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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 (≤1^st-percentile), while a score of 0 indicates a country is among the highest (≥99^th-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
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Denmark	1	100	6.4
Finland	1	100	-
Japan	1	100	-
Sweden	4	98	5.6
Chile	5	97.8	5.8
Canada	6	96.6	5.9
Iceland	7	96.1	9.7
Luxembourg	7	96.1	10.8
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
Cyprus	40	69.4	9.2
Greece	40	69.4	5.8
Ukraine	42	69.3	3.6
Slovakia	43	69.2	7.9
Samoa	44	68.6	2.1
Seychelles	44	68.6	5.4
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
Dominica	78	52.8	3.9
Kazakhstan	78	52.8	11.2
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
Bolivia	108	43.7	2.2
Togo	108	43.7	4.4
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
Malawi	130	37.4	5.6
Sierra Leone	130	37.4	3.4
Angola	132	37.3	4.9
Liberia	132	37.3	3.7
Gambia	134	37.1	1.2
Kiribati	135	37	2
Oman	135	37	10.4
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	-	-

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