Pesticide pollution risk
This indicator summarizes the risk to biodiversity from pesticide pollution and is calculated as the geometric mean of a country’s pesticide risk scores. A score of 100 indicates minimal risk, and a score of 0 indicates worst performance. Data come from Maggi & Tang (2024) and Tang et al. (2021).
EPI MeasurePesticide Pollution Risk
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| Country | Rank | EPI Score | 10-Year Change | Regional Rank | Regional Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1 | 99.58 | -0.09 | 1 | 72.89 |
| Mali | 2 | 99.22 | 0.14 | 2 | 72.89 |
| Haiti | 3 | 98.26 | 4.92 | 1 | 47.42 |
| Angola | 4 | 97.81 | 0.76 | 3 | 72.89 |
| Timor-Leste | 5 | 97.12 | 2.16 | 1 | 53.06 |
| Namibia | 6 | 97.03 | -2.03 | 4 | 72.89 |
| Mauritania | 7 | 95.67 | -1.52 | 5 | 72.89 |
| Mozambique | 8 | 94.17 | -1.04 | 6 | 72.89 |
| Botswana | 9 | 93.76 | -3.84 | 7 | 72.89 |
| Central African Rep. | 10 | 93.71 | -0.94 | 8 | 72.89 |
| Uganda | 11 | 92.74 | -4.93 | 9 | 72.89 |
| Burkina Faso | 12 | 90.22 | -3.72 | 10 | 72.89 |
| Mongolia | 13 | 88.1 | -8.76 | 2 | 53.06 |
| Senegal | 14 | 86.47 | -1.09 | 11 | 72.89 |
| Djibouti | 15 | 86.34 | 17.48 | 12 | 72.89 |
| Zambia | 16 | 85.87 | 11.34 | 13 | 72.89 |
| Romania | 17 | 84.44 | 2.03 | 1 | 65.59 |
| Iraq | 18 | 84.25 | -6.29 | 1 | 56.79 |
| Lesotho | 19 | 83.97 | -0.93 | 14 | 72.89 |
| Kenya | 20 | 83.83 | -1.38 | 15 | 72.89 |
| Guinea | 21 | 81.41 | -14.2 | 16 | 72.89 |
| Ireland | 22 | 80.93 | -1.85 | 1 | 60.77 |
| Zimbabwe | 23 | 80.77 | -2.74 | 17 | 72.89 |
| Madagascar | 24 | 80.55 | -9.44 | 18 | 72.89 |
| Luxembourg | 25 | 80.33 | -4.3 | 2 | 60.77 |
| Paraguay | 26 | 79.74 | -6.12 | 2 | 47.42 |
| Slovakia | 27 | 79.58 | -2.5 | 2 | 65.59 |
| Croatia | 28 | 78.23 | -0.62 | 3 | 65.59 |
| Comoros | 29 | 77.78 | 0.0 | 19 | 72.89 |
| Kiribati | 29 | 77.78 | 0.0 | 3 | 53.06 |
| Maldives | 29 | 77.78 | 0.0 | 1 | 58.03 |
| Palau | 29 | 77.78 | 0.0 | 3 | 53.06 |
| Saint Kitts & Nevis | 29 | 77.78 | 0.0 | 3 | 47.42 |
| Samoa | 29 | 77.78 | 0.0 | 3 | 53.06 |
| Seychelles | 29 | 77.78 | 0.0 | 19 | 72.89 |
| St. Vincent & the Gren. | 29 | 77.78 | 0.0 | 3 | 47.42 |
| Niger | 37 | 77.67 | -13.35 | 21 | 72.89 |
| Burundi | 38 | 77.07 | -7.7 | 22 | 72.89 |
| United Kingdom | 39 | 77.03 | -6.57 | 3 | 60.77 |
| Sweden | 40 | 76.55 | -1.79 | 4 | 60.77 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 41 | 76.34 | -13.68 | 23 | 72.89 |
| Togo | 42 | 76.06 | -5.97 | 24 | 72.89 |
| Lithuania | 43 | 76.05 | 1.85 | 4 | 65.59 |
| Hungary | 44 | 75.62 | 1.93 | 5 | 65.59 |
| Papua New Guinea | 45 | 75.21 | 7.3 | 6 | 53.06 |
| Kuwait | 46 | 74.98 | -9.28 | 2 | 56.79 |
| Bhutan | 47 | 74.89 | -10.81 | 2 | 58.03 |
| Sudan | 48 | 74.75 | -8.49 | 3 | 56.79 |
| Algeria | 49 | 74.61 | -2.08 | 4 | 56.79 |
| Uruguay | 50 | 73.84 | 0.43 | 5 | 47.42 |
| South Africa | 51 | 73.52 | 0.58 | 25 | 72.89 |
| Latvia | 52 | 73.41 | -4.69 | 6 | 65.59 |
| Belarus | 53 | 73.14 | 2.47 | 1 | 58.81 |
| Chad | 54 | 72.98 | 12.55 | 26 | 72.89 |
| Turkmenistan | 55 | 72.26 | -14.3 | 2 | 58.81 |
| Laos | 56 | 72.23 | 0.03 | 7 | 53.06 |
| Portugal | 57 | 72.06 | -0.38 | 5 | 60.77 |
| Poland | 58 | 72.04 | 0.91 | 7 | 65.59 |
| Eswatini | 59 | 71.77 | 0.23 | 27 | 72.89 |
| Benin | 60 | 71.72 | -7.29 | 28 | 72.89 |
| Austria | 61 | 71.56 | -3.69 | 6 | 60.77 |
| Denmark | 62 | 71.23 | -3.76 | 7 | 60.77 |
| Slovenia | 63 | 70.88 | -3.17 | 8 | 65.59 |
| Czechia | 64 | 70.55 | -3.94 | 9 | 65.59 |
| Bulgaria | 65 | 70.08 | -15.61 | 10 | 65.59 |
| Estonia | 66 | 68.74 | -2.01 | 11 | 65.59 |
| Spain | 67 | 67.79 | -0.64 | 8 | 60.77 |
| Nepal | 68 | 67.03 | -18.57 | 3 | 58.03 |
| Kazakhstan | 69 | 66.4 | -21.16 | 3 | 58.81 |
| Republic of Congo | 70 | 66.13 | 9.39 | 29 | 72.89 |
| Moldova | 71 | 65.95 | -0.49 | 4 | 58.81 |
| Rwanda | 72 | 65.86 | -3.01 | 30 | 72.89 |
| Malawi | 73 | 65.84 | -7.36 | 31 | 72.89 |
| Albania | 74 | 65.73 | -1.24 | 12 | 65.59 |
| Germany | 75 | 65.37 | -1.42 | 9 | 60.77 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 76 | 64.93 | 10.13 | 32 | 72.89 |
| Ghana | 77 | 64.89 | -3.95 | 33 | 72.89 |
| Ukraine | 78 | 64.68 | 1.63 | 5 | 58.81 |
| Azerbaijan | 79 | 64.17 | -16.54 | 6 | 58.81 |
| Montenegro | 80 | 64.14 | -10.89 | 13 | 65.59 |
| Ethiopia | 81 | 62.78 | -2.81 | 34 | 72.89 |
| Oman | 82 | 62.76 | -0.34 | 5 | 56.79 |
| Morocco | 83 | 62.33 | -3.65 | 6 | 56.79 |
| New Zealand | 84 | 62.25 | 3.41 | 10 | 60.77 |
| Belgium | 85 | 61.63 | -0.5 | 11 | 60.77 |
| Sri Lanka | 86 | 61.28 | 6.33 | 4 | 58.03 |
| Italy | 87 | 61.23 | -4.46 | 12 | 60.77 |
| China | 88 | 60.5 | -10.7 | 8 | 53.06 |
| France | 89 | 59.85 | 3.21 | 13 | 60.77 |
| Tunisia | 90 | 59.72 | 4.71 | 7 | 56.79 |
| Viet Nam | 91 | 59.44 | 1.35 | 9 | 53.06 |
| Indonesia | 92 | 59.32 | -5.87 | 10 | 53.06 |
| Cameroon | 93 | 59.06 | 2.79 | 35 | 72.89 |
| Finland | 94 | 58.98 | -1.61 | 14 | 60.77 |
| Australia | 95 | 58.97 | 1.45 | 15 | 60.77 |
| Nicaragua | 96 | 58.83 | 7.9 | 6 | 47.42 |
| Bahrain | 97 | 58.45 | -2.6 | 8 | 56.79 |
| Myanmar | 98 | 58.04 | -11.12 | 11 | 53.06 |
| Dem. Rep. Congo | 99 | 57.8 | -6.96 | 36 | 72.89 |
| United States | 100 | 57.76 | 0.85 | 16 | 60.77 |
| Tajikistan | 101 | 57.24 | -25.35 | 7 | 58.81 |
| North Macedonia | 102 | 56.73 | 3.19 | 14 | 65.59 |
| Bangladesh | 103 | 56.59 | -17.59 | 5 | 58.03 |
| Netherlands | 104 | 55.88 | -1.75 | 17 | 60.77 |
| Jamaica | 105 | 55.59 | 2.02 | 7 | 47.42 |
| Dominican Republic | 106 | 55.4 | 5.46 | 8 | 47.42 |
| Gambia | 107 | 54.98 | -12.42 | 37 | 72.89 |
| Panama | 108 | 53.94 | 4.27 | 9 | 47.42 |
| Brazil | 109 | 53.48 | 10.67 | 10 | 47.42 |
| Saudi Arabia | 110 | 53.07 | -8.18 | 9 | 56.79 |
| Russia | 111 | 52.96 | -15.19 | 8 | 58.81 |
| Sierra Leone | 112 | 52.82 | -19.0 | 38 | 72.89 |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina | 113 | 52.09 | -10.95 | 15 | 65.59 |
| Afghanistan | 114 | 51.99 | -8.65 | 6 | 58.03 |
| Cabo Verde | 115 | 51.85 | 18.74 | 39 | 72.89 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 116 | 51.75 | -28.94 | 9 | 58.81 |
| Guyana | 117 | 51.38 | -17.98 | 11 | 47.42 |
| Switzerland | 118 | 50.89 | -7.69 | 18 | 60.77 |
| Iran | 119 | 50.17 | -4.25 | 10 | 56.79 |
| El Salvador | 120 | 50.11 | -6.02 | 12 | 47.42 |
| Mexico | 121 | 50.08 | -4.88 | 13 | 47.42 |
| Greece | 122 | 50.05 | -5.42 | 16 | 65.59 |
| Jordan | 123 | 49.87 | -2.76 | 11 | 56.79 |
| Philippines | 124 | 49.83 | 0.34 | 12 | 53.06 |
| Liberia | 125 | 49.81 | -22.88 | 40 | 72.89 |
| Guatemala | 126 | 49.45 | -0.78 | 14 | 47.42 |
| Armenia | 127 | 49.33 | -16.97 | 10 | 58.81 |
| Costa Rica | 128 | 49.12 | 14.13 | 15 | 47.42 |
| Cambodia | 129 | 48.61 | -17.13 | 13 | 53.06 |
| Cyprus | 129 | 48.61 | -6.64 | 17 | 65.59 |
| South Korea | 131 | 48.26 | 6.87 | 14 | 53.06 |
| Colombia | 132 | 48.16 | 8.07 | 16 | 47.42 |
| Thailand | 133 | 47.54 | -10.57 | 15 | 53.06 |
| Nigeria | 134 | 47.25 | -8.87 | 41 | 72.89 |
| Iceland | 135 | 46.78 | 17.01 | 19 | 60.77 |
| Serbia | 136 | 46.3 | -12.03 | 18 | 65.59 |
| Singapore | 137 | 46.02 | 7.38 | 16 | 53.06 |
| India | 138 | 45.75 | -17.16 | 7 | 58.03 |
| Uzbekistan | 139 | 45.71 | -24.88 | 11 | 58.81 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 140 | 45.49 | -6.4 | 42 | 72.89 |
| Israel | 141 | 45.24 | 8.0 | 12 | 56.79 |
| São Tomé & Príncipe | 142 | 44.84 | 16.19 | 43 | 72.89 |
| Egypt | 143 | 44.35 | -4.83 | 13 | 56.79 |
| Chile | 144 | 43.18 | -17.46 | 17 | 47.42 |
| Türkiye | 145 | 42.91 | -14.94 | 19 | 65.59 |
| Bolivia | 146 | 42.75 | -10.08 | 18 | 47.42 |
| Vanuatu | 147 | 42.28 | 11.91 | 17 | 53.06 |
| Georgia | 148 | 42.08 | -13.22 | 12 | 58.81 |
| Solomon Islands | 149 | 42.06 | 8.45 | 18 | 53.06 |
| Belize | 150 | 42.0 | 2.84 | 19 | 47.42 |
| Honduras | 151 | 41.35 | 0.15 | 20 | 47.42 |
| Antigua & Barbuda | 152 | 41.19 | 11.83 | 21 | 47.42 |
| Qatar | 153 | 39.88 | -3.08 | 14 | 56.79 |
| Malta | 154 | 39.48 | -6.03 | 20 | 60.77 |
| Japan | 155 | 38.45 | 9.09 | 19 | 53.06 |
| Dominica | 156 | 38.04 | 18.27 | 22 | 47.42 |
| Lebanon | 157 | 37.54 | -3.73 | 15 | 56.79 |
| Peru | 158 | 37.4 | 1.43 | 23 | 47.42 |
| United Arab Emirates | 159 | 36.71 | 5.18 | 16 | 56.79 |
| Taiwan | 160 | 34.79 | 4.76 | 20 | 53.06 |
| Ecuador | 161 | 34.19 | -4.79 | 24 | 47.42 |
| Canada | 162 | 33.57 | -7.9 | 21 | 60.77 |
| Gabon | 163 | 32.31 | 13.71 | 44 | 72.89 |
| Fiji | 164 | 30.28 | 3.01 | 21 | 53.06 |
| Argentina | 165 | 29.51 | -7.83 | 25 | 47.42 |
| Trinidad & Tobago | 166 | 29.14 | 6.45 | 26 | 47.42 |
| Pakistan | 167 | 28.9 | -5.87 | 8 | 58.03 |
| Suriname | 168 | 28.3 | 7.78 | 27 | 47.42 |
| Norway | 169 | 26.78 | -5.44 | 22 | 60.77 |
| Bahamas | 170 | 23.35 | -0.23 | 28 | 47.42 |
| Brunei Darussalam | 171 | 22.43 | 6.29 | 22 | 53.06 |
| Saint Lucia | 172 | 21.67 | -1.07 | 29 | 47.42 |
| Grenada | 173 | 21.65 | 17.5 | 30 | 47.42 |
| Malaysia | 174 | 19.68 | 5.08 | 23 | 53.06 |
| Mauritius | 175 | 17.56 | 17.56 | 45 | 72.89 |
| Barbados | 176 | 13.47 | 13.47 | 31 | 47.42 |
| Tonga | 177 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 24 | 53.06 |
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