The 2022 EPI introduces Climate Change as a new policy objective. It comprises 38% of the total EPI score and is made up of a single issue category: Climate Change Mitigation.
Climate Change Policy Objective
| Country | Rank | EPI Score | 10-Year Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark | 1 | 92.40 | 37.00 |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 91.50 | 47.10 |
| Finland | 3 | 83.60 | 47.20 |
| Malta | 4 | 82.30 | 35.70 |
| Barbados | 5 | 79.90 | 25.20 |
| Sweden | 6 | 75.40 | 30.90 |
| Djibouti | 7 | 73.70 | 22.30 |
| North Macedonia | 8 | 69.80 | NA |
| Dominica | 9 | 68.80 | 25.00 |
| Eswatini | 10 | 67.90 | -2.40 |
| Luxembourg | 11 | 67.40 | 30.40 |
| Grenada | 12 | 65.70 | 7.80 |
| Afghanistan | 13 | 65.60 | 44.60 |
| Saint Lucia | 14 | 64.80 | -3.80 |
| Namibia | 15 | 64.60 | 29.50 |
| Solomon Islands | 16 | 63.90 | 13.90 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 17 | 63.20 | 14.80 |
| Botswana | 18 | 63.10 | 15.80 |
| Slovenia | 19 | 62.90 | 17.10 |
| Bahamas | 20 | 61.80 | 1.80 |
| Cuba | 21 | 61.10 | 13.80 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 22 | 61.00 | 14.20 |
| Switzerland | 23 | 60.50 | 12.90 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 24 | 60.20 | 12.50 |
| Latvia | 25 | 58.60 | 15.80 |
| Croatia | 26 | 56.60 | 17.60 |
| Iceland | 27 | 56.40 | 11.10 |
| Gabon | 28 | 56.30 | -19.00 |
| Kiribati | 28 | 56.30 | 9.80 |
| Marshall Islands | 30 | 55.80 | 2.20 |
| Ukraine | 31 | 54.70 | 9.60 |
| Netherlands | 32 | 54.50 | 10.60 |
| Jamaica | 33 | 54.10 | -4.10 |
| Seychelles | 34 | 53.90 | 1.10 |
| Cyprus | 35 | 53.80 | 10.40 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 36 | 53.60 | 33.20 |
| Slovakia | 37 | 53.50 | 6.00 |
| Lesotho | 38 | 53.30 | 0.70 |
| Czech Republic | 39 | 52.80 | 11.80 |
| Albania | 40 | 52.50 | 15.80 |
| Montenegro | 41 | 52.30 | 3.50 |
| Estonia | 42 | 52.00 | 11.50 |
| Cabo Verde | 43 | 51.40 | 11.30 |
| Romania | 44 | 51.30 | 4.20 |
| Greece | 45 | 50.80 | 8.20 |
| Suriname | 46 | 50.30 | -20.50 |
| Austria | 46 | 50.30 | 11.90 |
| El Salvador | 48 | 50.20 | 6.70 |
| Vanuatu | 49 | 50.10 | -17.30 |
| Bulgaria | 50 | 49.80 | 2.90 |
| Central African Republic | 51 | 49.50 | -1.60 |
| France | 51 | 49.50 | 11.50 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 53 | 49.30 | 38.20 |
| Micronesia | 54 | 49.20 | -21.10 |
| Tunisia | 55 | 48.30 | 14.90 |
| Ireland | 56 | 48.20 | 2.00 |
| Italy | 56 | 48.20 | 9.00 |
| Hungary | 58 | 48.10 | -1.70 |
| Belgium | 58 | 48.10 | 1.70 |
| Germany | 60 | 47.20 | 4.90 |
| Belize | 61 | 47.10 | -5.60 |
| Lithuania | 61 | 47.10 | 2.90 |
| Gambia | 63 | 46.50 | 4.50 |
| Singapore | 63 | 46.50 | 9.30 |
| Mauritius | 65 | 46.40 | 4.20 |
| Tonga | 66 | 46.00 | -13.70 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 67 | 45.10 | 19.10 |
| Republic of Congo | 68 | 44.90 | 3.10 |
| Samoa | 69 | 44.20 | -14.80 |
| Norway | 70 | 43.90 | 5.70 |
| Australia | 71 | 43.80 | 9.40 |
| Georgia | 72 | 43.60 | 4.80 |
| Panama | 73 | 43.50 | 2.40 |
| Ecuador | 74 | 43.20 | 15.30 |
| Moldova | 75 | 42.90 | -13.90 |
| Jordan | 76 | 42.80 | 15.40 |
| Venezuela | 77 | 42.10 | -5.40 |
| Zimbabwe | 78 | 41.90 | -7.70 |
| Serbia | 79 | 41.70 | 7.90 |
| Brunei Darussalam | 79 | 41.70 | 13.30 |
| Costa Rica | 81 | 41.50 | 3.20 |
| Armenia | 82 | 41.40 | 3.00 |
| Uzbekistan | 83 | 41.30 | 1.70 |
| Spain | 83 | 41.30 | 10.70 |
| Comoros | 85 | 41.20 | -5.50 |
| Japan | 85 | 41.20 | 6.10 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 87 | 40.50 | -3.60 |
| Eritrea | 88 | 40.40 | -13.70 |
| New Zealand | 88 | 40.40 | -3.00 |
| Guyana | 90 | 40.00 | -22.20 |
| Fiji | 90 | 40.00 | -6.20 |
| Bahrain | 92 | 39.90 | 8.80 |
| Israel | 93 | 39.80 | 4.60 |
| Belarus | 94 | 39.60 | -0.40 |
| Mexico | 95 | 38.90 | 16.70 |
| Poland | 96 | 38.80 | -3.60 |
| Taiwan | 97 | 38.10 | 16.30 |
| Lebanon | 98 | 37.90 | -11.10 |
| Angola | 99 | 37.70 | -3.80 |
| Portugal | 100 | 37.60 | -10.90 |
| United States of America | 101 | 37.20 | 4.00 |
| Uruguay | 102 | 37.00 | -1.70 |
| Bhutan | 103 | 36.80 | -19.10 |
| Dominican Republic | 104 | 36.50 | -7.30 |
| Azerbaijan | 105 | 36.40 | -0.40 |
| Thailand | 106 | 36.00 | 14.80 |
| Chile | 107 | 35.80 | 1.00 |
| Sierra Leone | 108 | 35.50 | 8.90 |
| Argentina | 108 | 35.50 | 10.40 |
| Cameroon | 110 | 35.40 | -9.90 |
| Dem. Rep. Congo | 111 | 35.10 | -0.50 |
| Honduras | 112 | 35.00 | 9.10 |
| Kazakhstan | 113 | 34.90 | 26.00 |
| Nicaragua | 114 | 34.50 | -3.20 |
| Togo | 115 | 34.40 | -9.20 |
| South Africa | 116 | 34.10 | 8.80 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 117 | 34.00 | -7.60 |
| United Arab Emirates | 117 | 34.00 | 17.90 |
| Senegal | 119 | 33.60 | -2.40 |
| Maldives | 120 | 33.50 | 2.90 |
| Malawi | 121 | 33.10 | -11.10 |
| Timor-Leste | 122 | 32.80 | -9.50 |
| Rwanda | 123 | 32.60 | -11.90 |
| Kuwait | 124 | 32.30 | 11.60 |
| Peru | 125 | 32.20 | -3.20 |
| South Korea | 126 | 30.90 | 2.50 |
| Liberia | 127 | 30.50 | -7.60 |
| China | 128 | 30.40 | 21.90 |
| Colombia | 129 | 30.20 | -6.20 |
| Turkmenistan | 129 | 30.20 | 11.00 |
| Paraguay | 131 | 30.10 | -13.60 |
| Guinea | 132 | 30.00 | -1.70 |
| Nigeria | 133 | 29.60 | -12.90 |
| Brazil | 133 | 29.60 | 2.60 |
| Morocco | 135 | 29.50 | 4.30 |
| Burundi | 136 | 29.40 | -37.30 |
| Russia | 137 | 29.10 | -0.90 |
| Kenya | 138 | 29.00 | -9.80 |
| Egypt | 139 | 28.50 | 9.00 |
| Madagascar | 140 | 28.40 | -15.30 |
| Bolivia | 141 | 28.30 | 1.00 |
| Canada | 142 | 28.20 | -3.30 |
| Haiti | 143 | 27.90 | 4.10 |
| Mauritania | 144 | 27.80 | -9.30 |
| Burkina Faso | 145 | 27.60 | 2.80 |
| Tajikistan | 146 | 27.30 | -15.80 |
| Malaysia | 147 | 27.20 | 16.10 |
| Uganda | 148 | 26.80 | 5.60 |
| Guatemala | 149 | 26.70 | -4.60 |
| Sri Lanka | 150 | 26.40 | -7.30 |
| Benin | 151 | 26.20 | -4.50 |
| Zambia | 152 | 25.60 | -14.30 |
| Papua New Guinea | 153 | 25.40 | 0.90 |
| Tanzania | 154 | 25.30 | 6.10 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 155 | 25.10 | -18.70 |
| Sudan | 155 | 25.10 | 5.90 |
| Saudi Arabia | 157 | 24.80 | 17.60 |
| Nepal | 158 | 24.10 | -22.30 |
| Iran | 159 | 24.00 | 7.80 |
| Ghana | 160 | 23.80 | -17.70 |
| Cambodia | 161 | 23.30 | -2.20 |
| Indonesia | 162 | 23.20 | 4.50 |
| Oman | 162 | 23.20 | 11.10 |
| Mali | 164 | 21.90 | -7.20 |
| India | 165 | 21.70 | -0.90 |
| Turkey | 166 | 21.50 | -3.20 |
| Qatar | 166 | 21.50 | 5.80 |
| Algeria | 168 | 20.90 | -12.80 |
| Ethiopia | 169 | 19.90 | 3.80 |
| Mozambique | 170 | 19.30 | -5.20 |
| Bangladesh | 171 | 18.80 | -1.60 |
| Chad | 172 | 18.50 | -1.60 |
| Niger | 173 | 17.90 | -25.00 |
| Myanmar | 174 | 17.30 | -8.10 |
| Philippines | 175 | 16.90 | -21.90 |
| Pakistan | 175 | 16.90 | -0.90 |
| Laos | 177 | 16.20 | -11.10 |
| Mongolia | 178 | 14.60 | -16.10 |
| Viet Nam | 179 | 10.10 | -0.70 |
| Iraq | 180 | 8.80 | -30.10 |