We calculate the CO2 growth rate indicator, which makes up 55% of the Climate Change issue category, as the average annual rate of CO2 emissions over the years 2008–2017. We then adjust for economic trends to isolate change due to policy effort rather than economic fluctuation. A score of 100 indicates a country is cutting emissions by ≥7.59% per year, and a score of 0 indicates that a country has among the worst (≥95th-percentile) rates of emissions growth in the world. Data are drawn from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK).
Adjusted emissions growth rate for carbon dioxide
| Country | Rank | EPI Score | 10-Year Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark | 1 | 100 | 30.6 |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 92.6 | 35.7 |
| Seychelles | 3 | 83.7 | 52.3 |
| Romania | 4 | 83.2 | 32.3 |
| North Macedonia | 5 | 81 | 6 |
| France | 6 | 79.5 | 23.5 |
| Luxembourg | 7 | 78.7 | 50.6 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 76 | 16.7 |
| Finland | 9 | 74.3 | 27.8 |
| Czech Republic | 10 | 73.9 | 18 |
| Bahrain | 11 | 73 | 32.3 |
| Norway | 12 | 72.5 | 23 |
| Slovenia | 13 | 70.9 | 20 |
| Slovakia | 14 | 69 | 10.1 |
| Sweden | 15 | 68.6 | 11.1 |
| Uzbekistan | 16 | 67.9 | 11.6 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 17 | 67.2 | 37.9 |
| United States of America | 18 | 67 | 13 |
| Australia | 19 | 66.7 | 19.4 |
| Hungary | 20 | 66.4 | 7.4 |
| Latvia | 21 | 65.8 | 17.6 |
| Ireland | 22 | 65.1 | 13.9 |
| Spain | 23 | 64.4 | 25.2 |
| Barbados | 24 | 64.3 | 18.4 |
| Lebanon | 25 | 63.4 | -1.5 |
| Austria | 26 | 62.8 | 16.5 |
| Ukraine | 27 | 61.9 | 3.4 |
| Poland | 28 | 61 | 3.7 |
| Germany | 29 | 60.6 | -3.3 |
| Bulgaria | 30 | 60.2 | 8.5 |
| Jamaica | 31 | 60.1 | 6.5 |
| Italy | 32 | 60 | 7 |
| Canada | 33 | 59.9 | 8.4 |
| Mexico | 34 | 59.5 | 15 |
| Croatia | 35 | 59.4 | 17.2 |
| Cyprus | 36 | 59.3 | 14.5 |
| Jordan | 37 | 59.1 | 31.1 |
| Tunisia | 38 | 59 | 19 |
| Greece | 39 | 58.5 | 9.3 |
| South Africa | 40 | 58.3 | 17 |
| Belgium | 41 | 57.9 | -10.8 |
| Portugal | 41 | 57.9 | 1 |
| Netherlands | 43 | 57.8 | 2.2 |
| Grenada | 43 | 57.8 | 17.7 |
| Venezuela | 43 | 57.8 | 0.1 |
| Belarus | 46 | 57.7 | 9.8 |
| Japan | 47 | 57.6 | 5.1 |
| Israel | 48 | 57.5 | 7.2 |
| Serbia | 49 | 57.2 | 16.8 |
| Russia | 50 | 56.9 | 6.2 |
| Lithuania | 51 | 55.2 | 1.9 |
| Montenegro | 52 | 54.5 | 20.1 |
| Egypt | 53 | 52.9 | 23 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 53 | 52.9 | 30.9 |
| Malta | 55 | 52.8 | 10.9 |
| Taiwan | 56 | 52.5 | 16.2 |
| Indonesia | 57 | 52.1 | 27.5 |
| Dominica | 58 | 51.9 | 28.3 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 59 | 51.7 | 51.7 |
| New Zealand | 60 | 51.4 | -2.8 |
| Saint Lucia | 61 | 50.7 | 5.6 |
| Cameroon | 62 | 50.5 | -2.3 |
| Dominican Republic | 63 | 50.1 | -3.4 |
| Gabon | 64 | 49.6 | -17.1 |
| Cuba | 65 | 49 | -4.9 |
| Uruguay | 66 | 48.7 | -4.6 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 67 | 48.4 | 14.7 |
| Argentina | 68 | 48.2 | 8.9 |
| Kuwait | 69 | 48.1 | 17.1 |
| Estonia | 70 | 47.5 | -0.5 |
| Kazakhstan | 71 | 47 | 30 |
| Morocco | 71 | 47 | 20.2 |
| Ecuador | 73 | 45.7 | 16.1 |
| Tonga | 73 | 45.7 | 5.6 |
| South Korea | 75 | 45.5 | 3.7 |
| Suriname | 76 | 45.2 | -45.3 |
| Iceland | 77 | 44.9 | 2.4 |
| Sudan | 78 | 44.4 | 44.4 |
| Brunei Darussalam | 79 | 44 | 9.5 |
| Chile | 80 | 43.5 | -2.5 |
| Costa Rica | 81 | 43.3 | 10.4 |
| Mauritius | 82 | 43.2 | 16.1 |
| Moldova | 83 | 43 | -12.8 |
| Pakistan | 84 | 42.7 | 17.2 |
| Lesotho | 85 | 42.6 | -5.3 |
| Azerbaijan | 86 | 42.4 | -4.1 |
| Iran | 87 | 42.3 | 14.7 |
| Solomon Islands | 88 | 41.9 | -3.8 |
| Eswatini | 88 | 41.9 | -37.9 |
| Belize | 90 | 41.6 | -1.8 |
| Brazil | 91 | 41.4 | -7.2 |
| Albania | 92 | 41.2 | 23.3 |
| El Salvador | 93 | 40.4 | -3.9 |
| Malaysia | 94 | 40.1 | 19 |
| Armenia | 95 | 39.3 | 8.8 |
| Colombia | 96 | 39.1 | -15.9 |
| Namibia | 97 | 38.8 | 2.5 |
| Paraguay | 97 | 38.8 | -20.2 |
| China | 99 | 38.7 | 37.8 |
| Central African Republic | 100 | 38.6 | -17.2 |
| Thailand | 101 | 38.2 | 11.8 |
| Honduras | 102 | 37.7 | 20.3 |
| Nicaragua | 103 | 37.6 | -1.1 |
| Malawi | 104 | 37.3 | -18.1 |
| Algeria | 105 | 36.6 | -13.6 |
| Guyana | 106 | 36.3 | -33.9 |
| Nigeria | 107 | 36.1 | 36.1 |
| Panama | 108 | 36 | -7.9 |
| Georgia | 109 | 35.9 | 0.5 |
| Turkey | 110 | 35.5 | -0.4 |
| Comoros | 111 | 35.3 | 6.4 |
| Marshall Islands | 112 | 35.1 | -0.2 |
| Haiti | 113 | 34.8 | 14.7 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 114 | 34.1 | -9.1 |
| Kenya | 115 | 33.8 | -31.4 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 116 | 33.3 | 33.3 |
| Saudi Arabia | 117 | 32.8 | 20.7 |
| Micronesia | 118 | 31.9 | -19.7 |
| Togo | 119 | 31.2 | -15.8 |
| Samoa | 120 | 30.8 | -10.4 |
| Cabo Verde | 121 | 30.6 | 30.6 |
| Angola | 122 | 30.3 | 30.3 |
| Guinea | 123 | 30.2 | -10.5 |
| Bolivia | 124 | 29.6 | -10.8 |
| Eritrea | 125 | 29.5 | -23.5 |
| Singapore | 126 | 28.7 | -71.3 |
| Turkmenistan | 127 | 28.3 | 5 |
| India | 128 | 28.1 | -5.9 |
| Peru | 129 | 27.9 | -6.6 |
| Papua New Guinea | 130 | 27.6 | 20.8 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 131 | 27.3 | 14.1 |
| United Arab Emirates | 132 | 26.5 | -0.2 |
| Guatemala | 132 | 26.5 | -7 |
| Oman | 134 | 26.2 | 25.6 |
| Dem. Rep. Congo | 135 | 25.9 | -23.7 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 136 | 24.5 | -10.2 |
| Bahamas | 137 | 24.1 | -30 |
| Gambia | 138 | 24 | -5.2 |
| Djibouti | 139 | 23.8 | -9.7 |
| Maldives | 140 | 23.4 | 20.7 |
| Benin | 140 | 23.4 | 23.4 |
| Burkina Faso | 142 | 21.6 | -3.4 |
| Philippines | 143 | 21.5 | -33.7 |
| Mauritania | 143 | 21.5 | - |
| Kiribati | 145 | 21.3 | 21.3 |
| Tajikistan | 146 | 21.2 | -18.1 |
| Chad | 147 | 20.7 | 20.7 |
| Viet Nam | 148 | 20.6 | 20.6 |
| Mali | 148 | 20.6 | -21.5 |
| Bangladesh | 150 | 19.7 | -0.6 |
| Vanuatu | 151 | 19.1 | -57 |
| Fiji | 152 | 18.6 | -6.7 |
| Laos | 153 | 17.7 | -7.8 |
| Uganda | 154 | 17.6 | 11.3 |
| Timor-Leste | 155 | 16.9 | -41 |
| Senegal | 156 | 15 | -17.2 |
| Rwanda | 157 | 14.2 | -38.5 |
| Madagascar | 158 | 12.6 | -45.6 |
| Cambodia | 159 | 11.7 | -9.2 |
| Qatar | 160 | 11.1 | -0.9 |
| Botswana | 161 | 10.7 | -31.2 |
| Ghana | 162 | 10.6 | -22.8 |
| Zimbabwe | 163 | 10.2 | -49.6 |
| Republic of Congo | 164 | 8.3 | -25.7 |
| Iraq | 165 | 8 | -35.8 |
| Sierra Leone | 166 | 7.9 | -12.4 |
| Mongolia | 167 | 7.7 | -25.6 |
| Liberia | 168 | 6.9 | -31.4 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 169 | 6.6 | -47.3 |
| Tanzania | 170 | 4.9 | 4.9 |
| Burundi | 171 | 4.3 | -71.4 |
| Niger | 172 | 2 | -73 |
| Sri Lanka | 173 | 1.6 | -28.8 |
| Ethiopia | 174 | 1.5 | -14.1 |
| Zambia | 175 | 0.3 | -52.2 |
| Bhutan | 176 | - | -56.1 |
| Afghanistan | 176 | - | - |
| Nepal | 176 | - | -63.1 |
| Myanmar | 176 | - | -30 |
| Mozambique | 176 | - | - |