Environmental Health

 

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
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