Since 2006, the Environmental Performance Index (EPI) determines a country’s ranking based on its efforts to address the environmental issues that have the most impact on health and sustainability worldwide, such as climate change and pollution.
The EPI’s most recent report (published in 2018) ranks 180 countries using performance metrics organized under the following categories: air quality; water and sanitation; heavy metals; biodiversity and habitat; forests; fisheries; climate and energy; air pollution; water resources; and agriculture.
Top 5 countries from the 2018 Environmental Performance Index:
1. Switzerland
2. France
3. Denmark
4. Malta
5. Sweden
The next EPI will be published in June 2020.
Sven Franssen