South Korea | Environmental Performance Index

South Korea

RegionAsia-Pacific

GDP1898.96[PPP 2011$ billions]

GDP per capita36776.52[$]

Population51.64[millions]

Urbanization81.41[%]

Land Area100511.27[sq. km]

Country Scorecard

Component	Rank	EPI Score	10-Year Change
EPI	28	66.5	2.2
Health	27	81.4	2.3
Air Quality	28	71.7	1.9
PM2.5	45	53.8	2
Household solid fuels	1	100	2.6
Ozone	91	41.7	-6.6
Sanitation & Drinking Water	23	90.7	2.2
Sanitation	1	100	2.9
Drinking water	26	84.4	1.6
Heavy Metals	16	89.4	11.3
Lead	16	89.4	11.3
Waste Management	13	96.7	-
Solid waste	13	96.7	-
Ecosystem Vitality	39	56.6	2.1
Biodiversity	84	62.6	0.4
Terrestrial biomes (nat'l)	73	88.2	2.2
Terrestrial biomes (global)	72	88.2	2.2
Marine protected areas	52	17.2	2.8
Protected Areas Rep. Ind.	128	16	2.4
Species Habitat Index	107	78.6	-12.9
Species Protection Index	52	90.1	0.5
Biodiversity Habitat Index	84	54.2	-0.3
Ecosystem Services	100	32.2	-7.7
Tree cover loss	81	32.8	-7.6
Grassland loss	165	11.3	-20.2
Wetland loss	115	42.1	3.9
Fisheries	70	12.6	0.6
Fish Stock Status	13	23	2.9
Marine Trophic Index	86	11.6	-
Fish caught by trawling	70	1.5	-1.3
Climate Change	50	62.6	4
CO2 growth rate	75	45.5	3.7
CH4 growth rate	1	100	24.2
F-gas growth rate	1	100	0.9
N2O growth rate	30	81.5	-18.5
Black Carbon growth rate	1	100	-
CO2 from land cover	122	36.5	-
GHG intensity trend	106	44.8	-12.2
GHG per capita	158	15.9	-4.4
Pollution Emissions	1	100	19.6
SO2 growth rate	1	100	-
NOx growth rate	1	100	39.1
Agriculture	47	51.7	1.4
Sustainable N Mgmt Index	47	51.7	1.4
Water Resources	21	76.8	-
Wastewater treatment	21	76.8	-

EPI Scores for this country and peers based on similar characteristics

Voice & Accountability
Greece	69.1
South Korea	66.5
Latvia	61.6
Poland	60.9
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	48.4
Mauritius	45.1
Dominica	44.6
Bahamas	43.5
Saint Lucia	43.1
Samoa	37.3

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EPI Report Year:

2020

EPI ISO3:

KOR