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Heavy Metals

The Heavy Metals issue category measures the direct impacts of heavy metal pollution exposure on human health in each country. It is based on one indicator, lead exposure.

country rank Score 10y ∆
Israel 1 100.0 6.6
Japan 1 100.0 0.0
Norway 1 100.0 7.5
Sweden 1 100.0 4.2
Finland 5 99.3 4.8
Netherlands 6 99.0 6.1
Denmark 7 98.8 7.7
Canada 8 97.3 4.5
Luxembourg 9 97.0 7.8
Iceland 10 95.7 8.7
United Kingdom 10 95.7 6.8
France 12 94.8 6.7
Germany 13 94.6 5.2
Chile 14 94.0 5.7
Ireland 15 93.2 10.2
Slovenia 16 92.5 6.7
Switzerland 17 92.2 6.9
Austria 18 88.3 6.6
Australia 19 86.3 6.9
South Korea 20 85.4 8.2
Belgium 21 81.3 8.0
Czech Republic 22 80.9 6.1
New Zealand 23 80.8 5.0
Italy 24 79.6 5.4
Singapore 25 78.6 9.7
United States of America 25 78.6 3.5
Spain 27 77.8 5.5
Thailand 28 75.4 4.0
Tonga 29 74.0 3.1
Argentina 30 72.8 5.3
Taiwan 31 71.8 4.2
Portugal 32 71.6 7.5
Lithuania 33 71.5 7.1
Estonia 34 68.8 5.9
Peru 35 68.3 2.1
Croatia 36 68.1 6.9
Latvia 36 68.1 5.7
Greece 38 67.3 5.3
Cyprus 39 67.1 7.6
Slovakia 39 67.1 4.9
Barbados 41 65.7 3.1
Colombia 42 65.3 5.4
Poland 42 65.3 5.5
Sri Lanka 44 65.2 4.9
Trinidad and Tobago 44 65.2 3.5
Brunei Darussalam 46 65.0 6.0
Qatar 47 64.8 9.5
Uruguay 48 64.7 3.0
Costa Rica 49 64.4 5.5
Malta 50 63.7 7.9
Lebanon 51 62.4 4.9
Ecuador 52 62.3 8.0
Hungary 53 61.9 5.2
Russia 54 61.8 7.9
Panama 55 61.6 3.6
Ukraine 56 60.7 5.2
Kuwait 57 60.3 6.9
Fiji 58 59.6 3.3
Seychelles 58 59.6 6.0
Kazakhstan 60 58.6 8.3
Samoa 61 58.2 1.3
Mauritius 62 57.6 2.4
Brazil 63 57.4 6.9
Maldives 64 57.3 6.0
Montenegro 65 56.1 1.0
Armenia 66 54.8 5.7
Belize 67 54.3 4.1
Serbia 68 54.1 4.2
Bahamas 69 53.9 4.0
Romania 70 53.4 5.7
Belarus 71 53.0 5.0
Paraguay 72 52.6 3.9
Turkiye 73 52.2 3.4
Papua New Guinea 74 51.7 2.5
Albania 75 51.5 0.9
Malaysia 76 51.3 3.2
Moldova 77 51.2 5.2
Kiribati 78 50.3 2.0
United Arab Emirates 79 49.9 14.0
Mexico 80 49.1 2.8
Bosnia and Herzegovina 81 48.8 4.0
South Africa 82 48.6 4.8
Antigua and Barbuda 83 48.5 2.6
Bahrain 84 48.0 6.5
Nicaragua 85 47.6 6.6
Nigeria 86 47.0 2.6
Azerbaijan 87 46.8 6.7
Micronesia 88 45.8 2.4
Kenya 89 45.7 4.0
Cabo Verde 90 45.2 -1.4
Cuba 91 45.0 2.2
Dominica 92 44.8 2.1
Saint Lucia 93 44.3 1.6
Uzbekistan 93 44.3 5.2
Marshall Islands 95 44.2 3.2
Tanzania 96 44.1 2.9
Bolivia 97 43.3 2.6
Viet Nam 97 43.3 2.9
Kyrgyzstan 99 43.1 5.6
North Macedonia 100 43.0 6.2
Jordan 101 42.8 5.0
Jamaica 102 42.7 0.3
Turkmenistan 103 41.9 2.3
Mongolia 104 41.8 8.6
Philippines 105 41.6 1.4
Gabon 106 41.4 3.8
Mauritania 107 40.8 0.9
Suriname 108 39.7 5.5
El Salvador 109 39.6 1.5
Equatorial Guinea 110 39.5 1.7
Ghana 110 39.5 4.0
China 112 39.4 4.7
Comoros 113 39.0 2.4
Uganda 114 38.3 2.8
Guatemala 115 38.2 4.5
Venezuela 115 38.2 -1.8
Benin 117 38.1 2.4
Sao Tome and Principe 117 38.1 2.3
Botswana 119 37.3 7.0
Bulgaria 119 37.3 4.0
Georgia 121 37.0 5.9
Grenada 122 36.9 4.4
Oman 123 36.7 7.5
Rwanda 124 36.2 2.6
Senegal 125 35.5 2.0
Republic of Congo 126 35.4 3.1
Djibouti 127 34.5 3.4
Vanuatu 127 34.5 1.9
Namibia 129 34.3 3.7
Tajikistan 130 33.8 6.1
Tunisia 131 33.2 4.0
Ethiopia 132 33.1 4.2
Cote d'Ivoire 133 30.9 3.0
Bhutan 134 30.5 2.6
Dominican Republic 134 30.5 2.2
Angola 136 30.4 2.1
Togo 136 30.4 2.7
Indonesia 138 30.0 3.5
Malawi 139 29.9 3.2
Burundi 140 29.6 1.6
Algeria 141 29.2 3.1
Myanmar 141 29.2 4.2
Cambodia 143 28.9 1.5
Solomon Islands 144 28.6 1.5
Cameroon 145 28.3 3.7
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 145 28.3 2.0
India 147 28.2 2.0
Sierra Leone 147 28.2 2.7
Zambia 147 28.2 4.0
Dem. Rep. Congo 150 27.7 0.2
Eritrea 150 27.7 3.6
Mali 152 27.3 1.5
Morocco 153 27.1 2.5
Zimbabwe 153 27.1 3.5
Bangladesh 155 27.0 5.6
Iran 156 26.8 4.4
Saudi Arabia 157 26.3 5.7
Eswatini 158 25.6 8.4
Liberia 159 25.5 1.6
Iraq 160 24.3 0.6
Madagascar 161 23.9 2.4
Timor-Leste 162 23.8 0.1
Gambia 163 23.4 0.6
Niger 164 23.3 0.0
Guinea 165 23.2 2.6
Pakistan 166 22.4 2.2
Burkina Faso 167 22.3 1.3
Laos 168 21.9 3.3
Nepal 169 21.4 0.4
Guyana 170 20.3 4.6
Honduras 171 18.7 1.2
Chad 172 17.5 1.7
Mozambique 173 16.7 3.6
Lesotho 174 16.1 3.3
Guinea-Bissau 175 16.0 2.9
Central African Republic 176 15.3 1.8
Sudan 177 12.0 2.7
Haiti 178 8.4 2.2
Egypt 179 1.9 1.9
Afghanistan 180 0.0 0.0