We calculate the SO2 growth rate indicator, which makes up 5% of the Climate Change issue category, as the average annual rate of SO2 over the years 2005–2014. 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 ≥3.94% 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 sulfur dioxide
Country | Rank | EPI Score | 10-Year Change |
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Belarus | 1 | 100.00 | 2.20 |
Bahamas | 1 | 100.00 | 18.00 |
Australia | 1 | 100.00 | 26.80 |
Costa Rica | 1 | 100.00 | 44.30 |
Argentina | 1 | 100.00 | 53.00 |
Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 100.00 | 62.20 |
Barbados | 1 | 100.00 | 62.80 |
China | 1 | 100.00 | 73.00 |
Albania | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
Austria | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
Belgium | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
Bulgaria | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
Belize | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
Canada | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
Switzerland | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
Chile | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
Czech Republic | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
Germany | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
Denmark | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
Israel | 1 | 100.00 | 0.30 |
Japan | 1 | 100.00 | 4.20 |
Croatia | 1 | 100.00 | 15.10 |
Guyana | 1 | 100.00 | 24.80 |
Iran | 1 | 100.00 | 40.70 |
Ecuador | 1 | 100.00 | 45.50 |
Grenada | 1 | 100.00 | 52.70 |
Kenya | 1 | 100.00 | 61.20 |
Spain | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
Estonia | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
Finland | 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 |
Jordan | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
South Korea | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
Norway | 1 | 100.00 | 10.30 |
North Macedonia | 1 | 100.00 | 20.70 |
Saint Lucia | 1 | 100.00 | 41.10 |
Morocco | 1 | 100.00 | 42.50 |
Panama | 1 | 100.00 | 63.60 |
Montenegro | 1 | 100.00 | 100.00 |
Lithuania | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
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 |
Paraguay | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
Zimbabwe | 1 | 100.00 | 24.90 |
Romania | 1 | 100.00 | 26.60 |
Ukraine | 1 | 100.00 | 31.80 |
Tunisia | 1 | 100.00 | 36.40 |
El Salvador | 1 | 100.00 | 42.10 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 100.00 | 59.70 |
Uruguay | 1 | 100.00 | 86.80 |
Singapore | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
Slovakia | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
Slovenia | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
Sweden | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
Thailand | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
Taiwan | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
United States of America | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
Cuba | 65 | 98.60 | 9.00 |
Serbia | 65 | 98.60 | 29.50 |
Dominica | 67 | 97.30 | 46.90 |
Algeria | 68 | 95.90 | 17.20 |
Russia | 69 | 95.70 | 5.10 |
Qatar | 70 | 94.60 | 83.50 |
Latvia | 71 | 94.50 | -5.50 |
Niger | 72 | 93.80 | 49.30 |
Iceland | 73 | 91.50 | 47.20 |
Malaysia | 74 | 88.10 | 46.30 |
Togo | 75 | 87.50 | 36.50 |
Lesotho | 76 | 87.30 | 87.30 |
Namibia | 77 | 86.40 | 86.40 |
Cyprus | 78 | 85.10 | -14.90 |
Egypt | 79 | 84.50 | 49.90 |
Nicaragua | 80 | 81.70 | 16.00 |
Greece | 81 | 80.20 | -19.80 |
Mexico | 82 | 80.10 | 2.50 |
Sudan | 83 | 79.30 | 79.30 |
New Zealand | 84 | 78.90 | 15.10 |
Uganda | 85 | 77.70 | 66.00 |
Rwanda | 86 | 75.60 | 13.10 |
Venezuela | 86 | 75.60 | 25.80 |
Tanzania | 88 | 74.40 | 8.80 |
Kuwait | 89 | 73.90 | 39.70 |
Seychelles | 90 | 73.80 | 24.10 |
Gabon | 91 | 73.10 | 34.10 |
Ghana | 92 | 73.00 | 35.00 |
Eswatini | 93 | 72.40 | -27.60 |
Republic of Congo | 94 | 72.30 | 72.30 |
South Africa | 95 | 71.30 | 17.20 |
Jamaica | 96 | 70.90 | -22.50 |
Burundi | 97 | 69.70 | 1.80 |
Cote d'Ivoire | 98 | 69.00 | -31.00 |
Chad | 98 | 69.00 | 53.80 |
Cameroon | 100 | 67.90 | 30.70 |
Brazil | 101 | 66.90 | -33.10 |
Mauritania | 102 | 66.80 | 28.90 |
Equatorial Guinea | 103 | 66.60 | 41.80 |
Honduras | 104 | 66.50 | 51.70 |
Malawi | 105 | 66.30 | -21.40 |
Kazakhstan | 106 | 65.50 | -34.50 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 107 | 63.80 | 41.30 |
Moldova | 108 | 63.20 | -36.80 |
Mali | 109 | 62.60 | 15.40 |
Central African Republic | 110 | 62.10 | -16.80 |
Peru | 111 | 62.00 | -38.00 |
Gambia | 112 | 61.10 | 14.30 |
Djibouti | 113 | 61.00 | 6.60 |
Mauritius | 114 | 60.30 | 16.80 |
Dem. Rep. Congo | 115 | 60.20 | 21.10 |
Brunei Darussalam | 116 | 59.40 | 48.20 |
Saudi Arabia | 117 | 58.80 | 17.70 |
Guinea-Bissau | 118 | 58.20 | 14.30 |
Guinea | 118 | 58.20 | 23.40 |
United Arab Emirates | 120 | 57.70 | -14.30 |
Bahrain | 121 | 57.40 | 44.80 |
Burkina Faso | 122 | 56.10 | 21.90 |
Liberia | 122 | 56.10 | 5.10 |
Eritrea | 124 | 56.00 | -19.00 |
Colombia | 125 | 55.90 | -30.80 |
Turkey | 125 | 55.90 | -5.10 |
Comoros | 127 | 55.80 | 6.00 |
Sao Tome and Principe | 128 | 55.60 | 19.50 |
Suriname | 129 | 55.30 | -44.70 |
Madagascar | 130 | 54.40 | -13.40 |
Dominican Republic | 131 | 54.30 | -37.40 |
Sierra Leone | 132 | 53.40 | -2.80 |
Turkmenistan | 133 | 53.30 | -8.90 |
Iraq | 134 | 53.10 | -23.90 |
India | 135 | 51.50 | 24.60 |
Mozambique | 136 | 51.20 | 51.20 |
Ethiopia | 137 | 50.80 | 10.00 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 138 | 49.10 | 5.70 |
Nigeria | 138 | 49.10 | -50.90 |
Indonesia | 140 | 48.50 | 5.60 |
Kyrgyzstan | 140 | 48.50 | 9.70 |
Oman | 142 | 47.30 | -52.70 |
Botswana | 143 | 46.80 | -21.50 |
Philippines | 144 | 45.20 | -54.80 |
Cabo Verde | 145 | 42.90 | 0.90 |
Pakistan | 146 | 42.40 | -1.90 |
Tajikistan | 147 | 42.30 | 24.30 |
Tonga | 148 | 41.10 | -34.60 |
Maldives | 149 | 40.30 | 16.30 |
Angola | 150 | 39.00 | 30.10 |
Fiji | 151 | 37.30 | -62.70 |
Guatemala | 151 | 37.30 | -11.40 |
Timor-Leste | 151 | 37.30 | 37.30 |
Kiribati | 154 | 35.70 | -23.60 |
Solomon Islands | 155 | 35.30 | -64.70 |
Marshall Islands | 156 | 35.20 | -50.70 |
Georgia | 157 | 34.50 | -27.00 |
Micronesia | 158 | 34.20 | -63.80 |
Lebanon | 159 | 32.60 | -53.20 |
Bhutan | 160 | 31.90 | -16.40 |
Papua New Guinea | 161 | 31.10 | -19.10 |
Samoa | 162 | 29.90 | -43.40 |
Uzbekistan | 163 | 29.40 | -53.10 |
Vanuatu | 164 | 28.20 | -66.50 |
Zambia | 165 | 27.70 | -65.00 |
Armenia | 166 | 27.30 | -8.00 |
Viet Nam | 167 | 26.90 | -0.80 |
Laos | 168 | 20.60 | 20.60 |
Cambodia | 169 | 20.50 | 8.50 |
Sri Lanka | 170 | 18.00 | -42.40 |
Senegal | 171 | 15.70 | -29.40 |
Bangladesh | 172 | 12.60 | -29.60 |
Haiti | 173 | 10.80 | -44.70 |
Azerbaijan | 174 | 8.40 | -91.60 |
Benin | 175 | 7.80 | 4.90 |
Mongolia | 176 | 2.20 | -44.20 |
Afghanistan | 177 | 0 | NA |
Bolivia | 177 | 0 | -21.50 |
Nepal | 177 | 0 | -54.40 |
Myanmar | 177 | 0 | -42.10 |