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Sustainability around the world – the Great Reset

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Sustainability around the world

Sustainability around the world

 

  • The Environmental Performance Index assesses 180 countries on their environmental health and vitality of their ecosystems.
  • European countries dominate the top 10.
  • Index aims to identify where more work is needed and guide policy-makers.

The Environmental Performance Index (EPI) looks at sustainability around the world. It ranks countries – 180 of them – on environmental health and the vitality of their ecosystems.

Top of the tree? Denmark.

Indeed, the whole top 10 is European countries, including Switzerland, Luxembourg and Austria.

You have to go down to 12th, and Japan, to leave the continent.

The COVID-19 pandemic has also reminded us of the “profound interdependence of all nations and the importance of investing in resilience”, they add.

You can read more about the methodology on the EPI website.

Sustainability around the world the Great Reset

A ‘Great Reset’

Following the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Economic Forum‘s Great Reset initiative is calling on the world to rebuild the foundations of our economic and social system.

We should look towards a fairer, more sustainable and more resilient future. “If there is one critical lesson to learn from this crisis, it is that we need to put nature at the heart of how we operate,” HRH The Prince of Wales said at the launch.

 

Country Sustainability Rank EPI Score 10-year change
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
Canada 20 71 3.7
Czech Republic 20 71 4
Italy 20 71 1.1
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
Bahrain 56 51 17.3
Ecuador 56 51 3.9
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
Cuba 64 48.4 0.8
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 64 48.4 6.1
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
Bosnia and Herzegovina 78 45.4 10.9
Lebanon 78 45.4 1.1
Thailand 78 45.4 4.1
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
Bolivia 88 44.3 -0.3
Uzbekistan 88 44.3 3.1
Peru 90 44 -0.8
Saudi Arabia 90 44 6.4
Turkmenistan 92 43.9 8.4
Bahamas 93 43.5 -2.4
Egypt 94 43.3 7.7
El Salvador 95 43.1 5.6
Grenada 95 43.1 5.4
Saint Lucia 95 43.1 -1.4
South Africa 95 43.1 8.5
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
China 120 37.3 8.4
Samoa 120 37.3 -3.9
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
Ethiopia 134 34.4 0.2
Fiji 134 34.4 -2.6
Mozambique 136 33.9 5.3
Eswatini 137 33.8 -1.6
Rwanda 137 33.8 -1.5
Cambodia 139 33.6 -0.2
Cameroon 139 33.6 1.5
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
Marshall Islands 152 30.8 1.1
Niger 152 30.8 -8.1
Republic of Congo 152 30.8 -1.5
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
Ghana 168 27.6 -4.4
India 168 27.6 –
Burundi 170 27 -11.1
Haiti 170 27 4.2
Chad 172 26.7 -0.9
Solomon Islands 172 26.7 -2
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

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