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
country to give both some facts and figures and to help LPR 2010 LPR 2012
to explain why the results and country rankings in the Ecological Footprint per person 3.24 3.24
LPR 2012 may be different from LPR 2010. Ecological Footprint ranking 50 50
Biocapacity per person 3.83 3.74
If everyone in the world consumed like Chile
then the Ecological Footprint would be 1.82 Planets. Biocapacity ranking 27 27

Trends in the Ecological Footprint and biocapacity in 2010 and 2012

Ecological Footprint 2012 Ecological Footprint 2010
Biocapacity 2012 Biocapacity 2010
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Global hectares per capita

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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