Environmental Performance Index by Country 2025
Country | EPI Score 2024↓ | EPI 10-Year Change 2014-24 | EPI 10-Year Change 2012-22 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Estonia | 75.7 | 17.6 | 6.1 |
 | Luxembourg | 75.1 | 4.2 | 13.5 |
 | Germany | 74.5 | 4.6 | 2.2 |
 | Finland | 73.8 | 8.3 | 21.0 |
 | United Kingdom | 72.6 | 2.1 | 23.0 |
 | Sweden | 70.3 | 1.6 | 15.8 |
 | Norway | 69.9 | 3.7 | 5.8 |
 | Austria | 68.9 | -0.3 | 7.2 |
 | Switzerland | 67.8 | 2.0 | 8.2 |
 | Denmark | 67.7 | 1.8 | 14.9 |
 | Greece | 67.3 | 8.4 | 4.3 |
 | France | 67.0 | 1.7 | 6.4 |
 | Netherlands | 66.9 | 5.0 | 5.9 |
 | Malta | 66.9 | 7.9 | 25.4 |
 | Belgium | 66.8 | 5.5 | 6.1 |
 | Ireland | 65.8 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
 | Czech Republic | 65.5 | 0.9 | 5.2 |
 | Slovakia | 65.1 | -1.4 | 3.2 |
 | Iceland | 64.3 | 3.8 | 4.4 |
 | Poland | 64.2 | 2.5 | |
 | Lithuania | 64.1 | 5.7 | 3.2 |
 | Spain | 64.0 | 1.5 | 7.3 |
 | Australia | 63.1 | 5.4 | 10.3 |
 | Slovenia | 62.4 | -1.2 | 8.6 |
 | Croatia | 62.3 | 3.0 | 17.2 |
 | Portugal | 61.9 | 2.5 | -1.6 |
 | Japan | 61.4 | 4.6 | 3.2 |
 | Canada | 61.1 | 3.5 | 4.0 |
 | Italy | 60.3 | 4.0 | 6.0 |
 | Latvia | 60.2 | 2.6 | 8.2 |
 | Hungary | 59.8 | -2.3 | 2.0 |
 | Belarus | 58.2 | 10.2 | 3.5 |
 | Romania | 57.3 | -2.6 | 5.3 |
 | New Zealand | 57.3 | 0.7 | -0.4 |
 | United States | 57.2 | 0.3 | 3.3 |
 | Suriname | 56.9 | 9.6 | -8.0 |
 | Bulgaria | 56.2 | -1.5 | 4.6 |
 | Bahamas | 55.9 | 3.1 | 9.8 |
 | Antigua and Barbuda | 55.6 | 1.0 | 9.7 |
 | Costa Rica | 55.5 | 2.1 | 4.0 |
 | Ukraine | 54.6 | 8.3 | 6.2 |
 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 54.2 | 2.0 | 8.9 |
 | Cyprus | 53.9 | 0.8 | 6.0 |
 | Venezuela | 53.3 | 1.8 | 0.2 |
 | Gabon | 53.3 | 5.5 | -0.3 |
 | Barbados | 53.1 | 3.3 | 12.7 |
 | Brazil | 53.0 | 6.6 | 5.4 |
 | Singapore | 53.0 | 3.8 | 3.7 |
 | Panama | 52.9 | 5.1 | 9.9 |
 | Cuba | 52.5 | 2.5 | 6.8 |
 | Trinidad and Tobago | 52.5 | 3.0 | 19.0 |
 | Albania | 52.2 | 5.5 | 9.9 |
 | Zimbabwe | 51.6 | 7.7 | -0.7 |
 | United Arab Emirates | 51.6 | 9.2 | 15.9 |
 | Ecuador | 51.3 | 7.4 | 9.2 |
 | Oman | 51.3 | 11.0 | 6.4 |
 | Saint Lucia | 51.1 | 2.6 | 0.3 |
 | South Korea | 50.6 | 5.3 | 1.8 |
 | North Macedonia | 50.3 | 2.3 | 3.6 |
 | Taiwan | 50.1 | 0.3 | 7.0 |
 | Timor-Leste | 49.9 | 13.7 | -0.3 |
 | Serbia | 49.8 | -4.8 | 8.5 |
 | Colombia | 49.7 | 4.5 | -0.5 |
 | Chile | 49.6 | 3.9 | 6.8 |
 | Dominica | 49.3 | -0.6 | 10.2 |
 | Botswana | 49.2 | 1.3 | 8.2 |
 | Guyana | 49.0 | 2.0 | -6.1 |
 | Jamaica | 48.5 | 1.5 | -2.0 |
 | Brunei | 48.3 | 0.5 | 7.4 |
 | Israel | 48.0 | 0.4 | 1.9 |
 | Seychelles | 47.9 | -4.6 | 7.0 |
 | Kazakhstan | 47.8 | 5.5 | 11.8 |
 | Dominican Republic | 47.7 | -1.3 | -3.1 |
 | Montenegro | 47.7 | 1.3 | 8.5 |
 | Nicaragua | 47.4 | 0.4 | -0.9 |
 | Belize | 47.4 | 1.1 | -2.1 |
 | Jordan | 47.3 | 9.0 | 7.8 |
 | Georgia | 47.3 | 6.3 | 2.6 |
 | Mauritius | 47.3 | 4.1 | 10.0 |
 | Samoa | 47.1 | 4.7 | -7.4 |
 | Argentina | 47.0 | 1.4 | 7.8 |
 | Qatar | 46.8 | 6.1 | -2.3 |
 | Peru | 46.5 | 3.8 | -0.4 |
 | Moldova | 46.1 | 2.7 | -4.8 |
 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 46.0 | 5.4 | 10.0 |
 | Fiji | 46.0 | -2.9 | -3.7 |
 | Grenada | 45.8 | 1.7 | 7.1 |
 | Thailand | 45.7 | 5.2 | 7.2 |
 | Bolivia | 45.3 | 4.1 | 0.6 |
 | Tunisia | 45.3 | 0.7 | 8.1 |
 | Vanuatu | 45.0 | 11.8 | -9.2 |
 | Armenia | 44.9 | 1.5 | 4.8 |
 | Kuwait | 44.4 | -2.7 | 15.2 |
 | Kiribati | 44.3 | -1.1 | 4.8 |
 | Mexico | 44.2 | 2.7 | 12.4 |
 | Uruguay | 44.1 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
 | Namibia | 44.0 | 1.5 | 16.4 |
 | Senegal | 43.8 | 3.6 | -0.9 |
 | Egypt | 43.7 | 4.5 | 6.5 |
 | Tanzania | 43.6 | 4.3 | 3.4 |
 | Bhutan | 43.3 | 6.8 | -7.9 |
 | Ivory Coast | 42.9 | 5.0 | -8.2 |
 | Kyrgyzstan | 42.8 | 13.7 | 1.2 |
 | South Africa | 42.7 | 5.0 | 10.1 |
 | Uzbekistan | 42.6 | -0.5 | 1.9 |
 | Saudi Arabia | 42.5 | 8.3 | 9.5 |
 | Marshall Islands | 42.5 | 1.8 | 0.7 |
 | Burkina Faso | 42.2 | -0.1 | 2.0 |
 | Solomon Islands | 42.2 | 1.9 | 0.8 |
 | Iran | 41.8 | 0.7 | 6.9 |
 | Algeria | 41.7 | 2.6 | -4.0 |
 | Equatorial Guinea | 41.7 | -3.4 | 15.3 |
 | Republic of the Congo | 41.6 | 1.3 | 6.2 |
 | El Salvador | 41.6 | -5.0 | 7.6 |
 | Malaysia | 41.0 | 7.0 | 10.3 |
 | Micronesia | 40.8 | -0.5 | -5.9 |
 | Turkmenistan | 40.6 | 4.9 | 8.9 |
 | Azerbaijan | 40.5 | 0.7 | -1.3 |
 | Tonga | 40.4 | -6.9 | -3.0 |
 | Honduras | 40.2 | 2.7 | 7.2 |
 | Angola | 40.1 | 7.7 | 0.2 |
 | Niger | 40.0 | 6.9 | -2.8 |
 | Sierra Leone | 39.9 | 4.0 | 7.2 |
 | Lebanon | 39.9 | 6.4 | -4.7 |
 | DR Congo | 39.5 | 6.0 | -0.2 |
 | Morocco | 39.5 | 2.9 | 2.6 |
 | Paraguay | 39.5 | 0.8 | -6.0 |
 | Sudan | 39.1 | 3.4 | 1.7 |
 | Mozambique | 39.0 | 3.8 | 0.6 |
 | Central African Republic | 39.0 | -5.8 | -0.7 |
 | Sri Lanka | 38.8 | 1.0 | -2.6 |
 | Eswatini | 38.7 | -1.7 | 1.5 |
 | Cameroon | 38.6 | 0.6 | -2.0 |
 | Comoros | 38.2 | -6.4 | 1.0 |
 | Maldives | 38.1 | 4.9 | 9.0 |
 | Cape Verde | 38.0 | -1.0 | 4.8 |
 | Nigeria | 37.9 | 2.5 | -6.1 |
 | Benin | 37.8 | -0.7 | -1.6 |
 | Gambia | 37.6 | 0.2 | 5.6 |
 | Turkey | 37.2 | 2.5 | -0.5 |
 | Mongolia | 37.2 | 5.7 | -5.2 |
 | Kenya | 36.9 | 2.1 | -1.8 |
 | Ghana | 36.9 | 1.7 | -6.1 |
 | Papua New Guinea | 36.9 | -6.9 | 0.2 |
 | Lesotho | 36.9 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
 | Guinea | 36.5 | -3.2 | 0.2 |
 | Haiti | 36.4 | 7.5 | 2.4 |
 | Ethiopia | 36.3 | 4.0 | 3.6 |
 | Sao Tome and Principe | 36.2 | 0.2 | 7.0 |
 | Chad | 35.9 | 1.2 | |
 | Uganda | 35.8 | 4.9 | 3.1 |
 | Togo | 35.7 | -1.8 | -2.4 |
 | China | 35.4 | 7.4 | 11.4 |
 | Bahrain | 35.3 | -1.2 | 5.7 |
 | Malawi | 35.1 | -6.3 | -4.5 |
 | Mauritania | 34.6 | -3.6 | -3.3 |
 | Mali | 34.5 | -3.4 | -1.8 |
 | Liberia | 34.3 | 1.3 | -4.0 |
 | Rwanda | 33.9 | -0.7 | -4.2 |
 | Indonesia | 33.6 | 5.9 | 4.1 |
 | Burundi | 33.5 | 0.2 | -13.0 |
 | Nepal | 33.1 | 0.7 | -10.3 |
 | Guatemala | 32.5 | -3.6 | -3.0 |
 | Tajikistan | 32.3 | -4.9 | -1.6 |
 | Djibouti | 32.3 | -0.1 | 12.9 |
 | Philippines | 32.1 | -0.9 | -7.5 |
 | Cambodia | 31.2 | 0.4 | 2.0 |
 | Afghanistan | 31.0 | 13.7 | 23.9 |
 | Iraq | 30.3 | 5.1 | -5.3 |
 | Madagascar | 30.1 | 0.2 | -5.4 |
 | Eritrea | 29.0 | -2.0 | -5.5 |
 | Bangladesh | 28.1 | 2.4 | -1.9 |
 | India | 27.6 | 4.7 | -0.6 |
 | Myanmar | 27.1 | -2.7 | -3.8 |
 | Laos | 26.3 | 1.1 | -1.3 |
 | Pakistan | 25.5 | -4.0 | 1.4 |
 | Vietnam | 24.6 | -4.7 | -0.6 |
 | Russia | 1.6 | ||
 | Zambia | -6.9 |
The Environmental Performance Index (EPI) looks at multiple factors to determine how close countries are to international environmental policy aims and how they compare to other nations. Policymakers can use the EPI to make decisions driving their countries’ environmental agendas toward common international goals.
Top 10 Countries with the Highest EPI Scores
Country | EPI Score 2024 |
|---|---|
| Estonia | 75.7 |
| Luxembourg | 75.1 |
| Germany | 74.5 |
| Finland | 73.8 |
| United Kingdom | 72.6 |
| Sweden | 70.3 |
| Norway | 69.9 |
| Austria | 68.9 |
| Switzerland | 67.8 |
| Denmark | 67.7 |
Factors Used in the Environmental Performance Index
Overall, the EPI determines the degree to which a country works toward mitigation of climate change, ensuring ecosystem vitality, and maintaining environmental health.
The EPI uses 58 performance indicators across 11 issue categories to calculate the overall value. Environmental issue categories used for the EPI include acid rain, air quality, agriculture, biodiversity, climate change mitigation, drinking water and sanitation, ecosystem services, fisheries, heavy metals, waste management, and water resources.
What the Environmental Performance Index Means
Countries that have high EPI values show exceptional performance in having effective policies for environmental health. A low value indicates that a country does not perform as well as other nations in working toward international environmental policy goals.
Additionally, the EPI shows the change over the most recent ten-year period. This change value is important in showing the direction that a country has moved in its environmental policies. Nations that have positive score changes over the last ten years have overall better environmental performance compared to countries with negative changes to their scores.
Some countries with relatively low scores show dramatic improvement over time, showing that these nations are actively working toward implementing better environmental policies. For example, in 2024, Malta had a dramatic 18.7-point increase in its EPI compared to 2014. Estonia saw a significant gain of 13.9 points over the same period, reaching an EPI score of 75.3, which put it on top of the list.
Countries with the Highest and Lowest Environmental Performance Indices
The EPI comes out in even-numbered years, which means as of 2025, the most recent scores come from 2024. That year, the countries with the highest EPI were Estonia, Luxembourg, Germany, Finland, and the United Kingdom. The highest EPI of these, for Estonia, was 75.3. The nation with the lowest score in the top five, the UK, had an EPI of 72.70.
At the opposite end of the spectrum are the countries with the lowest EPI scores. Vietnam ranked as the lowest of the 180 nations evaluated, with an EPI of 24.5.
