Sub-Saharan Africa

Table of EPI results for Environmental Performance Index
Country	Rank	EPI Score	10-Year Change	Regional Rank	Regional Average
Angola	96	39.46	13.12	10	34.63
Benin	91	39.85	6.55	9	34.63
Botswana	38	51.77	8.61	1	34.63
Burkina Faso	119	35.24	3.24	18	34.63
Burundi	172	24.39	1.96	44	34.63
Cabo Verde	139	32.75	-0.83	27	34.63
Cameroon	120	34.9	5.83	19	34.63
Central African Rep.	141	31.53	-4.11	28	34.63
Chad	163	27.65	3.14	39	34.63
Comoros	132	33.52	-6.84	23	34.63
Côte d'Ivoire	149	30.85	-0.84	32	34.63
Dem. Rep. Congo	153	30.01	1.25	35	34.63
Djibouti	164	26.92	-6.34	40	34.63
Equatorial Guinea	90	40.52	0.98	8	34.63
Eswatini	124	34.41	-0.62	21	34.63
Ethiopia	129	33.88	5.91	22	34.63
Gabon	47	48.84	6.64	3	34.63
Gambia	152	30.19	4.21	34	34.63
Ghana	160	28.6	5.04	37	34.63
Guinea	150	30.37	0.38	33	34.63
Guinea-Bissau	161	27.95	-0.92	38	34.63
Kenya	116	36.1	4.6	17	34.63
Lesotho	100	39.01	2.85	11	34.63
Liberia	170	25.27	2.32	43	34.63
Madagascar	146	31.13	4.74	30	34.63
Malawi	134	33.21	-3.28	25	34.63
Mali	174	23.56	1.86	45	34.63
Mauritania	169	25.34	0.22	42	34.63
Mauritius	88	40.86	9.67	7	34.63
Mozambique	104	38.78	6.78	14	34.63
Namibia	77	42.75	3.32	5	34.63
Niger	147	31.1	7.33	31	34.63
Nigeria	138	32.85	2.59	26	34.63
Republic of Congo	102	38.91	2.49	12	34.63
Rwanda	167	26.42	-0.52	41	34.63
Senegal	133	33.34	4.67	24	34.63
Seychelles	43	50.03	2.06	2	34.63
Sierra Leone	155	29.26	5.22	36	34.63
South Africa	111	37.6	6.71	15	34.63
São Tomé & Príncipe	86	41.03	6.25	6	34.63
Tanzania	103	38.89	3.44	13	34.63
Togo	144	31.3	-1.74	29	34.63
Uganda	122	34.69	7.78	20	34.63
Zambia	113	37.17	0.82	16	34.63
Zimbabwe	59	46.08	3.23	4	34.63
Environmental Performance Index 2026	EPI Measurement	Environmental Performance Index

CountryAngola

RegionSub-Saharan Africa

GDP (PPP 2021 [$billions])337.26

GPC (GDP per capita [$/person])8901.89

POP (Population [millions])37.89

LDA (Land Area [sq. km])1246700

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Table of EPI results for Angola
Indicator	Rank	EPI Score	10-Year Change	Regional Rank	Regional Average
Environmental Performance Index	96	39.46	13.12	10	34.63
Environmental Health	149	24.93	3.92	28	29.27
Air Quality	156	19.45	3.15	35	26.60
Ambient PM2.5 DALY rate	121	18.77	1.17	35	33.22
Household solid fuels DALY rate	123	17.19	5.33	10	16.10
Ozone Exposure DALY rate	147	26.62	4.84	33	37.01
NO2 Exposure DALY rate	132	35.63	17.42	43	70.05
Carbon Monoxide Exposure	141	38.66	-2.51	30	46.98
Sulfur Dioxide Exposure	70	58.66	-6.07	28	58.75
Volatile Organic Compound Exposure	157	8.41	3.71	37	24.21
Sanitation & Drinking Water	152	22.66	9.57	20	23.07
Unsafe sanitation DALY rate	149	23.31	9.85	17	22.76
Unsafe drinking water DALY rate	154	22.23	9.38	22	23.27
Heavy Metals	108	43.54	0.78	27	47.14
Lead Exposure DALY rate	108	43.54	0.78	27	47.14
Waste Management	111	43.89		13	32.44
Sustainably Managed Solid Waste	111	43.89		13	32.44
Ecosystem Vitality	131	36.20	5.60	33	42.45
Biodiversity & Habitat	136	28.48	-0.04	38	44.21
Marine Habitat Protection	96	0.00	0.00	16	17.14
Marine KBA Protection	113	0.00	0.00	21	28.61
MPA Effectiveness					47.19
Terrestrial Biome Protection	126	34.11	0.00	34	58.98
Terrestrial KPA Protection	58	74.68	0.00	20	62.58
Protected Area Repr. Index	100	27.34	0.85	29	31.55
Protected Area Conn. Index	98	18.54	-0.28	27	25.30
Species Protection Index	131	32.25		37	57.19
Species Habitat Index	88	46.79		29	76.04
Red List Index	15	92.08	-0.11	6	66.48
Biodiversity Habitat Index	30	68.14	-2.06	6	43.86
Bioclim. Eco. Resilience	22	76.02	-3.45	6	42.54
Fisheries	107	39.40	-2.59	27	60.79
Fish Catch Discarded	83	42.05	-1.21	25	66.50
Bottom Trawling, open ocean	96	43.83	7.28	27	76.70
Bottom Trawling, domestic	107	25.90	1.30	22	56.17
Regional Marine Trophic Index	90	45.81	-17.73	15	43.79
Forests	101	12.40	-4.36	23	22.16
Tree Cover Loss	87	14.30	-4.13	16	19.42
Tree Cover Loss in KBAs	113	8.86	-4.80	25	25.74
Grasslands	31	80.03	-2.06	9	60.76
Grassland conversion	31	80.32	-1.89	9	59.37
Grassland conversion in KBAs	31	79.68	-2.26	10	63.60
Air Pollution	69	60.69	60.69	6	35.01
NOx emission trend	65	60.79	60.79	5	29.16
SO2 emission trend	70	60.59	60.59	9	40.87
Agriculture	49	60.84	6.49	22	56.73
Sustainable Nitrogen Management Index	107	37.46	3.72	22	37.17
Phosphorus Surplus	43	92.67	11.45	24	81.44
Relative Crop Yield	78	3.15	0.28	18	25.61
Pesticide Pollution Risk	4	97.81	0.76	3	72.89
Water Resources	156	4.29		31	13.61
Wastewater Treatment	156	4.29		31	13.61
Climate Change Policy Objective	29	56.47	32.07	1	27.36
Climate Change Mitigation	29	56.47	32.07	1	27.36
CO2 emission trend	30	58.17	46.98	1	27.22
CH4 emission trend	5	77.94	28.43	1	32.28
N2O emission trend	76	46.25	35.73	11	29.98
F-gas emission trend	104	9.14	-30.35	13	17.22
Black Carbon emission trend	97	53.58	53.58	5	37.52
GHG emission trend, adj. per capita	7	58.04	25.89	1	31.29
GHG emission trend, adj. per GDP	29	59.47	24.25	1	26.26
Projected emissions 2050	26	67.36	67.36	1	9.39
Carbon flux from land use change	95	31.05	1.87	17	27.96
Environmental Performance Index 2026	Country Profile			Angola

CountryBenin

RegionSub-Saharan Africa

GDP (PPP 2021 [$billions])56.42

GPC (GDP per capita [$/person])3901.33

POP (Population [millions])14.46

LDA (Land Area [sq. km])112760

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Table of EPI results for Benin
Indicator	Rank	EPI Score	10-Year Change	Regional Rank	Regional Average
Environmental Performance Index	91	39.85	6.55	9	34.63
Environmental Health	147	25.93	2.59	26	29.27
Air Quality	145	22.37	2.22	26	26.60
Ambient PM2.5 DALY rate	89	31.38	3.36	22	33.22
Household solid fuels DALY rate	147	9.71	2.56	24	16.10
Ozone Exposure DALY rate	154	23.35	-6.10	37	37.01
NO2 Exposure DALY rate	26	77.78	-4.61	16	70.05
Carbon Monoxide Exposure	142	38.33	-5.93	31	46.98
Sulfur Dioxide Exposure	66	60.09	-2.65	26	58.75
Volatile Organic Compound Exposure	110	21.40	-2.45	13	24.21
Sanitation & Drinking Water	164	19.32	3.46	32	23.07
Unsafe sanitation DALY rate	165	18.49	3.31	33	22.76
Unsafe drinking water DALY rate	164	19.87	3.56	32	23.27
Heavy Metals	89	49.32	3.82	20	47.14
Lead Exposure DALY rate	89	49.32	3.82	20	47.14
Waste Management	134	25.00		25	32.44
Sustainably Managed Solid Waste	134	25.00		25	32.44
Ecosystem Vitality	29	55.00	4.41	7	42.45
Biodiversity & Habitat	14	67.02	-0.23	5	44.21
Marine Habitat Protection					17.14
Marine KBA Protection					28.61
MPA Effectiveness					47.19
Terrestrial Biome Protection	1	100.00	0.00	1	58.98
Terrestrial KPA Protection	1	100.00	0.00	1	62.58
Protected Area Repr. Index	57	34.67	0.68	14	31.55
Protected Area Conn. Index	70	25.35	-1.32	19	25.30
Species Protection Index	24	83.42		6	57.19
Species Habitat Index	1	100.00		1	76.04
Red List Index	11	93.41	-0.05	3	66.48
Biodiversity Habitat Index	144	24.86	-1.93	39	43.86
Bioclim. Eco. Resilience	142	16.16	-2.06	38	42.54
Fisheries	29	75.99	-1.54	4	60.79
Fish Catch Discarded	1	99.98	0.05	1	66.50
Bottom Trawling, open ocean	36	97.94	4.22	10	76.70
Bottom Trawling, domestic	45	76.86	6.72	8	56.17
Regional Marine Trophic Index	113	29.18	-17.15	21	43.79
Forests	116	9.99	-4.16	27	22.16
Tree Cover Loss	138	6.58	-2.91	31	19.42
Tree Cover Loss in KBAs	75	16.32	-6.49	18	25.74
Grasslands	108	44.20	-0.40	32	60.76
Grassland conversion	106	41.79	-0.59	31	59.37
Grassland conversion in KBAs	110	47.14	-0.17	35	63.60
Air Pollution	91	51.60	49.11	9	35.01
NOx emission trend	66	59.10	59.10	6	29.16
SO2 emission trend	122	44.10	39.12	18	40.87
Agriculture	21	68.57	3.25	5	56.73
Sustainable Nitrogen Management Index	65	49.43	7.23	8	37.17
Phosphorus Surplus	1	100.00	0.00	1	81.44
Relative Crop Yield	67	5.38	-0.01	16	25.61
Pesticide Pollution Risk	60	71.72	-7.29	28	72.89
Water Resources	150	6.69		28	13.61
Wastewater Treatment	150	6.69		28	13.61
Climate Change Policy Objective	127	28.73	13.05	20	27.36
Climate Change Mitigation	127	28.73	13.05	20	27.36
CO2 emission trend	94	40.66	24.80	11	27.22
CH4 emission trend	159	18.88	12.57	34	32.28
N2O emission trend	162	0.00	-2.16	35	29.98
F-gas emission trend	114	8.29	-31.28	18	17.22
Black Carbon emission trend	130	43.58	28.54	14	37.52
GHG emission trend, adj. per capita	107	31.38	10.95	23	31.29
GHG emission trend, adj. per GDP	122	28.57	13.76	19	26.26
Projected emissions 2050	116	0.00	0.00	19	9.39
Carbon flux from land use change	147	0.00	0.00	33	27.96
Environmental Performance Index 2026	Country Profile			Benin

CountryBotswana

RegionSub-Saharan Africa

GDP (PPP 2021 [$billions])45.55

GPC (GDP per capita [$/person])18068.51

POP (Population [millions])2.52

LDA (Land Area [sq. km])566730

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Table of EPI results for Botswana
Indicator	Rank	EPI Score	10-Year Change	Regional Rank	Regional Average
Environmental Performance Index	38	51.77	8.61	1	34.63
Environmental Health	97	39.03	7.13	6	29.27
Air Quality	101	33.77	9.69	10	26.60
Ambient PM2.5 DALY rate	92	30.57	13.17	23	33.22
Household solid fuels DALY rate	104	34.59	8.35	6	16.10
Ozone Exposure DALY rate	124	33.93	2.68	21	37.01
NO2 Exposure DALY rate	3	99.45	-0.05	2	70.05
Carbon Monoxide Exposure	55	62.91	-4.52	7	46.98
Sulfur Dioxide Exposure	96	45.51	0.18	35	58.75
Volatile Organic Compound Exposure	145	13.52	0.75	33	24.21
Sanitation & Drinking Water	138	28.47	7.74	11	23.07
Unsafe sanitation DALY rate	140	26.94	7.41	12	22.76
Unsafe drinking water DALY rate	137	29.49	7.96	10	23.27
Heavy Metals	50	61.67	-1.63	6	47.14
Lead Exposure DALY rate	50	61.67	-1.63	6	47.14
Waste Management	80	76.32		4	32.44
Sustainably Managed Solid Waste	80	76.32		4	32.44
Ecosystem Vitality	1	68.56	6.34	1	42.45
Biodiversity & Habitat	6	68.56	0.68	2	44.21
Marine Habitat Protection					17.14
Marine KBA Protection					28.61
MPA Effectiveness					47.19
Terrestrial Biome Protection	45	82.26	0.00	14	58.98
Terrestrial KPA Protection	54	78.79	0.00	18	62.58
Protected Area Repr. Index	28	42.82	1.71	6	31.55
Protected Area Conn. Index	19	43.38	1.14	6	25.30
Species Protection Index	10	94.24		1	57.19
Species Habitat Index	32	87.42		14	76.04
Red List Index	8	93.90	-0.09	2	66.48
Biodiversity Habitat Index	51	55.07	2.21	12	43.86
Bioclim. Eco. Resilience	51	55.12	3.71	14	42.54
Fisheries					60.79
Fish Catch Discarded					66.50
Bottom Trawling, open ocean					76.70
Bottom Trawling, domestic					56.17
Regional Marine Trophic Index					43.79
Forests	13	53.72	23.53	4	22.16
Tree Cover Loss	11	54.38	23.62	4	19.42
Tree Cover Loss in KBAs	17	52.49	23.36	6	25.74
Grasslands	1	100.00	0.00	1	60.76
Grassland conversion	1	100.00	0.00	1	59.37
Grassland conversion in KBAs	1	100.00	0.00	1	63.60
Air Pollution	31	86.32	32.15	1	35.01
NOx emission trend	48	72.65	30.71	1	29.16
SO2 emission trend	1	100.00	33.61	1	40.87
Agriculture	156	32.40	1.53	44	56.73
Sustainable Nitrogen Management Index	171	6.52	6.39	45	37.17
Phosphorus Surplus	87	57.06	-3.90	36	81.44
Relative Crop Yield					25.61
Pesticide Pollution Risk	9	93.76	-3.84	7	72.89
Water Resources	87	36.00		4	13.61
Wastewater Treatment	87	36.00		4	13.61
Climate Change Policy Objective	94	37.20	13.26	12	27.36
Climate Change Mitigation	94	37.20	13.26	12	27.36
CO2 emission trend	102	37.26	15.56	14	27.22
CH4 emission trend	18	66.32	19.12	2	32.28
N2O emission trend	77	46.03	32.17	12	29.98
F-gas emission trend	114	8.29	-31.28	18	17.22
Black Carbon emission trend	104	50.55	38.50	7	37.52
GHG emission trend, adj. per capita	88	34.47	13.15	20	31.29
GHG emission trend, adj. per GDP	82	41.64	13.69	9	26.26
Projected emissions 2050	88	19.70	19.70	11	9.39
Carbon flux from land use change	147	0.00	0.00	33	27.96
Environmental Performance Index 2026	Country Profile			Botswana

CountryBurkina Faso

RegionSub-Saharan Africa

GDP (PPP 2021 [$billions])59.99

GPC (GDP per capita [$/person])2547.67

POP (Population [millions])23.55

LDA (Land Area [sq. km])273600

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Table of EPI results for Burkina Faso
Indicator	Rank	EPI Score	10-Year Change	Regional Rank	Regional Average
Environmental Performance Index	119	35.24	3.24	18	34.63
Environmental Health	131	30.59	1.23	18	29.27
Air Quality	118	28.45	1.36	15	26.60
Ambient PM2.5 DALY rate	59	41.54	2.81	13	33.22
Household solid fuels DALY rate	139	11.31	1.12	19	16.10
Ozone Exposure DALY rate	128	33.62	-7.66	24	37.01
NO2 Exposure DALY rate	11	84.45	-6.40	9	70.05
Carbon Monoxide Exposure	109	50.69	-2.05	17	46.98
Sulfur Dioxide Exposure	33	74.91	-2.66	12	58.75
Volatile Organic Compound Exposure	135	15.23	-1.09	27	24.21
Sanitation & Drinking Water	150	22.79	6.05	18	23.07
Unsafe sanitation DALY rate	151	21.97	5.87	19	22.76
Unsafe drinking water DALY rate	150	23.33	6.17	18	23.27
Heavy Metals	74	54.10	-5.30	13	47.14
Lead Exposure DALY rate	74	54.10	-5.30	13	47.14
Waste Management	142	17.00		29	32.44
Sustainably Managed Solid Waste	142	17.00		29	32.44
Ecosystem Vitality	64	47.16	1.14	14	42.45
Biodiversity & Habitat	48	53.98	0.33	13	44.21
Marine Habitat Protection					17.14
Marine KBA Protection					28.61
MPA Effectiveness					47.19
Terrestrial Biome Protection	91	55.31	1.21	25	58.98
Terrestrial KPA Protection	26	88.86	0.01	9	62.58
Protected Area Repr. Index	85	29.14	1.61	23	31.55
Protected Area Conn. Index	101	17.99	-0.39	28	25.30
Species Protection Index	22	83.89		5	57.19
Species Habitat Index	1	100.00		1	76.04
Red List Index	6	94.74	-0.14	1	66.48
Biodiversity Habitat Index	170	8.70	-2.12	44	43.86
Bioclim. Eco. Resilience	165	3.63	-1.44	44	42.54
Fisheries					60.79
Fish Catch Discarded					66.50
Bottom Trawling, open ocean					76.70
Bottom Trawling, domestic					56.17
Regional Marine Trophic Index					43.79
Forests					22.16
Tree Cover Loss					19.42
Tree Cover Loss in KBAs					25.74
Grasslands	100	47.74	3.45	29	60.76
Grassland conversion	95	46.91	6.88	27	59.37
Grassland conversion in KBAs	106	48.75	-0.76	33	63.60
Air Pollution	154	21.45	4.89	33	35.01
NOx emission trend	145	21.18	21.18	28	29.16
SO2 emission trend	157	21.73	-11.40	34	40.87
Agriculture	27	67.46	-0.86	9	56.73
Sustainable Nitrogen Management Index	95	41.97	1.82	20	37.17
Phosphorus Surplus	1	100.00	0.00	1	81.44
Relative Crop Yield	27	39.30	-31.63	5	25.61
Pesticide Pollution Risk	12	90.22	-3.72	10	72.89
Water Resources	162	2.14		36	13.61
Wastewater Treatment	162	2.14		36	13.61
Climate Change Policy Objective	151	21.22	8.05	30	27.36
Climate Change Mitigation	151	21.22	8.05	30	27.36
CO2 emission trend	160	10.42	10.42	35	27.22
CH4 emission trend	112	37.28	14.65	15	32.28
N2O emission trend	98	39.99	29.70	19	29.98
F-gas emission trend	114	8.29	-31.28	18	17.22
Black Carbon emission trend	135	42.67	11.46	19	37.52
GHG emission trend, adj. per capita	84	34.83	7.34	17	31.29
GHG emission trend, adj. per GDP	144	22.13	12.21	30	26.26
Projected emissions 2050	116	0.00	0.00	19	9.39
Carbon flux from land use change					27.96
Environmental Performance Index 2026	Country Profile			Burkina Faso

CountryBurundi

RegionSub-Saharan Africa

GDP (PPP 2021 [$billions])14.77

GPC (GDP per capita [$/person])1051.26

POP (Population [millions])14.05

LDA (Land Area [sq. km])25680

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Table of EPI results for Burundi
Indicator	Rank	EPI Score	10-Year Change	Regional Rank	Regional Average
Environmental Performance Index	172	24.39	1.96	44	34.63
Environmental Health	142	27.29	1.39	24	29.27
Air Quality	121	27.81	1.74	17	26.60
Ambient PM2.5 DALY rate	44	47.98	3.88	11	33.22
Household solid fuels DALY rate	161	6.44	0.69	36	16.10
Ozone Exposure DALY rate	113	36.79	-10.44	17	37.01
NO2 Exposure DALY rate	23	79.10	-6.64	15	70.05
Carbon Monoxide Exposure	168	19.53	-0.83	43	46.98
Sulfur Dioxide Exposure	131	33.83	0.52	38	58.75
Volatile Organic Compound Exposure	125	17.81	3.38	20	24.21
Sanitation & Drinking Water	171	14.75	4.45	39	23.07
Unsafe sanitation DALY rate	171	14.19	4.26	39	22.76
Unsafe drinking water DALY rate	171	15.13	4.58	39	23.27
Heavy Metals	98	46.87	-3.61	24	47.14
Lead Exposure DALY rate	98	46.87	-3.61	24	47.14
Waste Management	148	12.53		34	32.44
Sustainably Managed Solid Waste	148	12.53		34	32.44
Ecosystem Vitality	149	32.18	0.42	38	42.45
Biodiversity & Habitat	109	37.68	0.26	29	44.21
Marine Habitat Protection					17.14
Marine KBA Protection					28.61
MPA Effectiveness					47.19
Terrestrial Biome Protection	142	26.44	0.00	38	58.98
Terrestrial KPA Protection	24	89.44	0.00	7	62.58
Protected Area Repr. Index	113	24.93	2.11	35	31.55
Protected Area Conn. Index	160	3.90	-0.14	41	25.30
Species Protection Index	115	39.04		34	57.19
Species Habitat Index					76.04
Red List Index	61	70.27	-0.61	24	66.48
Biodiversity Habitat Index	84	41.50	-1.13	22	43.86
Bioclim. Eco. Resilience	111	29.22	-1.46	30	42.54
Fisheries					60.79
Fish Catch Discarded					66.50
Bottom Trawling, open ocean					76.70
Bottom Trawling, domestic					56.17
Regional Marine Trophic Index					43.79
Forests	51	22.51	-0.87	12	22.16
Tree Cover Loss	78	17.31	-3.15	15	19.42
Tree Cover Loss in KBAs	39	32.16	3.35	12	25.74
Grasslands	148	14.29	1.07	43	60.76
Grassland conversion	145	14.29	1.07	43	59.37
Grassland conversion in KBAs					63.60
Air Pollution	131	35.36	8.40	19	35.01
NOx emission trend	128	32.45	21.95	16	29.16
SO2 emission trend	133	38.26	-5.16	22	40.87
Agriculture	80	52.68	-12.04	30	56.73
Sustainable Nitrogen Management Index	49	53.91	13.01	4	37.17
Phosphorus Surplus	99	54.60	-45.40	37	81.44
Relative Crop Yield	92	0.68	0.15	21	25.61
Pesticide Pollution Risk	38	77.07	-7.70	22	72.89
Water Resources	167	0.00		38	13.61
Wastewater Treatment	167	0.00		38	13.61
Climate Change Policy Objective	171	10.28	4.73	42	27.36
Climate Change Mitigation	171	10.28	4.73	42	27.36
CO2 emission trend	169	0.00	0.00	40	27.22
CH4 emission trend	162	17.32	17.32	37	32.28
N2O emission trend	162	0.00	0.00	35	29.98
F-gas emission trend	114	8.29	-31.28	18	17.22
Black Carbon emission trend	131	43.56	15.55	15	37.52
GHG emission trend, adj. per capita	134	23.72	13.55	34	31.29
GHG emission trend, adj. per GDP	164	10.28	10.28	38	26.26
Projected emissions 2050	116	0.00	0.00	19	9.39
Carbon flux from land use change	133	14.36	-0.82	28	27.96
Environmental Performance Index 2026	Country Profile			Burundi

CountryCabo Verde

RegionSub-Saharan Africa

GDP (PPP 2021 [$billions])5.17

GPC (GDP per capita [$/person])9848.95

POP (Population [millions])0.52

LDA (Land Area [sq. km])4030

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Table of EPI results for Cabo Verde
Indicator	Rank	EPI Score	10-Year Change	Regional Rank	Regional Average
Environmental Performance Index	139	32.75	-0.83	27	34.63
Environmental Health	121	33.40	1.03	14	29.27
Air Quality	106	31.01	-0.20	13	26.60
Ambient PM2.5 DALY rate	104	27.41	-5.51	30	33.22
Household solid fuels DALY rate	115	24.97	5.32	7	16.10
Ozone Exposure DALY rate	63	52.19	-3.48	9	37.01
NO2 Exposure DALY rate	59	66.26	0.69	31	70.05
Carbon Monoxide Exposure	21	78.36	-1.05	4	46.98
Sulfur Dioxide Exposure	14	87.92	0.93	4	58.75
Volatile Organic Compound Exposure	8	94.10	-0.85	3	24.21
Sanitation & Drinking Water	123	34.89	5.56	4	23.07
Unsafe sanitation DALY rate	125	33.52	5.54	5	22.76
Unsafe drinking water DALY rate	123	35.80	5.57	4	23.27
Heavy Metals	83	50.43	0.25	16	47.14
Lead Exposure DALY rate	83	50.43	0.25	16	47.14
Waste Management	155	5.10		38	32.44
Sustainably Managed Solid Waste	155	5.10		38	32.44
Ecosystem Vitality	160	27.87	-1.94	42	42.45
Biodiversity & Habitat	154	19.54	-0.16	42	44.21
Marine Habitat Protection	89	3.02	0.00	15	17.14
Marine KBA Protection	94	5.85	0.00	17	28.61
MPA Effectiveness	70	15.53	-9.23	12	47.19
Terrestrial Biome Protection	102	49.71	0.00	26	58.98
Terrestrial KPA Protection	162	9.21	0.00	43	62.58
Protected Area Repr. Index	133	21.82	0.50	41	31.55
Protected Area Conn. Index	110	16.32	0.04	31	25.30
Species Protection Index	141	24.34		39	57.19
Species Habitat Index					76.04
Red List Index	80	62.29	0.98	31	66.48
Biodiversity Habitat Index	78	43.81	0.42	19	43.86
Bioclim. Eco. Resilience	76	42.81	1.22	19	42.54
Fisheries	69	52.63	-24.40	21	60.79
Fish Catch Discarded	98	34.82	-8.83	26	66.50
Bottom Trawling, open ocean	1	100.00	0.00	1	76.70
Bottom Trawling, domestic	61	61.13	-38.87	15	56.17
Regional Marine Trophic Index	130	14.56	-49.92	28	43.79
Forests					22.16
Tree Cover Loss					19.42
Tree Cover Loss in KBAs					25.74
Grasslands	25	82.70	3.26	7	60.76
Grassland conversion	46	73.51	0.12	15	59.37
Grassland conversion in KBAs	8	93.93	7.10	4	63.60
Air Pollution	167	12.33	-7.46	43	35.01
NOx emission trend	165	5.51	5.51	42	29.16
SO2 emission trend	164	19.16	-20.42	41	40.87
Agriculture	163	27.55	-0.28	45	56.73
Sustainable Nitrogen Management Index	169	7.04	-4.38	44	37.17
Phosphorus Surplus	114	50.15	2.46	42	81.44
Relative Crop Yield					25.61
Pesticide Pollution Risk	115	51.85	18.74	39	72.89
Water Resources	127	16.47		15	13.61
Wastewater Treatment	127	16.47		15	13.61
Climate Change Policy Objective	84	39.53	-0.70	9	27.36
Climate Change Mitigation	84	39.53	-0.70	9	27.36
CO2 emission trend	91	41.61	-2.29	10	27.22
CH4 emission trend	124	34.29	-1.27	19	32.28
N2O emission trend	44	60.90	24.96	6	29.98
F-gas emission trend					17.22
Black Carbon emission trend	164	27.58	-13.75	34	37.52
GHG emission trend, adj. per capita	54	40.57	-1.47	9	31.29
GHG emission trend, adj. per GDP	80	42.11	-0.73	8	26.26
Projected emissions 2050	96	13.97	6.27	14	9.39
Carbon flux from land use change					27.96
Environmental Performance Index 2026	Country Profile			Cabo Verde

CountryCameroon

RegionSub-Saharan Africa

GDP (PPP 2021 [$billions])143.2

GPC (GDP per capita [$/person])4916.93

POP (Population [millions])29.12

LDA (Land Area [sq. km])472710

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Table of EPI results for Cameroon
Indicator	Rank	EPI Score	10-Year Change	Regional Rank	Regional Average
Environmental Performance Index	120	34.90	5.83	19	34.63
Environmental Health	168	18.20	2.25	42	29.27
Air Quality	169	13.61	1.15	43	26.60
Ambient PM2.5 DALY rate	131	13.88	1.45	37	33.22
Household solid fuels DALY rate	149	9.27	2.32	26	16.10
Ozone Exposure DALY rate	158	22.67	-10.67	39	37.01
NO2 Exposure DALY rate	44	70.99	-7.87	23	70.05
Carbon Monoxide Exposure	143	38.20	-4.87	32	46.98
Sulfur Dioxide Exposure	91	47.64	-1.75	34	58.75
Volatile Organic Compound Exposure	162	4.58	-0.62	40	24.21
Sanitation & Drinking Water	170	16.11	7.60	38	23.07
Unsafe sanitation DALY rate	170	15.78	7.49	38	22.76
Unsafe drinking water DALY rate	170	16.33	7.67	38	23.27
Heavy Metals	139	34.43	0.25	38	47.14
Lead Exposure DALY rate	139	34.43	0.25	38	47.14
Waste Management	125	32.85		20	32.44
Sustainably Managed Solid Waste	125	32.85		20	32.44
Ecosystem Vitality	119	38.05	4.82	29	42.45
Biodiversity & Habitat	113	36.88	0.40	31	44.21
Marine Habitat Protection					17.14
Marine KBA Protection					28.61
MPA Effectiveness					47.19
Terrestrial Biome Protection	130	33.06	1.55	35	58.98
Terrestrial KPA Protection	72	67.72	0.00	24	62.58
Protected Area Repr. Index	117	24.68	1.42	37	31.55
Protected Area Conn. Index	108	16.53	0.37	30	25.30
Species Protection Index	134	30.59		38	57.19
Species Habitat Index	109	29.70		31	76.04
Red List Index	99	49.11	-1.03	35	66.48
Biodiversity Habitat Index	37	63.76	-2.10	8	43.86
Bioclim. Eco. Resilience	26	72.16	-3.55	8	42.54
Fisheries	39	70.60	10.12	8	60.79
Fish Catch Discarded	17	89.45	8.96	9	66.50
Bottom Trawling, open ocean	43	88.06	16.76	13	76.70
Bottom Trawling, domestic	49	76.19	21.81	9	56.17
Regional Marine Trophic Index	115	28.71	-7.04	22	43.79
Forests	73	18.30	-6.93	17	22.16
Tree Cover Loss	96	12.79	-8.09	19	19.42
Tree Cover Loss in KBAs	44	28.51	-4.79	14	25.74
Grasslands	113	42.62	4.93	34	60.76
Grassland conversion	116	38.06	2.99	34	59.37
Grassland conversion in KBAs	108	48.19	7.29	34	63.60
Air Pollution	107	48.51	41.31	12	35.01
NOx emission trend	94	48.52	47.88	9	29.16
SO2 emission trend	105	48.50	34.75	14	40.87
Agriculture	31	65.98	3.31	12	56.73
Sustainable Nitrogen Management Index	75	45.97	6.33	13	37.17
Phosphorus Surplus	1	100.00	0.00	1	81.44
Relative Crop Yield	90	0.83	0.09	20	25.61
Pesticide Pollution Risk	93	59.06	2.79	35	72.89
Water Resources	167	0.00		38	13.61
Wastewater Treatment	167	0.00		38	13.61
Climate Change Policy Objective	64	44.09	10.33	5	27.36
Climate Change Mitigation	64	44.09	10.33	5	27.36
CO2 emission trend	57	51.12	28.21	5	27.22
CH4 emission trend	52	53.74	8.24	7	32.28
N2O emission trend	111	35.32	-4.94	20	29.98
F-gas emission trend	101	10.00	-44.97	12	17.22
Black Carbon emission trend	156	32.26	-21.33	27	37.52
GHG emission trend, adj. per capita	31	46.20	5.70	2	31.29
GHG emission trend, adj. per GDP	70	44.47	7.61	6	26.26
Projected emissions 2050	72	27.80	21.66	5	9.39
Carbon flux from land use change	82	38.33	5.05	13	27.96
Environmental Performance Index 2026	Country Profile			Cameroon

CountryCentral African Rep.

RegionSub-Saharan Africa

GDP (PPP 2021 [$billions])5.92

GPC (GDP per capita [$/person])1111.22

POP (Population [millions])5.33

LDA (Land Area [sq. km])622980

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Table of EPI results for Central African Rep.
Indicator	Rank	EPI Score	10-Year Change	Regional Rank	Regional Average
Environmental Performance Index	141	31.53	-4.11	28	34.63
Environmental Health	170	17.60	-0.02	43	29.27
Air Quality	157	19.06	0.57	36	26.60
Ambient PM2.5 DALY rate	85	33.07	1.64	21	33.22
Household solid fuels DALY rate	176	2.32	-0.11	45	16.10
Ozone Exposure DALY rate	172	6.94	-8.30	45	37.01
NO2 Exposure DALY rate	47	70.38	4.67	25	70.05
Carbon Monoxide Exposure	151	32.90	2.08	37	46.98
Sulfur Dioxide Exposure	28	78.44	2.41	10	58.75
Volatile Organic Compound Exposure	166	0.00	0.00	42	24.21
Sanitation & Drinking Water	176	4.70	1.59	44	23.07
Unsafe sanitation DALY rate	176	4.54	1.49	44	22.76
Unsafe drinking water DALY rate	176	4.80	1.65	44	23.27
Heavy Metals	144	32.95	-4.58	41	47.14
Lead Exposure DALY rate	144	32.95	-4.58	41	47.14
Waste Management	154	5.52		37	32.44
Sustainably Managed Solid Waste	154	5.52		37	32.44
Ecosystem Vitality	60	48.44	-0.27	13	42.45
Biodiversity & Habitat	64	49.82	0.15	20	44.21
Marine Habitat Protection					17.14
Marine KBA Protection					28.61
MPA Effectiveness					47.19
Terrestrial Biome Protection	120	39.75	0.00	33	58.98
Terrestrial KPA Protection	74	67.54	0.00	25	62.58
Protected Area Repr. Index	106	25.92	0.70	31	31.55
Protected Area Conn. Index	48	30.06	0.13	14	25.30
Species Protection Index	60	66.76		21	57.19
Species Habitat Index	95	44.62		30	76.04
Red List Index	12	93.07	-0.11	4	66.48
Biodiversity Habitat Index	20	73.34	-0.64	4	43.86
Bioclim. Eco. Resilience	1	100.00	0.57	1	42.54
Fisheries					60.79
Fish Catch Discarded					66.50
Bottom Trawling, open ocean					76.70
Bottom Trawling, domestic					56.17
Regional Marine Trophic Index					43.79
Forests	35	30.47	-1.87	10	22.16
Tree Cover Loss	33	28.28	-1.16	7	19.42
Tree Cover Loss in KBAs	34	34.53	-3.17	10	25.74
Grasslands	9	92.32	1.76	3	60.76
Grassland conversion	20	86.04	3.21	6	59.37
Grassland conversion in KBAs	1	100.00	0.00	1	63.60
Air Pollution	137	31.91	-9.58	22	35.01
NOx emission trend	126	34.37	-2.39	15	29.16
SO2 emission trend	144	29.45	-16.76	27	40.87
Agriculture	40	62.94	12.73	17	56.73
Sustainable Nitrogen Management Index	135	30.22	6.84	32	37.17
Phosphorus Surplus	1	100.00	21.80	1	81.44
Relative Crop Yield					25.61
Pesticide Pollution Risk	10	93.71	-0.94	8	72.89
Water Resources	167	0.00		38	13.61
Wastewater Treatment	167	0.00		38	13.61
Climate Change Policy Objective	156	17.78	-13.27	35	27.36
Climate Change Mitigation	156	17.78	-13.27	35	27.36
CO2 emission trend	165	3.83	-46.49	38	27.22
CH4 emission trend	129	33.31	18.41	22	32.28
N2O emission trend	32	69.36	18.87	4	29.98
F-gas emission trend	114	8.29	-31.28	18	17.22
Black Carbon emission trend	98	53.22	7.40	6	37.52
GHG emission trend, adj. per capita	59	39.47	5.96	10	31.29
GHG emission trend, adj. per GDP	174	0.00	0.00	44	26.26
Projected emissions 2050	90	17.46	17.46	12	9.39
Carbon flux from land use change	68	45.29	-19.12	9	27.96
Environmental Performance Index 2026	Country Profile			Central African Rep.

CountryChad

RegionSub-Saharan Africa

GDP (PPP 2021 [$billions])48.98

GPC (GDP per capita [$/person])2412.87

POP (Population [millions])20.3

LDA (Land Area [sq. km])1259200

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Table of EPI results for Chad
Indicator	Rank	EPI Score	10-Year Change	Regional Rank	Regional Average
Environmental Performance Index	163	27.65	3.14	39	34.63
Environmental Health	175	14.57	0.62	45	29.27
Air Quality	165	15.09	1.38	40	26.60
Ambient PM2.5 DALY rate	117	19.65	3.11	33	33.22
Household solid fuels DALY rate	172	3.96	0.29	43	16.10
Ozone Exposure DALY rate	152	24.42	-4.74	36	37.01
NO2 Exposure DALY rate	6	94.66	0.13	5	70.05
Carbon Monoxide Exposure	103	53.47	0.04	15	46.98
Sulfur Dioxide Exposure	17	85.78	-0.68	5	58.75
Volatile Organic Compound Exposure	166	0.00	0.00	42	24.21
Sanitation & Drinking Water	177	1.60	1.60	45	23.07
Unsafe sanitation DALY rate	177	1.54	1.54	45	22.76
Unsafe drinking water DALY rate	177	1.65	1.65	45	23.27
Heavy Metals	156	28.03	-3.51	44	47.14
Lead Exposure DALY rate	156	28.03	-3.51	44	47.14
Waste Management	140	19.83		28	32.44
Sustainably Managed Solid Waste	140	19.83		28	32.44
Ecosystem Vitality	85	43.68	0.58	18	42.45
Biodiversity & Habitat	59	51.44	1.82	17	44.21
Marine Habitat Protection					17.14
Marine KBA Protection					28.61
MPA Effectiveness					47.19
Terrestrial Biome Protection	77	61.48	1.09	21	58.98
Terrestrial KPA Protection	63	71.85	0.00	21	62.58
Protected Area Repr. Index	92	28.41	6.64	25	31.55
Protected Area Conn. Index	84	21.37	3.31	24	25.30
Species Protection Index	43	72.02		14	57.19
Species Habitat Index	44	79.57		19	76.04
Red List Index	40	82.51	-1.15	16	66.48
Biodiversity Habitat Index	108	35.91	-1.75	30	43.86
Bioclim. Eco. Resilience	96	34.33	-2.18	26	42.54
Fisheries					60.79
Fish Catch Discarded					66.50
Bottom Trawling, open ocean					76.70
Bottom Trawling, domestic					56.17
Regional Marine Trophic Index					43.79
Forests	158	0.64	-12.03	39	22.16
Tree Cover Loss	157	0.98	-13.89	38	19.42
Tree Cover Loss in KBAs	142	0.00	-8.59	35	25.74
Grasslands	39	76.43	3.61	14	60.76
Grassland conversion	43	74.16	2.65	13	59.37
Grassland conversion in KBAs	33	79.20	4.78	12	63.60
Air Pollution	149	23.41	3.99	28	35.01
NOx emission trend	162	7.58	7.58	40	29.16
SO2 emission trend	129	39.25	0.42	20	40.87
Agriculture	51	60.69	-0.33	23	56.73
Sustainable Nitrogen Management Index	144	28.02	-1.88	36	37.17
Phosphorus Surplus	1	100.00	0.00	1	81.44
Relative Crop Yield					25.61
Pesticide Pollution Risk	54	72.98	12.55	26	72.89
Water Resources	161	2.35		35	13.61
Wastewater Treatment	161	2.35		35	13.61
Climate Change Policy Objective	165	14.52	9.11	38	27.36
Climate Change Mitigation	165	14.52	9.11	38	27.36
CO2 emission trend	116	34.53	34.53	17	27.22
CH4 emission trend	175	0.00	-2.65	45	32.28
N2O emission trend	162	0.00	0.00	35	29.98
F-gas emission trend	114	8.29	-31.28	18	17.22
Black Carbon emission trend	133	42.90	11.15	17	37.52
GHG emission trend, adj. per capita	166	6.71	-2.67	44	31.29
GHG emission trend, adj. per GDP	174	0.00	0.00	44	26.26
Projected emissions 2050	116	0.00	0.00	19	9.39
Carbon flux from land use change	147	0.00	0.00	33	27.96
Environmental Performance Index 2026	Country Profile			Chad

CountryComoros

RegionSub-Saharan Africa

GDP (PPP 2021 [$billions])3.02

GPC (GDP per capita [$/person])3482.53

POP (Population [millions])0.87

LDA (Land Area [sq. km])1861

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Table of EPI results for Comoros
Indicator	Rank	EPI Score	10-Year Change	Regional Rank	Regional Average
Environmental Performance Index	132	33.52	-6.84	23	34.63
Environmental Health	69	49.84	0.36	3	29.27
Air Quality	50	51.22	0.08	2	26.60
Ambient PM2.5 DALY rate	10	82.90	-0.71	1	33.22
Household solid fuels DALY rate	131	13.57	1.44	14	16.10
Ozone Exposure DALY rate	18	76.90	-8.79	2	37.01
NO2 Exposure DALY rate	110	44.54	-2.29	40	70.05
Carbon Monoxide Exposure	20	78.86	-3.16	3	46.98
Sulfur Dioxide Exposure	12	89.82	3.66	3	58.75
Volatile Organic Compound Exposure	18	84.42	1.80	5	24.21
Sanitation & Drinking Water	151	22.76	3.36	19	23.07
Unsafe sanitation DALY rate	153	21.67	3.24	21	22.76
Unsafe drinking water DALY rate	149	23.49	3.43	17	23.27
Heavy Metals	19	85.35	-2.41	1	47.14
Lead Exposure DALY rate	19	85.35	-2.41	1	47.14
Waste Management	121	34.97		19	32.44
Sustainably Managed Solid Waste	121	34.97		19	32.44
Ecosystem Vitality	110	40.42	0.00	25	42.45
Biodiversity & Habitat	85	44.44	0.78	25	44.21
Marine Habitat Protection	53	23.35	0.00	10	17.14
Marine KBA Protection	83	11.77	0.00	12	28.61
MPA Effectiveness	1	100.00	0.00	1	47.19
Terrestrial Biome Protection	1	100.00	0.00	1	58.98
Terrestrial KPA Protection	124	41.12	0.00	35	62.58
Protected Area Repr. Index	22	44.14	6.34	4	31.55
Protected Area Conn. Index	13	48.89	2.85	5	25.30
Species Protection Index	112	40.55		32	57.19
Species Habitat Index					76.04
Red List Index	147	22.45	-10.09	41	66.48
Biodiversity Habitat Index	53	54.48	-2.38	13	43.86
Bioclim. Eco. Resilience	39	61.29	-3.82	11	42.54
Fisheries	43	67.32	-5.48	9	60.79
Fish Catch Discarded	126	0.07	-45.72	29	66.50
Bottom Trawling, open ocean	1	100.00	0.00	1	76.70
Bottom Trawling, domestic	1	100.00	0.00	1	56.17
Regional Marine Trophic Index	13	69.21	23.80	4	43.79
Forests	56	21.27	9.07	13	22.16
Tree Cover Loss	45	24.17	10.51	9	19.42
Tree Cover Loss in KBAs	76	15.87	6.40	19	25.74
Grasslands	95	48.08	1.32	28	60.76
Grassland conversion	103	42.49	0.39	30	59.37
Grassland conversion in KBAs	86	54.91	2.46	25	63.60
Air Pollution	152	22.55	-13.38	31	35.01
NOx emission trend	144	21.38	-10.31	27	29.16
SO2 emission trend	153	23.72	-16.44	31	40.87
Agriculture	22	68.43	2.77	6	56.73
Sustainable Nitrogen Management Index	93	42.24	5.26	18	37.17
Phosphorus Surplus	1	100.00	0.00	1	81.44
Relative Crop Yield					25.61
Pesticide Pollution Risk	29	77.78	0.00	19	72.89
Water Resources	167	0.00		38	13.61
Wastewater Treatment	167	0.00		38	13.61
Climate Change Policy Objective	172	9.59	-23.09	43	27.36
Climate Change Mitigation	172	9.59	-23.09	43	27.36
CO2 emission trend	169	0.00	-32.65	40	27.22
CH4 emission trend	136	30.86	0.86	24	32.28
N2O emission trend	141	13.59	-12.89	30	29.98
F-gas emission trend	27	50.00	13.44	1	17.22
Black Carbon emission trend	129	43.66	6.67	13	37.52
GHG emission trend, adj. per capita	167	4.63	-31.43	45	31.29
GHG emission trend, adj. per GDP	173	0.06	-34.42	43	26.26
Projected emissions 2050	116	0.00	0.00	19	9.39
Carbon flux from land use change	44	73.22	8.32	2	27.96
Environmental Performance Index 2026	Country Profile			Comoros

CountryCôte d'Ivoire

RegionSub-Saharan Africa

GDP (PPP 2021 [$billions])215.46

GPC (GDP per capita [$/person])6747.04

POP (Population [millions])31.93

LDA (Land Area [sq. km])318000

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Table of EPI results for Côte d'Ivoire
Indicator	Rank	EPI Score	10-Year Change	Regional Rank	Regional Average
Environmental Performance Index	149	30.85	-0.84	32	34.63
Environmental Health	156	23.55	0.01	33	29.27
Air Quality	157	19.06	-0.67	36	26.60
Ambient PM2.5 DALY rate	109	23.06	-2.85	31	33.22
Household solid fuels DALY rate	145	10.01	2.97	22	16.10
Ozone Exposure DALY rate	131	33.05	-10.05	26	37.01
NO2 Exposure DALY rate	69	62.36	-15.86	32	70.05
Carbon Monoxide Exposure	124	46.72	-6.46	25	46.98
Sulfur Dioxide Exposure	47	67.59	-3.39	18	58.75
Volatile Organic Compound Exposure	143	13.59	-3.60	31	24.21
Sanitation & Drinking Water	155	21.79	7.12	23	23.07
Unsafe sanitation DALY rate	155	21.25	7.02	23	22.76
Unsafe drinking water DALY rate	155	22.15	7.18	23	23.27
Heavy Metals	114	41.90	-6.76	30	47.14
Lead Exposure DALY rate	114	41.90	-6.76	30	47.14
Waste Management	128	29.39		23	32.44
Sustainably Managed Solid Waste	128	29.39		23	32.44
Ecosystem Vitality	112	39.70	-1.12	26	42.45
Biodiversity & Habitat	69	48.57	1.19	22	44.21
Marine Habitat Protection	96	0.00	0.00	16	17.14
Marine KBA Protection					28.61
MPA Effectiveness					47.19
Terrestrial Biome Protection	52	75.73	1.60	17	58.98
Terrestrial KPA Protection	18	93.60	5.36	5	62.58
Protected Area Repr. Index	56	34.72	0.82	13	31.55
Protected Area Conn. Index	78	23.17	0.91	22	25.30
Species Protection Index	19	85.33		4	57.19
Species Habitat Index	121	11.83		32	76.04
Red List Index	64	69.07	-0.32	26	66.48
Biodiversity Habitat Index	140	26.00	-1.74	38	43.86
Bioclim. Eco. Resilience	145	15.12	-1.27	40	42.54
Fisheries	95	43.66	-8.97	26	60.79
Fish Catch Discarded	48	59.46	-13.92	15	66.50
Bottom Trawling, open ocean	57	69.41	-4.08	19	76.70
Bottom Trawling, domestic	125	14.77	1.02	28	56.17
Regional Marine Trophic Index	110	30.99	-18.91	20	43.79
Forests	140	5.22	0.84	32	22.16
Tree Cover Loss	147	4.65	-1.39	34	19.42
Tree Cover Loss in KBAs	122	6.27	4.96	29	25.74
Grasslands	102	46.54	-6.86	30	60.76
Grassland conversion	129	25.21	-5.31	38	59.37
Grassland conversion in KBAs	47	72.61	-8.75	17	63.60
Air Pollution	163	15.07	-7.20	40	35.01
NOx emission trend	170	0.00	-2.96	44	29.16
SO2 emission trend	143	30.14	-11.44	26	40.87
Agriculture	37	63.98	0.05	14	56.73
Sustainable Nitrogen Management Index	109	37.01	0.73	24	37.17
Phosphorus Surplus	1	100.00	0.00	1	81.44
Relative Crop Yield					25.61
Pesticide Pollution Risk	140	45.49	-6.40	42	72.89
Water Resources	123	18.47		12	13.61
Wastewater Treatment	123	18.47		12	13.61
Climate Change Policy Objective	144	23.67	-1.13	27	27.36
Climate Change Mitigation	144	23.67	-1.13	27	27.36
CO2 emission trend	145	24.35	-3.11	29	27.22
CH4 emission trend	119	35.85	20.23	18	32.28
N2O emission trend	162	0.00	-17.11	35	29.98
F-gas emission trend	114	8.29	-31.28	18	17.22
Black Carbon emission trend	170	18.60	11.07	40	37.52
GHG emission trend, adj. per capita	115	28.80	0.75	27	31.29
GHG emission trend, adj. per GDP	120	29.24	1.51	17	26.26
Projected emissions 2050	116	0.00	0.00	19	9.39
Carbon flux from land use change	144	5.13	-5.60	32	27.96
Environmental Performance Index 2026	Country Profile			Côte d'Ivoire

CountryDem. Rep. Congo

RegionSub-Saharan Africa

GDP (PPP 2021 [$billions])175.07

GPC (GDP per capita [$/person])1602.07

POP (Population [millions])109.28

LDA (Land Area [sq. km])2267050

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Table of EPI results for Dem. Rep. Congo
Indicator	Rank	EPI Score	10-Year Change	Regional Rank	Regional Average
Environmental Performance Index	153	30.01	1.25	35	34.63
Environmental Health	151	24.20	2.20	29	29.27
Air Quality	147	21.26	1.86	28	26.60
Ambient PM2.5 DALY rate	72	36.42	3.28	19	33.22
Household solid fuels DALY rate	162	6.29	1.27	37	16.10
Ozone Exposure DALY rate	170	12.30	-4.05	44	37.01
NO2 Exposure DALY rate	82	58.23	-6.75	37	70.05
Carbon Monoxide Exposure	159	25.89	-0.42	40	46.98
Sulfur Dioxide Exposure	139	28.42	0.16	40	58.75
Volatile Organic Compound Exposure	166	0.00	0.00	42	24.21
Sanitation & Drinking Water	136	28.84	10.26	9	23.07
Unsafe sanitation DALY rate	137	27.84	9.92	11	22.76
Unsafe drinking water DALY rate	136	29.51	10.50	9	23.27
Heavy Metals	148	29.65	-6.46	42	47.14
Lead Exposure DALY rate	148	29.65	-6.46	42	47.14
Waste Management	135	24.60		26	32.44
Sustainably Managed Solid Waste	135	24.60		26	32.44
Ecosystem Vitality	80	45.07	0.96	17	42.45
Biodiversity & Habitat	62	49.95	1.46	19	44.21
Marine Habitat Protection					17.14
Marine KBA Protection					28.61
MPA Effectiveness					47.19
Terrestrial Biome Protection	104	49.44	3.66	28	58.98
Terrestrial KPA Protection	76	65.98	2.77	26	62.58
Protected Area Repr. Index	97	27.62	1.73	28	31.55
Protected Area Conn. Index	71	25.33	1.58	20	25.30
Species Protection Index	71	63.36		24	57.19
Species Habitat Index	48	74.13		21	76.04
Red List Index	42	81.64	-0.23	17	66.48
Biodiversity Habitat Index	15	75.53	-2.98	2	43.86
Bioclim. Eco. Resilience	11	88.67	-6.45	3	42.54
Fisheries					60.79
Fish Catch Discarded					66.50
Bottom Trawling, open ocean					76.70
Bottom Trawling, domestic					56.17
Regional Marine Trophic Index					43.79
Forests	107	11.53	-4.52	25	22.16
Tree Cover Loss	102	11.53	-4.52	21	19.42
Tree Cover Loss in KBAs					25.74
Grasslands	41	75.28	1.30	16	60.76
Grassland conversion	44	73.77	3.66	14	59.37
Grassland conversion in KBAs	36	77.13	-1.57	13	63.60
Air Pollution	142	27.74	4.48	24	35.01
NOx emission trend	129	31.99	14.72	17	29.16
SO2 emission trend	154	23.48	-5.78	32	40.87
Agriculture	42	62.10	-0.16	18	56.73
Sustainable Nitrogen Management Index	108	37.37	0.15	23	37.17
Phosphorus Surplus	1	100.00	0.00	1	81.44
Relative Crop Yield	48	10.61	2.43	11	25.61
Pesticide Pollution Risk	99	57.80	-6.96	36	72.89
Water Resources	133	15.78		19	13.61
Wastewater Treatment	133	15.78		19	13.61
Climate Change Policy Objective	168	12.24	0.87	40	27.36
Climate Change Mitigation	168	12.24	0.87	40	27.36
CO2 emission trend	169	0.00	-6.35	40	27.22
CH4 emission trend	167	12.92	12.92	40	32.28
N2O emission trend	116	33.85	11.56	22	29.98
F-gas emission trend	114	8.29	-31.28	18	17.22
Black Carbon emission trend	173	14.67	-27.49	42	37.52
GHG emission trend, adj. per capita	129	24.70	9.84	32	31.29
GHG emission trend, adj. per GDP	149	19.53	11.76	32	26.26
Projected emissions 2050	116	0.00	0.00	19	9.39
Carbon flux from land use change	121	20.56	-1.32	23	27.96
Environmental Performance Index 2026	Country Profile			Dem. Rep. Congo

CountryDjibouti

RegionSub-Saharan Africa

GDP (PPP 2021 [$billions])8.03

GPC (GDP per capita [$/person])6871.12

POP (Population [millions])1.17

LDA (Land Area [sq. km])23180

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Table of EPI results for Djibouti
Indicator	Rank	EPI Score	10-Year Change	Regional Rank	Regional Average
Environmental Performance Index	164	26.92	-6.34	40	34.63
Environmental Health	137	28.85	1.98	22	29.27
Air Quality	154	19.59	0.88	34	26.60
Ambient PM2.5 DALY rate	146	9.70	0.39	40	33.22
Household solid fuels DALY rate	117	20.88	2.73	8	16.10
Ozone Exposure DALY rate	52	55.83	-9.39	4	37.01
NO2 Exposure DALY rate	97	48.49	-10.66	39	70.05
Carbon Monoxide Exposure	58	62.45	-6.84	8	46.98
Sulfur Dioxide Exposure	60	62.84	0.33	23	58.75
Volatile Organic Compound Exposure	38	58.13	0.02	6	24.21
Sanitation & Drinking Water	166	18.80	7.15	34	23.07
Unsafe sanitation DALY rate	167	18.14	6.99	35	22.76
Unsafe drinking water DALY rate	166	19.24	7.25	34	23.27
Heavy Metals	40	68.25	0.15	3	47.14
Lead Exposure DALY rate	40	68.25	0.15	3	47.14
Waste Management	92	62.00		7	32.44
Sustainably Managed Solid Waste	92	62.00		7	32.44
Ecosystem Vitality	174	22.42	-2.09	45	42.45
Biodiversity & Habitat	177	5.71	0.19	45	44.21
Marine Habitat Protection	96	0.00	0.00	16	17.14
Marine KBA Protection	113	0.00	0.00	21	28.61
MPA Effectiveness					47.19
Terrestrial Biome Protection	171	4.42	0.00	44	58.98
Terrestrial KPA Protection	172	2.07	0.00	45	62.58
Protected Area Repr. Index	161	12.86	2.51	44	31.55
Protected Area Conn. Index	171	1.27	-0.02	43	25.30
Species Protection Index	170	4.16		45	57.19
Species Habitat Index					76.04
Red List Index	119	43.08	-4.65	38	66.48
Biodiversity Habitat Index	88	40.52	-0.53	23	43.86
Bioclim. Eco. Resilience	77	42.02	-0.50	20	42.54
Fisheries	19	80.61	19.15	3	60.79
Fish Catch Discarded	27	83.69	0.00	12	66.50
Bottom Trawling, open ocean	1	100.00	0.00	1	76.70
Bottom Trawling, domestic	1	100.00	53.20	1	56.17
Regional Marine Trophic Index	103	38.76	23.41	19	43.79
Forests					22.16
Tree Cover Loss					19.42
Tree Cover Loss in KBAs					25.74
Grasslands	21	84.15	0.55	6	60.76
Grassland conversion	1	100.00	0.00	1	59.37
Grassland conversion in KBAs	62	64.77	1.22	21	63.60
Air Pollution	166	12.64	-37.29	42	35.01
NOx emission trend	164	6.70	-34.34	41	29.16
SO2 emission trend	165	18.57	-40.24	42	40.87
Agriculture	69	55.51	14.69	28	56.73
Sustainable Nitrogen Management Index	35	59.48	9.28	3	37.17
Phosphorus Surplus	125	46.68	21.09	44	81.44
Relative Crop Yield					25.61
Pesticide Pollution Risk	15	86.34	17.48	12	72.89
Water Resources	140	11.07		22	13.61
Wastewater Treatment	140	11.07		22	13.61
Climate Change Policy Objective	111	32.05	-19.66	16	27.36
Climate Change Mitigation	111	32.05	-19.66	16	27.36
CO2 emission trend	127	32.86	-31.21	20	27.22
CH4 emission trend	139	29.44	-13.20	25	32.28
N2O emission trend	84	43.98	3.09	15	29.98
F-gas emission trend					17.22
Black Carbon emission trend	147	37.02	-10.76	22	37.52
GHG emission trend, adj. per capita	86	34.70	-13.62	19	31.29
GHG emission trend, adj. per GDP	107	34.58	-9.93	15	26.26
Projected emissions 2050	116	0.00	-35.89	19	9.39
Carbon flux from land use change					27.96
Environmental Performance Index 2026	Country Profile			Djibouti

CountryEquatorial Guinea

RegionSub-Saharan Africa

GDP (PPP 2021 [$billions])29.25

GPC (GDP per capita [$/person])15454.43

POP (Population [millions])1.89

LDA (Land Area [sq. km])28050

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Table of EPI results for Equatorial Guinea
Indicator	Rank	EPI Score	10-Year Change	Regional Rank	Regional Average
Environmental Performance Index	90	40.52	0.98	8	34.63
Environmental Health	134	29.78	1.23	19	29.27
Air Quality	135	24.87	1.32	22	26.60
Ambient PM2.5 DALY rate	169	0.00	0.00	44	33.22
Household solid fuels DALY rate	89	45.84	4.24	4	16.10
Ozone Exposure DALY rate	159	22.64	-14.06	40	37.01
NO2 Exposure DALY rate	14	82.96	-0.45	11	70.05
Carbon Monoxide Exposure	107	52.28	-7.44	16	46.98
Sulfur Dioxide Exposure	50	66.20	-0.21	20	58.75
Volatile Organic Compound Exposure	121	18.10	-0.36	17	24.21
Sanitation & Drinking Water	124	34.48	6.46	5	23.07
Unsafe sanitation DALY rate	123	35.25	6.99	4	22.76
Unsafe drinking water DALY rate	125	33.97	6.11	5	23.27
Heavy Metals	135	34.83	-5.72	37	47.14
Lead Exposure DALY rate	135	34.83	-5.72	37	47.14
Waste Management	103	54.74		11	32.44
Sustainably Managed Solid Waste	103	54.74		11	32.44
Ecosystem Vitality	87	43.59	-1.35	19	42.45
Biodiversity & Habitat	70	48.56	3.04	23	44.21
Marine Habitat Protection	33	37.78	0.00	3	17.14
Marine KBA Protection	91	7.47	0.00	16	28.61
MPA Effectiveness	1	100.00	100.00	1	47.19
Terrestrial Biome Protection	82	59.16	0.00	22	58.98
Terrestrial KPA Protection	1	100.00	0.00	1	62.58
Protected Area Repr. Index	73	31.77	1.13	17	31.55
Protected Area Conn. Index	63	27.54	-0.53	18	25.30
Species Protection Index	49	70.54		17	57.19
Species Habitat Index					76.04
Red List Index	135	30.14	2.05	40	66.48
Biodiversity Habitat Index	23	72.37	-2.54	5	43.86
Bioclim. Eco. Resilience	20	77.62	-2.89	5	42.54
Fisheries	53	60.11	2.13	15	60.79
Fish Catch Discarded	11	95.45	12.74	6	66.50
Bottom Trawling, open ocean	94	44.29	-7.79	25	76.70
Bottom Trawling, domestic	123	15.94	-16.51	27	56.17
Regional Marine Trophic Index	6	84.77	20.07	1	43.79
Forests	45	25.00	2.95	11	22.16
Tree Cover Loss	63	19.82	1.91	12	19.42
Tree Cover Loss in KBAs	33	34.61	4.86	9	25.74
Grasslands	139	21.83	-3.06	42	60.76
Grassland conversion	120	34.58	4.18	36	59.37
Grassland conversion in KBAs	151	6.24	-11.91	42	63.60
Air Pollution	115	46.68	-31.84	14	35.01
NOx emission trend	106	44.33	-20.70	11	29.16
SO2 emission trend	101	49.03	-42.98	13	40.87
Agriculture	57	59.50	1.48	25	56.73
Sustainable Nitrogen Management Index	145	26.55	1.79	37	37.17
Phosphorus Surplus	1	100.00	0.00	1	81.44
Relative Crop Yield					25.61
Pesticide Pollution Risk	76	64.93	10.13	32	72.89
Water Resources	99	31.09		6	13.61
Wastewater Treatment	99	31.09		6	13.61
Climate Change Policy Objective	58	44.86	4.25	3	27.36
Climate Change Mitigation	58	44.86	4.25	3	27.36
CO2 emission trend	65	49.85	18.75	7	27.22
CH4 emission trend	51	53.75	-18.31	6	32.28
N2O emission trend	62	53.05	-8.96	9	29.98
F-gas emission trend	114	8.29	-31.28	18	17.22
Black Carbon emission trend	113	48.74	-51.26	10	37.52
GHG emission trend, adj. per capita	50	41.19	12.56	8	31.29
GHG emission trend, adj. per GDP	56	46.61	2.22	2	26.26
Projected emissions 2050	43	43.44	7.39	2	9.39
Carbon flux from land use change	79	41.30	-5.72	12	27.96
Environmental Performance Index 2026	Country Profile			Equatorial Guinea

CountryEswatini

RegionSub-Saharan Africa

GDP (PPP 2021 [$billions])12.9

GPC (GDP per capita [$/person])10380.4

POP (Population [millions])1.24

LDA (Land Area [sq. km])17200

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Table of EPI results for Eswatini
Indicator	Rank	EPI Score	10-Year Change	Regional Rank	Regional Average
Environmental Performance Index	124	34.41	-0.62	21	34.63
Environmental Health	135	29.37	4.53	20	29.27
Air Quality	149	20.82	4.46	30	26.60
Ambient PM2.5 DALY rate	115	21.24	4.16	32	33.22
Household solid fuels DALY rate	125	16.76	5.07	11	16.10
Ozone Exposure DALY rate	132	32.84	9.48	27	37.01
NO2 Exposure DALY rate	9	90.76	12.44	8	70.05
Carbon Monoxide Exposure	144	37.74	-3.43	33	46.98
Sulfur Dioxide Exposure	122	36.40	0.81	37	58.75
Volatile Organic Compound Exposure	128	17.06	-2.78	22	24.21
Sanitation & Drinking Water	135	29.14	7.13	8	23.07
Unsafe sanitation DALY rate	134	28.37	7.03	8	22.76
Unsafe drinking water DALY rate	134	29.65	7.20	7	23.27
Heavy Metals	68	55.20	2.82	9	47.14
Lead Exposure DALY rate	68	55.20	2.82	9	47.14
Waste Management	100	55.35		10	32.44
Sustainably Managed Solid Waste	100	55.35		10	32.44
Ecosystem Vitality	155	29.94	3.58	40	42.45
Biodiversity & Habitat	144	24.61	5.32	40	44.21
Marine Habitat Protection					17.14
Marine KBA Protection					28.61
MPA Effectiveness					47.19
Terrestrial Biome Protection	156	15.53	1.99	42	58.98
Terrestrial KPA Protection	138	28.67	2.52	37	62.58
Protected Area Repr. Index	111	25.25	7.43	33	31.55
Protected Area Conn. Index	88	20.73	17.08	25	25.30
Species Protection Index	154	15.79		42	57.19
Species Habitat Index					76.04
Red List Index	27	88.30	-0.05	12	66.48
Biodiversity Habitat Index	79	43.73	0.06	20	43.86
Bioclim. Eco. Resilience	72	44.10	1.25	18	42.54
Fisheries					60.79
Fish Catch Discarded					66.50
Bottom Trawling, open ocean					76.70
Bottom Trawling, domestic					56.17
Regional Marine Trophic Index					43.79
Forests	85	16.30	-0.01	19	22.16
Tree Cover Loss	89	13.75	5.37	18	19.42
Tree Cover Loss in KBAs	58	21.04	-9.98	16	25.74
Grasslands	103	45.99	2.81	31	60.76
Grassland conversion	98	46.02	5.53	29	59.37
Grassland conversion in KBAs	111	45.96	-0.51	36	63.60
Air Pollution	102	48.95	1.89	11	35.01
NOx emission trend	117	37.75	33.60	12	29.16
SO2 emission trend	73	60.15	-29.81	10	40.87
Agriculture	58	58.78	0.19	26	56.73
Sustainable Nitrogen Management Index	92	42.26	18.09	17	37.17
Phosphorus Surplus	54	77.80	-22.20	28	81.44
Relative Crop Yield					25.61
Pesticide Pollution Risk	59	71.77	0.23	27	72.89
Water Resources	126	16.95		14	13.61
Wastewater Treatment	126	16.95		14	13.61
Climate Change Policy Objective	57	45.30	-11.21	2	27.36
Climate Change Mitigation	57	45.30	-11.21	2	27.36
CO2 emission trend	89	42.62	-9.86	9	27.22
CH4 emission trend	68	49.73	-25.91	9	32.28
N2O emission trend	56	55.70	24.32	7	29.98
F-gas emission trend					17.22
Black Carbon emission trend	76	60.55	19.60	4	37.52
GHG emission trend, adj. per capita	41	44.30	-10.08	6	31.29
GHG emission trend, adj. per GDP	58	46.57	-9.13	3	26.26
Projected emissions 2050	69	28.92	-42.45	4	9.39
Carbon flux from land use change	45	71.66	-28.34	3	27.96
Environmental Performance Index 2026	Country Profile			Eswatini

CountryEthiopia

RegionSub-Saharan Africa

GDP (PPP 2021 [$billions])381.95

GPC (GDP per capita [$/person])2892.22

POP (Population [millions])132.06

LDA (Land Area [sq. km])1128499

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Table of EPI results for Ethiopia
Indicator	Rank	EPI Score	10-Year Change	Regional Rank	Regional Average
Environmental Performance Index	129	33.88	5.91	22	34.63
Environmental Health	119	33.46	0.95	13	29.27
Air Quality	103	32.89	-0.30	11	26.60
Ambient PM2.5 DALY rate	38	53.83	-2.01	8	33.22
Household solid fuels DALY rate	151	8.62	2.06	28	16.10
Ozone Exposure DALY rate	71	47.55	-8.62	11	37.01
NO2 Exposure DALY rate	1	100.00	0.00	1	70.05
Carbon Monoxide Exposure	150	34.57	-2.23	36	46.98
Sulfur Dioxide Exposure	42	69.63	-1.06	16	58.75
Volatile Organic Compound Exposure	142	13.68	0.00	30	24.21
Sanitation & Drinking Water	159	20.93	7.36	27	23.07
Unsafe sanitation DALY rate	161	19.89	7.02	29	22.76
Unsafe drinking water DALY rate	158	21.63	7.59	26	23.27
Heavy Metals	85	50.26	-2.32	17	47.14
Lead Exposure DALY rate	85	50.26	-2.32	17	47.14
Waste Management	116	40.00		15	32.44
Sustainably Managed Solid Waste	116	40.00		15	32.44
Ecosystem Vitality	114	39.50	3.56	27	42.45
Biodiversity & Habitat	101	39.10	4.93	27	44.21
Marine Habitat Protection					17.14
Marine KBA Protection					28.61
MPA Effectiveness					47.19
Terrestrial Biome Protection	89	56.50	14.98	24	58.98
Terrestrial KPA Protection	137	29.02	1.32	36	62.58
Protected Area Repr. Index	108	25.36	3.87	32	31.55
Protected Area Conn. Index	55	28.77	7.63	16	25.30
Species Protection Index	99	49.65		31	57.19
Species Habitat Index	1	100.00		1	76.04
Red List Index	102	48.93	-0.44	36	66.48
Biodiversity Habitat Index	90	39.83	-0.67	24	43.86
Bioclim. Eco. Resilience	94	35.13	-0.56	25	42.54
Fisheries					60.79
Fish Catch Discarded					66.50
Bottom Trawling, open ocean					76.70
Bottom Trawling, domestic					56.17
Regional Marine Trophic Index					43.79
Forests	65	19.63	0.59	14	22.16
Tree Cover Loss	50	23.25	1.45	10	19.42
Tree Cover Loss in KBAs	92	12.90	-1.00	22	25.74
Grasslands	20	84.37	-2.66	5	60.76
Grassland conversion	15	90.85	-2.90	5	59.37
Grassland conversion in KBAs	39	76.46	-2.36	15	63.60
Air Pollution	151	22.98	9.89	30	35.01
NOx emission trend	153	15.74	7.82	34	29.16
SO2 emission trend	142	30.21	11.94	25	40.87
Agriculture	38	63.60	-2.19	15	56.73
Sustainable Nitrogen Management Index	71	46.53	4.21	10	37.17
Phosphorus Surplus	48	80.49	-10.39	26	81.44
Relative Crop Yield	1	100.00	0.00	1	25.61
Pesticide Pollution Risk	81	62.78	-2.81	34	72.89
Water Resources	159	2.96		34	13.61
Wastewater Treatment	159	2.96		34	13.61
Climate Change Policy Objective	137	25.81	13.60	24	27.36
Climate Change Mitigation	137	25.81	13.60	24	27.36
CO2 emission trend	132	29.12	29.12	22	27.22
CH4 emission trend	154	22.65	9.07	30	32.28
N2O emission trend	161	0.61	0.61	34	29.98
F-gas emission trend	27	50.00	-43.17	1	17.22
Black Carbon emission trend	162	28.40	9.77	32	37.52
GHG emission trend, adj. per capita	110	30.43	8.24	26	31.29
GHG emission trend, adj. per GDP	148	20.71	18.03	31	26.26
Projected emissions 2050	116	0.00	0.00	19	9.39
Carbon flux from land use change	132	14.72	14.72	27	27.96
Environmental Performance Index 2026	Country Profile			Ethiopia

CountryGabon

RegionSub-Saharan Africa

GDP (PPP 2021 [$billions])48.05

GPC (GDP per capita [$/person])18923.66

POP (Population [millions])2.54

LDA (Land Area [sq. km])257670

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Table of EPI results for Gabon
Indicator	Rank	EPI Score	10-Year Change	Regional Rank	Regional Average
Environmental Performance Index	47	48.84	6.64	3	34.63
Environmental Health	115	33.73	3.51	12	29.27
Air Quality	120	27.82	4.44	16	26.60
Ambient PM2.5 DALY rate	169	0.00	0.00	44	33.22
Household solid fuels DALY rate	83	52.45	11.37	3	16.10
Ozone Exposure DALY rate	110	37.36	-13.79	16	37.01
NO2 Exposure DALY rate	79	59.81	-3.66	35	70.05
Carbon Monoxide Exposure	123	46.91	-7.22	24	46.98
Sulfur Dioxide Exposure	43	69.61	-1.31	17	58.75
Volatile Organic Compound Exposure	158	8.20	-3.28	38	24.21
Sanitation & Drinking Water	132	29.71	6.30	6	23.07
Unsafe sanitation DALY rate	131	29.62	7.03	6	22.76
Unsafe drinking water DALY rate	133	29.77	5.81	6	23.27
Heavy Metals	67	55.30	-2.76	8	47.14
Lead Exposure DALY rate	67	55.30	-2.76	8	47.14
Waste Management	99	56.00		9	32.44
Sustainably Managed Solid Waste	99	56.00		9	32.44
Ecosystem Vitality	9	63.04	20.33	2	42.45
Biodiversity & Habitat	7	68.40	23.79	3	44.21
Marine Habitat Protection					17.14
Marine KBA Protection	2	98.18	97.35	1	28.61
MPA Effectiveness	83	8.03	8.03	16	47.19
Terrestrial Biome Protection	56	73.52	0.32	18	58.98
Terrestrial KPA Protection	37	84.10	41.03	12	62.58
Protected Area Repr. Index	67	33.54	2.47	15	31.55
Protected Area Conn. Index	36	35.39	0.88	10	25.30
Species Protection Index	18	86.52		3	57.19
Species Habitat Index	86	49.42		28	76.04
Red List Index	37	83.95	-0.19	14	66.48
Biodiversity Habitat Index	12	76.47	-0.88	1	43.86
Bioclim. Eco. Resilience	9	95.01	1.60	2	42.54
Fisheries	60	56.55	4.92	19	60.79
Fish Catch Discarded	21	87.38	0.59	10	66.50
Bottom Trawling, open ocean	106	35.50	1.30	29	76.70
Bottom Trawling, domestic	98	32.97	-8.04	21	56.17
Regional Marine Trophic Index	12	70.34	25.84	3	43.79
Forests	32	31.90	2.92	9	22.16
Tree Cover Loss	31	30.73	1.63	6	19.42
Tree Cover Loss in KBAs	35	34.06	5.31	11	25.74
Grasslands	30	80.34	-2.54	8	60.76
Grassland conversion	33	79.32	-2.41	10	59.37
Grassland conversion in KBAs	28	81.58	-2.70	9	63.60
Air Pollution	42	75.61	74.39	2	35.01
NOx emission trend	49	72.54	72.54	2	29.16
SO2 emission trend	46	78.69	76.25	5	40.87
Agriculture	134	40.27	-9.41	40	56.73
Sustainable Nitrogen Management Index	131	31.49	0.34	30	37.17
Phosphorus Surplus	85	57.26	-25.69	34	81.44
Relative Crop Yield	107	0.11	0.04	23	25.61
Pesticide Pollution Risk	163	32.31	13.71	44	72.89
Water Resources	88	35.91		5	13.61
Wastewater Treatment	88	35.91		5	13.61
Climate Change Policy Objective	80	40.12	-11.30	7	27.36
Climate Change Mitigation	80	40.12	-11.30	7	27.36
CO2 emission trend	49	52.66	-1.89	3	27.22
CH4 emission trend	96	43.07	-33.06	12	32.28
N2O emission trend	78	46.01	46.01	13	29.98
F-gas emission trend	112	8.33	-31.41	16	17.22
Black Carbon emission trend	52	76.88	73.84	3	37.52
GHG emission trend, adj. per capita	119	28.35	-15.14	29	31.29
GHG emission trend, adj. per GDP	100	36.01	-15.77	11	26.26
Projected emissions 2050	81	22.37	-72.59	9	9.39
Carbon flux from land use change	56	55.83	3.11	4	27.96
Environmental Performance Index 2026	Country Profile			Gabon

CountryGambia

RegionSub-Saharan Africa

GDP (PPP 2021 [$billions])8.44

GPC (GDP per capita [$/person])3057.68

POP (Population [millions])2.76

LDA (Land Area [sq. km])10120

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Table of EPI results for Gambia
Indicator	Rank	EPI Score	10-Year Change	Regional Rank	Regional Average
Environmental Performance Index	152	30.19	4.21	34	34.63
Environmental Health	153	23.87	-2.03	31	29.27
Air Quality	153	19.73	-1.56	33	26.60
Ambient PM2.5 DALY rate	99	28.23	-1.36	27	33.22
Household solid fuels DALY rate	159	6.91	-0.87	35	16.10
Ozone Exposure DALY rate	118	35.18	-6.07	19	37.01
NO2 Exposure DALY rate	43	71.05	-7.74	22	70.05
Carbon Monoxide Exposure	115	49.90	-7.67	21	46.98
Sulfur Dioxide Exposure	138	29.02	-3.21	39	58.75
Volatile Organic Compound Exposure	98	28.90	-3.62	9	24.21
Sanitation & Drinking Water	137	28.52	6.20	10	23.07
Unsafe sanitation DALY rate	136	27.86	6.22	10	22.76
Unsafe drinking water DALY rate	138	28.95	6.17	11	23.27
Heavy Metals	111	42.19	-15.57	28	47.14
Lead Exposure DALY rate	111	42.19	-15.57	28	47.14
Waste Management	165	0.00		44	32.44
Sustainably Managed Solid Waste	165	0.00		44	32.44
Ecosystem Vitality	158	28.27	1.29	41	42.45
Biodiversity & Habitat	152	20.59	0.10	41	44.21
Marine Habitat Protection					17.14
Marine KBA Protection	110	0.27	0.00	20	28.61
MPA Effectiveness	1	100.00	0.00	1	47.19
Terrestrial Biome Protection	144	25.10	0.00	39	58.98
Terrestrial KPA Protection	154	15.94	0.00	41	62.58
Protected Area Repr. Index	90	28.49	1.37	24	31.55
Protected Area Conn. Index	155	5.81	0.12	40	25.30
Species Protection Index	143	22.99		40	57.19
Species Habitat Index					76.04
Red List Index	20	90.48	-0.04	9	66.48
Biodiversity Habitat Index	167	15.24	-2.45	43	43.86
Bioclim. Eco. Resilience	138	16.96	-2.17	36	42.54
Fisheries	18	81.13	11.82	2	60.79
Fish Catch Discarded	1	99.98	0.40	1	66.50
Bottom Trawling, open ocean	1	100.00	2.59	1	76.70
Bottom Trawling, domestic	53	73.52	-1.31	10	56.17
Regional Marine Trophic Index	57	51.00	45.57	10	43.79
Forests	18	47.09	20.82	5	22.16
Tree Cover Loss	72	18.59	5.30	13	19.42
Tree Cover Loss in KBAs	1	100.00	49.62	1	25.74
Grasslands	123	34.12	0.18	37	60.76
Grassland conversion	110	40.60	-0.54	32	59.37
Grassland conversion in KBAs	136	26.21	1.07	41	63.60
Air Pollution	160	17.41	-10.85	37	35.01
NOx emission trend	154	13.28	1.13	35	29.16
SO2 emission trend	158	21.54	-22.82	35	40.87
Agriculture	97	50.00	-7.53	34	56.73
Sustainable Nitrogen Management Index	162	14.48	-13.80	41	37.17
Phosphorus Surplus	1	100.00	0.00	1	81.44
Relative Crop Yield	103	0.21	-0.25	22	25.61
Pesticide Pollution Risk	107	54.98	-12.42	37	72.89
Water Resources	142	10.53		24	13.61
Wastewater Treatment	142	10.53		24	13.61
Climate Change Policy Objective	88	38.35	13.80	10	27.36
Climate Change Mitigation	88	38.35	13.80	10	27.36
CO2 emission trend	142	25.39	3.98	27	27.22
CH4 emission trend	39	57.06	31.82	4	32.28
N2O emission trend	8	92.88	49.85	1	29.98
F-gas emission trend					17.22
Black Carbon emission trend	150	35.78	6.51	24	37.52
GHG emission trend, adj. per capita	32	46.03	13.65	3	31.29
GHG emission trend, adj. per GDP	72	44.03	17.32	7	26.26
Projected emissions 2050	77	24.62	24.62	7	9.39
Carbon flux from land use change	147	0.00	0.00	33	27.96
Environmental Performance Index 2026	Country Profile			Gambia

CountryGhana

RegionSub-Saharan Africa

GDP (PPP 2021 [$billions])242.91

GPC (GDP per capita [$/person])7055.62

POP (Population [millions])34.43

LDA (Land Area [sq. km])227533

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Table of EPI results for Ghana
Indicator	Rank	EPI Score	10-Year Change	Regional Rank	Regional Average
Environmental Performance Index	160	28.60	5.04	37	34.63
Environmental Health	148	25.38	-1.46	27	29.27
Air Quality	166	14.57	-2.91	41	26.60
Ambient PM2.5 DALY rate	132	13.63	-6.82	38	33.22
Household solid fuels DALY rate	148	9.66	1.86	25	16.10
Ozone Exposure DALY rate	127	33.65	-9.98	23	37.01
NO2 Exposure DALY rate	53	69.05	-9.14	28	70.05
Carbon Monoxide Exposure	134	40.31	-6.72	28	46.98
Sulfur Dioxide Exposure	65	61.08	-3.11	25	58.75
Volatile Organic Compound Exposure	120	18.11	-4.26	16	24.21
Sanitation & Drinking Water	139	28.42	4.77	12	23.07
Unsafe sanitation DALY rate	135	28.12	4.93	9	22.76
Unsafe drinking water DALY rate	139	28.61	4.65	12	23.27
Heavy Metals	102	45.71	-4.51	26	47.14
Lead Exposure DALY rate	102	45.71	-4.51	26	47.14
Waste Management	72	81.82		3	32.44
Sustainably Managed Solid Waste	72	81.82		3	32.44
Ecosystem Vitality	125	37.18	4.93	31	42.45
Biodiversity & Habitat	118	35.57	0.00	32	44.21
Marine Habitat Protection	96	0.00	0.00	16	17.14
Marine KBA Protection	113	0.00	0.00	21	28.61
MPA Effectiveness					47.19
Terrestrial Biome Protection	103	49.53	0.00	27	58.98
Terrestrial KPA Protection	22	91.37	0.00	6	62.58
Protected Area Repr. Index	76	31.61	0.74	19	31.55
Protected Area Conn. Index	119	14.17	-0.15	32	25.30
Species Protection Index	32	77.59		11	57.19
Species Habitat Index	35	85.19		15	76.04
Red List Index	81	62.27	-1.29	32	66.48
Biodiversity Habitat Index	149	22.58	-1.52	40	43.86
Bioclim. Eco. Resilience	149	11.88	-0.88	41	42.54
Fisheries	73	51.79	0.68	23	60.79
Fish Catch Discarded	121	17.38	-2.32	28	66.50
Bottom Trawling, open ocean	51	78.57	8.30	16	76.70
Bottom Trawling, domestic	54	72.29	7.48	11	56.17
Regional Marine Trophic Index	102	38.92	-10.75	18	43.79
Forests	151	3.31	-7.56	36	22.16
Tree Cover Loss	155	2.15	-6.78	36	19.42
Tree Cover Loss in KBAs	124	5.46	-9.01	31	25.74
Grasslands	112	43.54	-0.38	33	60.76
Grassland conversion	115	38.98	1.43	33	59.37
Grassland conversion in KBAs	105	49.12	-2.59	32	63.60
Air Pollution	70	60.48	55.34	7	35.01
NOx emission trend	132	31.38	31.38	19	29.16
SO2 emission trend	35	89.59	79.31	3	40.87
Agriculture	16	70.39	3.23	2	56.73
Sustainable Nitrogen Management Index	53	53.46	6.68	5	37.17
Phosphorus Surplus	1	100.00	0.00	1	81.44
Relative Crop Yield	54	8.24	1.66	13	25.61
Pesticide Pollution Risk	77	64.89	-3.95	33	72.89
Water Resources	134	15.54		20	13.61
Wastewater Treatment	134	15.54		20	13.61
Climate Change Policy Objective	154	18.41	10.62	33	27.36
Climate Change Mitigation	154	18.41	10.62	33	27.36
CO2 emission trend	157	14.27	11.00	34	27.22
CH4 emission trend	141	29.34	29.34	27	32.28
N2O emission trend	162	0.00	0.00	35	29.98
F-gas emission trend	111	8.39	-32.28	15	17.22
Black Carbon emission trend	153	33.38	7.47	25	37.52
GHG emission trend, adj. per capita	138	22.80	15.16	37	31.29
GHG emission trend, adj. per GDP	141	23.42	15.76	27	26.26
Projected emissions 2050	116	0.00	0.00	19	9.39
Carbon flux from land use change	98	30.36	8.78	19	27.96
Environmental Performance Index 2026	Country Profile			Ghana

CountryGuinea

RegionSub-Saharan Africa

GDP (PPP 2021 [$billions])59.26

GPC (GDP per capita [$/person])4016.34

POP (Population [millions])14.75

LDA (Land Area [sq. km])245720

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Table of EPI results for Guinea
Indicator	Rank	EPI Score	10-Year Change	Regional Rank	Regional Average
Environmental Performance Index	150	30.37	0.38	33	34.63
Environmental Health	159	22.77	2.16	35	29.27
Air Quality	146	21.37	1.73	27	26.60
Ambient PM2.5 DALY rate	79	34.14	3.27	20	33.22
Household solid fuels DALY rate	164	4.98	0.92	38	16.10
Ozone Exposure DALY rate	144	28.26	-5.81	31	37.01
NO2 Exposure DALY rate	12	83.54	-3.78	10	70.05
Carbon Monoxide Exposure	145	36.92	2.98	34	46.98
Sulfur Dioxide Exposure	61	62.60	0.69	24	58.75
Volatile Organic Compound Exposure	163	4.45	-0.85	41	24.21
Sanitation & Drinking Water	149	22.83	9.43	17	23.07
Unsafe sanitation DALY rate	150	22.10	9.16	18	22.76
Unsafe drinking water DALY rate	151	23.32	9.62	19	23.27
Heavy Metals	140	34.24	-5.09	39	47.14
Lead Exposure DALY rate	140	34.24	-5.09	39	47.14
Waste Management	157	5.00		40	32.44
Sustainably Managed Solid Waste	157	5.00		40	32.44
Ecosystem Vitality	95	42.48	-0.07	22	42.45
Biodiversity & Habitat	29	60.33	0.42	9	44.21
Marine Habitat Protection	45	27.21	0.00	7	17.14
Marine KBA Protection	21	81.06	0.00	3	28.61
MPA Effectiveness	1	100.00	0.00	1	47.19
Terrestrial Biome Protection	20	96.28	0.00	7	58.98
Terrestrial KPA Protection	69	69.38	0.00	22	62.58
Protected Area Repr. Index	55	34.89	2.17	12	31.55
Protected Area Conn. Index	26	38.32	2.81	9	25.30
Species Protection Index	52	69.73		18	57.19
Species Habitat Index	64	66.75		24	76.04
Red List Index	83	61.55	-0.01	33	66.48
Biodiversity Habitat Index	62	50.77	-3.46	15	43.86
Bioclim. Eco. Resilience	47	57.07	-5.85	13	42.54
Fisheries	120	35.75	-1.96	29	60.79
Fish Catch Discarded	113	24.18	-10.25	27	66.50
Bottom Trawling, open ocean	95	44.06	-7.11	26	76.70
Bottom Trawling, domestic	114	24.57	13.40	23	56.17
Regional Marine Trophic Index	61	50.18	-3.89	11	43.79
Forests	153	2.71	-8.84	37	22.16
Tree Cover Loss	159	0.75	-8.09	39	19.42
Tree Cover Loss in KBAs	121	6.35	-10.24	28	25.74
Grasslands	137	22.88	-2.22	41	60.76
Grassland conversion	144	14.43	-2.18	42	59.37
Grassland conversion in KBAs	129	33.21	-2.26	39	63.60
Air Pollution	156	19.08	9.38	34	35.01
NOx emission trend	150	17.35	4.40	31	29.16
SO2 emission trend	160	20.80	14.36	37	40.87
Agriculture	46	61.03	-0.57	21	56.73
Sustainable Nitrogen Management Index	125	33.32	-0.01	28	37.17
Phosphorus Surplus	1	100.00	0.00	1	81.44
Relative Crop Yield	63	5.97	2.87	14	25.61
Pesticide Pollution Risk	21	81.41	-14.20	16	72.89
Water Resources	167	0.00		38	13.61
Wastewater Treatment	167	0.00		38	13.61
Climate Change Policy Objective	153	18.51	-0.44	32	27.36
Climate Change Mitigation	153	18.51	-0.44	32	27.36
CO2 emission trend	140	26.20	-3.70	25	27.22
CH4 emission trend	169	10.63	8.09	42	32.28
N2O emission trend	162	0.00	0.00	35	29.98
F-gas emission trend	114	8.29	-31.28	18	17.22
Black Carbon emission trend	142	39.00	10.80	21	37.52
GHG emission trend, adj. per capita	143	21.72	2.12	41	31.29
GHG emission trend, adj. per GDP	159	14.06	6.29	37	26.26
Projected emissions 2050	116	0.00	0.00	19	9.39
Carbon flux from land use change	139	9.66	0.15	30	27.96
Environmental Performance Index 2026	Country Profile			Guinea

CountryGuinea-Bissau

RegionSub-Saharan Africa

GDP (PPP 2021 [$billions])6.04

GPC (GDP per capita [$/person])2744.28

POP (Population [millions])2.2

LDA (Land Area [sq. km])28120

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Table of EPI results for Guinea-Bissau
Indicator	Rank	EPI Score	10-Year Change	Regional Rank	Regional Average
Environmental Performance Index	161	27.95	-0.92	38	34.63
Environmental Health	165	18.94	0.50	39	29.27
Air Quality	161	18.00	0.38	38	26.60
Ambient PM2.5 DALY rate	102	27.48	1.26	29	33.22
Household solid fuels DALY rate	173	3.65	0.45	44	16.10
Ozone Exposure DALY rate	141	29.21	-7.34	30	37.01
NO2 Exposure DALY rate	17	81.02	2.17	13	70.05
Carbon Monoxide Exposure	114	49.91	-3.55	20	46.98
Sulfur Dioxide Exposure	83	51.42	-2.13	30	58.75
Volatile Organic Compound Exposure	139	13.94	-3.84	28	24.21
Sanitation & Drinking Water	168	17.03	6.56	36	23.07
Unsafe sanitation DALY rate	168	16.65	6.44	36	22.76
Unsafe drinking water DALY rate	169	17.28	6.64	37	23.27
Heavy Metals	157	27.27	-6.93	45	47.14
Lead Exposure DALY rate	157	27.27	-6.93	45	47.14
Waste Management	147	12.84		33	32.44
Sustainably Managed Solid Waste	147	12.84		33	32.44
Ecosystem Vitality	116	38.89	-1.49	28	42.45
Biodiversity & Habitat	68	48.72	1.47	21	44.21
Marine Habitat Protection	41	31.75	0.00	5	17.14
Marine KBA Protection	50	47.62	0.00	7	28.61
MPA Effectiveness	1	100.00	0.00	1	47.19
Terrestrial Biome Protection	32	87.90	8.97	11	58.98
Terrestrial KPA Protection	147	23.44	1.33	39	62.58
Protected Area Repr. Index	29	41.30	3.26	7	31.55
Protected Area Conn. Index	38	35.02	0.73	11	25.30
Species Protection Index	76	61.29		26	57.19
Species Habitat Index					76.04
Red List Index	45	80.04	-0.20	19	66.48
Biodiversity Habitat Index	69	47.86	-5.19	16	43.86
Bioclim. Eco. Resilience	70	44.57	-7.91	16	42.54
Fisheries	61	56.38	-8.09	20	60.79
Fish Catch Discarded	14	93.45	0.00	8	66.50
Bottom Trawling, open ocean	1	100.00	0.00	1	76.70
Bottom Trawling, domestic	126	13.18	-10.64	29	56.17
Regional Marine Trophic Index	124	18.90	-21.73	26	43.79
Forests	146	3.80	-3.72	33	22.16
Tree Cover Loss	140	5.84	-2.84	32	19.42
Tree Cover Loss in KBAs	142	0.00	-5.37	35	25.74
Grasslands	131	27.25	-4.19	39	60.76
Grassland conversion	143	16.71	-5.52	41	59.37
Grassland conversion in KBAs	123	40.14	-2.56	37	63.60
Air Pollution	147	24.61	-12.29	27	35.01
NOx emission trend	138	25.01	3.59	23	29.16
SO2 emission trend	152	24.22	-28.16	30	40.87
Agriculture	75	54.21	2.65	29	56.73
Sustainable Nitrogen Management Index	142	28.71	1.79	35	37.17
Phosphorus Surplus	45	83.31	5.75	25	81.44
Relative Crop Yield					25.61
Pesticide Pollution Risk	41	76.34	-13.68	23	72.89
Water Resources	121	20.00		11	13.61
Wastewater Treatment	121	20.00		11	13.61
Climate Change Policy Objective	152	19.06	-1.25	31	27.36
Climate Change Mitigation	152	19.06	-1.25	31	27.36
CO2 emission trend	169	0.00	-24.95	40	27.22
CH4 emission trend	126	34.14	16.54	20	32.28
N2O emission trend	71	46.96	46.96	10	29.98
F-gas emission trend					17.22
Black Carbon emission trend	125	45.06	3.64	12	37.52
GHG emission trend, adj. per capita	76	35.53	8.08	14	31.29
GHG emission trend, adj. per GDP	137	24.83	13.58	24	26.26
Projected emissions 2050	116	0.00	0.00	19	9.39
Carbon flux from land use change	128	17.45	-5.95	26	27.96
Environmental Performance Index 2026	Country Profile			Guinea-Bissau

CountryKenya

RegionSub-Saharan Africa

GDP (PPP 2021 [$billions])329.86

GPC (GDP per capita [$/person])5845.2

POP (Population [millions])56.43

LDA (Land Area [sq. km])580876

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Table of EPI results for Kenya
Indicator	Rank	EPI Score	10-Year Change	Regional Rank	Regional Average
Environmental Performance Index	116	36.10	4.60	17	34.63
Environmental Health	95	39.85	2.41	4	29.27
Air Quality	98	34.27	0.78	9	26.60
Ambient PM2.5 DALY rate	37	54.04	0.01	7	33.22
Household solid fuels DALY rate	133	13.13	3.01	16	16.10
Ozone Exposure DALY rate	64	51.96	-14.09	10	37.01
NO2 Exposure DALY rate	35	72.99	-3.86	20	70.05
Carbon Monoxide Exposure	165	23.88	-4.78	41	46.98
Sulfur Dioxide Exposure	89	47.85	-1.28	33	58.75
Volatile Organic Compound Exposure	134	15.80	-0.11	26	24.21
Sanitation & Drinking Water	153	22.26	7.88	21	23.07
Unsafe sanitation DALY rate	152	21.70	7.79	20	22.76
Unsafe drinking water DALY rate	153	22.63	7.94	21	23.27
Heavy Metals	29	76.17	2.43	2	47.14
Lead Exposure DALY rate	29	76.17	2.43	2	47.14
Waste Management	86	68.24		6	32.44
Sustainably Managed Solid Waste	86	68.24		6	32.44
Ecosystem Vitality	98	41.84	4.43	23	42.45
Biodiversity & Habitat	103	38.88	1.16	28	44.21
Marine Habitat Protection	70	13.21	0.00	13	17.14
Marine KBA Protection	47	50.68	0.00	6	28.61
MPA Effectiveness	97	0.00	0.00	19	47.19
Terrestrial Biome Protection	109	45.38	3.89	29	58.98
Terrestrial KPA Protection	92	59.90	1.05	30	62.58
Protected Area Repr. Index	94	28.28	3.25	26	31.55
Protected Area Conn. Index	79	23.16	2.56	23	25.30
Species Protection Index	80	58.99		28	57.19
Species Habitat Index	1	100.00		1	76.04
Red List Index	108	46.53	-6.82	37	66.48
Biodiversity Habitat Index	93	39.61	-0.28	26	43.86
Bioclim. Eco. Resilience	97	34.27	0.23	27	42.54
Fisheries	47	64.69	-3.66	12	60.79
Fish Catch Discarded	40	69.07	6.16	13	66.50
Bottom Trawling, open ocean	52	78.40	4.47	17	76.70
Bottom Trawling, domestic	36	90.45	-9.55	4	56.17
Regional Marine Trophic Index	122	20.86	-15.70	25	43.79
Forests	72	18.54	5.13	16	22.16
Tree Cover Loss	77	17.67	3.95	14	19.42
Tree Cover Loss in KBAs	64	20.15	7.33	17	25.74
Grasslands	45	73.61	-1.00	17	60.76
Grassland conversion	26	83.52	-1.46	8	59.37
Grassland conversion in KBAs	73	61.50	-0.44	23	63.60
Air Pollution	100	49.37	36.38	10	35.01
NOx emission trend	131	31.42	31.42	18	29.16
SO2 emission trend	55	67.32	41.33	8	40.87
Agriculture	94	50.28	-1.39	33	56.73
Sustainable Nitrogen Management Index	94	42.19	0.19	19	37.17
Phosphorus Surplus	115	49.98	-3.56	43	81.44
Relative Crop Yield	1	100.00	0.00	1	25.61
Pesticide Pollution Risk	20	83.83	-1.38	15	72.89
Water Resources	139	11.18		21	13.61
Wastewater Treatment	139	11.18		21	13.61
Climate Change Policy Objective	142	24.35	6.66	26	27.36
Climate Change Mitigation	142	24.35	6.66	26	27.36
CO2 emission trend	144	25.03	1.01	28	27.22
CH4 emission trend	155	22.59	12.01	31	32.28
N2O emission trend	154	6.85	6.85	32	29.98
F-gas emission trend	64	26.50	21.01	8	17.22
Black Carbon emission trend	154	32.97	17.78	26	37.52
GHG emission trend, adj. per capita	117	28.62	6.58	28	31.29
GHG emission trend, adj. per GDP	130	26.87	9.04	21	26.26
Projected emissions 2050	116	0.00	0.00	19	9.39
Carbon flux from land use change	123	20.10	12.19	25	27.96
Environmental Performance Index 2026	Country Profile			Kenya

CountryLesotho

RegionSub-Saharan Africa

GDP (PPP 2021 [$billions])6.17

GPC (GDP per capita [$/person])2640.29

POP (Population [millions])2.34

LDA (Land Area [sq. km])30360

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Table of EPI results for Lesotho
Indicator	Rank	EPI Score	10-Year Change	Regional Rank	Regional Average
Environmental Performance Index	100	39.01	2.85	11	34.63
Environmental Health	154	23.80	0.84	32	29.27
Air Quality	152	19.88	0.40	32	26.60
Ambient PM2.5 DALY rate	94	29.84	-0.68	24	33.22
Household solid fuels DALY rate	157	6.98	1.71	33	16.10
Ozone Exposure DALY rate	167	19.31	-0.02	43	37.01
NO2 Exposure DALY rate	4	97.40	-2.42	3	70.05
Carbon Monoxide Exposure	120	48.30	-3.53	23	46.98
Sulfur Dioxide Exposure	154	16.86	0.44	42	58.75
Volatile Organic Compound Exposure	105	22.56	0.73	11	24.21
Sanitation & Drinking Water	162	20.09	5.39	30	23.07
Unsafe sanitation DALY rate	162	19.37	5.25	30	22.76
Unsafe drinking water DALY rate	162	20.57	5.48	30	23.27
Heavy Metals	117	40.55	-3.16	31	47.14
Lead Exposure DALY rate	117	40.55	-3.16	31	47.14
Waste Management	119	35.44		17	32.44
Sustainably Managed Solid Waste	119	35.44		17	32.44
Ecosystem Vitality	56	49.04	4.84	11	42.45
Biodiversity & Habitat	57	51.93	0.48	15	44.21
Marine Habitat Protection					17.14
Marine KBA Protection					28.61
MPA Effectiveness					47.19
Terrestrial Biome Protection	48	77.44	0.00	16	58.98
Terrestrial KPA Protection	71	68.30	0.00	23	62.58
Protected Area Repr. Index	123	23.85	2.31	39	31.55
Protected Area Conn. Index	52	29.15	0.48	15	25.30
Species Protection Index	77	60.75		27	57.19
Species Habitat Index	42	79.74		17	76.04
Red List Index	38	82.97	-0.09	15	66.48
Biodiversity Habitat Index	119	32.64	-0.30	32	43.86
Bioclim. Eco. Resilience	115	27.15	-0.26	31	42.54
Fisheries					60.79
Fish Catch Discarded					66.50
Bottom Trawling, open ocean					76.70
Bottom Trawling, domestic					56.17
Regional Marine Trophic Index					43.79
Forests	23	39.87	5.18	7	22.16
Tree Cover Loss	35	27.45	-2.89	8	19.42
Tree Cover Loss in KBAs	10	62.92	20.16	5	25.74
Grasslands	35	79.23	0.40	12	60.76
Grassland conversion	34	79.06	1.74	11	59.37
Grassland conversion in KBAs	32	79.44	-1.24	11	63.60
Air Pollution	124	40.00	40.00	16	35.01
NOx emission trend	121	35.61	35.61	14	29.16
SO2 emission trend	120	44.40	44.40	17	40.87
Agriculture	138	39.28	-4.59	41	56.73
Sustainable Nitrogen Management Index	167	9.07	-6.03	43	37.17
Phosphorus Surplus	59	71.46	-3.24	29	81.44
Relative Crop Yield					25.61
Pesticide Pollution Risk	19	83.97	-0.93	14	72.89
Water Resources	158	3.01		33	13.61
Wastewater Treatment	158	3.01		33	13.61
Climate Change Policy Objective	97	36.65	1.56	13	27.36
Climate Change Mitigation	97	36.65	1.56	13	27.36
CO2 emission trend	98	39.25	2.49	12	27.22
CH4 emission trend	64	51.24	0.70	8	32.28
N2O emission trend	59	53.66	-16.82	8	29.98
F-gas emission trend					17.22
Black Carbon emission trend	109	50.00	19.73	8	37.52
GHG emission trend, adj. per capita	49	41.97	0.67	7	31.29
GHG emission trend, adj. per GDP	138	24.49	-0.36	25	26.26
Projected emissions 2050	87	19.96	8.88	10	9.39
Carbon flux from land use change	147	0.00	0.00	33	27.96
Environmental Performance Index 2026	Country Profile			Lesotho

CountryLiberia

RegionSub-Saharan Africa

GDP (PPP 2021 [$billions])9.24

GPC (GDP per capita [$/person])1646.06

POP (Population [millions])5.61

LDA (Land Area [sq. km])96320

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Table of EPI results for Liberia
Indicator	Rank	EPI Score	10-Year Change	Regional Rank	Regional Average
Environmental Performance Index	170	25.27	2.32	43	34.63
Environmental Health	152	23.91	1.67	30	29.27
Air Quality	127	25.73	1.63	19	26.60
Ambient PM2.5 DALY rate	54	42.89	3.12	12	33.22
Household solid fuels DALY rate	169	4.29	1.44	41	16.10
Ozone Exposure DALY rate	134	32.47	-5.05	28	37.01
NO2 Exposure DALY rate	33	75.54	-4.34	19	70.05
Carbon Monoxide Exposure	128	45.56	-6.86	26	46.98
Sulfur Dioxide Exposure	31	75.98	-1.20	11	58.75
Volatile Organic Compound Exposure	132	16.85	-3.41	24	24.21
Sanitation & Drinking Water	160	20.91	6.59	28	23.07
Unsafe sanitation DALY rate	157	20.62	6.58	25	22.76
Unsafe drinking water DALY rate	161	21.10	6.59	29	23.27
Heavy Metals	151	28.60	-4.18	43	47.14
Lead Exposure DALY rate	151	28.60	-4.18	43	47.14
Waste Management	165	0.00		44	32.44
Sustainably Managed Solid Waste	165	0.00		44	32.44
Ecosystem Vitality	172	22.56	-1.58	44	42.45
Biodiversity & Habitat	157	18.35	-0.04	43	44.21
Marine Habitat Protection	96	0.00	0.00	16	17.14
Marine KBA Protection					28.61
MPA Effectiveness	1	100.00	0.00	1	47.19
Terrestrial Biome Protection	159	12.69	0.00	43	58.98
Terrestrial KPA Protection	160	10.31	0.00	42	62.58
Protected Area Repr. Index	116	24.70	0.68	36	31.55
Protected Area Conn. Index	124	11.95	-0.22	34	25.30
Species Protection Index	152	16.28		41	57.19
Species Habitat Index	1	100.00		1	76.04
Red List Index	63	70.14	-0.23	25	66.48
Biodiversity Habitat Index	121	30.93	-2.07	34	43.86
Bioclim. Eco. Resilience	126	23.51	-1.91	33	42.54
Fisheries	44	65.93	-5.78	10	60.79
Fish Catch Discarded	9	95.99	-3.48	5	66.50
Bottom Trawling, open ocean	33	98.97	-1.03	8	76.70
Bottom Trawling, domestic	121	19.95	-24.80	25	56.17
Regional Marine Trophic Index	75	48.79	6.18	13	43.79
Forests	147	3.79	-7.86	34	22.16
Tree Cover Loss	156	1.57	-6.15	37	19.42
Tree Cover Loss in KBAs	116	7.92	-11.02	27	25.74
Grasslands	114	41.81	-4.16	35	60.76
Grassland conversion	124	29.35	1.12	37	59.37
Grassland conversion in KBAs	81	57.04	-10.61	24	63.60
Air Pollution	153	21.93	1.99	32	35.01
NOx emission trend	143	21.99	21.99	26	29.16
SO2 emission trend	156	21.86	-18.03	33	40.87
Agriculture	105	48.36	-5.22	36	56.73
Sustainable Nitrogen Management Index	151	23.47	0.78	39	37.17
Phosphorus Surplus	52	79.31	-10.49	27	81.44
Relative Crop Yield					25.61
Pesticide Pollution Risk	125	49.81	-22.88	40	72.89
Water Resources	167	0.00		38	13.61
Wastewater Treatment	167	0.00		38	13.61
Climate Change Policy Objective	120	30.46	8.70	19	27.36
Climate Change Mitigation	120	30.46	8.70	19	27.36
CO2 emission trend	130	29.56	3.57	21	27.22
CH4 emission trend	140	29.37	15.30	26	32.28
N2O emission trend	94	40.87	40.87	17	29.98
F-gas emission trend	27	50.00	8.79	1	17.22
Black Carbon emission trend	140	39.86	13.93	20	37.52
GHG emission trend, adj. per capita	72	36.13	10.67	13	31.29
GHG emission trend, adj. per GDP	133	26.04	9.79	23	26.26
Projected emissions 2050	116	0.00	0.00	19	9.39
Carbon flux from land use change	111	24.77	1.28	20	27.96
Environmental Performance Index 2026	Country Profile			Liberia

CountryMadagascar

RegionSub-Saharan Africa

GDP (PPP 2021 [$billions])52.97

GPC (GDP per capita [$/person])1657.05

POP (Population [millions])31.96

LDA (Land Area [sq. km])581800

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Table of EPI results for Madagascar
Indicator	Rank	EPI Score	10-Year Change	Regional Rank	Regional Average
Environmental Performance Index	146	31.13	4.74	30	34.63
Environmental Health	114	34.18	3.28	11	29.27
Air Quality	82	38.80	3.92	5	26.60
Ambient PM2.5 DALY rate	21	69.09	8.70	3	33.22
Household solid fuels DALY rate	167	4.64	0.59	39	16.10
Ozone Exposure DALY rate	57	53.87	-9.39	7	37.01
NO2 Exposure DALY rate	35	72.99	-2.19	20	70.05
Carbon Monoxide Exposure	61	61.00	0.34	9	46.98
Sulfur Dioxide Exposure	18	84.39	0.37	6	58.75
Volatile Organic Compound Exposure	118	18.29	1.35	15	24.21
Sanitation & Drinking Water	173	12.84	6.90	41	23.07
Unsafe sanitation DALY rate	173	12.21	6.65	41	22.76
Unsafe drinking water DALY rate	172	13.26	7.07	40	23.27
Heavy Metals	92	48.57	-3.01	22	47.14
Lead Exposure DALY rate	92	48.57	-3.01	22	47.14
Waste Management	139	21.01		27	32.44
Sustainably Managed Solid Waste	139	21.01		27	32.44
Ecosystem Vitality	151	31.63	3.58	39	42.45
Biodiversity & Habitat	129	31.01	6.36	35	44.21
Marine Habitat Protection	66	15.32	2.50	12	17.14
Marine KBA Protection	78	14.87	7.98	11	28.61
MPA Effectiveness	78	11.77	-88.23	14	47.19
Terrestrial Biome Protection	118	42.32	21.01	32	58.98
Terrestrial KPA Protection	120	43.92	26.23	34	62.58
Protected Area Repr. Index	95	28.12	7.75	27	31.55
Protected Area Conn. Index	102	17.64	8.87	29	25.30
Species Protection Index	74	61.61		25	57.19
Species Habitat Index	122	11.16		33	76.04
Red List Index	161	11.20	-8.82	42	66.48
Biodiversity Habitat Index	41	60.18	-1.18	9	43.86
Bioclim. Eco. Resilience	34	67.67	-1.32	9	42.54
Fisheries	78	50.05	-8.64	25	60.79
Fish Catch Discarded	65	52.13	-11.61	22	66.50
Bottom Trawling, open ocean	79	52.64	-9.96	23	76.70
Bottom Trawling, domestic	74	50.40	-12.47	18	56.17
Regional Marine Trophic Index	92	45.05	-0.49	16	43.79
Forests	156	2.14	-0.86	38	22.16
Tree Cover Loss	152	3.30	-1.29	35	19.42
Tree Cover Loss in KBAs	142	0.00	-0.06	35	25.74
Grasslands	63	63.75	-0.30	23	60.76
Grassland conversion	50	71.53	-0.53	17	59.37
Grassland conversion in KBAs	88	54.24	-0.01	26	63.60
Air Pollution	162	16.39	7.20	39	35.01
NOx emission trend	155	13.16	-5.23	36	29.16
SO2 emission trend	163	19.61	19.61	40	40.87
Agriculture	29	66.08	-1.66	11	56.73
Sustainable Nitrogen Management Index	84	44.00	-2.39	15	37.17
Phosphorus Surplus	1	100.00	0.00	1	81.44
Relative Crop Yield	87	1.10	0.26	19	25.61
Pesticide Pollution Risk	24	80.55	-9.44	18	72.89
Water Resources	141	10.95		23	13.61
Wastewater Treatment	141	10.95		23	13.61
Climate Change Policy Objective	131	27.83	7.69	22	27.36
Climate Change Mitigation	131	27.83	7.69	22	27.36
CO2 emission trend	141	26.03	21.79	26	27.22
CH4 emission trend	128	33.34	-3.27	21	32.28
N2O emission trend	17	78.47	48.47	2	29.98
F-gas emission trend	113	8.31	-31.42	17	17.22
Black Carbon emission trend	174	10.03	-21.67	43	37.52
GHG emission trend, adj. per capita	63	39.32	1.76	11	31.29
GHG emission trend, adj. per GDP	143	22.72	4.90	29	26.26
Projected emissions 2050	105	7.77	7.77	16	9.39
Carbon flux from land use change	94	31.30	6.43	16	27.96
Environmental Performance Index 2026	Country Profile			Madagascar

CountryMalawi

RegionSub-Saharan Africa

GDP (PPP 2021 [$billions])35.39

GPC (GDP per capita [$/person])1634.25

POP (Population [millions])21.66

LDA (Land Area [sq. km])94280

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Table of EPI results for Malawi
Indicator	Rank	EPI Score	10-Year Change	Regional Rank	Regional Average
Environmental Performance Index	134	33.21	-3.28	25	34.63
Environmental Health	113	34.28	3.08	10	29.27
Air Quality	85	38.47	4.01	6	26.60
Ambient PM2.5 DALY rate	26	66.41	7.61	4	33.22
Household solid fuels DALY rate	154	7.99	1.49	31	16.10
Ozone Exposure DALY rate	61	53.12	-0.95	8	37.01
NO2 Exposure DALY rate	8	93.03	-1.08	7	70.05
Carbon Monoxide Exposure	131	42.93	-0.92	27	46.98
Sulfur Dioxide Exposure	56	64.20	-0.36	22	58.75
Volatile Organic Compound Exposure	133	16.19	-0.77	25	24.21
Sanitation & Drinking Water	169	16.97	3.97	37	23.07
Unsafe sanitation DALY rate	169	16.25	3.85	37	22.76
Unsafe drinking water DALY rate	168	17.44	4.04	36	23.27
Heavy Metals	82	50.67	-0.86	15	47.14
Lead Exposure DALY rate	82	50.67	-0.86	15	47.14
Waste Management	160	4.00		42	32.44
Sustainably Managed Solid Waste	160	4.00		42	32.44
Ecosystem Vitality	59	48.46	-0.62	12	42.45
Biodiversity & Habitat	26	61.22	2.45	8	44.21
Marine Habitat Protection					17.14
Marine KBA Protection					28.61
MPA Effectiveness					47.19
Terrestrial Biome Protection	47	79.11	10.01	15	58.98
Terrestrial KPA Protection	32	86.13	2.97	11	62.58
Protected Area Repr. Index	30	41.27	1.27	8	31.55
Protected Area Conn. Index	72	24.88	0.20	21	25.30
Species Protection Index	30	79.16		10	57.19
Species Habitat Index	37	84.46		16	76.04
Red List Index	78	62.83	0.10	30	66.48
Biodiversity Habitat Index	80	43.58	-1.56	21	43.86
Bioclim. Eco. Resilience	83	39.01	-2.96	21	42.54
Fisheries					60.79
Fish Catch Discarded					66.50
Bottom Trawling, open ocean					76.70
Bottom Trawling, domestic					56.17
Regional Marine Trophic Index					43.79
Forests	147	3.79	-4.52	34	22.16
Tree Cover Loss	142	5.80	-4.93	33	19.42
Tree Cover Loss in KBAs	141	0.07	-3.75	34	25.74
Grasslands	58	65.97	0.96	21	60.76
Grassland conversion	65	62.02	2.44	22	59.37
Grassland conversion in KBAs	51	70.81	-0.84	19	63.60
Air Pollution	146	25.32	-6.88	26	35.01
NOx emission trend	147	19.43	16.54	29	29.16
SO2 emission trend	141	31.22	-30.30	24	40.87
Agriculture	91	50.66	-17.86	32	56.73
Sustainable Nitrogen Management Index	73	46.17	0.03	12	37.17
Phosphorus Surplus	86	57.12	-42.88	35	81.44
Relative Crop Yield	34	28.75	-7.12	8	25.61
Pesticide Pollution Risk	73	65.84	-7.36	31	72.89
Water Resources	151	6.44		29	13.61
Wastewater Treatment	151	6.44		29	13.61
Climate Change Policy Objective	174	9.44	-12.58	45	27.36
Climate Change Mitigation	174	9.44	-12.58	45	27.36
CO2 emission trend	162	10.04	-24.25	36	27.22
CH4 emission trend	172	5.81	-1.83	44	32.28
N2O emission trend	162	0.00	0.00	35	29.98
F-gas emission trend	114	8.29	-31.28	18	17.22
Black Carbon emission trend	132	43.31	9.49	16	37.52
GHG emission trend, adj. per capita	156	13.94	-5.53	43	31.29
GHG emission trend, adj. per GDP	169	4.66	-9.09	41	26.26
Projected emissions 2050	116	0.00	0.00	19	9.39
Carbon flux from land use change	142	7.15	4.21	31	27.96
Environmental Performance Index 2026	Country Profile			Malawi

CountryMali

RegionSub-Saharan Africa

GDP (PPP 2021 [$billions])71.38

GPC (GDP per capita [$/person])2916.19

POP (Population [millions])24.48

LDA (Land Area [sq. km])1220190

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Table of EPI results for Mali
Indicator	Rank	EPI Score	10-Year Change	Regional Rank	Regional Average
Environmental Performance Index	174	23.56	1.86	45	34.63
Environmental Health	158	22.95	0.22	34	29.27
Air Quality	148	20.92	0.93	29	26.60
Ambient PM2.5 DALY rate	96	29.60	2.94	26	33.22
Household solid fuels DALY rate	158	6.97	0.07	34	16.10
Ozone Exposure DALY rate	140	29.31	-9.16	29	37.01
NO2 Exposure DALY rate	57	67.64	-7.32	30	70.05
Carbon Monoxide Exposure	99	53.92	-1.50	13	46.98
Sulfur Dioxide Exposure	23	81.97	-2.75	7	58.75
Volatile Organic Compound Exposure	155	9.68	0.60	36	24.21
Sanitation & Drinking Water	167	18.77	3.77	35	23.07
Unsafe sanitation DALY rate	166	18.16	3.66	34	22.76
Unsafe drinking water DALY rate	167	19.19	3.85	35	23.27
Heavy Metals	119	39.63	-7.28	32	47.14
Lead Exposure DALY rate	119	39.63	-7.28	32	47.14
Waste Management	145	13.96		31	32.44
Sustainably Managed Solid Waste	145	13.96		31	32.44
Ecosystem Vitality	144	33.22	3.77	37	42.45
Biodiversity & Habitat	131	29.93	0.67	36	44.21
Marine Habitat Protection					17.14
Marine KBA Protection					28.61
MPA Effectiveness					47.19
Terrestrial Biome Protection	152	18.99	0.13	40	58.98
Terrestrial KPA Protection	153	16.58	0.00	40	62.58
Protected Area Repr. Index	122	24.16	4.56	38	31.55
Protected Area Conn. Index	141	9.14	-0.03	38	25.30
Species Protection Index	58	67.03		19	57.19
Species Habitat Index	55	69.06		23	76.04
Red List Index	17	91.73	-0.29	7	66.48
Biodiversity Habitat Index	120	31.62	-2.32	33	43.86
Bioclim. Eco. Resilience	110	29.51	-2.82	29	42.54
Fisheries					60.79
Fish Catch Discarded					66.50
Bottom Trawling, open ocean					76.70
Bottom Trawling, domestic					56.17
Regional Marine Trophic Index					43.79
Forests	21	41.23	30.49	6	22.16
Tree Cover Loss	119	9.59	-0.12	25	19.42
Tree Cover Loss in KBAs	1	100.00	87.36	1	25.74
Grasslands	84	53.98	2.03	26	60.76
Grassland conversion	76	57.64	2.04	26	59.37
Grassland conversion in KBAs	102	49.50	2.01	31	63.60
Air Pollution	158	18.16	-1.36	36	35.01
NOx emission trend	157	12.00	12.00	38	29.16
SO2 emission trend	151	24.32	-14.73	29	40.87
Agriculture	20	69.00	1.98	4	56.73
Sustainable Nitrogen Management Index	69	47.01	3.94	9	37.17
Phosphorus Surplus	1	100.00	0.00	1	81.44
Relative Crop Yield	47	10.78	0.15	10	25.61
Pesticide Pollution Risk	2	99.22	0.14	2	72.89
Water Resources	152	6.27		30	13.61
Wastewater Treatment	152	6.27		30	13.61
Climate Change Policy Objective	173	9.56	0.36	44	27.36
Climate Change Mitigation	173	9.56	0.36	44	27.36
CO2 emission trend	168	1.56	1.26	39	27.22
CH4 emission trend	161	17.45	7.24	36	32.28
N2O emission trend	162	0.00	0.00	35	29.98
F-gas emission trend	114	8.29	-31.28	18	17.22
Black Carbon emission trend	134	42.74	11.84	18	37.52
GHG emission trend, adj. per capita	141	21.97	2.21	39	31.29
GHG emission trend, adj. per GDP	168	7.36	2.18	40	26.26
Projected emissions 2050	116	0.00	0.00	19	9.39
Carbon flux from land use change	147	0.00	0.00	33	27.96
Environmental Performance Index 2026	Country Profile			Mali

CountryMauritania

RegionSub-Saharan Africa

GDP (PPP 2021 [$billions])33.51

GPC (GDP per capita [$/person])6482.69

POP (Population [millions])5.17

LDA (Land Area [sq. km])1030700

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Table of EPI results for Mauritania
Indicator	Rank	EPI Score	10-Year Change	Regional Rank	Regional Average
Environmental Performance Index	169	25.34	0.22	42	34.63
Environmental Health	163	20.58	1.60	38	29.27
Air Quality	167	14.31	1.06	42	26.60
Ambient PM2.5 DALY rate	156	6.93	0.85	42	33.22
Household solid fuels DALY rate	132	13.43	2.40	15	16.10
Ozone Exposure DALY rate	99	39.98	-7.09	15	37.01
NO2 Exposure DALY rate	81	58.29	-8.62	36	70.05
Carbon Monoxide Exposure	32	67.91	-2.64	5	46.98
Sulfur Dioxide Exposure	41	69.80	-1.99	15	58.75
Volatile Organic Compound Exposure	93	30.57	-0.58	7	24.21
Sanitation & Drinking Water	157	21.45	7.01	25	23.07
Unsafe sanitation DALY rate	156	21.04	7.02	24	22.76
Unsafe drinking water DALY rate	157	21.73	7.02	25	23.27
Heavy Metals	129	36.26	-2.88	33	47.14
Lead Exposure DALY rate	129	36.26	-2.88	33	47.14
Waste Management	109	45.30		12	32.44
Sustainably Managed Solid Waste	109	45.30		12	32.44
Ecosystem Vitality	139	33.97	2.51	35	42.45
Biodiversity & Habitat	141	27.57	0.29	39	44.21
Marine Habitat Protection	44	28.28	0.00	6	17.14
Marine KBA Protection	53	45.40	0.00	8	28.61
MPA Effectiveness	1	100.00	0.00	1	47.19
Terrestrial Biome Protection	173	2.04	0.00	45	58.98
Terrestrial KPA Protection	104	52.46	0.00	32	62.58
Protected Area Repr. Index	158	13.97	3.13	43	31.55
Protected Area Conn. Index	172	0.75	-0.01	44	25.30
Species Protection Index	169	4.79		44	57.19
Species Habitat Index	29	90.25		13	76.04
Red List Index	24	89.38	-0.36	11	66.48
Biodiversity Habitat Index	70	46.87	-1.74	17	43.86
Bioclim. Eco. Resilience	56	50.49	-2.18	15	42.54
Fisheries	38	70.87	41.53	7	60.79
Fish Catch Discarded	66	51.55	45.82	23	66.50
Bottom Trawling, open ocean	37	95.95	70.24	11	76.70
Bottom Trawling, domestic	42	81.42	9.31	6	56.17
Regional Marine Trophic Index	45	54.58	40.77	8	43.79
Forests					22.16
Tree Cover Loss					19.42
Tree Cover Loss in KBAs					25.74
Grasslands	37	78.67	0.39	13	60.76
Grassland conversion	1	100.00	0.28	1	59.37
Grassland conversion in KBAs	94	52.61	0.54	29	63.60
Air Pollution	161	16.59	-3.17	38	35.01
NOx emission trend	156	12.12	10.22	37	29.16
SO2 emission trend	159	21.06	-16.55	36	40.87
Agriculture	110	46.85	6.08	37	56.73
Sustainable Nitrogen Management Index	148	24.36	8.18	38	37.17
Phosphorus Surplus	65	68.86	4.41	31	81.44
Relative Crop Yield					25.61
Pesticide Pollution Risk	7	95.67	-1.52	5	72.89
Water Resources	167	0.00		38	13.61
Wastewater Treatment	167	0.00		38	13.61
Climate Change Policy Objective	158	16.36	-4.39	36	27.36
Climate Change Mitigation	158	16.36	-4.39	36	27.36
CO2 emission trend	164	6.22	-6.68	37	27.22
CH4 emission trend	109	37.35	3.68	13	32.28
N2O emission trend	120	32.35	15.41	23	29.98
F-gas emission trend	114	8.29	-31.28	18	17.22
Black Carbon emission trend	163	27.99	0.67	33	37.52
GHG emission trend, adj. per capita	131	24.64	-3.53	33	31.29
GHG emission trend, adj. per GDP	150	18.78	-1.45	33	26.26
Projected emissions 2050	116	0.00	0.00	19	9.39
Carbon flux from land use change					27.96
Environmental Performance Index 2026	Country Profile			Mauritania

CountryMauritius

RegionSub-Saharan Africa

GDP (PPP 2021 [$billions])34.9

GPC (GDP per capita [$/person])27705.81

POP (Population [millions])1.26

LDA (Land Area [sq. km])1997

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Table of EPI results for Mauritius
Indicator	Rank	EPI Score	10-Year Change	Regional Rank	Regional Average
Environmental Performance Index	88	40.86	9.67	7	34.63
Environmental Health	57	54.37	4.57	2	29.27
Air Quality	51	50.99	8.33	3	26.60
Ambient PM2.5 DALY rate	128	16.04	0.48	36	33.22
Household solid fuels DALY rate	53	78.20	17.32	2	16.10
Ozone Exposure DALY rate	1	100.00	0.92	1	37.01
NO2 Exposure DALY rate	158	22.22	-2.30	44	70.05
Carbon Monoxide Exposure	8	88.67	3.88	1	46.98
Sulfur Dioxide Exposure	26	80.16	8.81	8	58.75
Volatile Organic Compound Exposure	5	99.19	2.94	2	24.21
Sanitation & Drinking Water	77	57.39	1.88	1	23.07
Unsafe sanitation DALY rate	77	60.44	4.71	1	22.76
Unsafe drinking water DALY rate	77	55.35	0.00	1	23.27
Heavy Metals	90	48.67	-5.31	21	47.14
Lead Exposure DALY rate	90	48.67	-5.31	21	47.14
Waste Management	1	100.00		1	32.44
Sustainably Managed Solid Waste	1	100.00		1	32.44
Ecosystem Vitality	140	33.89	12.49	36	42.45
Biodiversity & Habitat	168	10.98	0.26	44	44.21
Marine Habitat Protection	61	17.30	0.00	11	17.14
Marine KBA Protection	106	0.46	0.00	19	28.61
MPA Effectiveness	97	0.00	-0.58	19	47.19
Terrestrial Biome Protection	155	15.74	0.00	41	58.98
Terrestrial KPA Protection	165	6.78	0.00	44	62.58
Protected Area Repr. Index	125	23.49	3.13	40	31.55
Protected Area Conn. Index	164	2.41	-0.28	42	25.30
Species Protection Index	159	12.31		43	57.19
Species Habitat Index					76.04
Red List Index	166	0.00	0.00	44	66.48
Biodiversity Habitat Index	133	27.69	-2.19	35	43.86
Bioclim. Eco. Resilience	134	18.05	-1.43	34	42.54
Fisheries	13	83.62	10.06	1	60.79
Fish Catch Discarded	41	69.05	-25.17	14	66.50
Bottom Trawling, open ocean	39	94.60	16.27	12	76.70
Bottom Trawling, domestic	39	87.07	-1.12	5	56.17
Regional Marine Trophic Index	7	83.74	50.24	2	43.79
Forests	1	100.00	83.50	1	22.16
Tree Cover Loss	1	100.00	83.50	1	19.42
Tree Cover Loss in KBAs					25.74
Grasslands					60.76
Grassland conversion					59.37
Grassland conversion in KBAs					63.60
Air Pollution	78	55.57	20.47	8	35.01
NOx emission trend	61	61.83	24.58	4	29.16
SO2 emission trend	98	49.31	16.36	12	40.87
Agriculture	25	67.53	4.04	7	56.73
Sustainable Nitrogen Management Index	3	84.36	0.21	1	37.17
Phosphorus Surplus	105	52.75	7.16	39	81.44
Relative Crop Yield					25.61
Pesticide Pollution Risk	175	17.56	17.56	45	72.89
Water Resources	109	26.93		7	13.61
Wastewater Treatment	109	26.93		7	13.61
Climate Change Policy Objective	81	40.05	9.68	8	27.36
Climate Change Mitigation	81	40.05	9.68	8	27.36
CO2 emission trend	72	47.98	11.03	8	27.22
CH4 emission trend	89	44.84	-0.56	11	32.28
N2O emission trend	134	19.18	-38.54	27	29.98
F-gas emission trend	62	26.53	26.53	7	17.22
Black Carbon emission trend	49	78.79	21.44	2	37.52
GHG emission trend, adj. per capita	108	31.27	9.15	24	31.29
GHG emission trend, adj. per GDP	83	41.55	11.31	10	26.26
Projected emissions 2050	97	13.85	13.85	15	9.39
Carbon flux from land use change	77	42.24	10.99	11	27.96
Environmental Performance Index 2026	Country Profile			Mauritius

CountryMozambique

RegionSub-Saharan Africa

GDP (PPP 2021 [$billions])51.96

GPC (GDP per capita [$/person])1500.31

POP (Population [millions])34.63

LDA (Land Area [sq. km])786380

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Table of EPI results for Mozambique
Indicator	Rank	EPI Score	10-Year Change	Regional Rank	Regional Average
Environmental Performance Index	104	38.78	6.78	14	34.63
Environmental Health	96	39.05	2.93	5	29.27
Air Quality	73	44.19	3.64	4	26.60
Ambient PM2.5 DALY rate	16	76.69	7.14	2	33.22
Household solid fuels DALY rate	150	8.85	1.08	27	16.10
Ozone Exposure DALY rate	42	59.87	-3.16	3	37.01
NO2 Exposure DALY rate	30	76.22	6.70	18	70.05
Carbon Monoxide Exposure	73	59.12	-0.93	11	46.98
Sulfur Dioxide Exposure	27	79.93	1.14	9	58.75
Volatile Organic Compound Exposure	124	17.85	-1.61	19	24.21
Sanitation & Drinking Water	163	19.47	5.24	31	23.07
Unsafe sanitation DALY rate	164	18.81	5.12	32	22.76
Unsafe drinking water DALY rate	163	19.90	5.31	31	23.27
Heavy Metals	61	57.10	-2.03	7	47.14
Lead Exposure DALY rate	61	57.10	-2.03	7	47.14
Waste Management	162	1.50		43	32.44
Sustainably Managed Solid Waste	162	1.50		43	32.44
Ecosystem Vitality	71	46.19	0.68	15	42.45
Biodiversity & Habitat	55	52.19	1.05	14	44.21
Marine Habitat Protection	52	23.66	8.54	9	17.14
Marine KBA Protection	57	36.07	1.78	9	28.61
MPA Effectiveness	97	0.00	-15.50	19	47.19
Terrestrial Biome Protection	31	89.03	0.57	10	58.98
Terrestrial KPA Protection	45	81.79	0.00	15	62.58
Protected Area Repr. Index	23	44.07	1.92	5	31.55
Protected Area Conn. Index	20	42.62	-0.24	7	25.30
Species Protection Index	59	66.77		20	57.19
Species Habitat Index	73	58.68		26	76.04
Red List Index	76	63.92	-9.45	29	66.48
Biodiversity Habitat Index	44	58.53	-1.98	11	43.86
Bioclim. Eco. Resilience	37	64.23	-3.64	10	42.54
Fisheries	76	50.47	0.41	24	60.79
Fish Catch Discarded	72	47.20	16.69	24	66.50
Bottom Trawling, open ocean	56	70.04	18.38	18	76.70
Bottom Trawling, domestic	55	67.83	19.03	12	56.17
Regional Marine Trophic Index	127	16.82	-52.47	27	43.79
Forests	129	7.48	-4.64	31	22.16
Tree Cover Loss	126	8.22	-4.36	28	19.42
Tree Cover Loss in KBAs	123	6.10	-5.17	30	25.74
Grasslands	66	62.97	-1.05	24	60.76
Grassland conversion	68	61.15	0.44	23	59.37
Grassland conversion in KBAs	61	65.19	-2.87	20	63.60
Air Pollution	132	35.01	5.94	20	35.01
NOx emission trend	137	25.15	25.15	22	29.16
SO2 emission trend	119	44.87	-13.26	16	40.87
Agriculture	28	66.64	1.15	10	56.73
Sustainable Nitrogen Management Index	122	33.87	-1.08	27	37.17
Phosphorus Surplus	1	100.00	0.00	1	81.44
Relative Crop Yield	1	100.00	34.99	1	25.61
Pesticide Pollution Risk	8	94.17	-1.04	6	72.89
Water Resources	117	21.67		8	13.61
Wastewater Treatment	117	21.67		8	13.61
Climate Change Policy Objective	133	27.43	19.11	23	27.36
Climate Change Mitigation	133	27.43	19.11	23	27.36
CO2 emission trend	122	34.03	34.03	18	27.22
CH4 emission trend	157	19.73	19.73	32	32.28
N2O emission trend	95	40.39	22.52	18	29.98
F-gas emission trend	71	23.30	-46.58	9	17.22
Black Carbon emission trend	165	25.52	-74.48	35	37.52
GHG emission trend, adj. per capita	94	33.32	33.32	21	31.29
GHG emission trend, adj. per GDP	151	18.27	18.27	34	26.26
Projected emissions 2050	116	0.00	0.00	19	9.39
Carbon flux from land use change	67	46.05	16.70	8	27.96
Environmental Performance Index 2026	Country Profile			Mozambique

CountryNamibia

RegionSub-Saharan Africa

GDP (PPP 2021 [$billions])31.15

GPC (GDP per capita [$/person])10281.34

POP (Population [millions])3.03

LDA (Land Area [sq. km])823290

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Table of EPI results for Namibia
Indicator	Rank	EPI Score	10-Year Change	Regional Rank	Regional Average
Environmental Performance Index	77	42.75	3.32	5	34.63
Environmental Health	126	32.10	4.48	16	29.27
Air Quality	133	25.00	4.80	20	26.60
Ambient PM2.5 DALY rate	101	27.62	6.55	28	33.22
Household solid fuels DALY rate	122	18.20	4.35	9	16.10
Ozone Exposure DALY rate	148	26.40	0.45	34	37.01
NO2 Exposure DALY rate	15	82.08	-4.93	12	70.05
Carbon Monoxide Exposure	70	59.32	-2.97	10	46.98
Sulfur Dioxide Exposure	49	67.39	-1.81	19	58.75
Volatile Organic Compound Exposure	149	11.66	1.39	34	24.21
Sanitation & Drinking Water	134	29.24	5.78	7	23.07
Unsafe sanitation DALY rate	133	28.71	5.90	7	22.76
Unsafe drinking water DALY rate	135	29.59	5.71	8	23.27
Heavy Metals	71	54.66	2.89	11	47.14
Lead Exposure DALY rate	71	54.66	2.89	11	47.14
Waste Management	93	60.95		8	32.44
Sustainably Managed Solid Waste	93	60.95		8	32.44
Ecosystem Vitality	25	55.99	5.93	5	42.45
Biodiversity & Habitat	44	55.06	-0.95	12	44.21
Marine Habitat Protection	96	0.00	0.00	16	17.14
Marine KBA Protection	89	7.50	0.00	15	28.61
MPA Effectiveness	51	41.23	-58.77	10	47.19
Terrestrial Biome Protection	1	100.00	0.00	1	58.98
Terrestrial KPA Protection	7	98.31	0.02	3	62.58
Protected Area Repr. Index	14	51.65	2.13	3	31.55
Protected Area Conn. Index	5	62.97	3.67	3	25.30
Species Protection Index	25	82.83		7	57.19
Species Habitat Index	1	100.00		1	76.04
Red List Index	19	91.04	-0.36	8	66.48
Biodiversity Habitat Index	43	58.57	2.15	10	43.86
Bioclim. Eco. Resilience	40	60.83	3.95	12	42.54
Fisheries	111	38.46	-3.96	28	60.79
Fish Catch Discarded	53	56.04	-0.94	19	66.50
Bottom Trawling, open ocean	105	36.29	2.87	28	76.70
Bottom Trawling, domestic	122	19.44	-7.11	26	56.17
Regional Marine Trophic Index	99	42.05	-10.66	17	43.79
Forests	24	39.47	22.73	8	22.16
Tree Cover Loss	23	35.94	23.88	5	19.42
Tree Cover Loss in KBAs	20	46.02	20.57	7	25.74
Grasslands	1	100.00	0.00	1	60.76
Grassland conversion	1	100.00	0.00	1	59.37
Grassland conversion in KBAs	1	100.00	0.00	1	63.60
Air Pollution	50	69.06	44.13	3	35.01
NOx emission trend	105	44.46	25.56	10	29.16
SO2 emission trend	31	93.66	62.71	2	40.87
Agriculture	146	37.83	-0.71	42	56.73
Sustainable Nitrogen Management Index	166	9.79	-0.78	42	37.17
Phosphorus Surplus	62	70.21	-0.54	30	81.44
Relative Crop Yield	112	0.01	-0.02	24	25.61
Pesticide Pollution Risk	6	97.03	-2.03	4	72.89
Water Resources	120	20.70		10	13.61
Wastewater Treatment	120	20.70		10	13.61
Climate Change Policy Objective	114	31.77	-1.55	17	27.36
Climate Change Mitigation	114	31.77	-1.55	17	27.36
CO2 emission trend	54	51.58	18.58	4	27.22
CH4 emission trend	158	19.61	-25.39	33	32.28
N2O emission trend	137	17.39	-28.54	29	29.98
F-gas emission trend	114	8.29	-31.28	18	17.22
Black Carbon emission trend	158	32.08	12.65	29	37.52
GHG emission trend, adj. per capita	120	27.85	-6.07	30	31.29
GHG emission trend, adj. per GDP	127	27.79	-8.47	20	26.26
Projected emissions 2050	114	1.34	-7.77	18	9.39
Carbon flux from land use change	147	0.00	0.00	33	27.96
Environmental Performance Index 2026	Country Profile			Namibia

CountryNiger

RegionSub-Saharan Africa

GDP (PPP 2021 [$billions])48.75

GPC (GDP per capita [$/person])1803.44

POP (Population [millions])27.03

LDA (Land Area [sq. km])1266700

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Table of EPI results for Niger
Indicator	Rank	EPI Score	10-Year Change	Regional Rank	Regional Average
Environmental Performance Index	147	31.10	7.33	31	34.63
Environmental Health	172	16.61	0.84	44	29.27
Air Quality	164	15.15	1.69	39	26.60
Ambient PM2.5 DALY rate	119	19.33	4.00	34	33.22
Household solid fuels DALY rate	170	4.23	0.30	42	16.10
Ozone Exposure DALY rate	156	22.99	-6.18	38	37.01
NO2 Exposure DALY rate	5	96.05	-3.95	4	70.05
Carbon Monoxide Exposure	110	50.58	-1.65	18	46.98
Sulfur Dioxide Exposure	40	69.90	-1.13	14	58.75
Volatile Organic Compound Exposure	101	24.34	1.55	10	24.21
Sanitation & Drinking Water	175	10.44	3.99	43	23.07
Unsafe sanitation DALY rate	175	9.99	3.83	43	22.76
Unsafe drinking water DALY rate	175	10.73	4.09	43	23.27
Heavy Metals	134	34.85	-6.46	36	47.14
Lead Exposure DALY rate	134	34.85	-6.46	36	47.14
Waste Management	159	4.10		41	32.44
Sustainably Managed Solid Waste	159	4.10		41	32.44
Ecosystem Vitality	47	51.57	13.92	10	42.45
Biodiversity & Habitat	33	58.42	14.65	10	44.21
Marine Habitat Protection					17.14
Marine KBA Protection					28.61
MPA Effectiveness					47.19
Terrestrial Biome Protection	68	68.29	38.46	20	58.98
Terrestrial KPA Protection	41	82.63	10.45	13	62.58
Protected Area Repr. Index	81	29.96	13.88	21	31.55
Protected Area Conn. Index	46	31.61	20.25	13	25.30
Species Protection Index	27	81.77		8	57.19
Species Habitat Index	45	78.68		20	76.04
Red List Index	50	76.81	-2.19	21	66.48
Biodiversity Habitat Index	98	38.95	-2.34	29	43.86
Bioclim. Eco. Resilience	88	36.33	-3.06	23	42.54
Fisheries					60.79
Fish Catch Discarded					66.50
Bottom Trawling, open ocean					76.70
Bottom Trawling, domestic					56.17
Regional Marine Trophic Index					43.79
Forests					22.16
Tree Cover Loss					19.42
Tree Cover Loss in KBAs					25.74
Grasslands	81	55.97	11.20	25	60.76
Grassland conversion	72	59.38	9.02	25	59.37
Grassland conversion in KBAs	96	51.81	13.88	30	63.60
Air Pollution	143	27.37	26.51	25	35.01
NOx emission trend	149	18.75	18.75	30	29.16
SO2 emission trend	136	35.98	34.26	23	40.87
Agriculture	53	60.65	0.15	24	56.73
Sustainable Nitrogen Management Index	126	33.12	1.59	29	37.17
Phosphorus Surplus	1	100.00	0.00	1	81.44
Relative Crop Yield	74	4.21	0.59	17	25.61
Pesticide Pollution Risk	37	77.67	-13.35	21	72.89
Water Resources	148	6.84		26	13.61
Wastewater Treatment	148	6.84		26	13.61
Climate Change Policy Objective	166	12.46	2.85	39	27.36
Climate Change Mitigation	166	12.46	2.85	39	27.36
CO2 emission trend	155	16.19	16.19	32	27.22
CH4 emission trend	166	14.57	-6.55	39	32.28
N2O emission trend	162	0.00	0.00	35	29.98
F-gas emission trend	114	8.29	-31.28	18	17.22
Black Carbon emission trend	176	4.15	-12.34	44	37.52
GHG emission trend, adj. per capita	135	23.50	-0.78	35	31.29
GHG emission trend, adj. per GDP	172	1.89	1.89	42	26.26
Projected emissions 2050	116	0.00	0.00	19	9.39
Carbon flux from land use change					27.96
Environmental Performance Index 2026	Country Profile			Niger

CountryNigeria

RegionSub-Saharan Africa

GDP (PPP 2021 [$billions])1860.09

GPC (GDP per capita [$/person])7994.22

POP (Population [millions])232.68

LDA (Land Area [sq. km])910770

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Table of EPI results for Nigeria
Indicator	Rank	EPI Score	10-Year Change	Regional Rank	Regional Average
Environmental Performance Index	138	32.85	2.59	26	34.63
Environmental Health	167	18.25	2.88	41	29.27
Air Quality	173	10.76	1.69	45	26.60
Ambient PM2.5 DALY rate	159	4.16	1.59	43	33.22
Household solid fuels DALY rate	135	12.19	3.04	17	16.10
Ozone Exposure DALY rate	145	27.71	-3.53	32	37.01
NO2 Exposure DALY rate	20	80.07	-1.93	14	70.05
Carbon Monoxide Exposure	167	19.99	-7.07	42	46.98
Sulfur Dioxide Exposure	84	51.39	-4.06	31	58.75
Volatile Organic Compound Exposure	131	16.93	-2.32	23	24.21
Sanitation & Drinking Water	165	19.26	9.05	33	23.07
Unsafe sanitation DALY rate	163	19.27	9.08	31	22.76
Unsafe drinking water DALY rate	165	19.25	9.03	33	23.27
Heavy Metals	113	42.00	0.35	29	47.14
Lead Exposure DALY rate	113	42.00	0.35	29	47.14
Waste Management	125	32.85		20	32.44
Sustainably Managed Solid Waste	125	32.85		20	32.44
Ecosystem Vitality	124	37.45	1.73	30	42.45
Biodiversity & Habitat	110	37.43	0.36	30	44.21
Marine Habitat Protection	96	0.00	0.00	16	17.14
Marine KBA Protection					28.61
MPA Effectiveness					47.19
Terrestrial Biome Protection	111	44.62	0.76	30	58.98
Terrestrial KPA Protection	27	88.41	0.63	10	62.58
Protected Area Repr. Index	105	25.96	1.27	30	31.55
Protected Area Conn. Index	125	11.67	0.33	35	25.30
Species Protection Index	70	64.20		23	57.19
Species Habitat Index	78	55.80		27	76.04
Red List Index	59	72.57	-0.56	23	66.48
Biodiversity Habitat Index	158	19.27	-1.65	42	43.86
Bioclim. Eco. Resilience	161	5.75	-1.08	43	42.54
Fisheries	46	64.89	15.07	11	60.79
Fish Catch Discarded	12	95.32	7.56	7	66.50
Bottom Trawling, open ocean	69	58.21	18.66	22	76.70
Bottom Trawling, domestic	66	56.31	20.88	16	56.17
Regional Marine Trophic Index	69	49.72	13.16	12	43.79
Forests	122	8.37	-7.54	29	22.16
Tree Cover Loss	132	7.40	-7.50	30	19.42
Tree Cover Loss in KBAs	104	10.16	-7.63	24	25.74
Grasslands	126	32.12	6.85	38	60.76
Grassland conversion	117	36.20	8.64	35	59.37
Grassland conversion in KBAs	135	27.15	4.68	40	63.60
Air Pollution	126	39.07	7.26	17	35.01
NOx emission trend	120	36.21	30.48	13	29.16
SO2 emission trend	127	41.93	-15.96	19	40.87
Agriculture	14	72.50	2.43	1	56.73
Sustainable Nitrogen Management Index	60	50.27	5.75	7	37.17
Phosphorus Surplus	1	100.00	0.00	1	81.44
Relative Crop Yield	1	100.00	0.00	1	25.61
Pesticide Pollution Risk	134	47.25	-8.87	41	72.89
Water Resources	78	40.67		3	13.61
Wastewater Treatment	78	40.67		3	13.61
Climate Change Policy Objective	89	38.11	3.64	11	27.36
Climate Change Mitigation	89	38.11	3.64	11	27.36
CO2 emission trend	123	34.01	8.63	19	27.22
CH4 emission trend	21	63.81	5.53	3	32.28
N2O emission trend	155	6.11	6.11	33	29.98
F-gas emission trend	100	10.28	-28.95	11	17.22
Black Carbon emission trend	166	25.42	-13.95	36	37.52
GHG emission trend, adj. per capita	39	44.44	3.03	5	31.29
GHG emission trend, adj. per GDP	64	45.46	2.60	5	26.26
Projected emissions 2050	78	23.87	12.14	8	9.39
Carbon flux from land use change	60	52.41	29.69	6	27.96
Environmental Performance Index 2026	Country Profile			Nigeria

CountryRepublic of Congo

RegionSub-Saharan Africa

GDP (PPP 2021 [$billions])39.15

GPC (GDP per capita [$/person])6181.47

POP (Population [millions])6.33

LDA (Land Area [sq. km])341500

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Table of EPI results for Republic of Congo
Indicator	Rank	EPI Score	10-Year Change	Regional Rank	Regional Average
Environmental Performance Index	102	38.91	2.49	12	34.63
Environmental Health	166	18.33	0.50	40	29.27
Air Quality	170	12.44	-0.04	44	26.60
Ambient PM2.5 DALY rate	154	7.33	-1.96	41	33.22
Household solid fuels DALY rate	128	14.47	2.83	13	16.10
Ozone Exposure DALY rate	164	19.54	-8.96	42	37.01
NO2 Exposure DALY rate	119	39.48	-5.46	41	70.05
Carbon Monoxide Exposure	156	31.34	-5.57	38	46.98
Sulfur Dioxide Exposure	85	50.94	0.33	32	58.75
Volatile Organic Compound Exposure	166	0.00	0.00	42	24.21
Sanitation & Drinking Water	158	21.33	5.84	26	23.07
Unsafe sanitation DALY rate	158	20.49	5.67	26	22.76
Unsafe drinking water DALY rate	156	21.89	5.95	24	23.27
Heavy Metals	133	35.29	-4.26	35	47.14
Lead Exposure DALY rate	133	35.29	-4.26	35	47.14
Waste Management	133	26.20		24	32.44
Sustainably Managed Solid Waste	133	26.20		24	32.44
Ecosystem Vitality	35	53.97	5.93	8	42.45
Biodiversity & Habitat	21	61.87	3.82	7	44.21
Marine Habitat Protection					17.14
Marine KBA Protection	46	52.21	0.00	5	28.61
MPA Effectiveness	78	11.77	11.59	14	47.19
Terrestrial Biome Protection	42	83.24	8.01	12	58.98
Terrestrial KPA Protection	89	60.62	4.37	29	62.58
Protected Area Repr. Index	39	39.11	4.84	11	31.55
Protected Area Conn. Index	6	60.82	8.17	4	25.30
Species Protection Index	29	79.73		9	57.19
Species Habitat Index	72	59.14		25	76.04
Red List Index	28	88.27	-0.32	13	66.48
Biodiversity Habitat Index	17	74.56	-2.38	3	43.86
Bioclim. Eco. Resilience	12	86.78	-4.44	4	42.54
Fisheries	55	58.40	22.70	17	60.79
Fish Catch Discarded	51	57.19	-4.20	18	66.50
Bottom Trawling, open ocean	65	63.65	-5.73	21	76.70
Bottom Trawling, domestic	57	65.18	53.14	13	56.17
Regional Marine Trophic Index	81	47.57	47.57	14	43.79
Forests	78	17.44	-4.95	18	22.16
Tree Cover Loss	62	20.14	-4.49	11	19.42
Tree Cover Loss in KBAs	93	12.42	-5.80	23	25.74
Grasslands	18	85.40	-1.03	4	60.76
Grassland conversion	22	85.04	-0.54	7	59.37
Grassland conversion in KBAs	20	85.84	-1.62	7	63.60
Air Pollution	136	32.42	32.42	21	35.01
NOx emission trend	77	52.08	52.08	8	29.16
SO2 emission trend	169	12.76	12.76	44	40.87
Agriculture	44	61.97	0.85	19	56.73
Sustainable Nitrogen Management Index	111	36.37	0.51	25	37.17
Phosphorus Surplus	1	100.00	0.00	1	81.44
Relative Crop Yield	50	9.47	2.35	12	25.61
Pesticide Pollution Risk	70	66.13	9.39	29	72.89
Water Resources	145	7.92		25	13.61
Wastewater Treatment	145	7.92		25	13.61
Climate Change Policy Objective	104	33.46	-1.01	14	27.36
Climate Change Mitigation	104	33.46	-1.01	14	27.36
CO2 emission trend	101	37.70	6.01	13	27.22
CH4 emission trend	85	46.39	-8.05	10	32.28
N2O emission trend	93	40.96	40.96	16	29.98
F-gas emission trend	109	8.46	-31.29	14	17.22
Black Carbon emission trend	117	46.67	46.67	11	37.52
GHG emission trend, adj. per capita	79	35.36	-3.45	15	31.29
GHG emission trend, adj. per GDP	131	26.82	-10.87	22	26.26
Projected emissions 2050	91	16.74	-5.51	13	9.39
Carbon flux from land use change	69	45.00	2.19	10	27.96
Environmental Performance Index 2026	Country Profile			Republic of Congo

CountryRwanda

RegionSub-Saharan Africa

GDP (PPP 2021 [$billions])46.54

GPC (GDP per capita [$/person])3264.64

POP (Population [millions])14.26

LDA (Land Area [sq. km])24670

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Table of EPI results for Rwanda
Indicator	Rank	EPI Score	10-Year Change	Regional Rank	Regional Average
Environmental Performance Index	167	26.42	-0.52	41	34.63
Environmental Health	141	27.75	0.53	23	29.27
Air Quality	140	24.10	-0.20	24	26.60
Ambient PM2.5 DALY rate	63	40.26	-1.37	14	33.22
Household solid fuels DALY rate	153	8.37	1.53	30	16.10
Ozone Exposure DALY rate	126	33.78	-12.66	22	37.01
NO2 Exposure DALY rate	45	70.90	5.15	24	70.05
Carbon Monoxide Exposure	172	10.97	-0.97	45	46.98
Sulfur Dioxide Exposure	171	0.00	0.00	45	58.75
Volatile Organic Compound Exposure	144	13.56	3.66	32	24.21
Sanitation & Drinking Water	161	20.77	5.19	29	23.07
Unsafe sanitation DALY rate	160	20.00	5.00	28	22.76
Unsafe drinking water DALY rate	160	21.27	5.30	28	23.27
Heavy Metals	87	49.96	-2.55	18	47.14
Lead Exposure DALY rate	87	49.96	-2.55	18	47.14
Waste Management	127	32.83		22	32.44
Sustainably Managed Solid Waste	127	32.83		22	32.44
Ecosystem Vitality	161	27.83	-2.16	43	42.45
Biodiversity & Habitat	122	34.30	0.66	33	44.21
Marine Habitat Protection					17.14
Marine KBA Protection					28.61
MPA Effectiveness					47.19
Terrestrial Biome Protection	138	29.81	0.42	37	58.98
Terrestrial KPA Protection	106	51.14	0.66	33	62.58
Protected Area Repr. Index	84	29.43	3.07	22	31.55
Protected Area Conn. Index	145	8.29	-0.08	39	25.30
Species Protection Index	98	50.58		30	57.19
Species Habitat Index					76.04
Red List Index	69	66.00	-0.54	27	66.48
Biodiversity Habitat Index	117	32.73	-0.78	31	43.86
Bioclim. Eco. Resilience	137	17.65	-1.29	35	42.54
Fisheries					60.79
Fish Catch Discarded					66.50
Bottom Trawling, open ocean					76.70
Bottom Trawling, domestic					56.17
Regional Marine Trophic Index					43.79
Forests	96	13.04	-5.00	22	22.16
Tree Cover Loss	98	12.11	-4.44	20	19.42
Tree Cover Loss in KBAs	83	14.76	-6.06	20	25.74
Grasslands	133	26.84	9.84	40	60.76
Grassland conversion	134	21.17	4.89	40	59.37
Grassland conversion in KBAs	128	33.78	15.89	38	63.60
Air Pollution	171	7.93	-21.76	45	35.01
NOx emission trend	152	15.87	-12.23	33	29.16
SO2 emission trend	172	0.00	-31.27	45	40.87
Agriculture	67	55.80	-14.45	27	56.73
Sustainable Nitrogen Management Index	59	50.71	-0.96	6	37.17
Phosphorus Surplus	70	64.25	-35.75	32	81.44
Relative Crop Yield	33	29.11	9.71	7	25.61
Pesticide Pollution Risk	72	65.86	-3.01	30	72.89
Water Resources	167	0.00		38	13.61
Wastewater Treatment	167	0.00		38	13.61
Climate Change Policy Objective	147	23.21	1.06	28	27.36
Climate Change Mitigation	147	23.21	1.06	28	27.36
CO2 emission trend	169	0.00	-15.28	40	27.22
CH4 emission trend	110	37.34	12.19	14	32.28
N2O emission trend	35	67.96	67.96	5	29.98
F-gas emission trend	27	50.00	16.90	1	17.22
Black Carbon emission trend	168	24.24	-6.72	38	37.52
GHG emission trend, adj. per capita	80	35.20	4.26	16	31.29
GHG emission trend, adj. per GDP	105	34.85	6.41	13	26.26
Projected emissions 2050	116	0.00	0.00	19	9.39
Carbon flux from land use change	118	22.19	6.74	22	27.96
Environmental Performance Index 2026	Country Profile			Rwanda

CountrySenegal

RegionSub-Saharan Africa

GDP (PPP 2021 [$billions])82.54

GPC (GDP per capita [$/person])4460.92

POP (Population [millions])18.5

LDA (Land Area [sq. km])192530

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Table of EPI results for Senegal
Indicator	Rank	EPI Score	10-Year Change	Regional Rank	Regional Average
Environmental Performance Index	133	33.34	4.67	24	34.63
Environmental Health	136	29.29	-0.11	21	29.27
Air Quality	125	25.97	-1.60	18	26.60
Ambient PM2.5 DALY rate	65	39.64	-3.75	15	33.22
Household solid fuels DALY rate	146	9.97	1.40	23	16.10
Ozone Exposure DALY rate	116	35.80	-5.91	18	37.01
NO2 Exposure DALY rate	71	61.96	-9.97	33	70.05
Carbon Monoxide Exposure	102	53.75	-6.53	14	46.98
Sulfur Dioxide Exposure	156	14.36	-2.14	43	58.75
Volatile Organic Compound Exposure	96	29.43	-4.47	8	24.21
Sanitation & Drinking Water	142	26.18	6.82	13	23.07
Unsafe sanitation DALY rate	143	25.45	6.93	14	22.76
Unsafe drinking water DALY rate	140	26.67	6.75	13	23.27
Heavy Metals	69	54.77	-3.44	10	47.14
Lead Exposure DALY rate	69	54.77	-3.44	10	47.14
Waste Management	155	5.10		38	32.44
Sustainably Managed Solid Waste	155	5.10		38	32.44
Ecosystem Vitality	93	43.06	4.03	21	42.45
Biodiversity & Habitat	78	45.20	4.65	24	44.21
Marine Habitat Protection	47	26.42	24.27	8	17.14
Marine KBA Protection	84	10.19	1.28	13	28.61
MPA Effectiveness	74	13.77	12.78	13	47.19
Terrestrial Biome Protection	28	91.05	1.35	9	58.98
Terrestrial KPA Protection	79	64.68	1.05	27	62.58
Protected Area Repr. Index	72	32.33	1.65	16	31.55
Protected Area Conn. Index	45	32.01	0.24	12	25.30
Species Protection Index	35	75.79		12	57.19
Species Habitat Index	1	100.00		1	76.04
Red List Index	14	92.69	-0.02	5	66.48
Biodiversity Habitat Index	155	20.14	-2.15	41	43.86
Bioclim. Eco. Resilience	116	26.57	-2.11	32	42.54
Fisheries	48	63.44	7.12	13	60.79
Fish Catch Discarded	57	54.88	7.60	20	66.50
Bottom Trawling, open ocean	48	79.92	24.06	14	76.70
Bottom Trawling, domestic	67	55.19	4.38	17	56.17
Regional Marine Trophic Index	22	63.74	-7.60	6	43.79
Forests	65	19.63	-2.44	14	22.16
Tree Cover Loss	118	9.73	-3.78	24	19.42
Tree Cover Loss in KBAs	27	38.01	0.05	8	25.74
Grasslands	53	69.47	6.24	19	60.76
Grassland conversion	56	67.76	6.96	20	59.37
Grassland conversion in KBAs	50	71.56	5.36	18	63.60
Air Pollution	157	18.81	0.83	35	35.01
NOx emission trend	151	17.16	17.16	32	29.16
SO2 emission trend	161	20.46	-15.51	38	40.87
Agriculture	26	67.51	13.07	8	56.73
Sustainable Nitrogen Management Index	76	45.81	19.53	14	37.17
Phosphorus Surplus	1	100.00	7.91	1	81.44
Relative Crop Yield	65	5.69	3.98	15	25.61
Pesticide Pollution Risk	14	86.47	-1.09	11	72.89
Water Resources	124	17.22		13	13.61
Wastewater Treatment	124	17.22		13	13.61
Climate Change Policy Objective	149	22.13	9.61	29	27.36
Climate Change Mitigation	149	22.13	9.61	29	27.36
CO2 emission trend	147	23.63	17.53	30	27.22
CH4 emission trend	134	31.36	12.62	23	32.28
N2O emission trend	144	12.59	8.59	31	29.98
F-gas emission trend	114	8.29	-31.28	18	17.22
Black Carbon emission trend	159	30.24	30.24	30	37.52
GHG emission trend, adj. per capita	122	27.48	7.39	31	31.29
GHG emission trend, adj. per GDP	142	22.74	10.24	28	26.26
Projected emissions 2050	116	0.00	0.00	19	9.39
Carbon flux from land use change	147	0.00	0.00	33	27.96
Environmental Performance Index 2026	Country Profile			Senegal

CountrySeychelles

RegionSub-Saharan Africa

GDP (PPP 2021 [$billions])3.55

GPC (GDP per capita [$/person])29241.78

POP (Population [millions])0.12

LDA (Land Area [sq. km])460

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Table of EPI results for Seychelles
Indicator	Rank	EPI Score	10-Year Change	Regional Rank	Regional Average
Environmental Performance Index	43	50.03	2.06	2	34.63
Environmental Health	38	65.85	6.24	1	29.27
Air Quality	27	68.70	7.06	1	26.60
Ambient PM2.5 DALY rate	41	49.96	5.32	10	33.22
Household solid fuels DALY rate	44	86.11	11.01	1	16.10
Ozone Exposure DALY rate	54	54.65	-10.01	5	37.01
NO2 Exposure DALY rate	160	21.02	-2.42	45	70.05
Carbon Monoxide Exposure	10	84.62	-2.73	2	46.98
Sulfur Dioxide Exposure	8	96.97	3.96	2	58.75
Volatile Organic Compound Exposure	4	99.41	0.43	1	24.21
Sanitation & Drinking Water	99	51.56	4.71	2	23.07
Unsafe sanitation DALY rate	81	58.51	7.13	2	22.76
Unsafe drinking water DALY rate	104	46.93	3.11	2	23.27
Heavy Metals	43	67.31	7.07	4	47.14
Lead Exposure DALY rate	43	67.31	7.07	4	47.14
Waste Management	70	84.40		2	32.44
Sustainably Managed Solid Waste	70	84.40		2	32.44
Ecosystem Vitality	37	53.59	6.12	9	42.45
Biodiversity & Habitat	42	55.50	19.63	11	44.21
Marine Habitat Protection	15	50.24	45.52	1	17.14
Marine KBA Protection	13	91.38	46.78	2	28.61
MPA Effectiveness	89	4.18	-23.53	18	47.19
Terrestrial Biome Protection	57	73.34	0.00	19	58.98
Terrestrial KPA Protection	25	89.17	46.13	8	62.58
Protected Area Repr. Index	36	39.95	4.96	10	31.55
Protected Area Conn. Index	57	28.24	1.85	17	25.30
Species Protection Index	113	40.54		33	57.19
Species Habitat Index					76.04
Red List Index	166	0.00	0.00	44	66.48
Biodiversity Habitat Index	92	39.67	-1.52	25	43.86
Bioclim. Eco. Resilience	150	11.79	-1.25	42	42.54
Fisheries	30	75.81	0.35	5	60.79
Fish Catch Discarded	60	53.91	-0.07	21	66.50
Bottom Trawling, open ocean	1	100.00	0.00	1	76.70
Bottom Trawling, domestic	33	98.02	-1.98	3	56.17
Regional Marine Trophic Index	54	51.30	3.44	9	43.79
Forests	5	66.69	16.55	3	22.16
Tree Cover Loss	4	67.21	16.05	3	19.42
Tree Cover Loss in KBAs	8	65.73	17.48	4	25.74
Grasslands	59	65.61	-3.90	22	60.76
Grassland conversion	55	68.21	-3.38	19	59.37
Grassland conversion in KBAs	66	62.43	-4.54	22	63.60
Air Pollution	168	10.15	-60.83	44	35.01
NOx emission trend	167	2.89	-66.29	43	29.16
SO2 emission trend	167	17.41	-55.37	43	40.87
Agriculture	90	50.96	2.63	31	56.73
Sustainable Nitrogen Management Index	31	61.55	10.79	2	37.17
Phosphorus Surplus	151	34.37	-7.25	45	81.44
Relative Crop Yield					25.61
Pesticide Pollution Risk	29	77.78	0.00	19	72.89
Water Resources	65	49.70		2	13.61
Wastewater Treatment	65	49.70		2	13.61
Climate Change Policy Objective	116	31.50	-7.53	18	27.36
Climate Change Mitigation	116	31.50	-7.53	18	27.36
CO2 emission trend	112	35.25	-6.45	16	27.22
CH4 emission trend	149	26.03	-9.43	28	32.28
N2O emission trend	20	77.47	23.07	3	29.98
F-gas emission trend					17.22
Black Carbon emission trend	177	0.00	-72.53	45	37.52
GHG emission trend, adj. per capita	137	23.12	-6.72	36	31.29
GHG emission trend, adj. per GDP	106	34.75	-5.57	14	26.26
Projected emissions 2050	116	0.00	-5.01	19	9.39
Carbon flux from land use change	1	100.00	0.00	1	27.96
Environmental Performance Index 2026	Country Profile			Seychelles

CountrySierra Leone

RegionSub-Saharan Africa

GDP (PPP 2021 [$billions])26.78

GPC (GDP per capita [$/person])3098.76

POP (Population [millions])8.64

LDA (Land Area [sq. km])72180

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Table of EPI results for Sierra Leone
Indicator	Rank	EPI Score	10-Year Change	Regional Rank	Regional Average
Environmental Performance Index	155	29.26	5.22	36	34.63
Environmental Health	161	21.62	1.30	36	29.27
Air Quality	144	22.73	1.21	25	26.60
Ambient PM2.5 DALY rate	69	37.38	1.22	18	33.22
Household solid fuels DALY rate	168	4.42	1.08	40	16.10
Ozone Exposure DALY rate	129	33.49	-1.28	25	37.01
NO2 Exposure DALY rate	49	70.15	-9.26	26	70.05
Carbon Monoxide Exposure	149	34.99	9.24	35	46.98
Sulfur Dioxide Exposure	53	65.39	6.91	21	58.75
Volatile Organic Compound Exposure	153	10.43	-0.63	35	24.21
Sanitation & Drinking Water	174	10.79	6.12	42	23.07
Unsafe sanitation DALY rate	174	10.61	5.98	42	22.76
Unsafe drinking water DALY rate	174	10.90	6.21	42	23.27
Heavy Metals	141	33.83	-4.35	40	47.14
Lead Exposure DALY rate	141	33.83	-4.35	40	47.14
Waste Management	144	15.07		30	32.44
Sustainably Managed Solid Waste	144	15.07		30	32.44
Ecosystem Vitality	138	34.08	-0.71	34	42.45
Biodiversity & Habitat	127	31.27	-1.36	34	44.21
Marine Habitat Protection	76	10.70	0.00	14	17.14
Marine KBA Protection	96	5.50	0.00	18	28.61
MPA Effectiveness	88	4.92	-42.11	17	47.19
Terrestrial Biome Protection	114	42.79	0.00	31	58.98
Terrestrial KPA Protection	83	63.25	0.00	28	62.58
Protected Area Repr. Index	112	24.97	0.51	34	31.55
Protected Area Conn. Index	121	12.34	-0.49	33	25.30
Species Protection Index	64	65.48		22	57.19
Species Habitat Index	1	100.00		1	76.04
Red List Index	53	75.07	-0.36	22	66.48
Biodiversity Habitat Index	137	26.49	-1.76	36	43.86
Bioclim. Eco. Resilience	105	30.27	-2.41	28	42.54
Fisheries	57	58.12	10.37	18	60.79
Fish Catch Discarded	8	96.22	44.38	4	66.50
Bottom Trawling, open ocean	34	98.69	44.50	9	76.70
Bottom Trawling, domestic	92	37.57	-29.06	20	56.17
Regional Marine Trophic Index	131	0.00	-18.34	29	43.79
Forests	161	0.00	-5.08	40	22.16
Tree Cover Loss	161	0.00	-3.90	40	19.42
Tree Cover Loss in KBAs	142	0.00	-7.28	35	25.74
Grasslands	40	76.34	-0.69	15	60.76
Grassland conversion	61	63.83	-6.22	21	59.37
Grassland conversion in KBAs	11	91.64	6.08	5	63.60
Air Pollution	150	23.40	1.92	29	35.01
NOx emission trend	142	22.02	19.88	25	29.16
SO2 emission trend	149	24.78	-16.04	28	40.87
Agriculture	39	63.53	-1.98	16	56.73
Sustainable Nitrogen Management Index	114	35.43	-1.86	26	37.17
Phosphorus Surplus	1	100.00	0.00	1	81.44
Relative Crop Yield					25.61
Pesticide Pollution Risk	112	52.82	-19.00	38	72.89
Water Resources	128	16.45		16	13.61
Wastewater Treatment	128	16.45		16	13.61
Climate Change Policy Objective	128	28.40	17.38	21	27.36
Climate Change Mitigation	128	28.40	17.38	21	27.36
CO2 emission trend	139	26.27	26.27	24	27.22
CH4 emission trend	151	22.93	9.52	29	32.28
N2O emission trend	129	24.28	24.28	25	29.98
F-gas emission trend	27	50.00	17.96	1	17.22
Black Carbon emission trend	112	49.23	12.02	9	37.52
GHG emission trend, adj. per capita	103	31.73	12.65	22	31.29
GHG emission trend, adj. per GDP	121	28.66	14.29	18	26.26
Projected emissions 2050	116	0.00	0.00	19	9.39
Carbon flux from land use change	97	30.48	19.66	18	27.96
Environmental Performance Index 2026	Country Profile			Sierra Leone

CountrySouth Africa

RegionSub-Saharan Africa

GDP (PPP 2021 [$billions])870.35

GPC (GDP per capita [$/person])13597.65

POP (Population [millions])64.01

LDA (Land Area [sq. km])1213090

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Table of EPI results for South Africa
Indicator	Rank	EPI Score	10-Year Change	Regional Rank	Regional Average
Environmental Performance Index	111	37.60	6.71	15	34.63
Environmental Health	129	31.32	6.31	17	29.27
Air Quality	139	24.21	6.91	23	26.60
Ambient PM2.5 DALY rate	144	10.56	9.01	39	33.22
Household solid fuels DALY rate	99	38.05	6.85	5	16.10
Ozone Exposure DALY rate	119	34.91	2.57	20	37.01
NO2 Exposure DALY rate	90	54.98	-7.05	38	70.05
Carbon Monoxide Exposure	171	13.33	-8.26	44	46.98
Sulfur Dioxide Exposure	168	3.91	-1.35	44	58.75
Volatile Organic Compound Exposure	114	19.71	-1.76	14	24.21
Sanitation & Drinking Water	143	26.02	5.76	14	23.07
Unsafe sanitation DALY rate	141	26.28	5.90	13	22.76
Unsafe drinking water DALY rate	145	25.85	5.67	15	23.27
Heavy Metals	73	54.42	6.75	12	47.14
Lead Exposure DALY rate	73	54.42	6.75	12	47.14
Waste Management	84	68.59		5	32.44
Sustainably Managed Solid Waste	84	68.59		5	32.44
Ecosystem Vitality	129	36.57	4.61	32	42.45
Biodiversity & Habitat	134	28.92	3.21	37	44.21
Marine Habitat Protection	19	48.47	9.30	2	17.14
Marine KBA Protection	74	16.17	0.06	10	28.61
MPA Effectiveness	46	47.73	4.47	9	47.19
Terrestrial Biome Protection	137	29.93	5.86	36	58.98
Terrestrial KPA Protection	143	25.17	4.04	38	62.58
Protected Area Repr. Index	149	16.62	2.98	42	31.55
Protected Area Conn. Index	135	10.04	1.83	37	25.30
Species Protection Index	117	38.59		35	57.19
Species Habitat Index	52	70.56		22	76.04
Red List Index	86	57.95	-7.85	34	66.48
Biodiversity Habitat Index	97	39.13	1.71	28	43.86
Bioclim. Eco. Resilience	93	35.18	1.70	24	42.54
Fisheries	70	52.57	1.70	22	60.79
Fish Catch Discarded	50	57.67	5.85	17	66.50
Bottom Trawling, open ocean	85	50.51	-0.49	24	76.70
Bottom Trawling, domestic	79	47.42	-0.78	19	56.17
Regional Marine Trophic Index	44	54.68	2.22	7	43.79
Forests	125	8.14	2.37	30	22.16
Tree Cover Loss	115	10.10	4.23	23	19.42
Tree Cover Loss in KBAs	128	4.48	-1.10	32	25.74
Grasslands	46	73.06	2.54	18	60.76
Grassland conversion	47	73.00	3.03	16	59.37
Grassland conversion in KBAs	46	73.13	1.94	16	63.60
Air Pollution	64	63.46	22.88	5	35.01
NOx emission trend	51	71.96	32.80	3	29.16
SO2 emission trend	88	54.96	12.95	11	40.87
Agriculture	98	49.79	-0.38	35	56.73
Sustainable Nitrogen Management Index	72	46.30	5.97	11	37.17
Phosphorus Surplus	106	52.60	-8.71	40	81.44
Relative Crop Yield	28	38.48	1.77	6	25.61
Pesticide Pollution Risk	51	73.52	0.58	25	72.89
Water Resources	118	21.59		9	13.61
Wastewater Treatment	118	21.59		9	13.61
Climate Change Policy Objective	60	44.36	10.16	4	27.36
Climate Change Mitigation	60	44.36	10.16	4	27.36
CO2 emission trend	44	53.56	8.25	2	27.22
CH4 emission trend	46	55.19	15.81	5	32.28
N2O emission trend	82	44.84	-5.84	14	29.98
F-gas emission trend	82	14.15	-25.99	10	17.22
Black Carbon emission trend	32	92.89	64.47	1	37.52
GHG emission trend, adj. per capita	85	34.75	10.65	18	31.29
GHG emission trend, adj. per GDP	102	35.50	10.55	12	26.26
Projected emissions 2050	48	42.52	26.40	3	9.39
Carbon flux from land use change	57	55.74	20.61	5	27.96
Environmental Performance Index 2026	Country Profile			South Africa

CountrySão Tomé & Príncipe

RegionSub-Saharan Africa

GDP (PPP 2021 [$billions])1.29

GPC (GDP per capita [$/person])5491.3

POP (Population [millions])0.24

LDA (Land Area [sq. km])960

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Table of EPI results for São Tomé & Príncipe
Indicator	Rank	EPI Score	10-Year Change	Regional Rank	Regional Average
Environmental Performance Index	86	41.03	6.25	6	34.63
Environmental Health	111	34.30	2.16	9	29.27
Air Quality	112	29.96	0.72	14	26.60
Ambient PM2.5 DALY rate	66	37.66	-2.44	16	33.22
Household solid fuels DALY rate	126	15.45	5.04	12	16.10
Ozone Exposure DALY rate	163	19.86	-8.48	41	37.01
NO2 Exposure DALY rate	122	38.71	-0.77	42	70.05
Carbon Monoxide Exposure	35	66.92	-10.09	6	46.98
Sulfur Dioxide Exposure	1	100.00	0.00	1	58.75
Volatile Organic Compound Exposure	15	86.96	0.52	4	24.21
Sanitation & Drinking Water	121	36.44	7.83	3	23.07
Unsafe sanitation DALY rate	122	35.83	8.04	3	22.76
Unsafe drinking water DALY rate	120	36.85	7.70	3	23.27
Heavy Metals	93	48.48	1.06	23	47.14
Lead Exposure DALY rate	93	48.48	1.06	23	47.14
Waste Management	120	35.25		18	32.44
Sustainably Managed Solid Waste	120	35.25		18	32.44
Ecosystem Vitality	90	43.18	-2.73	20	42.45
Biodiversity & Habitat	100	39.26	0.01	26	44.21
Marine Habitat Protection	96	0.00	0.00	16	17.14
Marine KBA Protection	86	9.09	0.00	14	28.61
MPA Effectiveness	1	100.00	0.00	1	47.19
Terrestrial Biome Protection	1	100.00	0.00	1	58.98
Terrestrial KPA Protection	94	59.26	0.00	31	62.58
Protected Area Repr. Index					31.55
Protected Area Conn. Index					25.30
Species Protection Index	123	35.06		36	57.19
Species Habitat Index					76.04
Red List Index	162	9.48	0.32	43	66.48
Biodiversity Habitat Index					43.86
Bioclim. Eco. Resilience					42.54
Fisheries	35	72.73	-3.57	6	60.79
Fish Catch Discarded	4	99.66	4.01	3	66.50
Bottom Trawling, open ocean	30	99.55	32.05	7	76.70
Bottom Trawling, domestic	59	64.72	-35.28	14	56.17
Regional Marine Trophic Index	117	26.98	-15.07	23	43.79
Forests	1	100.00	0.00	1	22.16
Tree Cover Loss	1	100.00	0.00	1	19.42
Tree Cover Loss in KBAs	1	100.00	0.00	1	25.74
Grasslands					60.76
Grassland conversion					59.37
Grassland conversion in KBAs					63.60
Air Pollution	164	14.05	-8.89	41	35.01
NOx emission trend	161	8.41	8.41	39	29.16
SO2 emission trend	162	19.70	-26.18	39	40.87
Agriculture	147	37.80	-27.88	43	56.73
Sustainable Nitrogen Management Index	154	21.22	-20.70	40	37.17
Phosphorus Surplus	84	57.64	-42.36	33	81.44
Relative Crop Yield					25.61
Pesticide Pollution Risk	142	44.84	16.19	43	72.89
Water Resources	149	6.74		27	13.61
Wastewater Treatment	149	6.74		27	13.61
Climate Change Policy Objective	66	43.42	23.14	6	27.36
Climate Change Mitigation	66	43.42	23.14	6	27.36
CO2 emission trend	63	50.02	33.59	6	27.22
CH4 emission trend	116	36.15	4.85	16	32.28
N2O emission trend	133	19.20	19.20	26	29.98
F-gas emission trend					17.22
Black Carbon emission trend	157	32.25	-3.34	28	37.52
GHG emission trend, adj. per capita	33	45.93	22.48	4	31.29
GHG emission trend, adj. per GDP	62	46.01	22.78	4	26.26
Projected emissions 2050	75	25.19	25.19	6	9.39
Carbon flux from land use change	136	11.16	-25.50	29	27.96
Environmental Performance Index 2026	Country Profile			São Tomé & Príncipe

CountryTanzania

RegionSub-Saharan Africa

GDP (PPP 2021 [$billions])246.71

GPC (GDP per capita [$/person])3598.38

POP (Population [millions])68.56

LDA (Land Area [sq. km])885800

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Table of EPI results for Tanzania
Indicator	Rank	EPI Score	10-Year Change	Regional Rank	Regional Average
Environmental Performance Index	103	38.89	3.44	13	34.63
Environmental Health	106	36.61	4.42	7	29.27
Air Quality	94	35.47	2.91	8	26.60
Ambient PM2.5 DALY rate	35	56.88	4.20	6	33.22
Household solid fuels DALY rate	143	10.60	3.11	21	16.10
Ozone Exposure DALY rate	55	54.51	-11.04	6	37.01
NO2 Exposure DALY rate	73	61.35	3.74	34	70.05
Carbon Monoxide Exposure	97	54.52	-4.01	12	46.98
Sulfur Dioxide Exposure	36	70.91	0.52	13	58.75
Volatile Organic Compound Exposure	127	17.28	-0.78	21	24.21
Sanitation & Drinking Water	146	25.23	9.12	16	23.07
Unsafe sanitation DALY rate	147	24.29	8.79	16	22.76
Unsafe drinking water DALY rate	145	25.85	9.33	15	23.27
Heavy Metals	45	66.04	5.67	5	47.14
Lead Exposure DALY rate	45	66.04	5.67	5	47.14
Waste Management	152	7.50		35	32.44
Sustainably Managed Solid Waste	152	7.50		35	32.44
Ecosystem Vitality	26	55.70	0.96	6	42.45
Biodiversity & Habitat	15	64.92	-0.66	6	44.21
Marine Habitat Protection	34	37.57	0.00	4	17.14
Marine KBA Protection	34	66.24	0.00	4	28.61
MPA Effectiveness	55	32.16	-67.84	11	47.19
Terrestrial Biome Protection	18	98.06	1.66	6	58.98
Terrestrial KPA Protection	43	82.13	6.15	14	62.58
Protected Area Repr. Index	10	58.63	2.87	1	31.55
Protected Area Conn. Index	4	63.45	2.10	2	25.30
Species Protection Index	48	70.97		16	57.19
Species Habitat Index	24	96.63		12	76.04
Red List Index	128	36.44	-6.96	39	66.48
Biodiversity Habitat Index	61	50.82	-0.73	14	43.86
Bioclim. Eco. Resilience	71	44.32	0.11	17	42.54
Fisheries	54	60.09	-13.72	16	60.79
Fish Catch Discarded	49	58.28	-14.57	16	66.50
Bottom Trawling, open ocean	49	79.09	-10.62	15	76.70
Bottom Trawling, domestic	44	77.40	-11.50	7	56.17
Regional Marine Trophic Index	120	25.61	-18.17	24	43.79
Forests	105	11.78	-1.38	24	22.16
Tree Cover Loss	113	10.35	-1.77	22	19.42
Tree Cover Loss in KBAs	85	14.44	-0.66	21	25.74
Grasslands	57	67.32	-0.48	20	60.76
Grassland conversion	71	59.46	-1.13	24	59.37
Grassland conversion in KBAs	37	76.93	0.32	14	63.60
Air Pollution	112	47.73	21.06	13	35.01
NOx emission trend	136	25.61	22.63	21	29.16
SO2 emission trend	52	69.85	19.50	7	40.87
Agriculture	18	69.97	1.66	3	56.73
Sustainable Nitrogen Management Index	88	42.98	3.15	16	37.17
Phosphorus Surplus	1	100.00	0.00	1	81.44
Relative Crop Yield					25.61
Pesticide Pollution Risk	1	99.58	-0.09	1	72.89
Water Resources	131	16.12		17	13.61
Wastewater Treatment	131	16.12		17	13.61
Climate Change Policy Objective	160	15.57	6.35	37	27.36
Climate Change Mitigation	160	15.57	6.35	37	27.36
CO2 emission trend	156	14.68	14.68	33	27.22
CH4 emission trend	168	12.26	-1.18	41	32.28
N2O emission trend	162	0.00	0.00	35	29.98
F-gas emission trend					17.22
Black Carbon emission trend	160	29.31	5.55	31	37.52
GHG emission trend, adj. per capita	142	21.95	1.48	40	31.29
GHG emission trend, adj. per GDP	156	15.66	3.33	36	26.26
Projected emissions 2050	116	0.00	0.00	19	9.39
Carbon flux from land use change	122	20.46	4.56	24	27.96
Environmental Performance Index 2026	Country Profile			Tanzania

CountryTogo

RegionSub-Saharan Africa

GDP (PPP 2021 [$billions])28.17

GPC (GDP per capita [$/person])2960.78

POP (Population [millions])9.52

LDA (Land Area [sq. km])54390

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Table of EPI results for Togo
Indicator	Rank	EPI Score	10-Year Change	Regional Rank	Regional Average
Environmental Performance Index	144	31.30	-1.74	29	34.63
Environmental Health	162	21.10	-0.68	37	29.27
Air Quality	150	20.79	-1.50	31	26.60
Ambient PM2.5 DALY rate	95	29.73	-3.45	25	33.22
Household solid fuels DALY rate	155	7.86	1.16	32	16.10
Ozone Exposure DALY rate	150	25.09	-7.14	35	37.01
NO2 Exposure DALY rate	54	68.39	-6.49	29	70.05
Carbon Monoxide Exposure	135	40.23	-4.57	29	46.98
Sulfur Dioxide Exposure	67	59.78	-2.35	27	58.75
Volatile Organic Compound Exposure	108	21.63	-2.65	12	24.21
Sanitation & Drinking Water	172	13.21	6.26	40	23.07
Unsafe sanitation DALY rate	172	13.15	6.25	40	22.76
Unsafe drinking water DALY rate	173	13.24	6.25	41	23.27
Heavy Metals	132	35.33	-6.87	34	47.14
Lead Exposure DALY rate	132	35.33	-6.87	34	47.14
Waste Management	146	13.84		32	32.44
Sustainably Managed Solid Waste	146	13.84		32	32.44
Ecosystem Vitality	72	45.88	2.92	16	42.45
Biodiversity & Habitat	61	50.99	-0.12	18	44.21
Marine Habitat Protection					17.14
Marine KBA Protection					28.61
MPA Effectiveness					47.19
Terrestrial Biome Protection	43	82.79	0.43	13	58.98
Terrestrial KPA Protection	49	80.16	0.00	16	62.58
Protected Area Repr. Index	80	30.27	0.61	20	31.55
Protected Area Conn. Index	132	10.30	-1.06	36	25.30
Species Protection Index	94	53.08		29	57.19
Species Habitat Index	1	100.00		1	76.04
Red List Index	49	77.00	-1.79	20	66.48
Biodiversity Habitat Index	138	26.36	-1.33	37	43.86
Bioclim. Eco. Resilience	144	15.24	-0.91	39	42.54
Fisheries	50	60.91	3.88	14	60.79
Fish Catch Discarded	24	86.95	-0.02	11	66.50
Bottom Trawling, open ocean	63	66.25	-1.94	20	76.70
Bottom Trawling, domestic	116	23.29	2.84	24	56.17
Regional Marine Trophic Index	17	67.14	14.62	5	43.79
Forests	87	15.66	-8.94	20	22.16
Tree Cover Loss	130	7.63	-10.92	29	19.42
Tree Cover Loss in KBAs	40	30.56	-5.30	13	25.74
Grasslands	90	49.39	0.94	27	60.76
Grassland conversion	96	46.38	-2.80	28	59.37
Grassland conversion in KBAs	90	53.08	5.53	27	63.60
Air Pollution	118	43.94	34.22	15	35.01
NOx emission trend	170	0.00	0.00	44	29.16
SO2 emission trend	37	87.89	68.44	4	40.87
Agriculture	45	61.94	3.51	20	56.73
Sustainable Nitrogen Management Index	136	30.07	3.48	33	37.17
Phosphorus Surplus	1	100.00	4.72	1	81.44
Relative Crop Yield					25.61
Pesticide Pollution Risk	42	76.06	-5.97	24	72.89
Water Resources	132	15.94		18	13.61
Wastewater Treatment	132	15.94		18	13.61
Climate Change Policy Objective	155	17.93	-9.59	34	27.36
Climate Change Mitigation	155	17.93	-9.59	34	27.36
CO2 emission trend	151	21.56	-18.44	31	27.22
CH4 emission trend	164	15.94	1.36	38	32.28
N2O emission trend	162	0.00	0.00	35	29.98
F-gas emission trend	114	8.29	-31.28	18	17.22
Black Carbon emission trend	169	22.21	18.50	39	37.52
GHG emission trend, adj. per capita	140	22.42	-7.24	38	31.29
GHG emission trend, adj. per GDP	155	16.26	-6.37	35	26.26
Projected emissions 2050	116	0.00	0.00	19	9.39
Carbon flux from land use change	92	31.95	21.30	15	27.96
Environmental Performance Index 2026	Country Profile			Togo

CountryUganda

RegionSub-Saharan Africa

GDP (PPP 2021 [$billions])144.03

GPC (GDP per capita [$/person])2879.67

POP (Population [millions])50.02

LDA (Land Area [sq. km])200520

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Table of EPI results for Uganda
Indicator	Rank	EPI Score	10-Year Change	Regional Rank	Regional Average
Environmental Performance Index	122	34.69	7.78	20	34.63
Environmental Health	122	33.14	2.94	15	29.27
Air Quality	105	31.06	1.84	12	26.60
Ambient PM2.5 DALY rate	40	50.36	2.25	9	33.22
Household solid fuels DALY rate	137	11.51	2.25	18	16.10
Ozone Exposure DALY rate	80	44.86	-8.49	12	37.01
NO2 Exposure DALY rate	51	69.61	0.32	27	70.05
Carbon Monoxide Exposure	158	27.20	-1.35	39	46.98
Sulfur Dioxide Exposure	141	25.63	1.15	41	58.75
Volatile Organic Compound Exposure	161	5.79	3.41	39	24.21
Sanitation & Drinking Water	145	25.41	7.83	15	23.07
Unsafe sanitation DALY rate	146	24.33	7.51	15	22.76
Unsafe drinking water DALY rate	142	26.12	8.03	14	23.27
Heavy Metals	88	49.48	1.79	19	47.14
Lead Exposure DALY rate	88	49.48	1.79	19	47.14
Waste Management	116	40.00		15	32.44
Sustainably Managed Solid Waste	116	40.00		15	32.44
Ecosystem Vitality	101	41.75	1.35	24	42.45
Biodiversity & Habitat	58	51.88	0.13	16	44.21
Marine Habitat Protection					17.14
Marine KBA Protection					28.61
MPA Effectiveness					47.19
Terrestrial Biome Protection	83	59.00	0.00	23	58.98
Terrestrial KPA Protection	57	77.64	0.00	19	62.58
Protected Area Repr. Index	75	31.68	1.71	18	31.55
Protected Area Conn. Index	96	19.07	-0.49	26	25.30
Species Protection Index	47	71.07		15	57.19
Species Habitat Index	1	100.00		1	76.04
Red List Index	43	81.33	0.03	18	66.48
Biodiversity Habitat Index	95	39.28	-1.65	27	43.86
Bioclim. Eco. Resilience	139	16.68	-1.10	37	42.54
Fisheries					60.79
Fish Catch Discarded					66.50
Bottom Trawling, open ocean					76.70
Bottom Trawling, domestic					56.17
Regional Marine Trophic Index					43.79
Forests	120	9.03	-4.27	28	22.16
Tree Cover Loss	121	9.14	-3.29	27	19.42
Tree Cover Loss in KBAs	114	8.84	-6.07	26	25.74
Grasslands	121	36.77	-4.58	36	60.76
Grassland conversion	131	23.53	-9.35	39	59.37
Grassland conversion in KBAs	92	52.94	1.24	28	63.60
Air Pollution	138	30.77	19.84	23	35.01
NOx emission trend	141	22.65	22.65	24	29.16
SO2 emission trend	131	38.89	17.04	21	40.87
Agriculture	33	65.52	2.18	13	56.73
Sustainable Nitrogen Management Index	98	40.52	4.36	21	37.17
Phosphorus Surplus	1	100.00	0.00	1	81.44
Relative Crop Yield	43	12.47	4.99	9	25.61
Pesticide Pollution Risk	11	92.74	-4.93	9	72.89
Water Resources	157	3.91		32	13.61
Wastewater Treatment	157	3.91		32	13.61
Climate Change Policy Objective	140	25.38	21.44	25	27.36
Climate Change Mitigation	140	25.38	21.44	25	27.36
CO2 emission trend	134	28.57	24.51	23	27.22
CH4 emission trend	160	18.28	18.28	35	32.28
N2O emission trend	135	19.00	19.00	28	29.98
F-gas emission trend					17.22
Black Carbon emission trend	167	24.42	15.60	37	37.52
GHG emission trend, adj. per capita	109	30.46	22.71	25	31.29
GHG emission trend, adj. per GDP	139	24.42	24.42	26	26.26
Projected emissions 2050	116	0.00	0.00	19	9.39
Carbon flux from land use change	86	34.61	7.15	14	27.96
Environmental Performance Index 2026	Country Profile			Uganda

CountryZambia

RegionSub-Saharan Africa

GDP (PPP 2021 [$billions])79.04

GPC (GDP per capita [$/person])3708.07

POP (Population [millions])21.31

LDA (Land Area [sq. km])743390

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Table of EPI results for Zambia
Indicator	Rank	EPI Score	10-Year Change	Regional Rank	Regional Average
Environmental Performance Index	113	37.17	0.82	16	34.63
Environmental Health	144	26.53	0.62	25	29.27
Air Quality	134	24.89	-1.80	21	26.60
Ambient PM2.5 DALY rate	68	37.42	-7.07	17	33.22
Household solid fuels DALY rate	152	8.46	2.91	29	16.10
Ozone Exposure DALY rate	82	44.31	1.61	13	37.01
NO2 Exposure DALY rate	27	77.39	-4.66	17	70.05
Carbon Monoxide Exposure	117	49.61	1.13	22	46.98
Sulfur Dioxide Exposure	102	43.51	0.64	36	58.75
Volatile Organic Compound Exposure	140	13.85	1.87	29	24.21
Sanitation & Drinking Water	154	21.87	7.56	22	23.07
Unsafe sanitation DALY rate	159	20.30	7.17	27	22.76
Unsafe drinking water DALY rate	152	22.92	7.82	20	23.27
Heavy Metals	99	46.17	1.25	25	47.14
Lead Exposure DALY rate	99	46.17	1.25	25	47.14
Waste Management	153	6.00		36	32.44
Sustainably Managed Solid Waste	153	6.00		36	32.44
Ecosystem Vitality	13	60.76	-0.58	3	42.45
Biodiversity & Habitat	1	77.20	-0.17	1	44.21
Marine Habitat Protection					17.14
Marine KBA Protection					28.61
MPA Effectiveness					47.19
Terrestrial Biome Protection	17	99.24	0.00	5	58.98
Terrestrial KPA Protection	52	79.44	0.00	17	62.58
Protected Area Repr. Index	12	53.86	0.96	2	31.55
Protected Area Conn. Index	3	63.54	-0.78	1	25.30
Species Protection Index	13	89.96		2	57.19
Species Habitat Index	42	79.74		17	76.04
Red List Index	21	90.45	0.03	10	66.48
Biodiversity Habitat Index	31	66.50	-2.42	7	43.86
Bioclim. Eco. Resilience	25	72.97	-4.40	7	42.54
Fisheries					60.79
Fish Catch Discarded					66.50
Bottom Trawling, open ocean					76.70
Bottom Trawling, domestic					56.17
Regional Marine Trophic Index					43.79
Forests	92	13.80	-3.52	21	22.16
Tree Cover Loss	120	9.46	-5.43	26	19.42
Tree Cover Loss in KBAs	55	21.85	0.01	15	25.74
Grasslands	32	79.86	-8.85	10	60.76
Grassland conversion	53	71.01	-8.46	18	59.37
Grassland conversion in KBAs	14	90.66	-9.34	6	63.60
Air Pollution	129	37.25	13.96	18	35.01
NOx emission trend	134	26.88	12.58	20	29.16
SO2 emission trend	108	47.61	15.33	15	40.87
Agriculture	126	43.06	-12.29	38	56.73
Sustainable Nitrogen Management Index	137	29.72	-2.62	34	37.17
Phosphorus Surplus	101	54.38	-27.34	38	81.44
Relative Crop Yield					25.61
Pesticide Pollution Risk	16	85.87	11.34	13	72.89
Water Resources	166	0.49		37	13.61
Wastewater Treatment	166	0.49		37	13.61
Climate Change Policy Objective	170	10.65	3.09	41	27.36
Climate Change Mitigation	170	10.65	3.09	41	27.36
CO2 emission trend	169	0.00	0.00	40	27.22
CH4 emission trend	171	6.53	6.53	43	32.28
N2O emission trend	125	27.89	27.89	24	29.98
F-gas emission trend	27	50.00	-9.67	1	17.22
Black Carbon emission trend	172	15.97	5.23	41	37.52
GHG emission trend, adj. per capita	152	17.63	5.82	42	31.29
GHG emission trend, adj. per GDP	166	9.00	4.56	39	26.26
Projected emissions 2050	116	0.00	0.00	19	9.39
Carbon flux from land use change	113	24.41	3.82	21	27.96
Environmental Performance Index 2026	Country Profile			Zambia

CountryZimbabwe

RegionSub-Saharan Africa

GDP (PPP 2021 [$billions])86.75

GPC (GDP per capita [$/person])5215.25

POP (Population [millions])16.63

LDA (Land Area [sq. km])386850

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Table of EPI results for Zimbabwe
Indicator	Rank	EPI Score	10-Year Change	Regional Rank	Regional Average
Environmental Performance Index	59	46.08	3.23	4	34.63
Environmental Health	108	35.94	4.10	8	29.27
Air Quality	91	36.47	4.82	7	26.60
Ambient PM2.5 DALY rate	31	60.05	8.64	5	33.22
Household solid fuels DALY rate	142	10.62	2.14	20	16.10
Ozone Exposure DALY rate	89	42.40	1.77	14	37.01
NO2 Exposure DALY rate	7	93.28	-6.72	6	70.05
Carbon Monoxide Exposure	113	50.02	-1.01	19	46.98
Sulfur Dioxide Exposure	77	54.93	0.54	29	58.75
Volatile Organic Compound Exposure	122	18.05	-0.65	18	24.21
Sanitation & Drinking Water	156	21.51	3.94	24	23.07
Unsafe sanitation DALY rate	154	21.50	4.09	22	22.76
Unsafe drinking water DALY rate	159	21.52	3.84	27	23.27
Heavy Metals	81	50.80	2.86	14	47.14
Lead Exposure DALY rate	81	50.80	2.86	14	47.14
Waste Management	112	42.81		14	32.44
Sustainably Managed Solid Waste	112	42.81		14	32.44
Ecosystem Vitality	14	60.48	4.44	4	42.45
Biodiversity & Habitat	13	67.04	0.11	4	44.21
Marine Habitat Protection					17.14
Marine KBA Protection					28.61
MPA Effectiveness					47.19
Terrestrial Biome Protection	25	94.00	0.00	8	58.98
Terrestrial KPA Protection	14	95.35	0.00	4	62.58
Protected Area Repr. Index	33	40.48	1.26	9	31.55
Protected Area Conn. Index	25	39.21	-0.33	8	25.30
Species Protection Index	41	72.22		13	57.19
Species Habitat Index	1	100.00		1	76.04
Red List Index	73	64.61	-0.12	28	66.48
Biodiversity Habitat Index	73	45.32	-0.87	18	43.86
Bioclim. Eco. Resilience	85	38.42	-0.84	22	42.54
Fisheries					60.79
Fish Catch Discarded					66.50
Bottom Trawling, open ocean					76.70
Bottom Trawling, domestic					56.17
Regional Marine Trophic Index					43.79
Forests	111	10.76	2.43	26	22.16
Tree Cover Loss	88	14.28	3.33	17	19.42
Tree Cover Loss in KBAs	130	4.23	0.77	33	25.74
Grasslands	33	79.71	-1.36	11	60.76
Grassland conversion	42	75.64	0.33	12	59.37
Grassland conversion in KBAs	22	84.69	-3.42	8	63.60
Air Pollution	54	66.53	42.54	4	35.01
NOx emission trend	72	55.02	39.95	7	29.16
SO2 emission trend	47	78.04	45.14	6	40.87
Agriculture	129	42.36	-4.11	39	56.73
Sustainable Nitrogen Management Index	132	30.80	2.13	31	37.17
Phosphorus Surplus	109	52.02	-12.09	41	81.44
Relative Crop Yield					25.61
Pesticide Pollution Risk	23	80.77	-2.74	17	72.89
Water Resources	57	55.25		1	13.61
Wastewater Treatment	57	55.25		1	13.61
Climate Change Policy Objective	108	32.93	0.69	15	27.36
Climate Change Mitigation	108	32.93	0.69	15	27.36
CO2 emission trend	103	37.17	-0.13	15	27.22
CH4 emission trend	118	36.09	1.56	17	32.28
N2O emission trend	112	35.24	24.41	21	29.98
F-gas emission trend	114	8.29	-31.28	18	17.22
Black Carbon emission trend	148	36.42	3.81	23	37.52
GHG emission trend, adj. per capita	71	36.42	0.85	12	31.29
GHG emission trend, adj. per GDP	112	32.85	1.12	16	26.26
Projected emissions 2050	110	5.69	5.69	17	9.39
Carbon flux from land use change	63	49.35	48.09	7	27.96
Environmental Performance Index 2026	Country Profile			Zimbabwe