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The 2006 National Footprint Accounts (NFA) portion of the Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections, version 1.1 is a data set that measures how much land and water area a human population requires to produce the resources it consumes and to absorb its wastes under prevailing technology and management. It includes Footprints for cropland, grazing land, carbon, nuclear, forest, built-up and fishing ground for 147 countries. It also identifies countries that are considered to have ecological deficits and reserves. These data are drawn from the National Footprint Accounts, 2006 Edition, produced by the Global Footprint Network and distributed by the Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN).

Product Summary

Platforms
MODELS
Instruments
Computer
Spatial Extent
N: 90 S: -55 E: 180 W: -180
Geographic Region
GLOBAL,
CUBA,
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC,
HAITI,
INDONESIA,
JAMAICA,
MADAGASCAR,
MALAYSIA,
MAURITIUS,
PAPUA NEW GUINEA,
PHILIPPINES,
SRI LANKA,
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO,
AFGHANISTAN,
ALBANIA,
ALGERIA,
ANGOLA,
ARGENTINA,
ARMENIA,
AUSTRALIA,
AUSTRIA,
AZERBAIJAN,
BANGLADESH,
BELARUS,
BELGIUM,
BENIN,
BOLIVIA,
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA,
BOTSWANA,
BRAZIL,
BULGARIA,
BURKINA FASO,
BURUNDI,
CAMBODIA,
CAMEROON,
CANADA,
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC,
CHAD,
CHILE,
CHINA,
COLOMBIA,
CONGO,
CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC,
COSTA RICA,
COTE D'IVOIRE,
CROATIA,
CZECHIA,
DENMARK,
ECUADOR,
EGYPT,
EL SALVADOR,
ERITREA,
ESTONIA,
ETHIOPIA,
FINLAND,
FRANCE,
GABON,
GAMBIA,
GEORGIA,
GERMANY,
GHANA,
GREECE,
GUATEMALA,
GUINEA,
GUINEA-BISSAU,
HONDURAS,
HUNGARY,
INDIA,
IRAN,
IRAQ,
IRELAND,
ISRAEL,
ITALY,
JAPAN,
JORDAN,
KAZAKHSTAN,
KENYA,
KUWAIT,
KYRGYZSTAN,
LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC,
LATVIA,
LEBANON,
LESOTHO,
LIBERIA,
LIBYA,
LITHUANIA,
LUXEMBOURG,
MALAWI,
MALI,
MAURITANIA,
MEXICO,
MOLDOVA,
MONGOLIA,
MOROCCO,
MOZAMBIQUE,
MYANMAR,
NAMIBIA,
NEPAL,
NETHERLANDS,
NEW ZEALAND,
NICARAGUA,
NIGER,
NIGERIA,
NORTH KOREA,
NORTH MACEDONIA,
NORWAY,
PAKISTAN,
PANAMA,
PARAGUAY,
PERU,
POLAND,
PORTUGAL,
ROMANIA,
RUSSIAN FEDERATION,
RWANDA,
SAUDI ARABIA,
SENEGAL,
SIERRA LEONE,
SLOVAKIA,
SLOVENIA,
SOMALIA,
SOUTH AFRICA,
SOUTH KOREA,
SPAIN,
SUDAN,
SWEDEN,
SWITZERLAND,
SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC,
TAJIKISTAN,
TANZANIA,
THAILAND,
TOGO,
TUNISIA,
TURKEY,
TURKMENISTAN,
UGANDA,
UKRAINE,
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES,
UNITED KINGDOM,
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
URUGUAY,
UZBEKISTAN,
VENEZUELA,
VIETNAM,
YEMEN,
ZAMBIA,
ZIMBABWE
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
2003-01-01 to 2003-12-31
Data Partner
Earth Science Data Information System (ESDIS)
Concept ID
c3540912672-esdis
Data State
COMPLETE
Processing Level
4
Published
Updated

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

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Global Footprint Network-GFN. (2006). Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections: 2006 National Footprint Accounts (NFA) (Version 2006.00) [Data set]. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4RF5RZT Date Accessed: 2025-07-13

Data Center Citation

Global Footprint Network - GFN. 2006. Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections: 2006 National Footprint Accounts (NFA). Oakland, CA: Global Footprint Network (GFN). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4RF5RZT.

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