We calculate the SO2 growth rate indicator, which makes up 5% of the Climate Change issue category, as the average annual rate of SO2 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 sulfur dioxide
| Country | Rank | EPI Score | 10-Year Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark | 1 | 100 | - |
| Thailand | 1 | 100 | - |
| Spain | 1 | 100 | - |
| Marshall Islands | 1 | 100 | 67.8 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 100 | 65.9 |
| Tonga | 1 | 100 | 62 |
| Fiji | 1 | 100 | 58 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 100 | 53.9 |
| Algeria | 1 | 100 | 52.5 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 100 | 47.7 |
| Oman | 1 | 100 | 47.4 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 100 | 41.3 |
| Estonia | 1 | 100 | - |
| Malta | 1 | 100 | 36.6 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 100 | - |
| Cyprus | 1 | 100 | 31.2 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 100 | 30.3 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 100 | 30.3 |
| Finland | 1 | 100 | - |
| Canada | 1 | 100 | 4.9 |
| Poland | 1 | 100 | - |
| Portugal | 1 | 100 | - |
| Sweden | 1 | 100 | - |
| Ireland | 1 | 100 | - |
| Taiwan | 1 | 100 | - |
| Albania | 1 | 100 | 87.6 |
| Croatia | 1 | 100 | - |
| Switzerland | 1 | 100 | - |
| Netherlands | 1 | 100 | - |
| Romania | 1 | 100 | - |
| Norway | 1 | 100 | - |
| Belarus | 1 | 100 | - |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 100 | - |
| Czech Republic | 1 | 100 | - |
| Latvia | 1 | 100 | - |
| Belgium | 1 | 100 | - |
| Singapore | 1 | 100 | - |
| United States of America | 1 | 100 | - |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 100 | - |
| South Korea | 1 | 100 | - |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 100 | - |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 100 | - |
| Austria | 1 | 100 | - |
| France | 1 | 100 | - |
| Slovakia | 1 | 100 | - |
| Iran | 46 | 99.6 | 35.5 |
| Paraguay | 47 | 98.3 | 27.5 |
| Lithuania | 48 | 97.3 | -2.7 |
| Morocco | 49 | 97 | 38.1 |
| Nicaragua | 50 | 96.5 | 68.7 |
| Seychelles | 51 | 96.1 | 96.1 |
| Botswana | 52 | 95.8 | 28.7 |
| Israel | 53 | 95.7 | 35.8 |
| Bahrain | 54 | 95.1 | 37.9 |
| Hungary | 55 | 93.8 | -6.2 |
| Qatar | 56 | 93.2 | 79.1 |
| Micronesia | 57 | 92.5 | 85.7 |
| Australia | 58 | 92.4 | 18.4 |
| Germany | 59 | 91.9 | -8.1 |
| Kuwait | 60 | 91.1 | 91.1 |
| Gabon | 61 | 91 | 55.6 |
| Tunisia | 61 | 91 | 8.1 |
| Timor-Leste | 63 | 88.3 | 88.3 |
| Montenegro | 64 | 88.1 | 88.1 |
| Italy | 65 | 87.8 | -12.2 |
| Greece | 66 | 85.8 | 23.6 |
| Dominican Republic | 67 | 85.7 | 42.6 |
| Philippines | 68 | 84.8 | -15.2 |
| Turkey | 69 | 82.8 | 1.3 |
| Kiribati | 70 | 80.1 | 55.9 |
| Serbia | 71 | 78.8 | 4.5 |
| Solomon Islands | 72 | 78.4 | 31.9 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 73 | 77.8 | 77.8 |
| Jamaica | 74 | 76.2 | 76.2 |
| China | 75 | 75.8 | 25.2 |
| Russia | 76 | 75.7 | -24.3 |
| Papua New Guinea | 77 | 75.2 | 75.2 |
| Mozambique | 78 | 74.9 | 74.9 |
| Nigeria | 79 | 73.6 | 5 |
| Panama | 80 | 72.4 | 38.3 |
| Suriname | 81 | 70.1 | -20.4 |
| Djibouti | 82 | 70 | -20.4 |
| Guatemala | 83 | 69.6 | 47.7 |
| Peru | 84 | 69.1 | 4.2 |
| Eswatini | 85 | 68.6 | 52.4 |
| South Africa | 85 | 68.6 | -4.6 |
| Uzbekistan | 87 | 68.5 | -24.4 |
| Indonesia | 88 | 68.3 | 31.5 |
| Argentina | 89 | 67.3 | -10.5 |
| Mexico | 90 | 65.5 | -12.3 |
| Brazil | 91 | 65.4 | -13.5 |
| Sudan | 91 | 65.4 | 15.5 |
| Honduras | 91 | 65.4 | 62.1 |
| Ukraine | 94 | 64.9 | -35.1 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 95 | 64.8 | 64.8 |
| Sri Lanka | 96 | 64.5 | 64.3 |
| Eritrea | 97 | 64.2 | -35.8 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 98 | 63.7 | -20 |
| Lebanon | 99 | 63.1 | -24.2 |
| Cuba | 100 | 62.5 | -5.5 |
| Pakistan | 101 | 60.9 | -9.7 |
| Malawi | 102 | 60.4 | 16.4 |
| Samoa | 103 | 58.5 | 16.3 |
| Colombia | 103 | 58.5 | -41.5 |
| Tanzania | 105 | 58.3 | 33 |
| Chad | 106 | 57.6 | 14.6 |
| Namibia | 107 | 57.1 | 55.9 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 108 | 56.4 | -12 |
| Japan | 108 | 56.4 | -43.6 |
| Gambia | 110 | 55.9 | -8.4 |
| Central African Republic | 111 | 55.7 | -44.3 |
| Costa Rica | 112 | 55.1 | -22.3 |
| Mauritania | 112 | 55.1 | -44.9 |
| Uruguay | 114 | 54.7 | -24.5 |
| Egypt | 115 | 54.3 | -21.6 |
| Turkmenistan | 116 | 53.8 | -1.5 |
| Senegal | 117 | 52.9 | -0.8 |
| Rwanda | 118 | 52.8 | -29.2 |
| Moldova | 119 | 52.2 | -47.8 |
| Mali | 120 | 52 | -5.6 |
| Myanmar | 121 | 51.8 | 4.9 |
| Viet Nam | 122 | 51.5 | 31.8 |
| Mauritius | 123 | 50.9 | 35.1 |
| Armenia | 124 | 50.6 | -8.2 |
| Chile | 125 | 50.5 | -49.5 |
| Maldives | 126 | 49.7 | 49.7 |
| Sierra Leone | 127 | 49.3 | 0.4 |
| Liberia | 128 | 48.9 | -8 |
| Zimbabwe | 129 | 48.2 | -42.3 |
| Burkina Faso | 130 | 47.7 | -11.8 |
| Comoros | 131 | 47.4 | -21.7 |
| Uganda | 132 | 46 | -15 |
| Dem. Rep. Congo | 133 | 45.4 | -9.2 |
| Burundi | 134 | 45.2 | -54.8 |
| Ghana | 135 | 45.1 | 32.4 |
| Cabo Verde | 136 | 44.7 | 6.6 |
| Benin | 137 | 43.5 | -8.4 |
| Malaysia | 138 | 43.3 | -56.7 |
| Lesotho | 138 | 43.3 | -50.6 |
| India | 140 | 42.4 | -1.3 |
| Dominica | 141 | 42.3 | -7.1 |
| Kenya | 142 | 42.1 | -20.3 |
| Madagascar | 143 | 41.6 | -35.6 |
| Cambodia | 144 | 41.4 | 1.5 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 145 | 40.4 | -27.6 |
| Laos | 146 | 40.3 | -59.7 |
| Nepal | 147 | 39.2 | -8.4 |
| Cameroon | 148 | 39.1 | -18.6 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 149 | 38.6 | -6 |
| Bolivia | 150 | 38.1 | 3.9 |
| Jordan | 151 | 37.9 | -30.3 |
| Saint Lucia | 152 | 36.9 | -36.4 |
| Haiti | 152 | 36.9 | -19.2 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 154 | 36.1 | -38.7 |
| Grenada | 155 | 35.9 | -23.9 |
| Saudi Arabia | 156 | 32.2 | -24 |
| Bhutan | 157 | 31.7 | -38.7 |
| Togo | 158 | 30.4 | -3.3 |
| Barbados | 159 | 29.2 | -23.1 |
| Tajikistan | 160 | 28.3 | -58.4 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 161 | 28.2 | -39.9 |
| Ethiopia | 162 | 26.1 | -13.7 |
| Mongolia | 163 | 25.5 | -50.8 |
| Ecuador | 164 | 25.2 | -67.5 |
| Venezuela | 165 | 24.1 | 1 |
| Guyana | 166 | 23.4 | -59.6 |
| Belize | 167 | 22.7 | -45.3 |
| Bahamas | 168 | 18.7 | -65.8 |
| Guinea | 169 | 18.3 | -81.7 |
| Iceland | 170 | 11.6 | -57.9 |
| Brunei Darussalam | 171 | 9.5 | -58.7 |
| Vanuatu | 172 | 7.3 | -56 |
| Iraq | 173 | 7.2 | -92.8 |
| Angola | 174 | 5.2 | -29.2 |
| Bangladesh | 175 | 4.8 | -60.9 |
| Republic of Congo | 176 | - | -30.5 |
| Afghanistan | 176 | - | - |
| Niger | 176 | - | - |
| Zambia | 176 | - | -59.3 |
| Georgia | 176 | - | -100 |