We calculate the NOX growth rate indicator, which makes up 5% of the Climate Change issue category, as the average annual rate of NOX emissions over the years 2005–2014. 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 ≥3.94% 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 Community Emissions Data System (CEDS).
Adjusted emissions growth rate for nitrous oxides
| Country | Rank | EPI Score | 10-Year Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Czech Republic | 1 | 100 | 23.8 |
| Albania | 1 | 100 | 100 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 100 | - |
| Austria | 1 | 100 | 45.3 |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 100 | - |
| South Korea | 1 | 100 | 39.1 |
| Jordan | 1 | 100 | 38.1 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 100 | 37.3 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 100 | 34.7 |
| Israel | 1 | 100 | 34.3 |
| Spain | 1 | 100 | 31.2 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 100 | - |
| Sweden | 1 | 100 | - |
| France | 1 | 100 | - |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 100 | 62.3 |
| Hungary | 1 | 100 | 22.4 |
| Ireland | 1 | 100 | 21.5 |
| Moldova | 1 | 100 | - |
| Germany | 1 | 100 | - |
| Belgium | 1 | 100 | - |
| Canada | 1 | 100 | 13.7 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 100 | 13.6 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 100 | 9.8 |
| Denmark | 1 | 100 | - |
| Slovakia | 1 | 100 | - |
| Romania | 1 | 100 | - |
| United States of America | 1 | 100 | - |
| Serbia | 28 | 99.2 | 24.5 |
| Japan | 29 | 99 | -1 |
| Norway | 30 | 98.4 | 29.8 |
| Lithuania | 31 | 95.9 | 5.7 |
| Suriname | 32 | 94.6 | 26.5 |
| Estonia | 33 | 93.3 | 20.7 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 34 | 91.3 | 91.3 |
| Bahrain | 35 | 91.1 | 48.8 |
| Latvia | 36 | 89.7 | 0.2 |
| Cuba | 37 | 89.6 | 2.3 |
| Gabon | 38 | 89.4 | 40 |
| Ukraine | 39 | 88.4 | 7.4 |
| Australia | 40 | 88.2 | 16.8 |
| Portugal | 41 | 87 | 20.2 |
| Russia | 42 | 86.3 | 1 |
| Finland | 43 | 86.2 | -8.9 |
| Turkey | 44 | 85.2 | 19.4 |
| Cyprus | 45 | 83.1 | 22.5 |
| Montenegro | 46 | 82.4 | 82.4 |
| Croatia | 47 | 81.7 | 13.4 |
| Jamaica | 48 | 80.9 | 17.6 |
| Slovenia | 49 | 80 | -20 |
| Namibia | 50 | 79.4 | 33.1 |
| Poland | 51 | 79.3 | -20.7 |
| Tunisia | 52 | 77.3 | 27.1 |
| Barbados | 52 | 77.3 | 10.5 |
| Iceland | 52 | 77.3 | -3.1 |
| Mexico | 55 | 77.2 | 22.1 |
| Seychelles | 56 | 76.5 | 76.5 |
| Italy | 57 | 75 | -25 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 58 | 74.9 | 74.9 |
| New Zealand | 59 | 74.7 | 30.5 |
| Brunei Darussalam | 60 | 74 | 8.6 |
| Uzbekistan | 61 | 73.2 | 22.1 |
| Dominican Republic | 62 | 72.9 | 41.9 |
| El Salvador | 63 | 72.6 | 19.2 |
| Kuwait | 64 | 72.2 | 44.4 |
| Greece | 65 | 72.1 | 3.3 |
| Lebanon | 66 | 71.1 | 15.4 |
| South Africa | 67 | 70.7 | 4 |
| Togo | 68 | 69.3 | 28.4 |
| United Arab Emirates | 69 | 66.7 | 21.8 |
| Sudan | 70 | 64.3 | 36.8 |
| Nicaragua | 71 | 64 | 51.3 |
| Morocco | 71 | 64 | 13.8 |
| Iran | 73 | 62 | 38 |
| Malta | 74 | 61.6 | -38.4 |
| Belarus | 75 | 60.8 | -25.8 |
| Panama | 76 | 59.9 | 26 |
| Singapore | 77 | 59 | -34.6 |
| Nigeria | 77 | 59 | 24.7 |
| Venezuela | 79 | 58.6 | -0.2 |
| Egypt | 80 | 58.4 | 14.5 |
| Thailand | 81 | 57.4 | -10.1 |
| Pakistan | 82 | 56.7 | 28.7 |
| Honduras | 83 | 56.4 | 42 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 84 | 55.7 | 15.8 |
| Eswatini | 85 | 52.3 | 52.3 |
| Dominica | 85 | 52.3 | 39.7 |
| Philippines | 87 | 51.9 | -48.1 |
| Gambia | 88 | 51.8 | 20.7 |
| Chad | 89 | 51.7 | 10 |
| Argentina | 90 | 51.3 | -13 |
| Kazakhstan | 91 | 50.4 | -21.1 |
| Dem. Rep. Congo | 92 | 50.2 | 8 |
| Eritrea | 93 | 49.9 | -14.2 |
| Myanmar | 94 | 49.6 | 17.3 |
| Nepal | 95 | 49.5 | -4.2 |
| Cambodia | 96 | 49.4 | -50.6 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 97 | 48.5 | 3.4 |
| Rwanda | 98 | 48.2 | 1.9 |
| Central African Republic | 99 | 47.9 | -8.3 |
| Mali | 100 | 47.7 | 8.1 |
| Mauritius | 101 | 47.5 | -52.5 |
| Colombia | 102 | 46.4 | -46.6 |
| Senegal | 103 | 46.2 | 16.9 |
| Burundi | 103 | 46.2 | 4.7 |
| Malawi | 105 | 45.8 | 10.4 |
| Zambia | 106 | 45.1 | -8.2 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 107 | 45 | 3.6 |
| Lesotho | 108 | 44.7 | 26.5 |
| Mongolia | 109 | 44.4 | -25 |
| Botswana | 110 | 44.2 | 7.4 |
| Grenada | 111 | 44.1 | 35.8 |
| Mauritania | 112 | 43.4 | 1.3 |
| Armenia | 113 | 43 | -4.6 |
| Uganda | 114 | 42.9 | 4.1 |
| Paraguay | 115 | 42.8 | -45 |
| Brazil | 116 | 42.5 | -17.7 |
| Sri Lanka | 117 | 41.8 | 9.6 |
| Guinea | 118 | 41.6 | -0.5 |
| Comoros | 118 | 41.6 | -7.4 |
| China | 120 | 41.5 | -0.5 |
| Timor-Leste | 121 | 41.1 | 41.1 |
| Papua New Guinea | 121 | 41.1 | 37.7 |
| Djibouti | 123 | 41 | 16 |
| Cameroon | 124 | 40.4 | -5.9 |
| Viet Nam | 125 | 40 | 15.7 |
| Madagascar | 126 | 39.4 | 0.7 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 127 | 39.2 | 3.7 |
| Malaysia | 128 | 39 | -5.9 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 129 | 37.9 | 16.1 |
| Saudi Arabia | 130 | 37.1 | -30.5 |
| Solomon Islands | 131 | 36.6 | -18.8 |
| Saint Lucia | 132 | 36.5 | 21.7 |
| Turkmenistan | 133 | 35.8 | -23.2 |
| Qatar | 134 | 35.6 | -4 |
| Guyana | 135 | 33.8 | 3.4 |
| Zimbabwe | 136 | 33.7 | -40.6 |
| Burkina Faso | 137 | 33.5 | -23.4 |
| Mozambique | 138 | 33.3 | -12.5 |
| India | 139 | 31.8 | -15.5 |
| Ecuador | 140 | 31.6 | -51.9 |
| Kenya | 141 | 31.5 | -18 |
| Tajikistan | 142 | 31.4 | -39.8 |
| Tonga | 143 | 31 | -15 |
| Sierra Leone | 144 | 30.9 | -10.5 |
| Samoa | 145 | 29.6 | -39.9 |
| Bangladesh | 146 | 25.7 | -16.7 |
| Cabo Verde | 147 | 25.6 | 0.8 |
| Vanuatu | 148 | 25.5 | -25.2 |
| Micronesia | 149 | 25 | -4.8 |
| Algeria | 150 | 23.5 | -30.7 |
| Benin | 151 | 23.3 | -18.7 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 151 | 23.3 | -26 |
| Tanzania | 153 | 21.9 | -16.5 |
| Ethiopia | 154 | 21.2 | -17.2 |
| Iraq | 155 | 21.1 | -19.5 |
| Guatemala | 156 | 20.1 | -21 |
| Oman | 157 | 19.9 | -27.5 |
| Kiribati | 158 | 19.8 | -17.9 |
| Chile | 159 | 18.7 | -58.5 |
| Uruguay | 160 | 18.1 | -57.5 |
| Ghana | 161 | 17.8 | 13.1 |
| Bahamas | 162 | 17.4 | -42.1 |
| Liberia | 163 | 16.6 | -18.7 |
| Bolivia | 164 | 14.6 | -59.3 |
| Peru | 165 | 12.9 | -58.4 |
| Indonesia | 166 | 12.6 | -24.9 |
| Costa Rica | 167 | 12.1 | -83.4 |
| Haiti | 168 | 10.6 | -43.6 |
| Fiji | 169 | 6.5 | -23.7 |
| Bhutan | 170 | 4.7 | -27.7 |
| Maldives | 171 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
| Laos | 172 | 2.4 | -24 |
| Niger | 173 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| Georgia | 174 | 1.8 | -98.2 |
| Marshall Islands | 175 | 1.1 | -52.4 |
| Afghanistan | 176 | - | - |
| Angola | 176 | - | -20.1 |
| Belize | 176 | - | - |
| Republic of Congo | 176 | - | -20 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 176 | - | -100 |