The Environmental Health policy objective measures how well countries are protecting their populations from environmental health risks. It comprises 40% of the total EPI score and is made up of four issue categories: Air Quality, Sanitation & Drinking Water, Heavy Metals, and Waste Management.
Environmental Health
Country | Rank | EPI Score | 10-Year Change |
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Finland | 1 | 99.3 | 3.5 |
Norway | 2 | 98.5 | 4.1 |
Sweden | 3 | 98.4 | 3 |
Iceland | 4 | 98.1 | 1 |
Switzerland | 5 | 95 | 4.3 |
Ireland | 6 | 94.2 | 6.5 |
Luxembourg | 7 | 92.6 | 5.8 |
Denmark | 8 | 91.7 | 5.7 |
Canada | 8 | 91.7 | 3.3 |
United Kingdom | 8 | 91.7 | 3.4 |
Australia | 11 | 91.6 | 2.3 |
France | 12 | 91.5 | 6.3 |
Netherlands | 13 | 91 | 3.6 |
Japan | 14 | 90.3 | 0.4 |
Germany | 15 | 89.6 | 3.9 |
New Zealand | 16 | 88 | 2.1 |
Austria | 16 | 88 | 5.2 |
Spain | 18 | 86.8 | 4.7 |
Malta | 19 | 86.1 | 6.1 |
Belgium | 20 | 86 | 5.7 |
Italy | 21 | 85.5 | 4.6 |
Singapore | 22 | 85 | 2.8 |
Israel | 23 | 83.6 | 4.5 |
Portugal | 24 | 83.4 | 7.1 |
United States of America | 25 | 82.8 | 4.8 |
Cyprus | 26 | 81.5 | 5.2 |
South Korea | 27 | 81.4 | 2.3 |
Greece | 28 | 80.6 | 4.5 |
Brunei Darussalam | 29 | 74 | 0.1 |
Estonia | 30 | 73 | 9.6 |
Slovenia | 31 | 68.9 | 3.6 |
Czech Republic | 32 | 68.3 | 3.8 |
Uruguay | 33 | 67.7 | 4.6 |
Slovakia | 34 | 64.3 | 4.9 |
Chile | 35 | 63.4 | 3.7 |
Lithuania | 36 | 63.2 | 8 |
Croatia | 37 | 61.2 | 4.6 |
Barbados | 38 | 60.7 | 0.9 |
Costa Rica | 39 | 60.5 | 3.3 |
Argentina | 40 | 60.2 | 3.4 |
Mauritius | 41 | 60 | 4.6 |
Taiwan | 42 | 59.2 | 2.8 |
Poland | 43 | 58.9 | 4.8 |
Jordan | 44 | 58.6 | 7 |
Latvia | 45 | 58 | 7.4 |
Kuwait | 46 | 57.3 | 4.5 |
Qatar | 47 | 56.9 | 3.7 |
Belarus | 48 | 55.9 | 7.5 |
Antigua and Barbuda | 49 | 55.5 | 2.2 |
Malaysia | 50 | 55.4 | 3.8 |
United Arab Emirates | 51 | 55.2 | 3.6 |
Colombia | 52 | 55 | 5.9 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 53 | 54.6 | 2.2 |
Hungary | 54 | 54.1 | 4.1 |
Bahamas | 55 | 53.1 | 1.7 |
Lebanon | 55 | 53.1 | 6.6 |
Russia | 57 | 53 | 8 |
Turkey | 58 | 51.3 | 6.5 |
Seychelles | 59 | 50.8 | 2.1 |
Cuba | 60 | 50.5 | 2.8 |
Panama | 61 | 50.4 | 5.8 |
Algeria | 61 | 50.4 | 5.1 |
Bulgaria | 63 | 50.3 | 3.8 |
Ecuador | 64 | 50.2 | 5.1 |
Romania | 65 | 50 | 5.5 |
Brazil | 66 | 49.7 | 7 |
Bahrain | 67 | 49.2 | 5.5 |
Tunisia | 67 | 49.2 | 5.2 |
Ukraine | 69 | 49 | 2.6 |
Thailand | 70 | 48.4 | 4.9 |
Iran | 71 | 48.3 | 6.4 |
Maldives | 72 | 48 | 4.9 |
Serbia | 73 | 47.8 | 5.1 |
Saint Lucia | 73 | 47.8 | 1 |
Mexico | 75 | 47.5 | 2.8 |
Saudi Arabia | 76 | 47.2 | 7.8 |
Dominica | 77 | 46.8 | 0.7 |
Paraguay | 77 | 46.8 | 3.6 |
Montenegro | 79 | 46.7 | 3.7 |
Venezuela | 80 | 46.5 | 2.3 |
Grenada | 81 | 46.3 | 1.9 |
Moldova | 82 | 45.6 | 8.2 |
Jamaica | 83 | 45.5 | -0.1 |
Peru | 84 | 45.1 | 3.6 |
Turkmenistan | 85 | 45 | 6.3 |
Albania | 86 | 44.5 | 3.1 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 87 | 44.1 | 1.2 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 88 | 43.9 | 3.3 |
North Macedonia | 89 | 43.6 | 4 |
Tonga | 89 | 43.6 | 0.9 |
Armenia | 91 | 43.5 | 4.1 |
Oman | 92 | 43.4 | 7 |
El Salvador | 93 | 42.5 | 2.1 |
Samoa | 94 | 42.4 | 0.7 |
Sri Lanka | 95 | 42.1 | 4.2 |
China | 96 | 41.8 | 5.5 |
Kazakhstan | 97 | 40.8 | 5.2 |
Viet Nam | 98 | 40.6 | 4 |
Belize | 99 | 40.3 | 1.1 |
Nicaragua | 100 | 40.2 | 2.8 |
Iraq | 101 | 39.5 | 11.2 |
Georgia | 102 | 38.7 | 3.4 |
Suriname | 103 | 36.6 | 2.7 |
Dominican Republic | 104 | 36.1 | 0.7 |
Bolivia | 105 | 35.9 | 3.8 |
Fiji | 106 | 34.7 | 1.7 |
Philippines | 107 | 34.1 | 4.9 |
Egypt | 108 | 33.8 | 6.8 |
Kyrgyzstan | 109 | 33.7 | 4.9 |
Guyana | 110 | 33.5 | 4.7 |
Honduras | 111 | 33.4 | 1.7 |
Morocco | 112 | 33.3 | 5.6 |
Azerbaijan | 113 | 32.7 | 3.3 |
Marshall Islands | 114 | 32.6 | 2.7 |
South Africa | 115 | 31.1 | 7.1 |
Micronesia | 116 | 30.8 | 1.2 |
Guatemala | 116 | 30.8 | 3.6 |
Cambodia | 118 | 30.5 | 4.4 |
Cabo Verde | 119 | 30.4 | -1.7 |
Bhutan | 120 | 29.8 | 2.2 |
Uzbekistan | 121 | 29.7 | 3 |
Indonesia | 122 | 29 | 4.2 |
Timor-Leste | 123 | 28.9 | -0.3 |
Sao Tome and Principe | 124 | 28.7 | 3.2 |
Papua New Guinea | 125 | 28.4 | 1.7 |
Mozambique | 126 | 28.1 | 1.5 |
Gabon | 127 | 27.9 | 6.5 |
Mongolia | 128 | 27.6 | 3 |
Equatorial Guinea | 128 | 27.6 | 4 |
Tanzania | 130 | 27.4 | 1.8 |
Comoros | 131 | 27.3 | 0.9 |
Laos | 132 | 27.2 | 5.6 |
Vanuatu | 133 | 26.7 | 0.4 |
Malawi | 134 | 26.5 | 2.8 |
Kenya | 135 | 25.7 | 4 |
Uganda | 135 | 25.7 | 0.7 |
Ethiopia | 137 | 25.2 | 1.4 |
Myanmar | 138 | 24.6 | 5.9 |
Rwanda | 139 | 24.4 | 1.6 |
Kiribati | 140 | 22.9 | 1 |
Namibia | 141 | 22.5 | 3.8 |
Zimbabwe | 141 | 22.5 | 2.7 |
Bangladesh | 143 | 22.4 | 2.7 |
Dem. Rep. Congo | 143 | 22.4 | 2 |
Madagascar | 145 | 22.1 | 1 |
Burundi | 146 | 21.9 | 1.2 |
Haiti | 147 | 21.8 | 1.7 |
Gambia | 148 | 21.4 | 0.1 |
Liberia | 149 | 21.3 | 1 |
Nepal | 150 | 21 | 2.3 |
Zambia | 150 | 21 | 2.8 |
Sudan | 152 | 20.8 | 3.3 |
Tajikistan | 153 | 20.7 | 2.6 |
Senegal | 154 | 20.4 | 0.3 |
Solomon Islands | 154 | 20.4 | -0.1 |
Angola | 154 | 20.4 | 2.9 |
Benin | 157 | 20.3 | 0.5 |
Botswana | 158 | 20.2 | 4.2 |
Djibouti | 159 | 20.1 | 2.9 |
Ghana | 159 | 20.1 | 1.3 |
Afghanistan | 161 | 20 | 1 |
Mauritania | 161 | 20 | 3.2 |
Burkina Faso | 163 | 19.6 | -0.4 |
Mali | 164 | 19.5 | 0.9 |
Cote d'Ivoire | 165 | 19.4 | 1.6 |
Sierra Leone | 166 | 19.1 | 0.9 |
Guinea | 167 | 18.6 | 1.3 |
Republic of Congo | 168 | 18.1 | 3.4 |
Eswatini | 169 | 17.6 | 3.9 |
Niger | 170 | 17.1 | -0.6 |
Togo | 171 | 16.4 | 1.3 |
India | 172 | 16.3 | 3.9 |
Eritrea | 173 | 15.5 | 1.5 |
Guinea-Bissau | 174 | 15.1 | 2.5 |
Chad | 175 | 14.9 | -1 |
Pakistan | 176 | 14.6 | 1.8 |
Nigeria | 177 | 13.9 | 1.1 |
Cameroon | 178 | 13.6 | 2.2 |
Central African Republic | 179 | 12.2 | -0.1 |
Lesotho | 180 | 11.8 | 2.2 |