The Agriculture issue category measures efforts to support healthy populations while minimizing the threats of agriculture to the environment. It is based on two indicators: the Sustainable Nitrogen Management Index (SNMI), and sustainable pesticide use.
Agriculture
| Country | Rank | EPI Score | 10-Year Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark | 1 | 75.70 | -0.30 |
| Argentina | 2 | 74.10 | 0.70 |
| Sweden | 3 | 74.00 | NA |
| Uruguay | 4 | 70.70 | 5.70 |
| Austria | 5 | 70.60 | -0.40 |
| Paraguay | 6 | 69.40 | 1.20 |
| Croatia | 7 | 68.90 | 4.60 |
| Slovakia | 8 | 68.00 | -1.50 |
| Australia | 9 | 67.90 | -1.10 |
| Oman | 10 | 67.30 | 17.60 |
| Bolivia | 11 | 66.10 | 4.70 |
| Lithuania | 12 | 65.60 | 4.20 |
| New Zealand | 13 | 64.90 | 1.90 |
| Latvia | 14 | 64.40 | 4.30 |
| Algeria | 15 | 63.30 | 14.90 |
| Finland | 16 | 62.70 | -2.50 |
| Estonia | 17 | 61.80 | -0.50 |
| United States of America | 18 | 61.40 | -2.00 |
| South Africa | 19 | 61.10 | -2.00 |
| Germany | 20 | 60.90 | -1.80 |
| Kazakhstan | 21 | 60.50 | 3.20 |
| Saudi Arabia | 22 | 59.40 | 19.90 |
| Ethiopia | 23 | 56.90 | 4.60 |
| Brazil | 24 | 56.50 | 0.60 |
| Luxembourg | 25 | 55.90 | -2.00 |
| Bulgaria | 26 | 55.80 | 6.10 |
| Slovenia | 27 | 55.00 | 0.80 |
| Romania | 28 | 53.80 | 2.20 |
| Zambia | 29 | 53.20 | 1.20 |
| Hungary | 30 | 53.00 | -7.10 |
| Guyana | 31 | 52.60 | -3.50 |
| Turkmenistan | 32 | 51.80 | -11.60 |
| Azerbaijan | 33 | 51.40 | 6.60 |
| Iraq | 33 | 51.40 | 4.60 |
| Mexico | 35 | 50.60 | 0.50 |
| Tajikistan | 36 | 50.10 | -0.70 |
| France | 37 | 49.50 | -1.90 |
| Laos | 38 | 49.10 | 6.00 |
| Djibouti | 39 | 49.00 | 1.60 |
| Morocco | 39 | 49.00 | 8.40 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 39 | 49.00 | -3.50 |
| Jordan | 42 | 48.90 | 0.40 |
| Russia | 42 | 48.90 | 4.30 |
| Ireland | 44 | 48.70 | -21.30 |
| Iran | 45 | 47.70 | -3.60 |
| Chile | 46 | 47.40 | -4.60 |
| Uzbekistan | 47 | 47.20 | 0.50 |
| Cambodia | 48 | 45.90 | 4.50 |
| Lesotho | 49 | 45.50 | 0.90 |
| Armenia | 49 | 45.50 | 3.00 |
| Serbia | 51 | 45.30 | 4.60 |
| United Kingdom | 52 | 45.00 | -3.80 |
| Ukraine | 53 | 44.70 | 9.10 |
| Afghanistan | 54 | 44.20 | 0.50 |
| Cameroon | 54 | 44.20 | 0.90 |
| South Korea | 56 | 44.10 | 0.70 |
| Venezuela | 57 | 43.60 | -1.80 |
| Eswatini | 58 | 43.20 | -1.50 |
| Myanmar | 59 | 43.00 | -1.30 |
| Zimbabwe | 60 | 42.80 | -2.40 |
| Poland | 61 | 42.70 | 2.00 |
| China | 62 | 42.40 | 1.30 |
| Suriname | 63 | 42.20 | 4.70 |
| Canada | 64 | 42.10 | -0.10 |
| North Macedonia | 65 | 41.90 | -3.30 |
| Bangladesh | 66 | 41.40 | 3.00 |
| Switzerland | 67 | 41.10 | -2.10 |
| Burkina Faso | 68 | 40.60 | -0.30 |
| Malaysia | 69 | 40.50 | 10.90 |
| India | 70 | 40.00 | 1.20 |
| Senegal | 71 | 39.90 | 0.80 |
| Viet Nam | 72 | 39.60 | -0.50 |
| Kuwait | 73 | 39.50 | -11.30 |
| Togo | 74 | 39.20 | 1.90 |
| Turkey | 75 | 39.10 | 2.20 |
| Greece | 76 | 38.90 | -3.30 |
| Italy | 77 | 38.80 | 0.40 |
| Egypt | 78 | 38.60 | 1.30 |
| Czech Republic | 79 | 37.40 | -5.20 |
| Comoros | 80 | 37.30 | 1.00 |
| Bhutan | 80 | 37.30 | 2.60 |
| Indonesia | 82 | 36.70 | 3.20 |
| Malawi | 82 | 36.70 | NA |
| Belarus | 84 | 36.40 | 4.30 |
| Gambia | 84 | 36.40 | -1.50 |
| Moldova | 86 | 36.00 | -3.60 |
| Madagascar | 87 | 35.90 | 1.90 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 88 | 35.40 | 0.50 |
| Benin | 89 | 35.30 | 0.50 |
| Montenegro | 90 | 34.70 | -3.70 |
| Republic of Congo | 91 | 34.50 | -0.40 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 92 | 34.10 | -1.60 |
| Tonga | 92 | 34.10 | 16.80 |
| Taiwan | 94 | 33.80 | 3.60 |
| Japan | 95 | 33.40 | 0.20 |
| Bahrain | 96 | 33.20 | -4.90 |
| Panama | 96 | 33.20 | -0.60 |
| Sierra Leone | 96 | 33.20 | 5.50 |
| Belgium | 99 | 33.10 | 0.60 |
| Sudan | 99 | 33.10 | -1.10 |
| Thailand | 101 | 33.00 | -3.50 |
| Vanuatu | 101 | 33.00 | 2.10 |
| Nicaragua | 103 | 31.90 | -3.10 |
| Spain | 104 | 31.80 | -1.20 |
| Sri Lanka | 105 | 31.60 | 1.60 |
| Rwanda | 106 | 31.50 | 0.70 |
| Colombia | 107 | 31.20 | -0.40 |
| Guinea | 107 | 31.20 | -2.70 |
| Tanzania | 109 | 31.10 | 3.30 |
| Peru | 110 | 30.70 | -1.40 |
| Mali | 110 | 30.70 | 1.80 |
| Mozambique | 112 | 30.40 | 2.90 |
| Philippines | 113 | 29.60 | 2.90 |
| Netherlands | 114 | 29.30 | -1.50 |
| Albania | 115 | 28.90 | 4.50 |
| Grenada | 115 | 28.90 | 0.40 |
| Israel | 117 | 28.80 | -1.20 |
| Nigeria | 118 | 28.60 | -1.30 |
| Pakistan | 118 | 28.60 | 0.70 |
| Chad | 120 | 28.40 | NA |
| Malta | 121 | 28.30 | -9.90 |
| Samoa | 122 | 27.70 | 5.50 |
| Mauritania | 123 | 27.20 | 7.30 |
| Nepal | 124 | 27.10 | -1.80 |
| Kenya | 124 | 27.10 | -0.80 |
| Kiribati | 126 | 26.50 | 8.80 |
| Dem. Rep. Congo | 127 | 26.40 | -1.40 |
| Gabon | 128 | 26.20 | -2.30 |
| Norway | 129 | 25.50 | -0.40 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 130 | 25.40 | 2.80 |
| Jamaica | 131 | 25.30 | 2.60 |
| Angola | 132 | 24.90 | -1.90 |
| Tunisia | 133 | 24.80 | -3.20 |
| Honduras | 134 | 24.20 | 4.40 |
| Guatemala | 135 | 23.70 | 1.60 |
| Portugal | 136 | 23.50 | 0.80 |
| Dominican Republic | 137 | 23.30 | 2.40 |
| Ecuador | 138 | 23.10 | 2.00 |
| Cuba | 139 | 22.70 | -3.10 |
| Mongolia | 139 | 22.70 | -11.70 |
| Liberia | 141 | 22.40 | -1.10 |
| Ghana | 142 | 22.10 | 1.30 |
| Georgia | 143 | 22.00 | -8.00 |
| Singapore | 143 | 22.00 | 1.90 |
| Costa Rica | 145 | 21.80 | 0.50 |
| Niger | 146 | 21.60 | 1.00 |
| Belize | 147 | 21.50 | -5.10 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 148 | 21.30 | -10.00 |
| Uganda | 148 | 21.30 | 1.10 |
| El Salvador | 150 | 20.60 | -0.10 |
| Mauritius | 151 | 20.00 | 2.50 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 152 | 19.70 | -1.30 |
| Micronesia | 153 | 19.40 | -0.30 |
| Burundi | 154 | 18.50 | -1.10 |
| Iceland | 154 | 18.50 | -23.10 |
| Timor-Leste | 154 | 18.50 | 3.70 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 157 | 18.20 | -13.10 |
| Dominica | 158 | 17.80 | 2.60 |
| Lebanon | 159 | 17.50 | -7.10 |
| United Arab Emirates | 160 | 17.40 | -5.70 |
| Cabo Verde | 161 | 16.70 | 8.00 |
| Central African Republic | 162 | 15.90 | -2.10 |
| Haiti | 163 | 15.70 | 2.80 |
| Papua New Guinea | 164 | 15.60 | 1.60 |
| Eritrea | 165 | 14.90 | -5.40 |
| Namibia | 166 | 14.80 | -5.60 |
| Brunei Darussalam | 166 | 14.80 | NA |
| Maldives | 168 | 14.10 | 9.30 |
| Bahamas | 169 | 14.00 | -1.90 |
| Cyprus | 170 | 13.90 | 3.80 |
| Qatar | 171 | 13.30 | -8.10 |
| Barbados | 172 | 11.90 | -1.10 |
| Fiji | 173 | 11.10 | -2.80 |
| Botswana | 174 | 10.70 | -3.70 |
| Seychelles | 175 | 8.80 | 2.20 |
| Solomon Islands | 176 | 8.60 | 0.30 |
| Saint Lucia | 177 | 6.40 | -10.20 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 178 | 5.10 | 2.60 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 179 | 4.10 | -0.30 |
| Marshall Islands | 180 | 1.70 | 0.90 |