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Global per capita ecological footprint 2017, by region

Published by
Madhumitha Jaganmohan,
Jun 21, 2022
In 2017, the average North American had the largest ecological footprint, at over eight hectares per capita. By comparison, the average person living in Africa had an ecological footprint of just 1.36 hectares. Only in two world regions does the estimated biocapacity exceed the ecological footprint. These are Oceania and Latin America and the Caribbean. Africa toes the line exactly at the limit. The world has been in a net global deficit since 1970.

Ecological footprint per capita worldwide in 2017, by region (in global hectares per capita)*

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Release date

October 2021

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2017

Supplementary notes

* The global hectare (gha) measures the ecological footprint of people. One global hectare is the world's annual amount of biological production for human use and waste assimilation, per hectare of productive land.

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