2008 Environmental Performance Index
The EPI centers on two broad environmental protection objectives: 1) reducing environmental stresses on human health and 2) protecting ecosystem vitality. Environmental health and ecosystem vitality are gauged using 25 indicators tracked in six established policy categories: Environmental Health, Air Quality, Water Resources, Biodiversity and Habitat, Productive Natural Resources, and Climate Change. The EPI complements a separate index, the 2005 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI). The ESI is a gauge of a country's long-term environmental trajectory, whereas the EPI focuses on a country's current environmental performance. For more on the two indexes, see the complete literature on the EPI and the ESI at www.yale.edu/epi/.
| Rank | Country | Rank | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Switzerland | 76. | Viet Nam |
| 2. | Sweden | 77. | Nicaragua |
| 3. | Norway | 78. | Saudi Arabia |
| 4. | Finland | 79. | Tajikistan |
| 5. | Costa Rica | 80. | Azerbaijan |
| 6. | Austria | 81. | Nepal |
| 7. | New Zealand | 82. | Morocco |
| 8. | Latvia | 83. | Romania |
| 9. | Colombia | 84. | Belize |
| 10. | France | 85. | Turkmenistan |
| 11. | Iceland | 86. | Ghana |
| 12. | Canada | 87. | Moldova |
| 13. | Germany | 88. | Namibia |
| 14. | United Kingdom | 89. | Trinidad & Tobago |
| 15. | Slovenia | 90. | Lebanon |
| 16. | Lithuania | 91. | Oman |
| 17. | Slovakia | 92. | Fiji |
| 18. | Portugal | 93. | Congo |
| 19. | Estonia | 94. | Krygyzstan |
| 20. | Croatia | 95. | Zimbabwe |
| 21. | Japan | 96. | Kenya |
| 22. | Ecuador | 97. | South Africa |
| 23. | Hungary | 98. | Botswana |
| 24. | Italy | 99. | Syria |
| 25. | Denmark | 100. | Mongolia |
| 26. | Malaysia | 101. | Laos |
| 27.. | Albania | 102. | Indonesia |
| 28. | Russia | 103. | Côte d'Ivoire |
| 29. | Chile | 104. | Myanmar |
| 30. | Spain | 105. | China |
| 31. | Luxembourg | 106. | Uzbekistan |
| 32. | Panama | 107. | Kazakhstan |
| 33. | Dominican Rep. | 108. | Guyana |
| 34. | Ireland | 109. | Papua New Guinea |
| 35. | Brazil | 110. | Bolivia |
| 36. | Uruguay | 111. | Kuwait |
| 37. | Georgia | 112. | United Arab Emirates |
| 38. | Argentina | 113. | Tanzania |
| 39. | United States | 114. | Cameroon |
| 40. | Taiwan | 115. | Senegal |
| 41. | Cuba | 116. | Togo |
| 42. | Poland | 117. | Uganda |
| 43. | Belarus | 118. | Swaziland |
| 44. | Greece | 119. | Haiti |
| 45. | Venezuela | 120. | India |
| 46. | Australia | 121. | Malawi |
| 47. | Mexico | 122. | Eritrea |
| 48. | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 123. | Ethiopia |
| 49. | Israel | 124. | Pakistan |
| 50. | Sri Lanka | 125. | Bangladesh |
| 51. | South Korea | 126. | Nigeria |
| 52. | Cyprus | 127. | Benin |
| 53. | Thailand | 128. | Central African Rep. |
| 54. | Jamaica | 129 | Sudan |
| 55. | Netherlands | 130. | Zambia |
| 56. | Bulgaria | 131. | Rwanda |
| 57. | Belgium | 132. | Burundi |
| 58. | Mauritius | 133. | Madagascar |
| 59. | Tunisia | 134. | Mozambique |
| 60. | Peru | 135. | Iraq |
| 61. | Philippines | 136. | Cambodia |
| 62. | Armenia | 137. | Solomon Islands |
| 63. | Paraguay | 138. | Guinea |
| 64. | Gabon | 139. | Djibouti |
| 65. | El Salvador | 140. | Guinea-Bissau |
| 66. | Algeria | 141. | Yemen |
| 67. | Iran | 142. | Dem. Rep. Congo |
| 68. | Czech Rep. | 143. | Chad |
| 69. | Guatemala | 144. | Burkina Faso |
| 70. | Jordan | 145. | Mali |
| 71. | Egypt | 146. | Mauritania |
| 72. | Turkey | 147. | Sierra Leone |
| 73. | Honduras | 148. | Angola |
| 74. | Macedonia | 149. | Niger |
| 75. | Ukraine |
| The 2005 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) | Environment | The Pilot 2006 Environmental Performance Index |
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