Regional Trend
The following grouped bar chart shows the deficit as the propotion of biocapacity and the percentage change in the amount of ecological footprint consumption between 1961 and 2016 in different regions.
As can be seen from the bar chart, Eastern Asia and Western Asia have highest deficit rates in 2016 and also highest increases in the amount of ecological footprint consumption during 1961-2016. The region that has the least change in the ecological footprint is North America with only 1% increase between 1961 and 2016. In general, the majority of regions have increased their usage of natural assets during 1961-2016 and experienced the ecological deficits at the end of the period.
Ecological Footprint Trend
The line chart shows how the ecological footprint and the biocapacity in each region change annually. From the chart, we can know the time that the ecological deficit happened in a region.
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According to the line chart, the biocapacity in each region is decreasing, while the ecological footprint consumption in the majority of regions is increasing. However, the global ecological footprint does not have much change. The amount fluctuates around 3 GHA and there is a small increase in the ecological footprint between 1961 and 2016. This result is because of the efforts of the North America and Europe countries in reducing the consumption of ecological footprint every year. The continent with the most increase in the ecological footprint consumption is Asia.