°Ecological footprint












































Ecological footprint and biocapacity in global hectares per person













Arable land Pasture Fisheries Forest Fossil energy Nuclear energy Built-up land Biocapacity Total





1961 1.27 0.35 0.30 0.72 0.29 0.00 0.23 2.21





1962 1.30 0.35 0.31 0.80 0.49 0.00 0.25 2.25





1963 1.28 0.34 0.29 0.65 0.66 0.00 0.22 2.12





1964 1.16 0.35 0.32 0.66 0.14 0.00 0.24 2.12





1965 1.15 0.34 0.35 0.57 0.83 0.00 0.21 2.02





1966 1.16 0.34 0.30 0.59 0.89 0.00 0.21 2.00





1967 1.14 0.34 0.29 0.67 0.96 0.00 0.25 2.06





1968 1.07 0.33 0.33 0.52 1.10 0.00 0.22 1.97





1969 1.10 0.33 0.37 0.61 1.31 0.01 0.22 1.95





1970 1.11 0.33 0.28 0.74 1.59 0.06 0.21 1.91





1971 1.01 0.33 0.31 0.66 1.74 0.06 0.22 1.92





1972 1.07 0.30 0.29 0.63 1.89 0.08 0.21 1.85





1973 1.01 0.31 0.27 0.63 2.09 0.15 0.21 1.85





1974 1.01 0.30 0.31 0.66 1.89 0.15 0.22 1.87





1975 1.04 0.30 0.28 0.47 1.62 0.18 0.23 1.89





1976 0.90 0.30 0.28 0.43 1.78 0.20 0.20 1.83





1977 0.86 0.30 0.31 0.53 1.89 0.21 0.19 1.80





1978 0.88 0.29 0.33 0.59 2.05 0.21 0.20 1.81





1979 0.91 0.31 0.32 0.55 2.10 0.25 0.22 1.88





1980 0.93 0.29 0.31 0.66 2.16 0.40 0.20 1.83





1981 0.92 0.30 0.33 0.68 2.02 0.39 0.21 1.85





1982 0.88 0.30 0.30 0.61 1.89 0.37 0.22 1.86





1983 0.87 0.30 0.31 0.61 2.06 0.39 0.20 1.80





1984 0.79 0.30 0.27 0.68 2.12 0.47 0.22 1.84





1985 0.79 0.37 0.27 0.65 2.26 0.62 0.23 1.85





1986 0.76 0.35 0.25 0.71 2.33 0.59 0.20 1.78





1987 0.78 0.36 0.23 0.68 2.32 0.62 0.19 1.75





1988 0.80 0.38 0.24 0.67 2.46 0.63 0.25 1.89





1989 0.76 0.36 0.23 0.74 2.53 0.65 0.25 1.85





1990 0.69 0.35 0.21 0.81 2.54 0.64 0.21 1.76





1991 0.69 0.35 0.19 0.60 2.48 0.63 0.22 1.76





1992 0.65 0.29 0.19 0.54 2.45 0.64 0.21 1.69





1993 0.64 0.29 0.17 0.53 2.31 0.64 0.21 1.68





1994 0.62 0.29 0.17 0.58 2.39 0.64 0.20 1.63





1995 0.63 0.29 0.15 0.61 2.46 0.69 0.20 1.65





1996 0.59 0.29 0.13 0.52 2.43 0.72 0.21 1.66





1997 0.55 0.30 0.13 0.50 2.38 0.69 0.20 1.62





1998 0.58 0.30 0.13 0.56 2.55 0.70 0.21 1.64





1999 0.52 0.30 0.12 0.56 2.59 0.69 0.17 1.56





2000 0.56 0.30 0.12 0.60 2.62 0.75 0.20 1.61





2001 0.52 0.30 0.13 0.45 2.67 0.74 0.17 1.56





2002 0.55 0.30 0.13 0.45 2.65 0.77 0.19 1.59





2003 0.52 0.30 0.14 0.47 2.77 0.79 0.16 1.54


































































Ecological footprint and biocapacity, by country in global hectares per person













US
SE
FR
UK
ES
CH
DE

EF BC EF BC EF BC EF BC EF BC EF BC EF BC
1963 5.6 7.6 3.9 11.8 3.3 3.8 4.0 1.9 2.1 2.2 3.4 2.1 3.2 2.0
1973 8.5 6.7 4.6 10.7 4.5 3.5 5.0 1.6 2.9 1.8 4.7 1.8 5.0 1.8
1983 8.0 5.8 4.8 10.3 4.4 3.3 4.8 1.7 3.0 1.6 4.7 1.8 5.0 1.9
1993 9.0 5.2 5.1 9.9 4.9 3.3 5.1 1.7 3.6 1.7 4.8 1.7 4.7 1.8
2003 9.6 4.7 6.1 9.6 5.6 3.0 5.6 1.6 5.4 1.7 5.1 1.5 4.5 1.7















EF: Ecological footprint













BC: Biocapacity










































































Composition of the ecological footprint in % by country 2003













Arable land Pasture Fisheries Forest Fossil energy Nuclear energy Built-up land






US 10.3 4.8 2.3 12.9 59.0 5.8 4.9






SE 14.3 6.9 3.6 28.2 17.5 26.8 2.9






FR 14.2 5.8 5.9 8.4 35.9 26.7 3.1






UK 12.2 5.3 4.5 8.2 57.4 5.5 6.9






ES 21.0 2.1 13.2 8.7 48.2 5.8 1.0






CH 10.1 5.8 2.7 9.0 53.9 15.3 3.2






DE 16.1 3.9 2.5 10.9 53.9 9.0 3.7