Pollution Emissions

 

The Pollution Emissions issue category measures progress on managing the emissions of two primary air pollutants. It is composed of two indicators,  adjusted emission growth rates for SO2 and NOX.

 
Pollution Emissions
 
Country Rank EPI Score 10-Year Change
United Kingdom 1 100 -
Albania 1 100 93.8
Luxembourg 1 100 31.2
Austria 1 100 22.6
North Macedonia 1 100 22
South Korea 1 100 19.6
Taiwan 1 100 18.7
Bulgaria 1 100 17.3
Spain 1 100 15.6
Czech Republic 1 100 11.9
Ireland 1 100 10.7
Canada 1 100 9.3
Azerbaijan 1 100 4.9
Switzerland 1 100 -
Belgium 1 100 -
Slovakia 1 100 -
Romania 1 100 -
Denmark 1 100 -
Netherlands 1 100 -
Sweden 1 100 -
United States of America 1 100 -
France 1 100 -
Norway 23 99.2 14.9
Israel 24 97.8 35
Hungary 25 96.9 8.1
Lithuania 26 96.6 1.5
Estonia 26 96.6 10.3
Germany 28 96 -4
Latvia 29 94.8 0.1
Portugal 30 93.5 10.1
Bahrain 31 93.1 43.4
Finland 31 93.1 -4.5
Cyprus 33 91.5 26.8
Croatia 34 90.8 6.7
Australia 35 90.3 17.6
Gabon 36 90.2 47.8
Slovenia 37 90 -10
Poland 38 89.6 -10.4
Serbia 39 89 14.5
New Zealand 40 87.4 39.1
El Salvador 41 86.3 42.5
Seychelles 41 86.3 86.3
Montenegro 43 85.2 85.2
Tunisia 44 84.2 17.6
Turkey 45 84 10.4
United Arab Emirates 46 83.4 26.1
Suriname 47 82.4 3.1
Kuwait 48 81.7 67.8
Italy 49 81.4 -18.6
Russia 50 81 -11.6
Malta 51 80.8 -0.9
Iran 51 80.8 36.8
Morocco 53 80.5 26
Belarus 54 80.4 -12.9
Nicaragua 55 80.2 59.9
Singapore 56 79.5 -17.3
Dominican Republic 57 79.3 42.3
Greece 58 78.9 13.4
Thailand 59 78.7 -5
Jamaica 60 78.6 46.9
Bosnia and Herzegovina 61 78.1 78.1
Trinidad and Tobago 62 77.9 34.9
Japan 63 77.7 -22.3
Ukraine 64 76.6 -13.9
Equatorial Guinea 65 76.4 76.4
Cuba 66 76.1 -1.5
Moldova 66 76.1 -23.9
Kazakhstan 68 75.2 10.1
Mexico 69 71.4 5
Uzbekistan 70 70.9 -1.1
Paraguay 71 70.5 -8.8
Botswana 72 70 18.1
South Africa 73 69.7 -0.2
Jordan 74 69 4
Philippines 75 68.4 -31.6
Namibia 76 68.2 44.4
Lebanon 77 67.1 -4.4
Nigeria 78 66.3 14.9
Panama 79 66.1 32.1
Tonga 80 65.5 23.5
Sudan 81 64.8 26.1
Timor-Leste 82 64.7 64.7
Qatar 83 64.4 37.5
Algeria 84 61.7 10.8
Honduras 85 60.9 52.1
Eswatini 86 60.5 52.4
Oman 87 60 10
Argentina 88 59.3 -11.7
Pakistan 89 58.8 9.5
Micronesia 89 58.8 40.5
China 91 58.6 12.3
Papua New Guinea 92 58.2 56.5
Solomon Islands 93 57.5 6.5
Eritrea 94 57.1 -25
Egypt 95 56.3 -3.6
Guinea-Bissau 96 56.1 -8.3
Djibouti 97 55.5 -2.2
Chad 98 54.7 12.3
Mozambique 99 54.1 31.2
Brazil 100 54 -15.5
Gambia 101 53.9 6.2
Barbados 102 53.3 -6.3
Fiji 103 53.2 17.1
Sri Lanka 104 53.1 36.9
Malawi 104 53.1 13.4
Colombia 106 52.5 -44
Central African Republic 107 51.8 -26.3
Myanmar 108 50.7 11.1
Marshall Islands 109 50.6 7.8
Rwanda 110 50.5 -13.6
Togo 111 49.9 12.6
Kiribati 111 49.9 19
Mali 111 49.9 1.3
Senegal 114 49.5 8
Mauritania 115 49.2 -21.9
Mauritius 115 49.2 -8.7
Dem. Rep. Congo 117 47.8 -0.6
Dominica 118 47.3 16.3
Sao Tome and Principe 119 47.1 2
Armenia 120 46.8 -6.4
Viet Nam 121 45.7 23.7
Burundi 121 45.7 -25.1
Cambodia 123 45.4 -24.6
Guatemala 124 44.8 13.3
Turkmenistan 124 44.8 -12.3
Comoros 126 44.5 -14.5
Uganda 127 44.4 -5.5
Iceland 127 44.4 -30.5
Nepal 127 44.4 -6.2
Samoa 130 44 -11.8
Lesotho 130 44 -12.1
Brunei Darussalam 132 41.8 -25
Venezuela 133 41.4 0.5
Malaysia 134 41.2 -31.2
Zimbabwe 135 41 -41.4
Peru 135 41 -27.1
Burkina Faso 137 40.6 -17.6
Madagascar 138 40.5 -17.5
Indonesia 139 40.4 3.3
Sierra Leone 140 40.1 -5
Tanzania 140 40.1 8.2
Grenada 142 40 6
Cameroon 143 39.8 -12.2
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 144 38.9 -1.2
India 145 37.1 -8.4
Kenya 146 36.8 -19.2
Saint Lucia 147 36.7 -7.4
Antigua and Barbuda 148 36.6 -18.1
Uruguay 149 36.4 -41
Cabo Verde 150 35.1 3.6
Mongolia 151 34.9 -37.9
Saudi Arabia 152 34.7 -27.2
Chile 153 34.6 -54
Costa Rica 154 33.6 -52.9
Benin 155 33.4 -13.5
Liberia 156 32.7 -13.4
Cote d'Ivoire 157 31.8 -26.8
Ghana 158 31.5 22.8
Guinea 159 30 -41
Tajikistan 160 29.8 -49.1
Guyana 161 28.6 -28.1
Ecuador 162 28.4 -59.7
Maldives 163 26.7 26.7
Bolivia 164 26.4 -27.7
Haiti 165 23.8 -31.4
Ethiopia 166 23.6 -15.5
Zambia 167 22.5 -33.8
Laos 168 21.3 -41.9
Bhutan 169 18.2 -33.2
Kyrgyzstan 170 18.1 -69.3
Bahamas 171 18 -54
Vanuatu 172 16.4 -40.6
Bangladesh 173 15.3 -38.7
Iraq 174 14.1 -56.2
Belize 175 11.4 -22.6
Angola 176 2.6 -24.6
Niger 177 0.9 0.9
Georgia 177 0.9 -99.1
Afghanistan 179 - -
Republic of Congo 179 - -25.3