Environmental Health
The Environmental Health policy objective measures how well countries are protecting their populations from environmental health risks. It comprises 25% of the total EPI score and is made up of four issue categories: Air Quality, Sanitation & Drinking Water, Heavy Metals, and Waste Management.
EPI MeasureEnvironmental Health
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| Country | Rank | EPI Score | 10-Year Change | Regional Rank | Regional Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 1 | 96.66 | 8.13 | 1 | 86.9 |
| Norway | 2 | 95.89 | 8.36 | 2 | 86.9 |
| Sweden | 2 | 95.89 | 7.5 | 2 | 86.9 |
| Iceland | 4 | 93.46 | 3.76 | 4 | 86.9 |
| Luxembourg | 5 | 92.53 | 15.74 | 5 | 86.9 |
| Denmark | 6 | 89.84 | 10.54 | 6 | 86.9 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 89.84 | 10.82 | 6 | 86.9 |
| Ireland | 8 | 89.23 | 8.16 | 8 | 86.9 |
| Canada | 9 | 89.06 | 5.34 | 9 | 86.9 |
| France | 10 | 88.72 | 9.06 | 10 | 86.9 |
| Switzerland | 11 | 88.66 | 8.87 | 11 | 86.9 |
| Australia | 12 | 87.76 | 3.04 | 12 | 86.9 |
| Belgium | 13 | 84.6 | 13.38 | 13 | 86.9 |
| United Kingdom | 14 | 84.39 | 5.99 | 14 | 86.9 |
| United States | 15 | 83.58 | 6.22 | 15 | 86.9 |
| New Zealand | 16 | 83.27 | 1.82 | 16 | 86.9 |
| Spain | 17 | 82.73 | 5.75 | 17 | 86.9 |
| Portugal | 18 | 82.06 | 7.88 | 18 | 86.9 |
| Japan | 19 | 81.54 | 3.35 | 1 | 43.11 |
| Germany | 20 | 80.67 | 10.07 | 19 | 86.9 |
| Austria | 21 | 79.0 | 10.58 | 20 | 86.9 |
| Italy | 22 | 78.04 | 7.2 | 21 | 86.9 |
| Israel | 23 | 77.08 | 4.64 | 1 | 47.98 |
| Malta | 24 | 76.02 | 7.78 | 22 | 86.9 |
| Estonia | 25 | 75.88 | 16.02 | 1 | 57.0 |
| South Korea | 26 | 75.64 | 4.31 | 2 | 43.11 |
| Greece | 27 | 75.16 | 6.69 | 2 | 57.0 |
| Singapore | 28 | 74.3 | 7.32 | 3 | 43.11 |
| Brunei Darussalam | 29 | 73.79 | 6.9 | 4 | 43.11 |
| Slovenia | 30 | 72.69 | 8.01 | 3 | 57.0 |
| Cyprus | 31 | 71.27 | 5.85 | 4 | 57.0 |
| Barbados | 32 | 69.15 | 1.46 | 1 | 47.67 |
| Czechia | 33 | 68.65 | 9.17 | 5 | 57.0 |
| Bahamas | 34 | 68.59 | 4.61 | 2 | 47.67 |
| Argentina | 35 | 66.35 | 10.93 | 3 | 47.67 |
| Slovakia | 35 | 66.35 | 9.99 | 6 | 57.0 |
| Antigua & Barbuda | 37 | 66.07 | 6.66 | 4 | 47.67 |
| Seychelles | 38 | 65.85 | 6.24 | 1 | 29.27 |
| Uruguay | 39 | 64.51 | 6.76 | 5 | 47.67 |
| Saint Kitts & Nevis | 40 | 63.51 | 6.95 | 6 | 47.67 |
| Chile | 41 | 61.59 | 6.53 | 7 | 47.67 |
| Trinidad & Tobago | 42 | 61.19 | 1.53 | 8 | 47.67 |
| Qatar | 43 | 60.86 | 2.14 | 2 | 47.98 |
| Taiwan | 44 | 60.11 | 5.37 | 5 | 43.11 |
| Poland | 45 | 60.0 | 9.52 | 7 | 57.0 |
| United Arab Emirates | 46 | 59.24 | 1.89 | 3 | 47.98 |
| Lithuania | 47 | 58.91 | 13.03 | 8 | 57.0 |
| Croatia | 48 | 57.74 | 6.5 | 9 | 57.0 |
| Jordan | 49 | 57.65 | 6.23 | 4 | 47.98 |
| Saint Lucia | 50 | 56.92 | 6.78 | 9 | 47.67 |
| Belarus | 51 | 56.77 | 13.51 | 1 | 40.13 |
| Russia | 52 | 56.43 | 12.16 | 2 | 40.13 |
| Oman | 53 | 55.82 | 4.81 | 5 | 47.98 |
| Costa Rica | 54 | 54.83 | 4.45 | 10 | 47.67 |
| Kuwait | 55 | 54.49 | 4.62 | 6 | 47.98 |
| Colombia | 56 | 54.41 | 7.17 | 11 | 47.67 |
| Mauritius | 57 | 54.37 | 4.57 | 2 | 29.27 |
| Latvia | 58 | 53.99 | 9.98 | 10 | 57.0 |
| Türkiye | 59 | 53.61 | 13.12 | 11 | 57.0 |
| Palau | 60 | 53.53 | 7.01 | 6 | 43.11 |
| St. Vincent & the Gren. | 61 | 52.85 | 8.67 | 12 | 47.67 |
| Romania | 62 | 52.33 | 9.9 | 12 | 57.0 |
| Dominica | 63 | 52.14 | 4.16 | 13 | 47.67 |
| Brazil | 64 | 51.31 | 6.38 | 14 | 47.67 |
| Algeria | 65 | 50.96 | 7.71 | 7 | 47.98 |
| Hungary | 66 | 50.5 | 7.63 | 13 | 57.0 |
| Malaysia | 67 | 50.37 | 6.48 | 7 | 43.11 |
| Bahrain | 68 | 50.07 | 4.65 | 8 | 47.98 |
| Comoros | 69 | 49.84 | 0.36 | 3 | 29.27 |
| Saudi Arabia | 70 | 49.77 | 7.0 | 9 | 47.98 |
| Grenada | 71 | 49.57 | 3.81 | 15 | 47.67 |
| Kiribati | 72 | 49.03 | 3.39 | 8 | 43.11 |
| Albania | 73 | 48.67 | 7.36 | 14 | 57.0 |
| Lebanon | 74 | 47.76 | 2.72 | 10 | 47.98 |
| Panama | 74 | 47.76 | 6.87 | 16 | 47.67 |
| Ukraine | 76 | 47.63 | 9.77 | 3 | 40.13 |
| Tonga | 77 | 46.71 | 0.47 | 9 | 43.11 |
| Bulgaria | 78 | 46.64 | 6.62 | 15 | 57.0 |
| Peru | 79 | 46.1 | 0.68 | 17 | 47.67 |
| Montenegro | 80 | 45.93 | 6.38 | 16 | 57.0 |
| Tunisia | 81 | 45.28 | 4.23 | 11 | 47.98 |
| Maldives | 82 | 45.25 | 8.33 | 1 | 25.27 |
| Kazakhstan | 83 | 45.21 | 10.48 | 4 | 40.13 |
| Thailand | 84 | 45.05 | 6.66 | 10 | 43.11 |
| Samoa | 85 | 44.58 | 0.1 | 11 | 43.11 |
| Iran | 86 | 44.13 | 6.25 | 12 | 47.98 |
| Serbia | 87 | 43.92 | 6.6 | 17 | 57.0 |
| Turkmenistan | 88 | 43.85 | 7.18 | 5 | 40.13 |
| Armenia | 89 | 43.63 | 13.09 | 6 | 40.13 |
| Mexico | 90 | 42.4 | 1.55 | 18 | 47.67 |
| North Macedonia | 91 | 41.85 | 9.3 | 18 | 57.0 |
| Ecuador | 92 | 41.11 | -0.85 | 19 | 47.67 |
| China | 93 | 40.36 | 8.5 | 12 | 43.11 |
| Jamaica | 94 | 39.99 | 1.83 | 20 | 47.67 |
| Kenya | 95 | 39.85 | 2.41 | 4 | 29.27 |
| Mozambique | 96 | 39.05 | 2.93 | 5 | 29.27 |
| Botswana | 97 | 39.03 | 7.13 | 6 | 29.27 |
| Georgia | 98 | 39.02 | 7.84 | 7 | 40.13 |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina | 99 | 38.83 | 4.38 | 19 | 57.0 |
| Moldova | 100 | 38.27 | 7.01 | 8 | 40.13 |
| Suriname | 101 | 38.09 | 4.22 | 21 | 47.67 |
| Paraguay | 102 | 37.95 | 0.6 | 22 | 47.67 |
| Belize | 103 | 37.78 | 1.24 | 23 | 47.67 |
| Fiji | 104 | 37.76 | 3.26 | 13 | 43.11 |
| Viet Nam | 105 | 36.71 | 1.6 | 14 | 43.11 |
| Tanzania | 106 | 36.61 | 4.42 | 7 | 29.27 |
| Nicaragua | 107 | 36.16 | 2.04 | 24 | 47.67 |
| Zimbabwe | 108 | 35.94 | 4.1 | 8 | 29.27 |
| Guyana | 109 | 35.67 | 7.5 | 25 | 47.67 |
| Bolivia | 110 | 35.23 | 5.03 | 26 | 47.67 |
| São Tomé & Príncipe | 111 | 34.3 | 2.16 | 9 | 29.27 |
| Morocco | 112 | 34.29 | 9.07 | 13 | 47.98 |
| Malawi | 113 | 34.28 | 3.08 | 10 | 29.27 |
| Madagascar | 114 | 34.18 | 3.28 | 11 | 29.27 |
| Gabon | 115 | 33.73 | 3.51 | 12 | 29.27 |
| Iraq | 115 | 33.73 | 4.57 | 14 | 47.98 |
| El Salvador | 117 | 33.65 | 1.19 | 27 | 47.67 |
| Vanuatu | 118 | 33.53 | 0.8 | 15 | 43.11 |
| Ethiopia | 119 | 33.46 | 0.95 | 13 | 29.27 |
| Timor-Leste | 120 | 33.42 | 1.86 | 16 | 43.11 |
| Cabo Verde | 121 | 33.4 | 1.03 | 14 | 29.27 |
| Uganda | 122 | 33.14 | 2.94 | 15 | 29.27 |
| Dominican Republic | 123 | 32.86 | 0.77 | 28 | 47.67 |
| Mongolia | 124 | 32.67 | 7.92 | 17 | 43.11 |
| Cambodia | 125 | 32.38 | 0.43 | 18 | 43.11 |
| Namibia | 126 | 32.1 | 4.48 | 16 | 29.27 |
| Sri Lanka | 127 | 31.93 | 1.36 | 2 | 25.27 |
| Azerbaijan | 128 | 31.79 | 5.49 | 9 | 40.13 |
| South Africa | 129 | 31.32 | 6.31 | 17 | 29.27 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 130 | 31.31 | 5.77 | 10 | 40.13 |
| Burkina Faso | 131 | 30.59 | 1.23 | 18 | 29.27 |
| Uzbekistan | 132 | 30.15 | 4.48 | 11 | 40.13 |
| Honduras | 133 | 29.79 | 1.05 | 29 | 47.67 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 134 | 29.78 | 1.23 | 19 | 29.27 |
| Eswatini | 135 | 29.37 | 4.53 | 20 | 29.27 |
| Senegal | 136 | 29.29 | -0.11 | 21 | 29.27 |
| Djibouti | 137 | 28.85 | 1.98 | 22 | 29.27 |
| Egypt | 138 | 28.51 | 3.52 | 15 | 47.98 |
| Guatemala | 139 | 28.43 | 0.33 | 30 | 47.67 |
| Bhutan | 140 | 27.87 | 6.14 | 3 | 25.27 |
| Rwanda | 141 | 27.75 | 0.53 | 23 | 29.27 |
| Burundi | 142 | 27.29 | 1.39 | 24 | 29.27 |
| Indonesia | 143 | 26.69 | 5.18 | 19 | 43.11 |
| Zambia | 144 | 26.53 | 0.62 | 25 | 29.27 |
| Solomon Islands | 145 | 26.46 | -0.2 | 20 | 43.11 |
| Papua New Guinea | 146 | 26.39 | 1.6 | 21 | 43.11 |
| Benin | 147 | 25.93 | 2.59 | 26 | 29.27 |
| Ghana | 148 | 25.38 | -1.46 | 27 | 29.27 |
| Angola | 149 | 24.93 | 3.92 | 28 | 29.27 |
| Afghanistan | 150 | 24.66 | 2.01 | 4 | 25.27 |
| Dem. Rep. Congo | 151 | 24.2 | 2.2 | 29 | 29.27 |
| Liberia | 152 | 23.91 | 1.67 | 30 | 29.27 |
| Gambia | 153 | 23.87 | -2.03 | 31 | 29.27 |
| Lesotho | 154 | 23.8 | 0.84 | 32 | 29.27 |
| Philippines | 155 | 23.58 | 1.69 | 22 | 43.11 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 156 | 23.55 | 0.01 | 33 | 29.27 |
| Nepal | 157 | 23.46 | 2.59 | 5 | 25.27 |
| Mali | 158 | 22.95 | 0.22 | 34 | 29.27 |
| Guinea | 159 | 22.77 | 2.16 | 35 | 29.27 |
| Haiti | 160 | 21.76 | 1.1 | 31 | 47.67 |
| Sierra Leone | 161 | 21.62 | 1.3 | 36 | 29.27 |
| Togo | 162 | 21.1 | -0.68 | 37 | 29.27 |
| Mauritania | 163 | 20.58 | 1.6 | 38 | 29.27 |
| Bangladesh | 164 | 19.31 | 1.1 | 6 | 25.27 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 165 | 18.94 | 0.5 | 39 | 29.27 |
| Republic of Congo | 166 | 18.33 | 0.5 | 40 | 29.27 |
| Nigeria | 167 | 18.25 | 2.88 | 41 | 29.27 |
| Cameroon | 168 | 18.2 | 2.25 | 42 | 29.27 |
| Sudan | 169 | 18.01 | 4.59 | 16 | 47.98 |
| Central African Rep. | 170 | 17.6 | -0.02 | 43 | 29.27 |
| Tajikistan | 171 | 17.48 | -1.97 | 12 | 40.13 |
| Niger | 172 | 16.61 | 0.84 | 44 | 29.27 |
| Myanmar | 173 | 15.71 | 0.37 | 23 | 43.11 |
| India | 174 | 15.13 | 2.72 | 7 | 25.27 |
| Chad | 175 | 14.57 | 0.62 | 45 | 29.27 |
| Pakistan | 175 | 14.57 | 2.9 | 8 | 25.27 |
| Laos | 177 | 14.32 | -0.06 | 24 | 43.11 |
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