The Ecosystem Vitality policy objective measures how well countries are preserving, protecting, and enhancing ecosystems and the services they provide. It comprises 42% of the total EPI score and is made up of six issue categories: Biodiversity & Habitat, Ecosystem Services, Fisheries, Acid Rain, Agriculture, and Water Resources.
Ecosystem Vitality
| Country | Rank | EPI Score | 10-Year Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 1 | 73.90 | 3.30 |
| Slovenia | 2 | 72.70 | 2.60 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 70.40 | 20.40 |
| Luxembourg | 4 | 70.00 | 1.30 |
| Malta | 5 | 68.20 | 24.50 |
| Germany | 6 | 66.80 | -1.50 |
| Slovakia | 7 | 66.30 | -0.90 |
| Croatia | 8 | 65.60 | 22.20 |
| Latvia | 9 | 65.40 | 1.10 |
| Romania | 9 | 65.40 | 5.90 |
| Estonia | 11 | 65.00 | -1.50 |
| Hungary | 11 | 65.00 | 3.80 |
| Niger | 13 | 64.70 | 16.40 |
| Czech Republic | 14 | 64.50 | -0.70 |
| France | 15 | 64.00 | 1.10 |
| United Kingdom | 16 | 62.30 | 9.70 |
| Australia | 16 | 62.30 | 14.10 |
| Finland | 18 | 62.00 | 4.80 |
| Zimbabwe | 19 | 61.70 | 3.70 |
| Botswana | 20 | 61.40 | 3.30 |
| Denmark | 21 | 61.30 | -1.20 |
| Lithuania | 22 | 61.00 | 0.60 |
| Sweden | 23 | 60.60 | 7.50 |
| Spain | 24 | 60.30 | 4.70 |
| Switzerland | 25 | 60.20 | 5.20 |
| Poland | 26 | 60.00 | -0.10 |
| Netherlands | 26 | 60.00 | 2.00 |
| Japan | 28 | 59.60 | 1.50 |
| Zambia | 29 | 58.20 | -4.50 |
| Armenia | 30 | 58.10 | 6.30 |
| Bulgaria | 31 | 58.00 | 6.30 |
| New Zealand | 32 | 57.90 | -0.20 |
| Belgium | 32 | 57.90 | 9.60 |
| Belize | 34 | 57.80 | -0.50 |
| Seychelles | 34 | 57.80 | 14.30 |
| Norway | 36 | 57.60 | 5.60 |
| Panama | 37 | 57.50 | 18.80 |
| Italy | 38 | 57.20 | 3.20 |
| Central African Republic | 39 | 55.90 | -0.10 |
| Tajikistan | 40 | 55.70 | 9.50 |
| Belarus | 41 | 55.40 | 4.80 |
| Brazil | 42 | 55.20 | 7.00 |
| Bhutan | 43 | 54.90 | -2.30 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 44 | 54.50 | 2.60 |
| Cyprus | 45 | 54.20 | 1.50 |
| Malawi | 46 | 54.10 | -1.70 |
| Greece | 47 | 53.90 | 0.10 |
| Mexico | 48 | 53.70 | 13.10 |
| Iceland | 49 | 53.40 | -0.90 |
| Gabon | 50 | 53.30 | 13.40 |
| Bolivia | 51 | 52.90 | -1.10 |
| Kiribati | 52 | 52.70 | 2.10 |
| Canada | 53 | 52.50 | 10.20 |
| Bahamas | 54 | 52.10 | 20.40 |
| Venezuela | 55 | 52.00 | 3.80 |
| Dominican Republic | 56 | 51.80 | -0.90 |
| United States of America | 57 | 51.40 | 1.10 |
| Namibia | 58 | 51.30 | 10.90 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 59 | 51.20 | 10.60 |
| Chile | 59 | 51.20 | 13.40 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 61 | 51.10 | 7.60 |
| Ireland | 62 | 50.90 | -0.30 |
| Colombia | 63 | 49.60 | 1.10 |
| Portugal | 63 | 49.60 | 1.80 |
| Burkina Faso | 63 | 49.60 | 2.80 |
| Uganda | 66 | 49.20 | 2.50 |
| Ecuador | 66 | 49.20 | 5.40 |
| Comoros | 68 | 49.10 | 6.80 |
| Paraguay | 69 | 48.90 | -3.60 |
| South Korea | 70 | 48.80 | 0.10 |
| North Macedonia | 71 | 48.70 | 6.10 |
| Kazakhstan | 72 | 48.10 | 2.00 |
| Ukraine | 73 | 48.00 | 4.30 |
| Saudi Arabia | 74 | 47.70 | 3.60 |
| Kuwait | 75 | 47.10 | 22.70 |
| Serbia | 76 | 47.00 | 10.20 |
| Laos | 77 | 46.90 | 4.50 |
| Suriname | 78 | 46.60 | -1.90 |
| Taiwan | 79 | 46.40 | 0.20 |
| Costa Rica | 79 | 46.40 | 5.70 |
| Dem. Rep. Congo | 81 | 46.10 | -0.20 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 82 | 46.00 | -3.00 |
| Mongolia | 83 | 45.90 | 0.50 |
| Ethiopia | 84 | 45.60 | 4.40 |
| Republic of Congo | 84 | 45.60 | 11.00 |
| Albania | 86 | 45.50 | 7.30 |
| Peru | 87 | 45.20 | 0.40 |
| Tanzania | 87 | 45.20 | 2.00 |
| Montenegro | 89 | 44.70 | 14.90 |
| Mozambique | 90 | 44.50 | 5.70 |
| Azerbaijan | 91 | 44.40 | -4.50 |
| South Africa | 92 | 44.20 | 12.70 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 93 | 44.10 | 5.10 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 94 | 44.00 | 9.10 |
| Egypt | 95 | 43.70 | 4.20 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 96 | 43.60 | 10.30 |
| Moldova | 97 | 42.90 | -3.10 |
| Israel | 98 | 42.50 | -2.20 |
| Singapore | 98 | 42.50 | -1.70 |
| Chad | 100 | 42.30 | 2.00 |
| Bahrain | 100 | 42.30 | 2.60 |
| Iraq | 102 | 41.60 | 10.40 |
| Togo | 103 | 41.10 | 2.30 |
| Uzbekistan | 104 | 41.00 | 1.50 |
| Nicaragua | 105 | 40.90 | -0.50 |
| Tonga | 105 | 40.90 | 4.50 |
| Honduras | 105 | 40.90 | 8.60 |
| Turkmenistan | 108 | 40.70 | 8.50 |
| Iran | 109 | 40.60 | 6.20 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 110 | 40.40 | 7.30 |
| Jordan | 111 | 40.30 | 1.20 |
| Senegal | 112 | 40.20 | -0.50 |
| Guyana | 112 | 40.20 | 3.40 |
| Sri Lanka | 114 | 40.10 | -1.60 |
| Timor-Leste | 115 | 39.90 | 8.60 |
| Jamaica | 116 | 39.80 | -2.00 |
| Russia | 117 | 39.00 | 0.40 |
| Argentina | 118 | 38.90 | 7.40 |
| Guinea | 119 | 38.70 | 1.50 |
| Philippines | 120 | 38.60 | -0.40 |
| Brunei Darussalam | 120 | 38.60 | 5.10 |
| Mali | 122 | 38.40 | 2.00 |
| Cabo Verde | 123 | 37.90 | 2.10 |
| Pakistan | 124 | 37.80 | 3.50 |
| Rwanda | 125 | 37.70 | 0.10 |
| Dominica | 126 | 37.60 | 0.90 |
| Nepal | 127 | 37.50 | -5.00 |
| Cambodia | 127 | 37.50 | 5.10 |
| Thailand | 129 | 37.30 | 1.40 |
| Mauritius | 130 | 37.20 | 17.00 |
| Eswatini | 131 | 37.00 | 3.90 |
| Afghanistan | 132 | 36.90 | 16.70 |
| Saint Lucia | 133 | 36.40 | 3.10 |
| Sierra Leone | 133 | 36.40 | 8.60 |
| Benin | 135 | 36.20 | 0.60 |
| Djibouti | 135 | 36.20 | 9.50 |
| Malaysia | 137 | 36.00 | 8.20 |
| Georgia | 138 | 35.70 | -0.20 |
| Maldives | 138 | 35.70 | 16.30 |
| Burundi | 140 | 35.50 | 2.40 |
| Cuba | 141 | 35.10 | 2.30 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 142 | 34.80 | 4.60 |
| Ghana | 143 | 34.70 | 1.10 |
| Kenya | 144 | 34.60 | 3.20 |
| Gambia | 144 | 34.60 | 9.70 |
| Qatar | 146 | 34.50 | -11.90 |
| Sudan | 146 | 34.50 | -2.10 |
| Indonesia | 148 | 34.10 | 3.70 |
| Oman | 149 | 33.50 | 2.60 |
| Nigeria | 150 | 33.30 | -3.00 |
| Grenada | 151 | 33.10 | 8.60 |
| Cameroon | 152 | 33.00 | 3.80 |
| El Salvador | 152 | 33.00 | 10.60 |
| Tunisia | 154 | 32.70 | 3.10 |
| Algeria | 155 | 31.60 | -0.60 |
| Eritrea | 156 | 30.60 | -1.10 |
| Mauritania | 157 | 30.20 | -1.00 |
| Madagascar | 158 | 29.50 | 0.90 |
| Bangladesh | 159 | 29.40 | -4.40 |
| Micronesia | 159 | 29.40 | 4.60 |
| Guatemala | 161 | 29.00 | -4.20 |
| Angola | 162 | 28.60 | 3.00 |
| Vanuatu | 163 | 28.00 | -6.30 |
| Morocco | 164 | 27.20 | -0.10 |
| Haiti | 165 | 26.90 | 1.80 |
| Uruguay | 166 | 25.80 | 7.30 |
| Samoa | 167 | 25.60 | -4.90 |
| Barbados | 168 | 24.90 | 6.40 |
| China | 169 | 24.50 | 4.50 |
| Lesotho | 170 | 23.50 | 2.00 |
| Viet Nam | 171 | 22.10 | -2.80 |
| Papua New Guinea | 172 | 21.90 | -0.80 |
| Fiji | 173 | 21.00 | -4.20 |
| Liberia | 174 | 20.90 | -2.80 |
| Lebanon | 175 | 20.40 | -4.50 |
| Turkey | 176 | 20.30 | -1.70 |
| Myanmar | 177 | 20.20 | -4.50 |
| India | 178 | 19.30 | -2.10 |
| Marshall Islands | 179 | 18.70 | -1.50 |
| Solomon Islands | 180 | 14.60 | -10.40 |