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Environmental performance
Composite environmental performance index. Country scores only — no state-level EPI exists, so this measure doesn't appear in state comparisons.
Darker = better (higher), by rank · 177 countries · Yale Environmental Performance Index · tap a country to pin it here
Countries
177 · Yale Environmental Performance Index- 1stEstonia74.8
- 2ndLuxembourg74.2
- 3rdUnited Kingdom71.5
- 4thFinland71
- 5thNetherlands70.5
- 6thGermany69.9
- 7thFrance69.8
- 8thNorway69.2
- 9thSweden69.2
- 10thAustria66.8
- 11thDenmark66.6
- 12thSpain66.3
- 13thGreece66
- 14thSlovenia65
- 15thSwitzerland64.1
- 16thJapan63.2
- 17thCzechia62.9
- 18thPortugal62.7
- 19thSlovakia62.4
- 20thIreland62
- 21stPoland61.8
- 22ndItaly61.6
- 23rdBelgium60.1
- 24thBulgaria59.8
- 25thAustralia59.4
- 26thMalta59.1
- 27thUnited States58.5
- 28thIceland58.4
- 29thCanada57.8
- 30thLithuania56.8
- 31stLatvia55.5
- 32ndNew Zealand55.5
- 33rdHungary54.8
- 34thRomania53.9
- 35thCyprus53.3
- 36thCroatia52.8
- 37thSouth Korea52.7
- 38thBotswana51.8
- 39thIsrael51.7
- 40thUkraine51.1
- 41stChile51
- 42ndUnited Arab Emirates50.2
- 43rdSeychelles50
- 44thPalau49.5
- 45thCosta Rica49.3
- 46thAlbania49.2
- 47thGabon48.8
- 48thColombia48.8
- 49thOman48.5
- 50thBrazil48.3
- 51stAntigua and Barbuda48
- 52ndBhutan47.7
- 53rdBelarus47
- 54thJordan46.7
- 55thMontenegro46.4
- 56thNorth Macedonia46.2
- 57thSaint Vincent and the Grenadines46.1
- 58thMexico46.1
- 59thZimbabwe46.1
- 60thArgentina46.1
- 60thDominica46.1
- 60thSingapore46.1
- 63rdTaiwan46
- 64thTrinidad and Tobago45.9
- 65thEcuador45.5
- 66thPanama45.1
- 67thQatar45.1
- 68thBahamas45
- 69thSerbia44.9
- 70thSaint Kitts and Nevis44.6
- 71stSuriname44.5
- 72ndSaint Lucia44.5
- 73rdJamaica44.1
- 74thThailand43.7
- 75thArmenia43.1
- 76thBosnia and Herzegovina42.9
- 77thNamibia42.8
- 78thAlgeria42.7
- 79thGeorgia42.7
- 80thNicaragua41.7
- 81stTimor-Leste41.5
- 82ndBarbados41.4
- 83rdBelize41.4
- 84thKazakhstan41.3
- 85thTunisia41.1
- 86thSão Tomé and Príncipe41
- 87thPeru41
- 88thMauritius40.9
- 89thRussia40.7
- 90thEquatorial Guinea40.5
- 91stBenin39.9
- 92ndAzerbaijan39.8
- 93rdLebanon39.7
- 94thSri Lanka39.6
- 95thMalaysia39.5
- 96thAngola39.5
- 97thSamoa39.3
- 98thBolivia39.3
- 99thKuwait39.2
- 100thLesotho39
- 101stParaguay39
- 102ndRepublic of the Congo38.9
- 103rdTanzania38.9
- 104thMozambique38.8
- 105thSaudi Arabia38.7
- 106thEgypt38.5
- 107thIran38.4
- 108thDominican Republic38.4
- 109thMoldova38
- 110thBrunei37.7
- 111thSouth Africa37.6
- 112thHonduras37.4
- 113thZambia37.2
- 114thUruguay36.9
- 115thKiribati36.3
- 116thKenya36.1
- 117thGrenada35.7
- 118thFiji35.5
- 119thBurkina Faso35.2
- 120thCameroon34.9
- 121stUzbekistan34.8
- 122ndUganda34.7
- 123rdTurkmenistan34.6
- 124thEswatini34.4
- 125thTürkiye34.3
- 126thMongolia34.2
- 127thVanuatu34.1
- 128thNepal34
- 129thChina33.9
- 129thEthiopia33.9
- 131stKyrgyzstan33.8
- 132ndComoros33.5
- 133rdSenegal33.3
- 134thMalawi33.2
- 135thAfghanistan33.1
- 136thMorocco33.1
- 137thTonga33.1
- 138thNigeria32.9
- 139thCape Verde32.8
- 140thHaiti32
- 141stCentral African Republic31.5
- 142ndGuatemala31.5
- 143rdSudan31.3
- 144thTogo31.3
- 145thCambodia31.2
- 146thMadagascar31.1
- 147thNiger31.1
- 148thBahrain31.1
- 149thIvory Coast30.9
- 150thGuinea30.4
- 151stGuyana30.3
- 152ndGambia30.2
- 153rdDR Congo30
- 154thEl Salvador29.5
- 155thSierra Leone29.3
- 156thSolomon Islands29.2
- 157thPakistan29
- 158thPapua New Guinea28.9
- 159thMyanmar28.9
- 160thGhana28.6
- 161stGuinea-Bissau28
- 162ndPhilippines27.9
- 163rdChad27.7
- 164thDjibouti26.9
- 165thTajikistan26.8
- 166thIraq26.6
- 167thRwanda26.4
- 168thIndonesia26.2
- 169thMauritania25.3
- 170thLiberia25.3
- 171stMaldives25.1
- 172ndBurundi24.4
- 173rdVietnam23.8
- 174thMali23.6
- 175thBangladesh23.5
- 176thIndia22.5
- 177thLaos21.8
177 countries ranked.
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More on environment
- CO₂ emissionsEnergy-related carbon dioxide emissions per person, tonnes.
- Renewable energyRenewables' share of final energy consumption.
- Air pollution (PM2.5)Population-weighted exposure to fine particles (PM2.5).
- Forest coverageShare of land area covered by forest.
- Life expectancyPeriod life expectancy at birth.
- Homicide rateDeaths by assault per 100,000 population.
Who leads the world
- Monacotops life expectancy86.5 years
- Singaporetops homicide rate0.1 per 100k
- Bulgariatops paid maternity leave59 weeks
Estonia leads on environmental performance — see where it lands on every other measure, and which US state it most resembles.
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