Compare the total and per capita ecological footprints of the united states and china

The United States has more than six times the per capita ecological footprint of China (U.S.A. 9.8 vs China 1.6). However, the United States' total ecological footprint (2,810 million hectares) is only slightly larger than China's (2,050 million hectares). The ecological footprint is the impact of an organization or people in an environment, and it is expressed as the amount of land required to sustain their use of natural resources. It is also a resource tool that measures how much productive land and sea is used by a given population. The ecological footprint can measure the ecological assets of each given population that are required to produce the natural resources it consumes and to absorb its waste.