A recent study (WWF Living Planet Report: October 2008) names the top ten countries with the highest ecological footprint per head as:
# United Arab Emirates (9.5 global hectares per person)
# United States (9.4 gh)
# Kuwait (8.9 gh) # Denmark (8.0 gh) # Australia (7.8 gh) # New Zealand (7.7 gh) # Canada (7.1 gh) # Norway (6.9 gh) # Estonia (6.4 gh) # Ireland. (6.3 gh) The lowest country is Malawi, in Africa with an ecological footprint per person of 0.5 gh
World total per person: 2.7 gh
High-income countries: 6.4 gh
Middle-income countries: 2.2 gh
Low-income countries: 1.0 gh
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