What is the greenest country in the world?

By wazup on June 5, 2020 Comments Closed / 66 views

What is the greenest country in the world?

The greenest country in the world is Denmark according to the latest data analysis from the 2020 Environmental Performance Index (EPI)

The Environmental Performance Index evaluates and ranks 180 countries on 32 performance indicators across 11 categories covering environmental health and ecosystem vitality.

The aim is to gauge, at a national scale, how close countries are to meeting the environmental policy goals outlined in the United Nations 2015 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Climate Agreement.

Now in its 22nd year, the EPI report has become the world’s premier framework for global environmental policy analysis. The report is compiled every two years using the following categories to create an EPI score out of 100 for every nation.

Climate Change
Air Quality
Sanitation & Drinking Water
Biodiversity & Habitat
Ecosystem Services
Fisheries
Water Resources
Pollution Emissions
Agriculture
Heavy Metals
Waste Management

Top ten greenest countries

Denmark
Luxembourg
Switzerland
UK
France
Austria
Finland
Sweden
Norway
Germany

Key headlines

Denmark is the greenest country in the world with an EPI score of 82.5.
Denmark excelled in almost every indicator of environmental health due to its long history of making significant commitments to improving air quality, advanced sanitation and safe drinking water.
Denmark also leads the world in its breadth and depth of programs combating climate change, including a recently announced target of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 70% before 2030.
In 24th position, the USA is one of the lowest-ranked industrialised nations, behind the UK (4th), France (5th), Germany (10th), Japan (12th), Canada (20th) and Italy (22nd).
India, with distinctly poor health results from air quality and additional environmental risks, performs poorly in 169th place.
China continues to be plagued by poor air quality, although recent pollution control measures and environmental policy investment have helped it rise to 120th place.
The report demonstrates that hundreds of millions of people continue to suffer from dangerous levels of air pollution, most notably in Pakistan, India and Nepal.
The effects of the COVID-19 global pandemic were too recent to be captured in the 2020 EPI report.

The greenest country in the world

The state of the world is captured in the Global Scorecard, a score and ranking of 180 countries based on their environmental performance.

Map of the greenest countries in the world — Denmark the greenest country in the world

There is a clear correlation between unstable governance and poor EPI performance. The index’s bottom third comprises predominantly African and south- and east-Asian states whose problems extend beyond their inability to sustain environmental and human health.

It is also clear that only functioning governments are able to manage their environments for the benefit of their populations.

Finally, it is evident that strong results are connected to wealth (GDP per capita). Economic prosperity enables governments to invest in programs and policies that lead to better environmental outcomes.

Rank	Country	EPI Score
1	Denmark	82.5
2	Luxembourg	82.3
3	Switzerland	81.5
4	UK	81.3
5	France	80.0
6	Austria	79.6
7	Finland	78.9
8	Sweden	78.7
9	Norway	77.7
10	Germany	77.2
11	Netherlands	75.3
12	Japan	75.1
13	Australia	74.9
14	Spain	74.3
15	Belgium	73.3
16	Ireland	72.8
17	Iceland	72.3
18	Slovenia	72.0
19	New Zealand	71.3
20	Canada	71.0
21	Czech Rep.	71.0
22	Italy	71.0
23	Malta	70.7
24	USA	69.3
25	Greece	69.1
26	Slovakia	68.3
27	Portugal	67
28	South Korea	66.5
29	Israel	65.8
30	Estonia	65.3
31	Cyprus	64.8
32	Romania	64.7
33	Hungary	63.7
34	Croatia	63.1
35	Lithuania	62.9
36	Latvia	61.6
37	Poland	60.9
38	Seychelles	58.2
39	Singapore	58.1
40	Taiwan	57.2
41	Bulgaria	57.0
42	UAE	55.6
43	North Macedonia	55.4
44	Chile	55.3
45	Serbia	55.2
46	Brunei Darussalam	54.8
47	Kuwait	53.6
48	Jordan	53.4
49	Belarus	53.0
50	Colombia	52.9
51	Mexico	52.6
52	Costa Rica	52.5
53	Armenia	52.3
54	Argentina	52.2
55	Brazil	51.2
56	Bahrain	51.0
57	Ecuador	51.0
58	Russia	50.5
59	Venezuela	50.3
60	Ukraine	49.5
61	Uruguay	49.1
62	Albania	49.0
63	Antigua & Barbuda	48.5
64	Cuba	48.4
65	St. Vincent & the Gren.	48.4
66	Jamaica	48.2
67	Iran	48.0
68	Malaysia	47.9
69	Trinidad & Tobago	47.5
70	Panama	47.3
71	Tunisia	46.7
72	Azerbaijan	46.5
73	Paraguay	46.4
74	Dominican Rep.	46.3
75	Montenegro	46.3
76	Gabon	45.8
77	Barbados	45.6
78	Bosnia & Herzegovina	45.4
79	Lebanon	45.4
80	Thailand	45.4
81	Suriname	45.2
82	Mauritius	45.1
83	Tonga	45.1
84	Algeria	44.8
85	Kazakhstan	44.7
86	Dominica	44.6
87	Moldova	44.4
88	Bolivia	44.3
89	Uzbekistan	44.3
90	Peru	44.0
91	Saudi Arabia	44.0
92	Turkmenistan	43.9
93	Bahamas	43.5
94	Egypt	43.3
95	Grenada	43.1
96	St. Lucia	43.1
97	El Salvador	43.1
98	South Africa	43.1
99	Turkey	42.6
100	Morocco	42.3
101	Belize	41.9
102	Georgia	41.3
103	Botswana	40.4
104	Namibia	40.2
105	Kyrgyzstan	39.8
106	Iraq	39.5
107	Bhutan	39.3
108	Nicaragua	39.2
109	Sri Lanka	39.0
110	Oman	38.5
111	Philippines	38.4
112	Burkina Faso	38.3
113	Malawi	38.3
114	Tajikistan	38.2
115	Equatorial Guinea	38.1
116	Honduras	37.8
117	Indonesia	37.8
118	Kiribati	37.7
119	Sao Tome & Principe	37.6
120	China	37.3
121	Samoa	37.3
122	Qatar	37.1
123	Zimbabwe	37.0
124	Central African Rep.	36.9
125	Dem. Rep. Congo	36.4
126	Guyana	35.9
127	Maldives	35.6
128	Uganda	35.6
129	Timor-Leste	35.3
130	Laos	34.8
131	Sudan	34.8
132	Kenya	34.7
133	Zambia	34.7
134	Ethiopia	34.4
135	Fiji	34.4
136	Mozambique	33.9
137	Rwanda	33.8
138	Eswatini	33.8
139	Cameroon	33.6
140	Cambodia	33.6
141	Viet Nam	33.4
142	Pakistan	33.1
143	Micronesia	33.0
144	Cabo Verde	32.8
145	Nepal	32.7
146	Papua New Guinea	32.4
147	Mongolia	32.2
148	Comoros	32.1
149	Guatemala	31.8
150	Tanzania	31.1
151	Nigeria	31.0
152	Rep. of Congo	30.8
153	Marshall Islands	30.8
154	Niger	30.8
155	Senegal	30.7
156	Eritrea	30.4
157	Benin	30.0
158	Angola	29.7
159	Togo	29.5
160	Mali	29.4
161	Guinea-Bissau	29.1
162	Bangladesh	29.0
163	Vanuatu	28.9
164	Djibouti	28.1
165	Lesotho	28
166	Gambia	27.9
167	Mauritania	27.7
168	Ghana	27.6
169	India	27.6
170	Burundi	27.0
171	Haiti	27.0
172	Solomon Islands	26.7
173	Chad	26.7
174	Madagascar	26.5
175	Guinea	26.4
176	Cote d’Ivoire	25.8
177	Sierra Leone	25.7
178	Afghanistan	25.5
179	Myanmar	25.1
180	Liberia	22.6