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Turkey
RegionEastern Europe
GDP2393.96[PPP 2011$ billions]
GDP per capita28384.99[$]
Population84.34[millions]
Land Area781814.25[sq. km]

Country Scorecard

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Component Rank EPI Score 10-Year Change
EPI 172 26.30 -0.50
Ecosystem Vitality 176 20.30 -1.70
Biodiversity 178 7.50 0.10
Terrestrial biomes (natl) 178 1.10 NA
Terrestrial biomes (global) 178 1.40 NA
Marine protected areas 119 NA NA
Protected Areas Rep. Ind. 158 9.10 2.00
Biodiversity Habitat Index 132 37.30 NA
Species Protection Index 171 1.10 0.10
Species Habitat Index 72 87.10 -10.20
Ecosystem Services 111 22.00 -6.10
Tree cover loss 76 17.10 -5.10
Grassland loss 134 30.60 -8.00
Wetland loss 93 43.00 -10.20
Fisheries 125 9.50 -5.60
Fish Stock Status 102 6.90 -16.60
Marine Trophic Index 72 13.10 NA
Fish caught by trawling 59 8.20 1.50
Acidification 113 61.80 -1.20
SO2 growth rate 125 55.90 -5.10
NOx growth rate 84 67.70 2.60
Agriculture 75 39.10 2.20
Pesticide 113 20.90 NA
N Mgmt Index 32 57.40 4.50
Water Resources 52 30.50 NA
Wastewater treatment 52 30.50 NA
Health 60 47.80 7.10
Air Quality 58 44.60 9.50
PM2.5 117 23.60 7.10
Household solid fuels 42 75.70 14.70
Ozone 160 27.70 3.40
NOx 134 17.30 1.30
SO2 122 37.50 9.00
CO 70 57.80 6.40
VOC 73 40.10 -2.10
Sanitation Drinking Water 75 52.70 4.50
Sanitation 61 61.20 8.30
Drinking water 80 47.00 1.90
Heavy Metals 59 60.80 8.40
Lead 59 60.80 8.40
Waste Management 70 40.60 0.20
Solid waste 64 56.00 NA
Recycling 28 32.00 1.30
Ocean Plastics 113 18.30 -0.60
Climate Policy 166 21.50 -3.20
Climate Change 166 21.50 -3.20
CO2 growth rate 119 26.50 1.00
CH4 growth rate 156 18.60 -24.60
F-gas growth rate 48 69.60 17.30
N2O growth rate 174 6.20 -72.60
Black Carbon growth rate 1 100.00 34.40
Proj. GHG Emissions 170 0.10 -2.70
CO2 from land cover 76 48.60 -14.10
GHG intensity trend 83 51.10 4.30
GHG per capita 117 39.60 -6.10

Peer Comparisons

EPI Scores for this country and peers based on similar characteristics

Environmental Protection Index
Guatemala 28
Madagascar 28
Iraq 27.8
Ghana 27.7
Sudan 27.6
Turkey 26.3
Haiti 26.1
Liberia 24.9
Papua New Guinea 24.8
Pakistan 24.6
GDP per capita
Latvia 61.1
Croatia 60.2
Slovakia 60
Cyprus 58
Greece 56.2
Bahamas 56.2
Romania 56
Russia 37.5
Malaysia 35
Turkey 26.3
Issue Performance
Kuwait 42.4
Thailand 38.1
Russia 37.5
Samoa 36.4
Malaysia 35
Lebanon 32.2
Algeria 29.6
China 28.4
Morocco 28.4
Turkey 26.3
Government Effectiveness
Bulgaria 51.9
Grenada 47.9
Montenegro 46.9
Russia 37.5
Micronesia 37.4
Maldives 37.4
Sri Lanka 34.7
Senegal 33.9
Morocco 28.4
Turkey 26.3
Regulatory Quality
Bahamas 56.2
Moldova 42.7
Dominican Republic 42.2
Cabo Verde 41.9
El Salvador 40.8
Mongolia 29.6
Philippines 28.9
China 28.4
Ghana 27.7
Turkey 26.3
Voice and Accountability
Brunei Darussalam 45.7
Thailand 38.1
Guinea 31.6
Angola 30.5
Mauritania 28.1
Turkey 26.3
Haiti 26.1
Pakistan 24.6
Bangladesh 23.1
Myanmar 19.4
Rule of Law
Albania 47.1
Kazakhstan 40.9
Peru 39.8
Maldives 37.4
Gambia 36.4
Uganda 35.8
Egypt 35.5
Ethiopia 31.8
Indonesia 28.2
Turkey 26.3
Control of Corruption
Tonga 43.8
Brazil 43.6
Maldives 37.4
Gambia 36.4
Timor-Leste 35.1
Sierra Leone 32.7
Ethiopia 31.8
Morocco 28.4
Turkey 26.3
Viet Nam 20.1
Political Stability / Absence of Violence
Ukraine 49.6
Zimbabwe 46.2
Egypt 35.5
Cote d'Ivoire 32.8
Mozambique 31.7
Eritrea 31.7
Kenya 30.8
Chad 28.1
Turkey 26.3
Haiti 26.1
Eastern Europe
Lithuania 55.9
Hungary 55.1
North Macedonia 54.3
Bulgaria 51.9
Poland 50.6
Albania 47.1
Montenegro 46.9
Serbia 43.9
Bosnia and Herzegovina 39.4
Turkey 26.3
G-20
Mexico 45.5
Brazil 43.6
Argentina 41.1
Saudi Arabia 37.9
Russia 37.5
South Africa 37.2
China 28.4
Indonesia 28.2
Turkey 26.3
India 18.9
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EPI Report Year: 
2022
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TUR