Updated April 8, 2022 |
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The EPI centers on two broad environmental protection objectives: 1) reducing environmental stresses on human health and 2) protecting ecosystem vitality. Environmental health and ecosystem vitality are gauged using 25 indicators tracked in six established policy categories: Environmental Health, Air Quality, Water Resources, Biodiversity and Habitat, Productive Natural Resources, and Climate Change. The EPI complements a separate index, the 2005 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI). The ESI is a gauge of a country's long-term environmental trajectory, whereas the EPI focuses on a country's current environmental performance. For more on the two indexes, see the complete literature on the EPI and the ESI at www.yale.edu/epi/.
| Rank | Country | Rank | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Switzerland | 76. | Viet Nam |
| 2. | Sweden | 77. | Nicaragua |
| 3. | Norway | 78. | Saudi Arabia |
| 4. | Finland | 79. | Tajikistan |
| 5. | Costa Rica | 80. | Azerbaijan |
| 6. | Austria | 81. | Nepal |
| 7. | New Zealand | 82. | Morocco |
| 8. | Latvia | 83. | Romania |
| 9. | Colombia | 84. | Belize |
| 10. | France | 85. | Turkmenistan |
| 11. | Iceland | 86. | Ghana |
| 12. | Canada | 87. | Moldova |
| 13. | Germany | 88. | Namibia |
| 14. | United Kingdom | 89. | Trinidad & Tobago |
| 15. | Slovenia | 90. | Lebanon |
| 16. | Lithuania | 91. | Oman |
| 17. | Slovakia | 92. | Fiji |
| 18. | Portugal | 93. | Congo |
| 19. | Estonia | 94. | Krygyzstan |
| 20. | Croatia | 95. | Zimbabwe |
| 21. | Japan | 96. | Kenya |
| 22. | Ecuador | 97. | South Africa |
| 23. | Hungary | 98. | Botswana |
| 24. | Italy | 99. | Syria |
| 25. | Denmark | 100. | Mongolia |
| 26. | Malaysia | 101. | Laos |
| 27.. | Albania | 102. | Indonesia |
| 28. | Russia | 103. | Côte d'Ivoire |
| 29. | Chile | 104. | Myanmar |
| 30. | Spain | 105. | China |
| 31. | Luxembourg | 106. | Uzbekistan |
| 32. | Panama | 107. | Kazakhstan |
| 33. | Dominican Rep. | 108. | Guyana |
| 34. | Ireland | 109. | Papua New Guinea |
| 35. | Brazil | 110. | Bolivia |
| 36. | Uruguay | 111. | Kuwait |
| 37. | Georgia | 112. | United Arab Emirates |
| 38. | Argentina | 113. | Tanzania |
| 39. | United States | 114. | Cameroon |
| 40. | Taiwan | 115. | Senegal |
| 41. | Cuba | 116. | Togo |
| 42. | Poland | 117. | Uganda |
| 43. | Belarus | 118. | Swaziland |
| 44. | Greece | 119. | Haiti |
| 45. | Venezuela | 120. | India |
| 46. | Australia | 121. | Malawi |
| 47. | Mexico | 122. | Eritrea |
| 48. | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 123. | Ethiopia |
| 49. | Israel | 124. | Pakistan |
| 50. | Sri Lanka | 125. | Bangladesh |
| 51. | South Korea | 126. | Nigeria |
| 52. | Cyprus | 127. | Benin |
| 53. | Thailand | 128. | Central African Rep. |
| 54. | Jamaica | 129 | Sudan |
| 55. | Netherlands | 130. | Zambia |
| 56. | Bulgaria | 131. | Rwanda |
| 57. | Belgium | 132. | Burundi |
| 58. | Mauritius | 133. | Madagascar |
| 59. | Tunisia | 134. | Mozambique |
| 60. | Peru | 135. | Iraq |
| 61. | Philippines | 136. | Cambodia |
| 62. | Armenia | 137. | Solomon Islands |
| 63. | Paraguay | 138. | Guinea |
| 64. | Gabon | 139. | Djibouti |
| 65. | El Salvador | 140. | Guinea-Bissau |
| 66. | Algeria | 141. | Yemen |
| 67. | Iran | 142. | Dem. Rep. Congo |
| 68. | Czech Rep. | 143. | Chad |
| 69. | Guatemala | 144. | Burkina Faso |
| 70. | Jordan | 145. | Mali |
| 71. | Egypt | 146. | Mauritania |
| 72. | Turkey | 147. | Sierra Leone |
| 73. | Honduras | 148. | Angola |
| 74. | Macedonia | 149. | Niger |
| 75. | Ukraine |
Source: Developed by the Center for Environmental Law & Policy at Yale University and the Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) at Columbia University in collaboration with the World Economic Forum and the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission.
| The 2005 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) | Environment | The Pilot 2006 Environmental Performance Index |
