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Wednesday, May 16

League of Greediest Nations

Scientists have calculated the world's hogs when it comes to resources (called the ecological footprint) by determining each nation's productive land capacity and comparing it to the actual population and consumption per person. In 2011, Earth Overshoot Day fell on Sept. 27, the day humans used up Earth's annual resources.
As of 2008, the most recent year for which data is available, humans were outstripping Earth's biocapacity by 50 percent. Biocapacity is the amount of renewable resources, land, and waste absorption (such as sinks for carbon dioxide) the Earth can provide. In other words, it takes the planet 1.5 years to restore what humanity burns through in a year.
Here are the top 25 most greedy resource consumers per capita and in order from most to least, the top 25 greediest resource users per capita as of 2008 are:
Ranking
Country
1
Qatar
2
Kuwait
3
United Arab Emirates
4
Denmark
5
USA
6
Belgium
7
Australia
8
Canada
9
The Netherlands
10
Ireland
11
Finland
12
Singapore
13
Sweden
14
Oman
15
Mongolia
16
Macedonia TFYR
17
Austria
18
Czech Republic
19
Slovenia
20
Uruguay
21
Switzerland
22
Greece
23
France
24
Norway
25
Spain

The most minimal resource users tend to be the poorest countries. Here are the bottom resource users, from most to least:
Ranking
Country
25
Guinea-Bissau
24
Cameroon
23
Congo
22
Lesotho
21
Togo
20
Philippines
19
Kenya
18
Tajikistan
17
Angola
16
Yemen
15
India
14
Burundi
13
Zambia
12
Mozambique
11
Malawi
10
Nepal
9
Democratic Republic of the Congo
8
Pakistan
7
Rwanda
6
Bangladesh
5
Eritrea
4
Haiti
3
Afghanistan
2
Timor-Leste
1
Occupied Palestinian Territory*

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