Informe El medio ambiente en Europa: Estado y perspectivas 2020

PART 1
FIGURE 1.8
Correlation between ecological footprint and human development index
Ecological footprint (hectares per person per year)
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8
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4
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Living within environmental limits
Living well
0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1
Human Development Index
EU Member States World biocapacity Very high human development
Note:
The human development index (HDI) is calculated based on indicators of education, life expectancy at birth and wealth. It is expressed
as a value between 0 and 1, from least to most developed countries. HDI scores between 0.8 and 1.0 are categorised as ‘very high
human development’. The ecological footprint measures how much land and water area a population requires to produce the
resources it consumes and to absorb its waste. The world biocapacity is the global productive area available to produce resources and
absorb waste. The HDI and ecological footprint data are from 2014.
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