (4.7)
Germany (4.4)
Netherlands (4.4)
Russia (4.4)
Ireland (4.2)
Lithuania (4.2)
Portugal (4.2)
Italy (4.0)
Hungary (3.7)
Slovenia (3.5)
Latvia (3.4)
Slovakia (3.4)
Poland (3.3)
Belarus (3.1)
Bulgaria (3.0)
Croatia (3.0)		 Americas:
USA (9.7)
Canada (7.5)
Trinidad & Tobago (4.3)

Australasia:
Australia (7.0)
New Zealand (6.0)
Japan (4.3)
Korea Republic (4.3)
Kazakhstan (3.5)
Turkmenistan (3.1)

MENA (Middle East/North Africa):
United Arab Emirates (10.5)
Kuwait (7.3)
Israel (4.8)
Saudi Arabia (4.5)
Libya (3.2)

Sub-Saharan Africa:
None

 

Data:  Unless otherwise credited, all statistics are from the 2005 National Footprint Accounts published on the Global Footprint Network website. The data used in the Accounts relates to 2002.  
+The total used is the total for countries publishing National Footprint Accounts (148 countries).
 

    

 

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