This statistic displays the environment footprint per capita in the United States in 2014, by footprint type. During this time, the United States had a total ecological footprint of 17.2 global acres per capita. The ecological footprint measures a population's demand for biological products like forests, space for infrastructure, and animal- and plant- based products, as well as the ecosystems' supply of resources and services, which includes the nation's biologically productive land and aquatic systems. The carbon footprint converts the amount of carbon dioxide emitted into an amount of productive land and sea area needed to sequester these emissions. In the United States, 67 percent of the ecological footprint is comprised of the carbon footprint.
Environmental footprint per capita in the United States in 2014, by type (in global acres per capita)
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Global Footprint Network. (July 7, 2015). Environmental footprint per capita in the United States in 2014, by type (in global acres per capita) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/495040/per-capita-environmental-footprint-in-the-us-by-type/
Global Footprint Network. "Environmental footprint per capita in the United States in 2014, by type (in global acres per capita)." Chart. July 7, 2015. Statista. Accessed May 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/495040/per-capita-environmental-footprint-in-the-us-by-type/
Global Footprint Network. (2015). Environmental footprint per capita in the United States in 2014, by type (in global acres per capita). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/495040/per-capita-environmental-footprint-in-the-us-by-type/
Global Footprint Network. "Environmental Footprint per Capita in The United States in 2014, by Type (in Global Acres per Capita)." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Jul 2015, https://www.statista.com/statistics/495040/per-capita-environmental-footprint-in-the-us-by-type/
Global Footprint Network, Environmental footprint per capita in the United States in 2014, by type (in global acres per capita) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/495040/per-capita-environmental-footprint-in-the-us-by-type/ (last visited May 19, 2024)
Environmental footprint per capita in the United States in 2014, by type (in global acres per capita) [Graph], Global Footprint Network, July 7, 2015. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/495040/per-capita-environmental-footprint-in-the-us-by-type/