Waste Management

 

The Waste Management issue category recognizes the threats of solid waste to human and environmental health. It is based on three indicators: controlled solid waste, recycling rates, and ocean plastic pollution.

 
Waste Management
 
Country Rank EPI Score 10-Year Change
Luxembourg 1 79.10 NA
Austria 2 77.40 0.10
Switzerland 3 76.40 0.10
Czech Republic 4 74.90 0.40
Iceland 5 73.90 2.80
South Korea 6 72.00 3.00
Singapore 7 71.70 2.70
Sweden 8 70.80 3.20
Norway 9 70.70 3.40
Finland 10 69.60 2.90
Germany 11 69.00 1.30
Australia 11 69.00 3.10
Denmark 13 68.30 2.90
Belgium 14 68.00 2.70
Ireland 15 67.90 2.90
Lithuania 16 67.40 3.10
Mauritius 16 67.40 3.90
Estonia 18 66.70 0.30
Slovenia 18 66.70 0.20
Netherlands 20 66.20 2.70
France 21 63.80 2.70
Poland 22 63.70 2.10
Malta 23 63.50 2.90
Latvia 24 63.00 0.10
Israel 25 62.70 2.60
United Kingdom 26 62.60 1.90
Portugal 27 62.50 3.40
Bahrain 28 62.40 2.40
Antigua and Barbuda 29 62.30 0.40
Slovakia 30 62.20 0.10
Spain 31 61.40 3.20
New Zealand 32 60.90 3.00
Italy 33 60.60 1.30
Qatar 33 60.60 0.40
Colombia 35 60.30 3.20
Saudi Arabia 35 60.30 1.70
Greece 37 59.90 3.10
Brunei Darussalam 38 59.70 0.40
Canada 39 59.50 2.40
Taiwan 40 59.20 3.00
Barbados 41 59.00 2.80
Cyprus 42 58.90 0.60
Bulgaria 43 58.80 0.40
Saint Lucia 44 55.40 2.00
Croatia 45 55.30 2.20
United States of America 46 54.30 2.70
Japan 47 52.80 0.30
Costa Rica 48 52.50 2.90
El Salvador 49 52.10 3.00
Samoa 50 51.20 3.10
Grenada 51 51.10 2.00
Bolivia 52 50.00 1.00
Belarus 53 49.10 0.20
Dominica 54 48.50 2.20
Turkmenistan 54 48.50 0.50
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 56 47.40 0.50
Equatorial Guinea 57 46.50 0.80
Chile 58 46.40 0.10
Romania 59 45.60 -3.30
Lebanon 60 44.40 0.10
Seychelles 60 44.40 2.30
Mexico 62 43.50 -0.70
United Arab Emirates 63 43.40 -2.00
Bhutan 63 43.40 NA
Hungary 63 43.40 0.40
Georgia 66 43.10 4.40
Argentina 67 42.40 NA
North Macedonia 68 42.10 NA
Paraguay 69 41.00 0.50
Turkey 70 40.60 0.20
Serbia 71 40.30 NA
Jordan 72 40.00 0.30
South Africa 73 39.20 -0.40
Marshall Islands 74 38.80 1.50
Brazil 75 38.70 1.20
Panama 76 38.60 0.60
Ecuador 77 38.50 1.20
Uruguay 77 38.50 2.10
Armenia 79 37.50 0.70
Vanuatu 80 36.50 -0.30
Bahamas 81 36.20 -0.30
Mauritania 82 35.50 3.30
Fiji 83 34.00 1.20
Malaysia 84 33.80 0.40
Guyana 85 33.70 NA
Oman 86 32.80 -1.00
Kuwait 87 32.30 -1.50
Algeria 88 32.00 -0.30
Ukraine 88 32.00 -0.20
Tonga 90 31.70 2.90
Bosnia and Herzegovina 91 30.90 0.70
Azerbaijan 92 30.80 0.40
Morocco 92 30.80 1.40
Gabon 94 30.50 -1.00
Benin 95 29.70 -1.50
Indonesia 96 29.50 0.30
Iran 97 28.70 -0.10
China 98 28.60 -0.20
Cuba 98 28.60 0.30
Thailand 100 28.50 0.30
Honduras 101 28.40 1.80
Sudan 102 28.10 -5.20
Jamaica 103 28.00 1.30
Kazakhstan 104 27.70 0.30
Peru 104 27.70 0.50
Russia 104 27.70 3.10
Botswana 107 27.30 0.40
Namibia 108 26.50 -1.80
Tunisia 109 26.20 0.90
Papua New Guinea 110 25.80 0.80
Viet Nam 111 25.60 1.40
Maldives 112 25.00 2.10
Nepal 113 24.70 0.20
Cabo Verde 114 24.10 3.20
Republic of Congo 115 23.70 -1.80
Belize 116 23.40 0.50
Philippines 116 23.40 -0.80
Iraq 118 21.10 1.10
Guatemala 119 20.60 -0.20
Sao Tome and Principe 120 20.40 0.90
Egypt 121 19.80 -0.80
Nicaragua 122 19.30 1.10
Sri Lanka 123 19.10 1.00
Guinea 124 18.90 0.90
Timor-Leste 125 18.30 -0.90
Dominican Republic 126 18.20 0.90
Kiribati 126 18.20 -0.20
Moldova 128 17.70 1.50
Djibouti 129 16.90 0.40
Burkina Faso 130 16.70 1.10
Laos 130 16.70 0.90
Suriname 132 15.90 -0.50
Uzbekistan 132 15.90 0.10
Pakistan 134 15.80 -2.30
Mongolia 135 15.70 1.60
Comoros 136 15.50 0.90
Montenegro 136 15.50 1.70
Cameroon 138 15.40 -3.00
Eritrea 139 15.30 3.20
Micronesia 140 14.90 -4.60
Eswatini 141 14.60 0.10
Gambia 142 14.50 1.20
Guinea-Bissau 143 14.30 1.30
Cambodia 144 13.70 -2.20
Ghana 145 13.60 2.30
Albania 146 13.40 1.40
Kenya 147 13.30 -1.80
Trinidad and Tobago 147 13.30 1.00
Zimbabwe 147 13.30 1.20
Uganda 150 13.20 1.00
India 151 12.90 0.60
Nigeria 152 12.70 0.80
Venezuela 153 12.10 -0.40
Sierra Leone 153 12.10 0.50
Liberia 155 11.90 0.60
Senegal 156 11.20 0.50
Madagascar 156 11.20 1.00
Solomon Islands 158 11.10 0.90
Cote d'Ivoire 159 11.00 -0.50
Bangladesh 160 10.50 1.00
Tanzania 161 10.40 -0.20
Togo 162 10.30 -0.30
Mozambique 163 9.80 0.20
Angola 164 9.60 -2.90
Haiti 165 9.40 1.00
Niger 166 8.40 0.70
Myanmar 167 8.20 -0.90
Kyrgyzstan 168 7.20 0.60
Zambia 169 6.90 0.70
Tajikistan 170 6.40 0.60
Lesotho 171 5.90 0.50
Chad 172 5.10 0.20
Ethiopia 173 5.00 0.80
Mali 174 4.50 0.30
Rwanda 174 4.50 0.70
Afghanistan 176 4.40 0.40
Dem. Rep. Congo 177 4.10 0.50
Malawi 178 3.50 0.50
Central African Republic 179 3.40 0.50
Burundi 180 2.70 0.50