Earth Overshoot Day is marked on 2 August 2023. This means that after just seven months, we have exhausted all the resources that the world can regenerate in a year. For the final five months, we will be burning through resources that – in the absence of a Planet B – we simply cannot afford.

The national resource overshoot dates for this year, published by the think tank Global Footprint Network, reveal a rather alarming perspective. They not only show the extent to which we are overusing the planet's resources, but also highlight the extreme inequality that exists between countries.

The Statista chart shows that Qatar, a relatively small and wealthy country, is the main offender, squandering its resources the fastest. In fact, if the whole planet consumed resources at the same rate as Qatar, we would have reached our 2023 threshold as early as 10 February. Estonia, for example, exhausts its resources by 14 March. Meanwhile, Indonesia, Jamaica and Benin are three of the few countries that have their overshoot days in December. It seems that the consumption gap is divided between wealthier, industrially developed countries and lower-income countries. 51 countries do not overconsume their natural resources, and therefore do not have an Earth Overshoot Day. According to the Global Footprint Network methodological report, the findings take into account how much land/resources a country has and how much is needed to meet the population's demand for food, timber, energy production, waste absorption and space for roads.
https://www.statista.com/chart/27391/country-overshoot-day/