Lead exposure

 

We measure lead exposure using the number of age-standardized disability-adjusted life-years lost per 100,000 persons (DALY rate) due to lead contamination in the environment. A score of 100 indicates a country has among the lowest DALY rates in the world (≤1st-percentile), while a score of 0 indicates a country is among the highest (≥99th-percentile). Data for this indicator come from the  Institute for Health Metrics & Evaluation’s (IHME) Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study.

 
Lead exposure
 
Country Rank EPI Score 10-Year Change
Denmark 1 100 6.4
Japan 1 100 -
Finland 1 100 -
Sweden 4 98 5.6
Chile 5 97.8 5.8
Canada 6 96.6 5.9
Luxembourg 7 96.1 10.8
Iceland 7 96.1 9.7
Netherlands 9 95.1 7.5
Switzerland 10 95 6.6
United Kingdom 11 94.6 7.6
Norway 12 94 9.7
Israel 13 92.1 7.3
Austria 14 91.7 7.6
Germany 15 90.7 6
South Korea 16 89.4 11.3
Slovenia 17 88.1 7.3
Estonia 18 87.4 5.9
Singapore 19 85.4 10.8
France 20 84 8.5
Lithuania 21 83.9 8.3
Ireland 22 82.7 8.4
Trinidad and Tobago 23 82 6.4
Thailand 24 81.6 8
Italy 25 81.5 7.3
Tonga 26 78.8 3.7
Latvia 27 78.4 7.8
Australia 28 77.2 6.3
Fiji 29 77 4.7
Czech Republic 30 76.4 7.4
United States of America 31 75.9 6.4
New Zealand 32 75.5 5
Croatia 33 75.1 7.3
Taiwan 34 73.6 5.5
Argentina 35 73.1 3.8
Sri Lanka 36 72.4 7.6
Russia 37 72.2 9.5
Spain 38 71.3 6.6
Barbados 39 70.4 3.6
Greece 40 69.4 5.8
Cyprus 40 69.4 9.2
Ukraine 42 69.3 3.6
Slovakia 43 69.2 7.9
Seychelles 44 68.6 5.4
Samoa 44 68.6 2.1
Brunei Darussalam 46 68.4 7.9
Hungary 47 68.2 6.2
Peru 47 68.2 6.5
Belgium 49 67.4 6.9
Bahamas 50 67.1 5.2
Mauritius 51 66.8 7.1
Poland 52 65.3 8.5
Portugal 52 65.3 7.8
Montenegro 54 65.2 4.4
Ecuador 55 63 5.2
Uruguay 56 62.3 4.6
Malaysia 57 62.1 6
Colombia 58 61.9 9.4
Turkey 59 61.5 7.8
Antigua and Barbuda 60 60.5 4.7
Papua New Guinea 61 60.3 3.3
Cabo Verde 62 59.5 -1.7
Qatar 63 59.2 7.7
Brazil 64 58.9 7.7
South Africa 65 58.8 8.2
Bahrain 66 58.7 9
Belarus 67 57.7 8.2
Panama 68 57.5 6.2
Kuwait 69 56.8 7.6
Mauritania 70 55.8 4.7
Maldives 71 55.4 6
Ghana 72 55.3 5.1
Moldova 73 54.7 7.7
Belize 74 54.5 5
United Arab Emirates 75 54.3 13.2
Gabon 76 54.1 6.5
Costa Rica 77 53.8 5.6
Kazakhstan 78 52.8 11.2
Dominica 78 52.8 3.9
Saint Lucia 80 51.8 2.5
Nigeria 81 51.5 4.6
Romania 82 51.4 6.8
Paraguay 83 51.2 4.9
Serbia 84 51.1 5.3
Armenia 85 50.8 5.7
Kenya 86 50.6 6.3
Malta 86 50.6 7.7
Georgia 88 49.9 5.3
Jamaica 89 48.9 2.2
Cuba 90 48.3 3.8
Philippines 91 48 3.1
Viet Nam 92 47.8 5.2
Senegal 93 47.7 2.9
Comoros 94 47.1 4.6
Jordan 95 46.7 6
North Macedonia 95 46.7 4.6
Marshall Islands 97 46.6 4.4
Djibouti 98 46.2 5.7
Albania 99 46.1 2.1
Bulgaria 100 45.8 5.3
Mexico 101 45.7 3
Vanuatu 102 45.6 1.5
Rwanda 103 45.2 4.9
Republic of Congo 104 45.1 4.5
Sao Tome and Principe 105 45 3
Cote d'Ivoire 106 44.9 5.3
Namibia 107 44.5 4.7
Togo 108 43.7 4.4
Bolivia 108 43.7 2.2
Lebanon 110 43.6 7.7
Tanzania 110 43.6 4.1
Turkmenistan 112 43.5 3.9
Bhutan 113 43.3 5.3
Suriname 114 43.2 4.2
Venezuela 115 43.1 1.6
Bosnia and Herzegovina 116 42.9 4.3
Zambia 117 42.4 5.1
Grenada 118 41.9 5.4
Uganda 118 41.9 5
Micronesia 120 41.5 3.9
Azerbaijan 121 41 4.4
Kyrgyzstan 122 40.8 6.1
Eswatini 123 40.2 7.4
Equatorial Guinea 124 40.1 4.1
Botswana 125 39.8 6.7
Algeria 126 38.9 5.2
Eritrea 127 38.3 5.7
Myanmar 128 38.2 6.7
China 129 37.6 6.5
Sierra Leone 130 37.4 3.4
Malawi 130 37.4 5.6
Angola 132 37.3 4.9
Liberia 132 37.3 3.7
Gambia 134 37.1 1.2
Oman 135 37 10.4
Kiribati 135 37 2
Benin 137 36.8 3.5
Tunisia 138 36.5 5.7
Cameroon 139 36.1 4.4
Dem. Rep. Congo 139 36.1 3.2
Burundi 141 35.8 4
Ethiopia 141 35.8 6.2
El Salvador 143 35.5 3.5
Saudi Arabia 144 35.4 9.3
Cambodia 145 35 3.6
Laos 146 34.7 5.6
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 146 34.7 3.2
Indonesia 148 34.6 4.8
Nicaragua 149 34.5 5.4
Timor-Leste 150 34.3 -1.1
Mongolia 151 33.2 7.6
Madagascar 152 33 4.4
Guinea 153 32.9 2.5
Zimbabwe 154 32.6 3.7
Mali 155 32.5 1.6
Guatemala 156 30.6 3.5
Dominican Republic 157 30 0.6
Burkina Faso 158 29.7 1.2
Iraq 159 29.6 4.6
Chad 160 29.1 2.4
Morocco 161 28.9 3
Guinea-Bissau 162 28.5 4.3
Uzbekistan 163 27.8 6.3
Iran 164 27.4 5.6
Niger 165 27.3 -0.1
Nepal 166 27.2 1.1
Solomon Islands 167 25.5 1.4
Lesotho 168 25 3.7
Guyana 169 24.9 4.8
Central African Republic 170 24 2
Mozambique 171 23.7 4.3
Bangladesh 172 23.2 8.7
Pakistan 173 23 3.8
India 174 21 3.9
Honduras 175 20.7 1.5
Tajikistan 176 15.7 2.8
Egypt 177 13.5 3.4
Haiti 178 12.1 3
Sudan 179 7.1 4
Afghanistan 180 - -