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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 ∆
Canada 1 100.0 3.1
Denmark 1 100.0 3.4
Finland 1 100.0 1.5
Israel 1 100.0 2.5
Japan 1 100.0 0.0
Luxembourg 1 100.0 6.6
Netherlands 1 100.0 3.1
Norway 1 100.0 3.9
Sweden 1 100.0 0.5
Iceland 10 99.8 9.3
United Kingdom 10 99.8 6.2
France 12 98.9 6.5
Germany 13 98.7 5.8
Chile 14 98.1 6.6
Ireland 15 97.3 10.5
Slovenia 16 96.6 6.4
Switzerland 17 96.2 7.2
Austria 18 92.3 7.4
Australia 19 90.3 6.8
South Korea 20 89.4 7.4
Belgium 21 85.2 7.7
Czech Republic 22 84.8 5.5
New Zealand 22 84.8 4.7
Italy 24 83.6 5.8
Singapore 25 82.5 11.7
United States of America 25 82.5 3.6
Spain 27 81.7 5.3
Thailand 28 79.3 2.2
Tonga 29 77.9 3.5
Argentina 30 76.7 4.6
Taiwan 31 75.7 6.2
Lithuania 32 75.4 7.5
Portugal 32 75.4 7.0
Estonia 34 72.6 7.9
Peru 35 72.1 -2.4
Croatia 36 72.0 6.8
Latvia 37 71.9 5.6
Greece 38 71.1 3.9
Cyprus 39 70.9 6.9
Slovakia 39 70.9 4.3
Barbados 41 69.5 2.6
Colombia 42 69.1 4.0
Poland 42 69.1 3.8
Sri Lanka 44 69.0 5.7
Trinidad and Tobago 44 69.0 2.7
Brunei Darussalam 46 68.8 8.0
Qatar 47 68.6 6.3
Uruguay 48 68.5 2.0
Costa Rica 49 68.2 4.4
Malta 50 67.4 8.3
Lebanon 51 66.2 6.1
Ecuador 52 66.0 7.5
Hungary 53 65.7 4.7
Russia 54 65.5 7.3
Panama 55 65.3 3.5
Ukraine 56 64.5 4.5
Kuwait 57 64.0 5.4
Fiji 58 63.3 3.6
Seychelles 58 63.3 5.6
Kazakhstan 60 62.4 6.1
Samoa 61 61.9 1.8
Mauritius 62 61.3 1.2
Brazil 63 61.2 6.4
Maldives 64 61.0 5.8
Montenegro 65 59.8 0.8
Armenia 66 58.4 4.3
Belize 67 57.9 4.2
Serbia 68 57.8 3.7
Bahamas 69 57.6 4.4
Romania 70 57.1 5.1
Belarus 71 56.6 3.6
Paraguay 72 56.2 2.6
Turkiye 73 55.8 4.4
Papua New Guinea 74 55.4 2.4
Albania 75 55.2 2.3
Malaysia 76 54.9 1.9
Moldova 76 54.9 5.2
Kiribati 78 54.0 2.3
United Arab Emirates 79 53.5 15.8
Mexico 80 52.8 3.1
Bosnia and Herzegovina 81 52.4 3.4
South Africa 82 52.2 5.1
Antigua and Barbuda 83 52.1 2.5
Bahrain 84 51.6 2.1
Nicaragua 85 51.2 7.6
Nigeria 86 50.6 2.9
Azerbaijan 87 50.4 7.8
Micronesia 88 49.4 2.5
Kenya 89 49.3 4.3
Cabo Verde 90 48.8 -3.8
Cuba 91 48.6 0.6
Dominica 92 48.4 2.9
Saint Lucia 93 47.8 0.6
Uzbekistan 93 47.8 7.0
Marshall Islands 95 47.7 3.3
Tanzania 95 47.7 2.6
Bolivia 97 46.9 2.7
Viet Nam 97 46.9 3.2
Kyrgyzstan 99 46.7 6.1
North Macedonia 100 46.6 6.2
Jordan 101 46.4 5.7
Jamaica 102 46.2 2.7
Mongolia 103 45.4 8.1
Turkmenistan 103 45.4 2.8
Philippines 105 45.2 1.8
Gabon 106 44.9 3.3
Mauritania 107 44.3 0.2
Suriname 108 43.2 5.8
El Salvador 109 43.1 2.2
Equatorial Guinea 109 43.1 -0.2
Ghana 111 43.0 3.6
China 112 42.9 4.7
Comoros 113 42.5 3.1
Uganda 114 41.8 2.8
Guatemala 115 41.7 5.3
Venezuela 115 41.7 -2.7
Benin 117 41.6 3.4
Sao Tome and Principe 117 41.6 2.8
Botswana 119 40.8 8.6
Bulgaria 119 40.8 3.9
Georgia 121 40.5 7.2
Grenada 122 40.4 3.0
Oman 123 40.2 8.0
Rwanda 124 39.7 2.3
Senegal 125 39.0 2.4
Republic of Congo 126 38.9 3.5
Djibouti 127 38.0 3.2
Vanuatu 127 38.0 2.1
Namibia 129 37.7 3.0
Tajikistan 130 37.2 5.1
Tunisia 131 36.7 4.2
Ethiopia 132 36.5 2.9
Cote d'Ivoire 133 34.3 4.2
Bhutan 134 33.9 2.8
Dominican Republic 134 33.9 3.6
Togo 134 33.9 2.3
Angola 137 33.8 1.1
Indonesia 138 33.4 3.6
Malawi 139 33.3 2.3
Burundi 140 33.0 1.6
Myanmar 141 32.7 3.7
Algeria 142 32.6 3.0
Cambodia 143 32.3 1.6
Solomon Islands 144 32.0 2.3
Cameroon 145 31.7 4.2
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 145 31.7 2.1
India 147 31.6 3.5
Sierra Leone 147 31.6 2.8
Zambia 147 31.6 4.5
Dem. Rep. Congo 150 31.1 1.1
Eritrea 150 31.1 3.2
Mali 152 30.7 1.9
Morocco 153 30.5 2.6
Bangladesh 154 30.4 3.1
Zimbabwe 154 30.4 2.5
Iran 156 30.2 3.9
Saudi Arabia 157 29.6 5.4
Eswatini 158 29.0 8.2
Liberia 159 28.9 2.3
Iraq 160 27.7 -0.8
Madagascar 161 27.3 2.5
Timor-Leste 162 27.2 1.5
Gambia 163 26.8 0.2
Niger 164 26.6 0.3
Guinea 165 26.5 3.3
Pakistan 166 25.8 2.9
Burkina Faso 167 25.7 2.3
Laos 168 25.2 3.1
Nepal 169 24.7 1.5
Guyana 170 23.6 5.2
Honduras 171 22.0 3.5
Chad 172 20.8 1.4
Mozambique 173 20.0 5.0
Lesotho 174 19.4 4.7
Guinea-Bissau 175 19.3 3.2
Central African Republic 176 18.5 1.9
Sudan 177 15.2 2.5
Haiti 178 11.6 2.4
Egypt 179 5.0 4.8
Afghanistan 180 0.0 0.0