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.
Heavy Metals
| Country | Rank | EPI Score | 10-Year Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark | 1 | 100.00 | 8.80 |
| Finland | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
| Japan | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
| Sweden | 4 | 96.90 | 6.30 |
| Chile | 5 | 96.80 | 6.10 |
| Canada | 6 | 95.60 | 6.30 |
| Iceland | 7 | 95.10 | 10.80 |
| Luxembourg | 7 | 95.10 | 12.00 |
| Netherlands | 9 | 94.10 | 8.70 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 94.00 | 7.50 |
| United Kingdom | 11 | 93.60 | 8.80 |
| Norway | 12 | 93.00 | 10.90 |
| Israel | 13 | 91.10 | 8.30 |
| Austria | 14 | 90.70 | 8.50 |
| Germany | 15 | 89.80 | 6.80 |
| South Korea | 16 | 88.40 | 12.80 |
| Slovenia | 17 | 87.20 | 8.20 |
| Estonia | 18 | 86.50 | 7.70 |
| Singapore | 19 | 84.50 | 12.10 |
| France | 20 | 83.10 | 9.60 |
| Lithuania | 21 | 83.00 | 8.70 |
| Ireland | 22 | 81.80 | 10.50 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 23 | 81.10 | 7.30 |
| Thailand | 24 | 80.70 | 8.70 |
| Italy | 25 | 80.60 | 8.30 |
| Tonga | 26 | 77.90 | 4.00 |
| Latvia | 27 | 77.50 | 8.60 |
| Australia | 28 | 76.40 | 7.50 |
| Fiji | 29 | 76.10 | 5.00 |
| Czech Republic | 30 | 75.50 | 8.40 |
| United States of America | 31 | 75.10 | 7.40 |
| New Zealand | 32 | 74.60 | 6.10 |
| Croatia | 33 | 74.20 | 8.00 |
| Taiwan | 34 | 72.80 | 6.40 |
| Argentina | 35 | 72.20 | 4.20 |
| Sri Lanka | 36 | 71.60 | 8.30 |
| Russia | 37 | 71.30 | 9.70 |
| Spain | 38 | 70.50 | 7.60 |
| Barbados | 39 | 69.60 | 4.20 |
| Greece | 40 | 68.60 | 6.80 |
| Cyprus | 40 | 68.60 | 10.60 |
| Ukraine | 42 | 68.40 | 4.60 |
| Slovakia | 42 | 68.40 | 9.30 |
| Samoa | 44 | 67.80 | 2.30 |
| Seychelles | 44 | 67.80 | 6.80 |
| Brunei Darussalam | 46 | 67.60 | 8.60 |
| Hungary | 47 | 67.40 | 7.10 |
| Peru | 47 | 67.40 | 6.30 |
| Belgium | 49 | 66.60 | 8.10 |
| Bahamas | 50 | 66.30 | 5.70 |
| Mauritius | 51 | 66.00 | 8.70 |
| Portugal | 52 | 64.60 | 9.20 |
| Poland | 53 | 64.50 | 9.80 |
| Montenegro | 54 | 64.40 | 5.00 |
| Ecuador | 55 | 62.30 | 5.50 |
| Uruguay | 56 | 61.50 | 5.10 |
| Malaysia | 57 | 61.40 | 7.00 |
| Colombia | 58 | 61.10 | 10.50 |
| Turkey | 59 | 60.80 | 8.40 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 60 | 59.80 | 5.30 |
| Papua New Guinea | 61 | 59.60 | 3.30 |
| Cabo Verde | 62 | 58.70 | -1.20 |
| Qatar | 63 | 58.40 | 9.00 |
| Brazil | 64 | 58.20 | 8.50 |
| South Africa | 65 | 58.10 | 8.70 |
| Bahrain | 66 | 58.00 | 10.20 |
| Belarus | 67 | 57.00 | 8.30 |
| Panama | 68 | 56.80 | 6.90 |
| Kuwait | 69 | 56.10 | 10.90 |
| Mauritania | 70 | 55.10 | 5.30 |
| Maldives | 71 | 54.70 | 6.90 |
| Ghana | 72 | 54.60 | 5.30 |
| Moldova | 73 | 54.00 | 7.30 |
| Belize | 74 | 53.80 | 5.30 |
| United Arab Emirates | 75 | 53.60 | 14.10 |
| Gabon | 76 | 53.40 | 7.50 |
| Costa Rica | 77 | 53.10 | 3.60 |
| Kazakhstan | 78 | 52.20 | 12.00 |
| Dominica | 79 | 52.10 | 4.10 |
| Saint Lucia | 80 | 51.20 | 3.80 |
| Nigeria | 81 | 50.90 | 5.20 |
| Romania | 82 | 50.80 | 7.60 |
| Paraguay | 83 | 50.60 | 5.10 |
| Serbia | 84 | 50.40 | 6.40 |
| Armenia | 85 | 50.20 | 6.50 |
| Kenya | 86 | 49.90 | 6.80 |
| Malta | 86 | 49.90 | 8.40 |
| Georgia | 88 | 49.30 | 5.50 |
| Jamaica | 89 | 48.20 | 5.40 |
| Cuba | 90 | 47.60 | 4.00 |
| Philippines | 91 | 47.40 | 3.30 |
| Viet Nam | 92 | 47.10 | 5.50 |
| Senegal | 93 | 47.00 | 4.40 |
| Comoros | 94 | 46.40 | 5.20 |
| Jordan | 95 | 46.10 | 6.60 |
| North Macedonia | 95 | 46.10 | 5.40 |
| Marshall Islands | 97 | 46.00 | 4.80 |
| Djibouti | 98 | 45.60 | 6.00 |
| Albania | 99 | 45.50 | 2.50 |
| Bulgaria | 100 | 45.20 | 6.10 |
| Mexico | 101 | 45.10 | 3.80 |
| Vanuatu | 102 | 44.90 | 1.60 |
| Rwanda | 103 | 44.60 | 5.70 |
| Republic of Congo | 104 | 44.40 | 5.10 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 105 | 44.30 | 3.00 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 106 | 44.20 | 5.50 |
| Namibia | 107 | 43.90 | 5.30 |
| Togo | 108 | 43.10 | 4.70 |
| Bolivia | 109 | 43.00 | 2.30 |
| Tanzania | 109 | 43.00 | 4.60 |
| Lebanon | 109 | 43.00 | 8.30 |
| Turkmenistan | 112 | 42.90 | 5.40 |
| Bhutan | 113 | 42.60 | 5.60 |
| Suriname | 113 | 42.60 | 4.90 |
| Venezuela | 115 | 42.50 | 3.90 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 116 | 42.30 | 5.10 |
| Zambia | 117 | 41.70 | 5.50 |
| Grenada | 118 | 41.30 | 5.70 |
| Uganda | 118 | 41.30 | 5.70 |
| Micronesia | 120 | 40.90 | 4.30 |
| Azerbaijan | 121 | 40.40 | 4.70 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 122 | 40.20 | 6.70 |
| Eswatini | 123 | 39.60 | 8.30 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 124 | 39.50 | 4.60 |
| Botswana | 125 | 39.20 | 7.30 |
| Algeria | 126 | 38.30 | 5.80 |
| Eritrea | 127 | 37.80 | 6.30 |
| Myanmar | 128 | 37.60 | 7.60 |
| China | 129 | 37.00 | 6.50 |
| Sierra Leone | 130 | 36.80 | 3.40 |
| Malawi | 130 | 36.80 | 5.90 |
| Angola | 132 | 36.70 | 5.30 |
| Liberia | 132 | 36.70 | 3.50 |
| Gambia | 134 | 36.50 | 1.60 |
| Kiribati | 134 | 36.50 | 2.30 |
| Oman | 134 | 36.50 | 10.90 |
| Benin | 137 | 36.20 | 3.50 |
| Tunisia | 138 | 35.90 | 6.20 |
| Cameroon | 139 | 35.60 | 4.60 |
| Dem. Rep. Congo | 140 | 35.50 | 3.30 |
| Burundi | 141 | 35.20 | 4.30 |
| Ethiopia | 141 | 35.20 | 7.10 |
| El Salvador | 143 | 34.90 | 5.40 |
| Saudi Arabia | 143 | 34.90 | 10.00 |
| Cambodia | 145 | 34.50 | 3.90 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 146 | 34.20 | 3.40 |
| Laos | 147 | 34.10 | 6.30 |
| Indonesia | 148 | 34.00 | 5.10 |
| Nicaragua | 148 | 34.00 | 6.20 |
| Timor-Leste | 150 | 33.80 | -1.10 |
| Mongolia | 151 | 32.60 | 8.20 |
| Madagascar | 152 | 32.40 | 4.60 |
| Guinea | 153 | 32.30 | 2.30 |
| Zimbabwe | 154 | 32.10 | 3.90 |
| Mali | 155 | 31.90 | 1.50 |
| Guatemala | 156 | 30.10 | 3.00 |
| Dominican Republic | 157 | 29.50 | 1.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 158 | 29.10 | 1.10 |
| Iraq | 158 | 29.10 | 5.20 |
| Chad | 160 | 28.60 | 2.40 |
| Morocco | 161 | 28.40 | 3.50 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 162 | 28.00 | 4.50 |
| Uzbekistan | 163 | 27.30 | 6.40 |
| Iran | 164 | 26.90 | 6.70 |
| Niger | 165 | 26.80 | NA |
| Nepal | 166 | 26.70 | 1.10 |
| Solomon Islands | 167 | 25.00 | 1.60 |
| Lesotho | 168 | 24.50 | 3.60 |
| Guyana | 169 | 24.40 | 4.90 |
| Central African Republic | 170 | 23.50 | 1.80 |
| Mozambique | 171 | 23.30 | 4.00 |
| Bangladesh | 172 | 22.80 | 9.40 |
| Pakistan | 173 | 22.50 | 4.10 |
| India | 174 | 20.60 | 4.30 |
| Honduras | 175 | 20.20 | 0.90 |
| Tajikistan | 176 | 15.30 | 2.20 |
| Egypt | 177 | 13.10 | 3.60 |
| Haiti | 178 | 11.70 | 3.00 |
| Sudan | 179 | 6.70 | 4.40 |
| Afghanistan | 180 | NA | NA |