Data source: Global Footprint Network
The National Footprint and Biocapacity Accounts (NFAs) measure the ecological resource use and resource capacity of nations over time. Based on approximately 15,000 data points per country per year, the Accounts calculate the Footprints of more than 200 countries, territories, and regions from 1961 to the present, providing the core data needed for all Ecological Footprint analysis worldwide.
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ef_bcpc
Total biocapacity divided by the population size. Units are global hectares (gha) per capita.
ef_bct
Biocapacity is the capacity of ecosystems to regenerate what people demand from those surfaces. It is an aggregate measure of the amount of area available, weighted by the productivity of that area. ...
ef_bul
The built-up land footprint is calculated based on the area of land covered by human infrastructure: transportation, housing, and industrial structures. Built-up land may occupy what would previously ...
ef_bul_bc
Built-up land biocapacity measures how much of the regenerative capacity is occupied by infrastructure (built-up land). Regenerative capacity is an aggregate measure of the amount of area available, ...
ef_bulp
The country’s built-up area (roads, factories, cities), divided by the population size. The measurement units are global hectares (gha) per person.
ef_carb
The carbon footprint measures CO2 emissions associated with fossil fuel use (burning fossil fuels and the embodied carbon in imported goods). The carbon footprint component is represented by the area ...
ef_carb_bc
The biosphere’s ability to uptake CO2, divided by the population size.
ef_carbp
The area needed to absorb all fossil fuel carbon emissions generated within the country, divided by the population size. The measurement units are global hectares (gha) per capita.
ef_crop
Cropland is the most bioproductive of all the land-use types and consists of areas used to produce food and fibre for human consumption, feed for livestock, oil crops, and rubber. The cropland footpri ...
ef_crop_bc
The ability of a biosphere to produce crops (the total cropland area available, weighted by the productivity of this area), divided by the population size.
ef_cropp
The area within a country necessary for supporting the harvest of primary products on the cropland. The indicator is divided by the population size and is measured in global hectares (gha) per capita.
ef_ef
Total ecological footprint of consumption divided by the population size. Measured in global hectares (gha) per person.
ef_efp
Total ecological footprint of production divided by the population size. The units are global hectares (gha) per capita.
ef_eft
The total ecological footprint of consumption is measured in global hectares (gha) and includes the area needed to produce the materials consumed and the area needed to absorb the carbon dioxide emiss ...
ef_eftp
A nation's productive footprint is the sum of the Footprints for all of the resources harvested and all of the waste generated within the defined geographical region. This includes all the area within ...
ef_fg
The fishing grounds footprint is calculated based on estimates of the maximum sustainable catch for a variety of fish species. These sustainable catch estimates are converted into an equivalent mass o ...
ef_fg_bc
The ability of a biosphere to produce seafood (the amount of fishing grounds available, weighted by the productivity of fishing grounds). The measure is divided by the population size.
ef_fgp
The area within a country necessary for supporting the harvest of primary products on fishing grounds. The indicator is divided by the population size and is measured in global hectares (gha) per capi ...
ef_for
The forest product footprint is calculated based on the amount of lumber, pulp, timber products, and fuel wood consumed by a population on a yearly basis. Measured in global hectares (gha) per person.
ef_for_bc
The ability of a biosphere to produce timber products (the total forest area available, weighted by the productivity of this area), divided by the population size.
ef_forp
Forest footprint represents the area necessary to regenerate all the timber harvested (hence, depending on harvest rates, this area can be bigger or smaller than the forest area that exists within the ...
ef_gl
Grazing land is used to raise livestock for meat, dairy, hide, and wool products. The grazing land footprint is calculated by comparing the amount of livestock feed available in a country with the amo ...
ef_gl_bc
The ability of a biosphere to produce pasture lands (the total pasture area available, weighted by the productivity/yield of these pastures), divided by the population size.
ef_glp
The area within a country necessary for supporting the harvest of primary products on pastures. The indicator is divided by the population size and measured in global hectares (gha) per person.