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 |