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. 2014 Dec 12;1:23. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2014.00023

Table 1.

Ecological footprints of production and of consumption, biocapacity, and carbon footprint (in global hectares per capita) in the Mediterranean countries.

Geographical areas Nation EF of production EF of consumption Biocapacity Carbon footprint
North Africa Algeria 1.18 1.59 0.59 0.63
Libya 2.4 3.05 0.44 1.92
Morocco 0.93 1.22 0.61 0.33
Tunisia 1.42 1.9 0.98 0.68
Middle East Egypt 1.29 1.66 0.62 0.62
Jordan 1.18 2.05 0.24 0.83
Lebanon 1.18 2.9 0.4 1.43
Palestine 0.4 0.74 0.16 0.34
Syria 1.4 1.52 0.7 0.8
Turkey 2.13 2.7 1.32 1.24
Balkan area Albania 1.05 1.91 0.87 0.77
Bosnia-Herzegovina 2.47 2.75 1.6 1.17
Croatia 3.21 3.75 2.5 1.81
Macedonia 2.12 5.66 1.43 3.94
Serbia 2.44 2.39 1.16 1.27
Slovenia 3.88 5.3 2.61 3.42
North Mediterranean France 4.27 5.01 3 2.51
Greece 3.94 5.39 1.62 2.92
Italy 3.08 4.99 1.14 2.66
Portugal 2.99 4.47 1.25 2.07
Spain 4.13 5.42 1.61 2.73
North America North America 8.39 7.9 4.93 5.42

Source: adapted from Ref. (42).