Here is the 2016 list of the Environmental Performance Index (EPI). It was created to assess, compare and improve the effectiveness of environmental policies in the countries of the world. It was awarded for the first time in January 2006 by researchers from the American universities of Yale and Columbia.
| Rank | Country | Continent | EPI |
|---|---|---|---|
| unknown | Afghanistan | Asia | 37.74 |
| unknown | Albania | Europe | 65.46 |
| unknown | Algeria | Africa | 57.18 |
| unknown | Angola | Africa | 37.44 |
| unknown | Antigua and Barbuda | Americas | 59.18 |
| unknown | Argentina | Americas | 59.30 |
| unknown | Armenia | Asia | 62.07 |
| unknown | Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) | Asia | 62.07 |
| unknown | Australia | Oceania | 74.12 |
| unknown | Austria | Europe | 78.97 |
| unknown | Azerbaijan | Asia | 62.33 |
| unknown | Bahamas | Americas | 54.99 |
| unknown | Bahrain | Asia | 55.15 |
| unknown | Bangladesh | Asia | 29.56 |
| unknown | Barbados | Americas | 55.76 |
| unknown | Belarus (Byelorussia) | Europe | 64.98 |
| unknown | Belgium | Europe | 77.38 |
| unknown | Belize | Americas | 57.79 |
| unknown | Benin | Africa | 38.17 |
| unknown | Bhutan | Asia | 47.22 |
| unknown | Bolivia | Americas | 55.98 |
| unknown | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Europe | 41.84 |
| unknown | Botswana | Africa | 51.70 |
| unknown | Brazil | Americas | 60.70 |
| unknown | Brunei | Asia | 63.57 |
| unknown | Bulgaria | Europe | 67.85 |
| unknown | Burkina Faso | Africa | 42.83 |
| unknown | Burundi | Africa | 27.43 |
| unknown | Cambodia | Asia | 43.23 |
| unknown | Cameroon | Africa | 40.81 |
| unknown | Canada | Americas | 50.00 |
| unknown | Cape Verde | Africa | 56.94 |
| unknown | Central African Republic | Africa | 36.42 |
| unknown | Chad | Africa | 45.34 |
| unknown | Chile | Americas | 57.49 |
| unknown | China | Asia | 50.74 |
| unknown | Colombia | Americas | 65.22 |
| unknown | Comoros | Africa | 44.24 |
| unknown | Congo | Africa | 42.39 |
| unknown | Costa Rica | Americas | 67.85 |
| unknown | Croatia | Europe | 65.45 |
| unknown | Cuba | Americas | 63.42 |
| unknown | Cyprus | Europe | 72.60 |
| unknown | Czechia | Europe | 67.68 |
| unknown | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Africa | 30.41 |
| unknown | Denmark | Europe | 80.51 |
| unknown | Djibouti | Africa | 40.04 |
| unknown | Dominica | Americas | 59.38 |
| unknown | Dominican Republic | Americas | 64.71 |
| unknown | East Timor | Asia | 49.54 |
| unknown | Ecuador | Americas | 57.42 |
| unknown | Egypt | Africa | 61.21 |
| unknown | El Salvador | Americas | 53.91 |
| unknown | Equatorial Guinea | Africa | 60.40 |
| unknown | Eritrea | Africa | 39.34 |
| unknown | Estonia | Europe | 64.31 |
| unknown | Eswatini (Swaziland) | Africa | 40.32 |
| unknown | Ethiopia | Africa | 44.78 |
| unknown | Faroe Islands | Europe | 81.60 |
| unknown | Fiji | Oceania | 53.09 |
| unknown | Finland | Europe | 78.64 |
| unknown | France | Europe | 83.95 |
| unknown | Gabon | Africa | 45.05 |
| unknown | Gambia | Africa | 42.42 |
| unknown | Georgia | Asia | 55.69 |
| unknown | Germany | Europe | 78.37 |
| unknown | Ghana | Africa | 49.66 |
| unknown | Greece | Europe | 73.60 |
| unknown | Grenada | Americas | 50.93 |
| unknown | Guatemala | Americas | 52.33 |
| unknown | Guinea | Africa | 46.62 |
| unknown | Guinea-Bissau | Africa | 44.67 |
| unknown | Guyana | Americas | 47.93 |
| unknown | Haiti | Americas | 33.74 |
| unknown | Honduras | Americas | 51.51 |
| unknown | Hungary | Europe | 65.01 |
| unknown | Iceland | Europe | 78.57 |
| unknown | India | Asia | 30.57 |
| unknown | Indonesia | Asia | 46.92 |
| unknown | Iran | Asia | 58.16 |
| unknown | Iraq | Asia | 43.20 |
| unknown | Ireland | Europe | 78.77 |
| unknown | Israel | Asia | 75.01 |
| unknown | Italy | Europe | 76.96 |
| unknown | Ivory Coast | Africa | 45.25 |
| unknown | Jamaica | Americas | 58.58 |
| unknown | Japan | Asia | 74.69 |
| unknown | Jordan | Asia | 62.20 |
| unknown | Kazakhstan | Asia | 54.56 |
| unknown | Kenya | Africa | 47.25 |
| unknown | Kiribati | Oceania | 55.26 |
| unknown | Kuwait | Asia | 62.28 |
| unknown | Kyrgyzstan | Asia | 54.86 |
| unknown | Laos | Asia | 42.94 |
| unknown | Latvia | Europe | 611.00 |
| unknown | Lebanon | Asia | 61.08 |
| unknown | Lesotho | Africa | 33.78 |
| unknown | Liberia | Africa | 41.62 |
| unknown | Libya | Africa | 49.79 |
| unknown | Lithuania | Europe | 69.33 |
| unknown | Luxembourg | Europe | 79.12 |
| unknown | Madagascar | Africa | 33.73 |
| unknown | Madeira | Africa | 71.91 |
| unknown | Malawi | Africa | 49.21 |
| unknown | Malaysia | Asia | 59.22 |
| unknown | Maldives | Asia | 52.14 |
| unknown | Mali | Africa | 43.71 |
| unknown | Malta | Europe | 80.90 |
| unknown | Mauritania | Africa | 39.24 |
| unknown | Mauritius | Africa | 56.63 |
| unknown | Mexico | Americas | 59.69 |
| unknown | Moldova | Europe | 42.70 |
| unknown | Mongolia | Asia | 57.51 |
| unknown | Montenegro | Europe | 61.33 |
| unknown | Morocco | Africa | 63.47 |
| unknown | Mozambique | Africa | 46.37 |
| unknown | Myanmar (Burma) | Asia | 45.32 |
| unknown | Namibia | Africa | 58.46 |
| unknown | Nepal | Asia | 31.44 |
| unknown | Netherlands | Europe | 75.46 |
| unknown | New Zealand | Oceania | 75.96 |
| unknown | Nicaragua | Americas | 55.04 |
| unknown | Niger | Africa | 35.74 |
| unknown | Nigeria | Africa | 54.76 |
| unknown | North Korea | Asia | 41.80 |
| unknown | North Macedonia | Europe | 61.06 |
| unknown | Norway | Europe | 77.49 |
| unknown | Oman | Asia | 51.32 |
| unknown | Pakistan | Asia | 37.50 |
| unknown | Panama | Americas | 62.71 |
| unknown | Papua New Guinea | Oceania | 39.35 |
| unknown | Paraguay | Americas | 53.93 |
| unknown | Peru | Americas | 61.92 |
| unknown | Philippines | Asia | 57.65 |
| unknown | Poland | Europe | 64.11 |
| unknown | Portugal | Europe | 71.91 |
| unknown | Qatar | Asia | 67.80 |
| unknown | Romania | Europe | 64.78 |
| unknown | Russia | Europe | 63.79 |
| unknown | Rwanda | Africa | 43.68 |
| unknown | Saint Lucia | Americas | 56.18 |
| unknown | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Americas | 66.48 |
| unknown | Samoa | Oceania | 54.50 |
| unknown | São Tomé and Príncipe | Africa | 54.01 |
| unknown | Saudi Arabia | Asia | 57.47 |
| unknown | Senegal | Africa | 49.52 |
| unknown | Serbia | Europe | 57.49 |
| unknown | Seychelles | Africa | 66.02 |
| unknown | Sierra Leone | Africa | 42.54 |
| unknown | Singapore | Asia | 64.23 |
| unknown | Sint Maarten (Netherlands) | Americas | 75.46 |
| unknown | Slovakia | Europe | 70.76 |
| unknown | Slovenia | Europe | 67.57 |
| unknown | Solomon Islands | Oceania | 43.22 |
| unknown | South Africa | Africa | 44.73 |
| unknown | South Korea | Asia | 62.30 |
| unknown | Spain | Europe | 78.39 |
| unknown | Sri Lanka | Asia | 60.61 |
| unknown | Sudan | Africa | 51.49 |
| unknown | Suriname | Americas | 54.20 |
| unknown | Sweden | Europe | 80.51 |
| unknown | Switzerland | Europe | 87.42 |
| unknown | Syria | Asia | 66.91 |
| unknown | Taiwan | Asia | 72.84 |
| unknown | Tajikistan | Asia | 47.85 |
| unknown | Tanzania | Africa | 50.83 |
| unknown | Thailand | Asia | 49.88 |
| unknown | Togo | Africa | 41.78 |
| unknown | Tonga | Oceania | 62.49 |
| unknown | Trinidad and Tobago | Americas | 67.36 |
| unknown | Tunisia | Africa | 62.35 |
| unknown | Turkey | Asia | 52.96 |
| unknown | Turkmenistan | Asia | 66.10 |
| unknown | Uganda | Africa | 44.28 |
| unknown | Ukraine | Europe | 52.87 |
| unknown | United Arab Emirates | Asia | 58.90 |
| unknown | United Kingdom | Europe | 79.89 |
| unknown | United States | Americas | 71.19 |
| unknown | Uruguay | Americas | 64.65 |
| unknown | Uzbekistan | Asia | 45.88 |
| unknown | Vanuatu | Oceania | 44.55 |
| unknown | Venezuela | Americas | 63.89 |
| unknown | Vietnam | Asia | 46.96 |
| unknown | Yemen | Asia | 49.79 |
| unknown | Zambia | Africa | 50.97 |
| unknown | Zimbabwe | Africa | 43.41 |