Country factsheet_Chile - Global Footprint Network

Chile
The aim of this factsheet is to give an overview of the
Comparing LPR 2010 and LPR 2012
Ecological Footprint and biocapacity within each
LPR 2010 LPR 2012
country to give both some facts and figures and to help
Ecological Footprint per person
3.24
3.24
to explain why the results and country rankings in the
LPR 2012 may be different from LPR 2010.
Ecological Footprint ranking
50
50
If everyone in the world consumed like Chile
then the Ecological Footprint would be 1.82 Planets.
Biocapacity per person
Biocapacity ranking
3.83
27
3.74
27
Trends in the Ecological Footprint and biocapacity in 2010 and 2012
Ecological Footprint 2012
Biocapacity 2012
Ecological Footprint 2010
Biocapacity 2010
Global hectares per capita
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2008
Why are there differences in LPR 2010 compared to LPR 2012?
Per capita gha Percentage change Explanation
Total Ecological Footprint:
3.24
0%
Carbon:*
0.73
-28% Source data revision;Template improvement;
Grassland:
0.33
27% Template improvement;
Cropland:
0.55
-20% Template improvement;
Fishing grounds:
0.62
125% Template improvement;
Forests:
0.91
2%
Built-up land:
0.09
-5%
Per capita gha Percentage change Explanation
Total biocapacity:
3.74
-2%
Grassland:
0.47
1
Cropland:
0.32
-8%
Fishing grounds:
0.73
-1%
Forests:
2.12
-2%
Built-up land:
0.09
-5%
* All countries carbon Footprint decreased 27 percent due to a revision in oceanic carbon sequestration
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