South Korea

rank Score 10y ∆
Environmental Performance Index 57 51.0 5.2
Ecosystem Vitality 88 49.9 2.2
Biodiversity & Habitat 140 32.8 3.9
Marine KBA Protection 62 41.4 0.0
Marine Habitat Protection 88 15.1 0.7
Marine Protection Stringency 123 27.0 10.3
Protected Areas Representativeness Index 122 19.1 0.0
Species Protection Index 85 54.4 27.3
Terrestrial Biome Protection (national weights) 84 55.8 7.7
Terrestrial KBA Protection 134 29.1 0.2
Protected Area Effectiveness 100 54.0 0.0
Protected Human Land 132 65.4 0.0
Red List Index 164 0.0 -10.4
Species Habitat Index 116 35.4 -3.2
Bioclimatic Ecosystem Resilience 112 40.5 -0.4
Forests 61 57.5 -6.4
Primary Forest Loss
Intact Forest Landscape Loss
Tree cover loss weighted by permanency 51 62.0 -10.2
Net change in tree cover 57 44.9 0.0
Forest Lanscape Integrity 62 60.3 0.0
Fisheries 121 34.9 5.5
Fish Stock Status 73 31.2 -8.8
Fish Catch Discarded 105 40.0 4.6
Bottom Trawling in EEZ 123 21.2 7.8
Bottom Trawling in Global Ocean 109 39.5 9.5
Regional Marine Trophic Index 24 61.5 11.9
Air Pollution 36 87.3 -1.9
Ozone exposure KBAs 149 22.3 -13.3
Ozone exposure croplands 141 25.2 -16.7
Adjusted emissions growth rate for nitrous oxides 1 100.0 0.0
Adjusted emissions growth rate for sulfur dioxide 1 100.0 1.4
Agriculture 60 61.8 0.1
Sustainable Nitrogen Management Index 91 43.6 -2.6
Phosphorus Surplus 171 21.1 -2.3
Pesticide Pollution Risk 132 48.3 6.9
Relative Crop Yield 31 89.0 0.1
Water Resources 15 86.3 1.2
Wastewater generated 168 14.9 0.0
Wastewater collected 25 94.4 1.5
Wastewater treated 14 94.4 1.5
Wastewater reused 11 93.0 0.0
Environmental Health 45 57.9 3.4
Air Quality 76 44.5 3.6
Anthropogenic PM2.5 exposure 149 12.6 4.4
Household solid fuels 18 89.7 4.5
Ozone exposure 92 39.2 -4.5
NO2 exposure 167 13.9 4.2
SO2 exposure 173 0.0 0.0
CO exposure 173 14.3 6.9
VOC exposure 108 22.2 2.3
Sanitation & Drinking Water 21 91.1 2.1
Unsafe sanitation 14 92.7 2.7
Unsafe drinking water 22 90.1 1.8
Heavy Metals 20 85.4 8.2
Lead exposure 20 85.4 8.2
Waste Management 13 64.7 -2.8
Waste Generated Per Capita 128 31.4 -3.8
Controlled Solid Waste 38 96.7 -3.2
Waste Recovery Rate 16 82.0 -1.6
Climate Change 58 47.0 11.5
Climate Change Mitigation 58 47.0 11.5
Adjusted emissions growth rate for carbon dioxide 41 52.6 14.9
Adjusted emissions growth rate for carbon dioxide (country-specific targets) 146 29.2 20.4
Adjusted emissions growth rate for methane 96 42.2 -5.1
Adjusted emissions growth rate for F-gases 32 41.9 17.3
Adjusted emissions growth rate for nitrous oxide 103 38.7 -18.0
Adjusted emissions growth rate for black carbon 1 100.0 0.0
Net carbon fluxes due to land cover change 23 51.5 0.0
GHG growth rate adjusted by emissions intensity 36 49.3 18.6
GHG growth rate adjusted by per capita emissions 113 37.6 17.7
Projected emissions in 2050 166 4.1 4.1
Projected cumulative emissions to 2050 relative to carbon budget 147 49.7 0.0