We calculate the black carbon growth rate indicator as the average annual rate of black carbon emissions over the years 2010–2019. 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 ≥1.87% 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 black carbon
| Country | Rank | EPI Score | 10-Year Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cyprus | 1 | 100.00 | 6.10 |
| Belarus | 1 | 100.00 | 10.00 |
| Canada | 1 | 100.00 | 22.10 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 100.00 | 32.40 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 100.00 | 34.00 |
| Brazil | 1 | 100.00 | 36.90 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 100.00 | 58.90 |
| Albania | 1 | 100.00 | 100.00 |
| Austria | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
| Belgium | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
| Switzerland | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
| China | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
| Czech Republic | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
| Germany | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
| Denmark | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
| Greece | 1 | 100.00 | 2.50 |
| Finland | 1 | 100.00 | 7.70 |
| Iceland | 1 | 100.00 | 39.80 |
| India | 1 | 100.00 | 44.70 |
| Croatia | 1 | 100.00 | 50.30 |
| Iran | 1 | 100.00 | 63.00 |
| Spain | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
| France | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
| Hungary | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
| Ireland | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
| Italy | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
| Japan | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
| South Korea | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
| Norway | 1 | 100.00 | 16.40 |
| Mexico | 1 | 100.00 | 36.40 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 100.00 | 47.30 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
| Malta | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
| Netherlands | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
| Poland | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
| Portugal | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
| Venezuela | 1 | 100.00 | 5.40 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 100.00 | 21.20 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 100.00 | 32.20 |
| Turkey | 1 | 100.00 | 34.40 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 100.00 | 35.00 |
| Russia | 1 | 100.00 | 37.40 |
| Serbia | 1 | 100.00 | 51.10 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 100.00 | 59.10 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 100.00 | 62.00 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 100.00 | 78.00 |
| Romania | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
| Slovakia | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
| Sweden | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
| United States of America | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
| Kiribati | 52 | 99.60 | 38.80 |
| Latvia | 53 | 97.60 | 46.60 |
| Tonga | 54 | 97.50 | 18.40 |
| Israel | 55 | 95.20 | 83.20 |
| Peru | 56 | 94.00 | -6.00 |
| Iraq | 57 | 92.30 | 18.50 |
| Fiji | 58 | 92.10 | 5.30 |
| Suriname | 59 | 91.60 | 91.60 |
| Sri Lanka | 60 | 91.20 | 41.00 |
| Estonia | 61 | 88.30 | 40.40 |
| Bahamas | 62 | 87.30 | -12.70 |
| Dominica | 63 | 86.80 | 13.50 |
| Ukraine | 63 | 86.80 | -13.20 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 65 | 85.40 | 55.40 |
| Vanuatu | 66 | 85.20 | 21.60 |
| New Zealand | 67 | 84.80 | 8.30 |
| Samoa | 68 | 84.70 | -3.40 |
| Kuwait | 69 | 83.70 | 54.30 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 70 | 83.40 | 83.40 |
| Argentina | 71 | 83.10 | -16.90 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 72 | 82.00 | 35.90 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 73 | 81.50 | 11.60 |
| Micronesia | 74 | 79.80 | 4.00 |
| Costa Rica | 75 | 78.00 | 69.70 |
| Ecuador | 76 | 77.90 | -8.50 |
| Lesotho | 77 | 77.00 | -20.00 |
| Mauritius | 78 | 76.50 | 76.50 |
| Marshall Islands | 79 | 74.00 | 2.60 |
| Brunei Darussalam | 80 | 73.60 | 25.50 |
| Jamaica | 81 | 73.50 | 10.90 |
| Grenada | 82 | 72.60 | -7.90 |
| Kazakhstan | 83 | 72.20 | 15.10 |
| Guyana | 84 | 71.50 | -25.00 |
| Barbados | 85 | 70.50 | 2.20 |
| Central African Republic | 86 | 70.00 | -1.70 |
| Australia | 87 | 69.70 | -30.30 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 88 | 69.00 | -5.90 |
| Timor-Leste | 89 | 67.40 | 14.30 |
| Laos | 90 | 67.10 | -5.30 |
| Bahrain | 91 | 67.00 | 67.00 |
| Eswatini | 92 | 66.60 | 9.10 |
| Djibouti | 93 | 65.30 | -3.90 |
| Gabon | 94 | 65.20 | 5.70 |
| Sierra Leone | 95 | 64.70 | 8.60 |
| Azerbaijan | 96 | 64.60 | -14.80 |
| Saint Lucia | 97 | 64.20 | -10.40 |
| Algeria | 98 | 63.90 | 33.20 |
| Malaysia | 99 | 63.50 | 31.10 |
| Rwanda | 100 | 63.20 | 30.00 |
| Eritrea | 101 | 63.00 | -37.00 |
| Belize | 102 | 62.70 | 16.70 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 103 | 62.60 | -7.90 |
| Singapore | 103 | 62.60 | 11.90 |
| Comoros | 105 | 61.40 | 2.90 |
| Papua New Guinea | 106 | 60.70 | 19.90 |
| North Macedonia | 107 | 60.20 | -39.80 |
| Cuba | 108 | 59.80 | -40.20 |
| Liberia | 109 | 58.80 | 27.00 |
| Mali | 110 | 58.60 | 2.10 |
| Madagascar | 111 | 58.50 | 4.50 |
| Uruguay | 112 | 58.00 | -40.90 |
| Burkina Faso | 113 | 57.90 | 1.20 |
| Malawi | 113 | 57.90 | -3.40 |
| Colombia | 115 | 57.70 | -42.30 |
| Guinea | 116 | 57.60 | -42.40 |
| Bolivia | 117 | 57.50 | 22.70 |
| Panama | 118 | 57.20 | 19.40 |
| Chad | 118 | 57.20 | 21.10 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 120 | 56.40 | -1.80 |
| Dominican Republic | 121 | 56.20 | NA |
| Republic of Congo | 122 | 55.70 | -23.10 |
| Haiti | 123 | 55.20 | 12.90 |
| Lithuania | 123 | 55.20 | -17.10 |
| Tanzania | 123 | 55.20 | 29.90 |
| Senegal | 126 | 55.10 | 39.10 |
| Thailand | 127 | 54.80 | -5.10 |
| Zimbabwe | 128 | 54.50 | -13.70 |
| Indonesia | 129 | 54.30 | 4.60 |
| Bhutan | 130 | 53.90 | -0.20 |
| Gambia | 131 | 53.60 | 3.40 |
| Burundi | 132 | 53.20 | -14.90 |
| Sudan | 133 | 52.50 | 25.50 |
| Ethiopia | 134 | 52.30 | 4.60 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 135 | 52.20 | -13.30 |
| Ghana | 136 | 52.10 | -47.90 |
| Mongolia | 137 | 52.00 | 11.00 |
| Uganda | 137 | 52.00 | -2.10 |
| Egypt | 139 | 51.90 | 20.20 |
| Angola | 140 | 51.80 | -4.80 |
| Mauritania | 141 | 51.30 | -43.50 |
| Chile | 142 | 51.10 | -40.50 |
| Cabo Verde | 143 | 49.40 | 10.30 |
| Moldova | 144 | 48.80 | -22.40 |
| Nicaragua | 145 | 47.60 | -10.50 |
| Seychelles | 146 | 47.50 | 47.50 |
| Nigeria | 147 | 46.20 | 1.90 |
| Bangladesh | 148 | 46.00 | 6.30 |
| Tunisia | 149 | 44.60 | 17.70 |
| Morocco | 150 | 44.50 | 2.20 |
| Georgia | 151 | 44.10 | -55.90 |
| Botswana | 152 | 44.00 | -6.40 |
| Togo | 153 | 43.20 | 18.60 |
| Tajikistan | 154 | 43.00 | -7.30 |
| Afghanistan | 155 | 42.90 | 5.20 |
| Pakistan | 156 | 41.10 | 3.50 |
| Honduras | 157 | 39.50 | -22.50 |
| Nepal | 158 | 38.60 | 7.40 |
| Oman | 159 | 38.20 | -41.30 |
| Guatemala | 160 | 37.70 | 8.60 |
| Turkmenistan | 161 | 34.40 | 34.40 |
| Kenya | 162 | 34.30 | -0.70 |
| Cambodia | 163 | 33.90 | -13.20 |
| Cameroon | 164 | 33.20 | 2.60 |
| Zambia | 165 | 32.00 | -4.50 |
| Myanmar | 166 | 31.40 | -20.10 |
| Paraguay | 167 | 31.20 | -65.80 |
| Armenia | 168 | 30.60 | -69.40 |
| Philippines | 169 | 30.10 | -69.90 |
| Maldives | 170 | 28.10 | 8.40 |
| Qatar | 171 | 26.10 | 26.10 |
| South Africa | 172 | 22.60 | -54.40 |
| Dem. Rep. Congo | 173 | 16.90 | -11.00 |
| Benin | 174 | 16.20 | -83.80 |
| Namibia | 175 | 13.90 | -22.80 |
| Jordan | 176 | 11.60 | 8.00 |
| Niger | 177 | 0.50 | -13.00 |
| Lebanon | 178 | NA | -99.60 |
| Mozambique | 178 | NA | -78.10 |
| Viet Nam | 178 | NA | -31.60 |