2022 EPI Results
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Results Overview
The 2022 EPI provides a quantitative basis for comparing, analyzing, and understanding environmental performance for 180 countries. We score and rank these countries on their environmental performance using the most recent year of data available and calculate how these scores have changed over the previous decade.
Environmental Performance Index
| Country | Rank | EPI Score | 10-Year Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark | 1 | 77.90 | 14.90 |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 77.70 | 23.00 |
| Finland | 3 | 76.50 | 21.00 |
| Malta | 4 | 75.20 | 25.40 |
| Sweden | 5 | 72.70 | 15.80 |
| Luxembourg | 6 | 72.30 | 13.50 |
| Slovenia | 7 | 67.30 | 8.60 |
| Austria | 8 | 66.50 | 7.20 |
| Switzerland | 9 | 65.90 | 8.20 |
| Iceland | 10 | 62.80 | 4.40 |
| Netherlands | 11 | 62.60 | 5.90 |
| France | 12 | 62.50 | 6.40 |
| Germany | 13 | 62.40 | 2.20 |
| Estonia | 14 | 61.40 | 6.10 |
| Latvia | 15 | 61.10 | 8.20 |
| Croatia | 16 | 60.20 | 17.20 |
| Australia | 17 | 60.10 | 10.30 |
| Slovakia | 18 | 60.00 | 3.20 |
| Czech Republic | 19 | 59.90 | 5.20 |
| Norway | 20 | 59.30 | 5.80 |
| Belgium | 21 | 58.20 | 6.10 |
| Cyprus | 22 | 58.00 | 6.00 |
| Italy | 23 | 57.70 | 6.00 |
| Ireland | 24 | 57.40 | 2.50 |
| Japan | 25 | 57.20 | 3.20 |
| New Zealand | 26 | 56.70 | -0.40 |
| Spain | 27 | 56.60 | 7.30 |
| Greece | 28 | 56.20 | 4.30 |
| Bahamas | 28 | 56.20 | 9.80 |
| Romania | 30 | 56.00 | 5.30 |
| Lithuania | 31 | 55.90 | 3.20 |
| Seychelles | 32 | 55.60 | 7.00 |
| Hungary | 33 | 55.10 | 2.00 |
| North Macedonia | 34 | 54.30 | 3.60 |
| Botswana | 35 | 54.00 | 8.20 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 36 | 53.20 | 8.90 |
| Barbados | 36 | 53.20 | 12.70 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 38 | 52.90 | 7.00 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 39 | 52.40 | 9.70 |
| United Arab Emirates | 39 | 52.40 | 15.90 |
| Bulgaria | 41 | 51.90 | 4.60 |
| Dominica | 42 | 51.20 | 10.20 |
| United States of America | 43 | 51.10 | 3.30 |
| Singapore | 44 | 50.90 | 3.70 |
| Namibia | 44 | 50.90 | 16.40 |
| Poland | 46 | 50.60 | NA |
| Panama | 47 | 50.50 | 9.90 |
| Portugal | 48 | 50.40 | -1.60 |
| Belize | 49 | 50.00 | -2.10 |
| Canada | 49 | 50.00 | 4.00 |
| Gabon | 51 | 49.70 | -0.30 |
| Ukraine | 52 | 49.60 | 6.20 |
| Saint Lucia | 53 | 49.40 | 0.30 |
| Kiribati | 54 | 49.00 | 4.80 |
| Belarus | 55 | 48.50 | 3.50 |
| Armenia | 56 | 48.30 | 4.80 |
| Israel | 57 | 48.20 | 1.90 |
| Grenada | 58 | 47.90 | 7.10 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 59 | 47.80 | 19.00 |
| Cuba | 60 | 47.50 | 6.80 |
| Djibouti | 60 | 47.50 | 12.90 |
| Albania | 62 | 47.10 | 9.90 |
| South Korea | 63 | 46.90 | 1.80 |
| Montenegro | 63 | 46.90 | 8.50 |
| Chile | 65 | 46.70 | 6.80 |
| Ecuador | 66 | 46.50 | 9.20 |
| Venezuela | 67 | 46.40 | 0.20 |
| Costa Rica | 68 | 46.30 | 4.00 |
| Zimbabwe | 69 | 46.20 | -0.70 |
| Suriname | 70 | 45.90 | -8.00 |
| Brunei Darussalam | 71 | 45.70 | 7.40 |
| Jamaica | 72 | 45.60 | -2.00 |
| Mexico | 73 | 45.50 | 12.40 |
| Taiwan | 74 | 45.30 | 7.00 |
| Central African Republic | 75 | 44.90 | -0.70 |
| Eswatini | 75 | 44.90 | 1.50 |
| Mauritius | 77 | 44.80 | 10.00 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 77 | 44.80 | 15.30 |
| Serbia | 79 | 43.90 | 8.50 |
| Tonga | 80 | 43.80 | -3.00 |
| Brazil | 81 | 43.60 | 5.40 |
| Jordan | 81 | 43.60 | 7.80 |
| Afghanistan | 81 | 43.60 | 23.90 |
| Moldova | 84 | 42.70 | -4.80 |
| Bhutan | 85 | 42.50 | -7.90 |
| Comoros | 85 | 42.50 | 1.00 |
| Colombia | 87 | 42.40 | -0.50 |
| Kuwait | 87 | 42.40 | 15.20 |
| Dominican Republic | 89 | 42.20 | -3.10 |
| Bahrain | 90 | 42.00 | 5.70 |
| Cabo Verde | 91 | 41.90 | 4.80 |
| Argentina | 92 | 41.10 | 7.80 |
| Paraguay | 93 | 40.90 | -6.00 |
| Kazakhstan | 93 | 40.90 | 11.80 |
| El Salvador | 95 | 40.80 | 7.60 |
| Tunisia | 96 | 40.70 | 8.10 |
| Malawi | 97 | 40.60 | -4.50 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 98 | 40.20 | 3.50 |
| Bolivia | 99 | 40.10 | 0.60 |
| Republic of Congo | 99 | 40.10 | 6.20 |
| Peru | 101 | 39.80 | -0.40 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 102 | 39.40 | 10.00 |
| Georgia | 103 | 39.10 | 2.60 |
| Azerbaijan | 104 | 38.60 | -1.30 |
| Guyana | 105 | 38.50 | -6.10 |
| Zambia | 106 | 38.40 | -6.90 |
| Uzbekistan | 107 | 38.20 | 1.90 |
| Thailand | 108 | 38.10 | 7.20 |
| Saudi Arabia | 109 | 37.90 | 9.50 |
| Niger | 110 | 37.70 | -2.80 |
| Nicaragua | 110 | 37.70 | -0.90 |
| Russia | 112 | 37.50 | 1.60 |
| Micronesia | 113 | 37.40 | -5.90 |
| Uruguay | 113 | 37.40 | 3.30 |
| Maldives | 113 | 37.40 | 9.00 |
| South Africa | 116 | 37.20 | 10.10 |
| Tajikistan | 117 | 37.10 | -1.60 |
| Turkmenistan | 118 | 37.00 | 8.90 |
| Dem. Rep. Congo | 119 | 36.90 | -0.20 |
| Vanuatu | 119 | 36.90 | -9.20 |
| Honduras | 121 | 36.50 | 7.20 |
| Samoa | 122 | 36.40 | -7.40 |
| Gambia | 122 | 36.40 | 5.60 |
| Marshall Islands | 124 | 36.20 | 0.70 |
| Uganda | 125 | 35.80 | 3.10 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 126 | 35.70 | 1.20 |
| Burkina Faso | 127 | 35.50 | 2.00 |
| Egypt | 127 | 35.50 | 6.50 |
| Timor-Leste | 129 | 35.10 | -0.30 |
| Solomon Islands | 130 | 35.00 | 0.80 |
| Malaysia | 130 | 35.00 | 10.30 |
| Sri Lanka | 132 | 34.70 | -2.60 |
| Iran | 133 | 34.50 | 6.90 |
| Tanzania | 134 | 34.20 | 3.40 |
| Togo | 135 | 34.00 | -2.40 |
| Senegal | 136 | 33.90 | -0.90 |
| Qatar | 137 | 33.00 | -2.30 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 138 | 32.80 | -8.20 |
| Rwanda | 138 | 32.80 | -4.20 |
| Sierra Leone | 140 | 32.70 | 7.20 |
| Lesotho | 141 | 32.30 | 1.40 |
| Lebanon | 142 | 32.20 | -4.70 |
| Ethiopia | 143 | 31.80 | 3.60 |
| Eritrea | 144 | 31.70 | -5.50 |
| Mozambique | 144 | 31.70 | 0.60 |
| Guinea | 146 | 31.60 | 0.20 |
| Fiji | 147 | 31.30 | -3.70 |
| Kenya | 148 | 30.80 | -1.80 |
| Laos | 149 | 30.70 | -1.30 |
| Oman | 149 | 30.70 | 6.40 |
| Burundi | 151 | 30.50 | -13.00 |
| Angola | 151 | 30.50 | 0.20 |
| Cameroon | 153 | 30.20 | -2.00 |
| Cambodia | 154 | 30.10 | 2.00 |
| Mongolia | 155 | 29.60 | -5.20 |
| Algeria | 155 | 29.60 | -4.00 |
| Benin | 155 | 29.60 | -1.60 |
| Philippines | 158 | 28.90 | -7.50 |
| Mali | 159 | 28.50 | -1.80 |
| Morocco | 160 | 28.40 | 2.60 |
| China | 160 | 28.40 | 11.40 |
| Nepal | 162 | 28.30 | -10.30 |
| Nigeria | 162 | 28.30 | -6.10 |
| Indonesia | 164 | 28.20 | 4.10 |
| Mauritania | 165 | 28.10 | -3.30 |
| Chad | 165 | 28.10 | NA |
| Madagascar | 167 | 28.00 | -5.40 |
| Guatemala | 167 | 28.00 | -3.00 |
| Iraq | 169 | 27.80 | -5.30 |
| Ghana | 170 | 27.70 | -6.10 |
| Sudan | 171 | 27.60 | 1.70 |
| Turkey | 172 | 26.30 | -0.50 |
| Haiti | 173 | 26.10 | 2.40 |
| Liberia | 174 | 24.90 | -4.00 |
| Papua New Guinea | 175 | 24.80 | 0.20 |
| Pakistan | 176 | 24.60 | 1.40 |
| Bangladesh | 177 | 23.10 | -1.90 |
| Viet Nam | 178 | 20.10 | -0.60 |
| Myanmar | 179 | 19.40 | -3.80 |
| India | 180 | 18.90 | -0.60 |