The Environmental Health policy objective measures how well countries are protecting their populations from environmental health risks. It comprises 20% of the total EPI score and is made up of four issue categories: Air Quality, Sanitation & Drinking Water, Heavy Metals, and Waste Management.
Environmental Health
Country | Rank | EPI Score | 10-Year Change |
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Iceland | 1 | 94.70 | 2.70 |
Finland | 2 | 93.40 | 5.30 |
Sweden | 3 | 93.10 | 4.60 |
Norway | 4 | 92.20 | 6.30 |
Switzerland | 5 | 88.40 | 5.60 |
Ireland | 6 | 88.30 | 8.80 |
Luxembourg | 7 | 86.70 | 7.30 |
Australia | 8 | 86.40 | 4.10 |
Canada | 9 | 85.90 | 4.60 |
Denmark | 10 | 85.50 | 7.10 |
New Zealand | 11 | 84.90 | 3.60 |
United Kingdom | 12 | 83.90 | 5.20 |
France | 12 | 83.90 | 7.70 |
Netherlands | 14 | 83.30 | 5.30 |
Japan | 15 | 82.50 | 1.20 |
Germany | 16 | 82.00 | 4.90 |
Austria | 17 | 81.70 | 6.40 |
Spain | 18 | 78.10 | 6.50 |
Belgium | 19 | 77.90 | 7.20 |
Singapore | 20 | 77.00 | 4.50 |
Italy | 21 | 76.90 | 6.10 |
United States of America | 22 | 76.80 | 6.60 |
Portugal | 23 | 76.60 | 9.10 |
Malta | 24 | 76.50 | 7.60 |
Israel | 25 | 76.00 | 5.40 |
Cyprus | 26 | 73.80 | 6.90 |
South Korea | 27 | 73.30 | 3.80 |
Estonia | 28 | 71.80 | 11.80 |
Greece | 29 | 71.50 | 6.10 |
Brunei Darussalam | 30 | 68.10 | 0.90 |
Slovenia | 31 | 64.40 | 5.00 |
Czech Republic | 32 | 63.50 | 5.00 |
Uruguay | 33 | 62.70 | 4.30 |
Barbados | 34 | 61.80 | 1.80 |
Lithuania | 34 | 61.80 | 9.40 |
Slovakia | 36 | 59.00 | 6.60 |
Chile | 37 | 58.00 | 3.90 |
Mauritius | 38 | 57.60 | 6.30 |
Latvia | 39 | 56.90 | 8.60 |
Taiwan | 40 | 56.70 | 3.80 |
Argentina | 41 | 56.30 | 3.70 |
Antigua and Barbuda | 42 | 55.80 | 2.90 |
Croatia | 43 | 55.70 | 6.10 |
Costa Rica | 44 | 55.40 | 2.20 |
Seychelles | 45 | 54.20 | 2.90 |
Bahamas | 46 | 54.00 | 2.80 |
Poland | 47 | 53.00 | 6.50 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 48 | 52.70 | 3.20 |
Jordan | 49 | 52.20 | 7.40 |
Qatar | 50 | 51.70 | 2.30 |
Kuwait | 51 | 51.50 | 6.30 |
Belarus | 52 | 51.10 | 8.40 |
Russia | 53 | 50.60 | 9.10 |
Colombia | 54 | 50.30 | 6.70 |
United Arab Emirates | 55 | 49.40 | 2.60 |
Panama | 56 | 49.00 | 5.60 |
Maldives | 57 | 48.50 | 5.50 |
Malaysia | 58 | 48.00 | 4.30 |
Cuba | 59 | 47.90 | 3.10 |
Turkey | 60 | 47.80 | 7.10 |
Hungary | 61 | 47.60 | 5.20 |
Saint Lucia | 62 | 47.30 | 2.20 |
Ecuador | 63 | 46.90 | 5.10 |
Lebanon | 64 | 46.30 | 7.00 |
Dominica | 65 | 46.20 | 1.40 |
Brazil | 66 | 46.00 | 7.20 |
Tonga | 67 | 45.60 | 1.40 |
Bahrain | 68 | 45.30 | 6.10 |
Romania | 69 | 45.20 | 6.30 |
Grenada | 70 | 45.00 | 2.40 |
Paraguay | 71 | 44.90 | 3.70 |
Samoa | 72 | 44.00 | 1.20 |
Thailand | 73 | 43.80 | 5.10 |
Ukraine | 74 | 43.60 | 4.00 |
Bulgaria | 75 | 43.20 | 4.60 |
Tunisia | 75 | 43.20 | 5.70 |
Peru | 77 | 43.10 | 3.20 |
Venezuela | 78 | 42.90 | 3.30 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 79 | 42.50 | 1.40 |
Saudi Arabia | 80 | 42.40 | 6.70 |
Turkmenistan | 81 | 42.30 | 6.10 |
Algeria | 82 | 42.00 | 5.40 |
Moldova | 82 | 42.00 | 9.10 |
Iran | 84 | 41.90 | 6.80 |
Jamaica | 85 | 41.80 | 2.20 |
Serbia | 86 | 41.60 | 6.20 |
Montenegro | 87 | 41.30 | 4.40 |
Mexico | 88 | 40.90 | 2.80 |
Armenia | 89 | 40.70 | 5.20 |
Albania | 90 | 40.00 | 3.80 |
El Salvador | 91 | 39.30 | 3.00 |
Belize | 92 | 39.00 | 1.20 |
Sri Lanka | 92 | 39.00 | 4.10 |
Oman | 92 | 39.00 | 5.60 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 95 | 38.00 | 3.90 |
Georgia | 96 | 37.50 | 4.10 |
Kazakhstan | 96 | 37.50 | 5.90 |
Nicaragua | 98 | 37.10 | 2.80 |
North Macedonia | 99 | 36.50 | 5.00 |
Fiji | 100 | 36.30 | 1.80 |
Suriname | 101 | 36.00 | 2.90 |
Marshall Islands | 102 | 35.80 | 2.70 |
Bolivia | 102 | 35.80 | 3.50 |
Viet Nam | 104 | 35.10 | 4.10 |
Iraq | 105 | 35.00 | 9.00 |
Dominican Republic | 106 | 33.00 | 0.60 |
China | 107 | 32.80 | 5.80 |
Cabo Verde | 108 | 32.60 | -1.60 |
Guyana | 109 | 32.30 | 4.80 |
Micronesia | 110 | 31.90 | 1.00 |
Egypt | 111 | 31.50 | 6.20 |
Comoros | 112 | 31.10 | 1.30 |
Philippines | 112 | 31.10 | 4.60 |
Azerbaijan | 114 | 30.70 | 3.70 |
Vanuatu | 115 | 30.40 | 0.20 |
Sao Tome and Principe | 116 | 30.10 | 1.70 |
Honduras | 117 | 30.00 | 0.70 |
Papua New Guinea | 118 | 29.90 | 1.40 |
Timor-Leste | 119 | 29.60 | -1.20 |
Equatorial Guinea | 120 | 29.50 | 2.90 |
Gabon | 121 | 29.40 | 6.00 |
Kyrgyzstan | 122 | 29.10 | 5.50 |
Morocco | 123 | 28.60 | 4.70 |
Mozambique | 124 | 28.30 | 0.70 |
Tanzania | 125 | 28.20 | 1.30 |
Guatemala | 126 | 28.10 | 2.60 |
South Africa | 126 | 28.10 | 6.90 |
Cambodia | 128 | 27.60 | 3.50 |
Kiribati | 129 | 27.20 | 0.70 |
Bhutan | 129 | 27.20 | 1.70 |
Malawi | 131 | 26.70 | 2.30 |
Uzbekistan | 132 | 26.50 | 3.20 |
Kenya | 133 | 26.20 | 2.70 |
Ethiopia | 134 | 25.30 | 1.20 |
Indonesia | 134 | 25.30 | 4.00 |
Uganda | 136 | 24.90 | 0.10 |
Madagascar | 137 | 24.40 | 0.80 |
Namibia | 138 | 24.20 | 3.30 |
Laos | 138 | 24.20 | 5.00 |
Mauritania | 140 | 24.00 | 3.00 |
Mongolia | 141 | 23.80 | 3.30 |
Liberia | 142 | 22.90 | 0.60 |
Solomon Islands | 143 | 22.80 | -0.70 |
Rwanda | 144 | 22.70 | 1.20 |
Benin | 145 | 22.20 | -0.60 |
Burundi | 146 | 22.00 | 0.60 |
Zimbabwe | 147 | 21.90 | 3.60 |
Djibouti | 148 | 21.60 | 2.20 |
Myanmar | 148 | 21.60 | 5.70 |
Gambia | 150 | 21.30 | -0.30 |
Senegal | 150 | 21.30 | 1.10 |
Botswana | 150 | 21.30 | 4.00 |
Zambia | 153 | 21.20 | 2.10 |
Haiti | 154 | 21.10 | 0.30 |
Dem. Rep. Congo | 154 | 21.10 | 0.70 |
Burkina Faso | 156 | 20.90 | -1.00 |
Ghana | 157 | 20.50 | 1.10 |
Angola | 157 | 20.50 | 1.60 |
Mali | 159 | 20.40 | 0.40 |
Cote d'Ivoire | 160 | 19.80 | 1.10 |
Sierra Leone | 161 | 19.70 | 1.10 |
Republic of Congo | 161 | 19.70 | 2.40 |
Guinea | 163 | 19.50 | 0.80 |
Niger | 164 | 18.80 | -0.70 |
Togo | 165 | 18.20 | 0.50 |
Bangladesh | 166 | 18.10 | 2.60 |
Eswatini | 167 | 17.90 | 3.90 |
Sudan | 168 | 17.60 | 1.30 |
Eritrea | 169 | 17.50 | 1.10 |
Nepal | 170 | 17.10 | 1.30 |
Chad | 171 | 16.70 | -0.90 |
Guinea-Bissau | 172 | 16.60 | 1.90 |
Tajikistan | 172 | 16.60 | 1.90 |
Afghanistan | 174 | 16.00 | -0.20 |
Nigeria | 175 | 15.20 | 0.20 |
Cameroon | 176 | 14.30 | 0.80 |
Central African Republic | 177 | 13.10 | -0.10 |
India | 178 | 12.50 | 2.90 |
Pakistan | 179 | 11.40 | 1.50 |
Lesotho | 180 | 10.90 | 1.60 |