2020 EPI Results
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Results Overview
The 2020 EPI provides a quantitative basis for comparing, analyzing, and understanding environmental performance for 180 countries. We score and rank these countries on their environmental performance using the most recent year of data available and calculate how these scores have changed over the previous decade.
Environmental Performance Index
Country | Rank | EPI Score | 10-Year Change |
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Denmark | 1 | 82.5 | 7.3 |
Luxembourg | 2 | 82.3 | 11.6 |
Switzerland | 3 | 81.5 | 8.6 |
United Kingdom | 4 | 81.3 | 9 |
France | 5 | 80 | 5.8 |
Austria | 6 | 79.6 | 5.4 |
Finland | 7 | 78.9 | 6 |
Sweden | 8 | 78.7 | 5.3 |
Norway | 9 | 77.7 | 7.6 |
Germany | 10 | 77.2 | 1.2 |
Netherlands | 11 | 75.3 | 1.5 |
Japan | 12 | 75.1 | -0.5 |
Australia | 13 | 74.9 | 5.5 |
Spain | 14 | 74.3 | 8.6 |
Belgium | 15 | 73.3 | 2.1 |
Ireland | 16 | 72.8 | 2.9 |
Iceland | 17 | 72.3 | 0.4 |
Slovenia | 18 | 72 | 4.6 |
New Zealand | 19 | 71.3 | 1.8 |
Italy | 20 | 71 | 1.1 |
Czech Republic | 20 | 71 | 4 |
Canada | 20 | 71 | 3.7 |
Malta | 23 | 70.7 | 11.6 |
United States of America | 24 | 69.3 | 2.9 |
Greece | 25 | 69.1 | 3.4 |
Slovakia | 26 | 68.3 | 3.9 |
Portugal | 27 | 67 | 4 |
South Korea | 28 | 66.5 | 2.2 |
Israel | 29 | 65.8 | 5.2 |
Estonia | 30 | 65.3 | 4.3 |
Cyprus | 31 | 64.8 | 6.3 |
Romania | 32 | 64.7 | 8.1 |
Hungary | 33 | 63.7 | 3.3 |
Croatia | 34 | 63.1 | 13.4 |
Lithuania | 35 | 62.9 | 5.2 |
Latvia | 36 | 61.6 | 5 |
Poland | 37 | 60.9 | 1.1 |
Seychelles | 38 | 58.2 | 14.8 |
Singapore | 39 | 58.1 | -8.4 |
Taiwan | 40 | 57.2 | 4.6 |
Bulgaria | 41 | 57 | 4.2 |
United Arab Emirates | 42 | 55.6 | 11.3 |
North Macedonia | 43 | 55.4 | 2.2 |
Chile | 44 | 55.3 | 3.7 |
Serbia | 45 | 55.2 | 7 |
Brunei Darussalam | 46 | 54.8 | 2 |
Kuwait | 47 | 53.6 | 12.8 |
Jordan | 48 | 53.4 | 11.2 |
Belarus | 49 | 53 | 2.3 |
Colombia | 50 | 52.9 | 0.9 |
Mexico | 51 | 52.6 | 7.4 |
Costa Rica | 52 | 52.5 | 1 |
Armenia | 53 | 52.3 | 4.5 |
Argentina | 54 | 52.2 | 5 |
Brazil | 55 | 51.2 | 4.9 |
Ecuador | 56 | 51 | 3.9 |
Bahrain | 56 | 51 | 17.3 |
Russia | 58 | 50.5 | 3.9 |
Venezuela | 59 | 50.3 | -0.5 |
Ukraine | 60 | 49.5 | 0.7 |
Uruguay | 61 | 49.1 | 1 |
Albania | 62 | 49 | 10.2 |
Antigua and Barbuda | 63 | 48.5 | 3.3 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 64 | 48.4 | 6.1 |
Cuba | 64 | 48.4 | 0.8 |
Jamaica | 66 | 48.2 | 2 |
Iran | 67 | 48 | 9.1 |
Malaysia | 68 | 47.9 | 4.4 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 69 | 47.5 | 10.7 |
Panama | 70 | 47.3 | 3.3 |
Tunisia | 71 | 46.7 | 6.4 |
Azerbaijan | 72 | 46.5 | 4 |
Paraguay | 73 | 46.4 | -4.9 |
Dominican Republic | 74 | 46.3 | 3 |
Montenegro | 74 | 46.3 | 7.3 |
Gabon | 76 | 45.8 | 4.4 |
Barbados | 77 | 45.6 | 0.9 |
Lebanon | 78 | 45.4 | 1.1 |
Thailand | 78 | 45.4 | 4.1 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 78 | 45.4 | 10.9 |
Suriname | 81 | 45.2 | -7.1 |
Mauritius | 82 | 45.1 | 6.2 |
Tonga | 82 | 45.1 | 2.4 |
Algeria | 84 | 44.8 | 0.5 |
Kazakhstan | 85 | 44.7 | 9 |
Dominica | 86 | 44.6 | 1.1 |
Moldova | 87 | 44.4 | -2.3 |
Uzbekistan | 88 | 44.3 | 3.1 |
Bolivia | 88 | 44.3 | -0.3 |
Saudi Arabia | 90 | 44 | 6.4 |
Peru | 90 | 44 | -0.8 |
Turkmenistan | 92 | 43.9 | 8.4 |
Bahamas | 93 | 43.5 | -2.4 |
Egypt | 94 | 43.3 | 7.7 |
Grenada | 95 | 43.1 | 5.4 |
Saint Lucia | 95 | 43.1 | -1.4 |
South Africa | 95 | 43.1 | 8.5 |
El Salvador | 95 | 43.1 | 5.6 |
Turkey | 99 | 42.6 | 2.1 |
Morocco | 100 | 42.3 | 13.3 |
Belize | 101 | 41.9 | -2 |
Georgia | 102 | 41.3 | -1.3 |
Botswana | 103 | 40.4 | -1.1 |
Namibia | 104 | 40.2 | 9.1 |
Kyrgyzstan | 105 | 39.8 | -1.9 |
Iraq | 106 | 39.5 | 0.2 |
Bhutan | 107 | 39.3 | -9.6 |
Nicaragua | 108 | 39.2 | 0.1 |
Sri Lanka | 109 | 39 | -0.6 |
Oman | 110 | 38.5 | 11 |
Philippines | 111 | 38.4 | -4.1 |
Burkina Faso | 112 | 38.3 | 6.9 |
Malawi | 112 | 38.3 | -2.6 |
Tajikistan | 114 | 38.2 | -0.7 |
Equatorial Guinea | 115 | 38.1 | 9.6 |
Honduras | 116 | 37.8 | 6.5 |
Indonesia | 116 | 37.8 | 4.1 |
Kiribati | 118 | 37.7 | 6.2 |
Sao Tome and Principe | 119 | 37.6 | 5.3 |
Samoa | 120 | 37.3 | -3.9 |
China | 120 | 37.3 | 8.4 |
Qatar | 122 | 37.1 | -4.8 |
Zimbabwe | 123 | 37 | -7.3 |
Central African Republic | 124 | 36.9 | -3.9 |
Dem. Rep. Congo | 125 | 36.4 | -0.4 |
Guyana | 126 | 35.9 | -6.4 |
Maldives | 127 | 35.6 | 6.7 |
Uganda | 127 | 35.6 | 1.8 |
Timor-Leste | 129 | 35.3 | -3 |
Laos | 130 | 34.8 | -2.8 |
Sudan | 130 | 34.8 | 8.4 |
Kenya | 132 | 34.7 | - |
Zambia | 132 | 34.7 | -7.3 |
Fiji | 134 | 34.4 | -2.6 |
Ethiopia | 134 | 34.4 | 0.2 |
Mozambique | 136 | 33.9 | 5.3 |
Rwanda | 137 | 33.8 | -1.5 |
Eswatini | 137 | 33.8 | -1.6 |
Cameroon | 139 | 33.6 | 1.5 |
Cambodia | 139 | 33.6 | -0.2 |
Viet Nam | 141 | 33.4 | 5.4 |
Pakistan | 142 | 33.1 | 6.1 |
Micronesia | 143 | 33 | -4.8 |
Cabo Verde | 144 | 32.8 | 5.9 |
Nepal | 145 | 32.7 | -8.1 |
Papua New Guinea | 146 | 32.4 | 7.7 |
Mongolia | 147 | 32.2 | -7.6 |
Comoros | 148 | 32.1 | -1.2 |
Guatemala | 149 | 31.8 | -0.3 |
Tanzania | 150 | 31.1 | 1.7 |
Nigeria | 151 | 31 | 3.6 |
Niger | 152 | 30.8 | -8.1 |
Republic of Congo | 152 | 30.8 | -1.5 |
Marshall Islands | 152 | 30.8 | 1.1 |
Senegal | 155 | 30.7 | -2.7 |
Eritrea | 156 | 30.4 | -3.7 |
Benin | 157 | 30 | 2.7 |
Angola | 158 | 29.7 | 5.3 |
Togo | 159 | 29.5 | -2.1 |
Mali | 160 | 29.4 | -3.3 |
Guinea-Bissau | 161 | 29.1 | -0.9 |
Bangladesh | 162 | 29 | -0.1 |
Vanuatu | 163 | 28.9 | -11.9 |
Djibouti | 164 | 28.1 | 2.3 |
Lesotho | 165 | 28 | -1 |
Gambia | 166 | 27.9 | 3.6 |
Mauritania | 167 | 27.7 | 0.3 |
India | 168 | 27.6 | - |
Ghana | 168 | 27.6 | -4.4 |
Haiti | 170 | 27 | 4.2 |
Burundi | 170 | 27 | -11.1 |
Solomon Islands | 172 | 26.7 | -2 |
Chad | 172 | 26.7 | -0.9 |
Madagascar | 174 | 26.5 | -6.6 |
Guinea | 175 | 26.4 | -4.2 |
Cote d'Ivoire | 176 | 25.8 | -8.5 |
Sierra Leone | 177 | 25.7 | 0.7 |
Afghanistan | 178 | 25.5 | 5 |
Myanmar | 179 | 25.1 | -1.2 |
Liberia | 180 | 22.6 | -3.7 |