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Namibia's Environmental Factors

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT INDEXES

An Emissions Index (close to 100) indicates a low emissions for the country. The Emissions Index is based on the equal weighting of Carbon and Methane emissions.

Namibia's data is highlighted in the table below, use the filter and sort order options to allow easy comparison with other countries.

Index data: World Economics Research, London


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(A-E)		 World Economics
Emissions
Index		 Carbon
Emissions
Per Capita		 Carbon
Emissions
Total		 Methane
Emissions
Per Capita		 Methane
Emissions
Total		 Air
Quality
PM2.5		 Water
Access
% of Pop.
Comoros A 100.0 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 14 98
Cabo Verde A 100.0 1.2 0.7 0.2 0.1 31 100
Lesotho A 100.0 1.1 2.3 0.5 1.1 18 95
Bahamas, The A 100.0 6.0 2.4 0.6 0.2 5 91
Brunei Darussalam A 100.0 23.7 10.5 7 100
Liberia A 100.0 0.2 1.2 0.1 0.5 36 99
Bhutan A 100.0 2.0 1.5 0.6 0.5 26 100
Iceland A 100.0 9.8 3.4 1.5 0.5 6 97
Malta A 100.0 3.9 1.7 0.4 0.2 13 100
Cyprus A 99.9 6.2 7.6 0.6 0.8 15 99
Albania A 99.9 1.6 4.6 1.0 2.9 16 100
Guinea-Bissau A 99.9 0.2 0.4 0.7 1.4 35 100
Suriname A 99.9 4.7 2.8 2.5 1.4 12 100
Armenia A 99.9 2.3 6.8 0.8 2.3 34 82
Mauritius A 99.9 3.5 4.5 1.5 2.0 11 71
Hong Kong A 99.9 4.2 31.7 90
Botswana A 99.9 2.7 6.5 0.9 2.1 13 100
Latvia A 99.9 3.9 7.3 1.0 1.9 12 100
Estonia A 99.9 7.9 10.4 0.8 1.1 6 69
Rwanda A 99.9 0.1 1.8 0.2 2.0 36
Jamaica A 99.9 2.6 7.7 0.3 0.8 15 100
Gambia A 99.9 0.3 0.7 0.6 1.4 39 97
North Macedonia A 99.9 3.3 6.9 1.1 2.4
Luxembourg A 99.9 13.2 8.4 0.9 0.6 9 98
Togo A 99.9 0.3 2.3 0.4 3.0 25 74
Slovenia A 99.9 6.1 12.6 0.8 1.7 14 61
Burundi A 99.9 0.1 0.7 0.1 1.5 28 100
Guyana A 99.9 3.9 3.1 2.3 1.8 11 97
Eswatini A 99.9 0.9 1.1 1.2 1.4 15 100
Sierra Leone A 99.8 0.2 1.3 0.5 3.9 39 46
El Salvador A 99.8 1.1 7.2 0.5 3.5 22 92
Moldova B 99.8 1.4 5.6 1.3 5.0 12 92
Kyrgyzstan B 99.8 1.4 9.3 0.7 4.9 38 84
Croatia B 99.8 4.3 17.7 0.9 3.7 15 60
Lithuania B 99.8 5.2 13.9 1.1 2.9 10 100
Malawi B 99.8 0.1 1.5 0.2 4.3 19 98
Haiti B 99.8 0.3 2.9 0.5 5.4 10 100
Bosnia and Herzegovina B 99.8 4.2 13.6 1.1 3.6 26 98
Namibia B 99.8 1.6 4.0 1.5 3.9 12
Lebanon B 99.8 3.7 25.0 0.5 3.4 24 63
Costa Rica B 99.8 1.5 7.8 0.9 4.8 15 91
Benin B 99.8 0.6 7.8 0.3 4.1 32 94
Singapore B 99.7 5.5 32.5 0.8 4.4 13 63
Gabon B 99.7 2.5 5.7 2.7 6.2 26 100
Sweden B 99.7 3.5 35.8 0.5 4.7 6 100
Georgia B 99.7 2.8 11.0 1.4 5.6 19 100
Panama B 99.7 3.0 13.0 1.2 5.1 12 100
Tajikistan B 99.7 1.1 10.3 0.6 5.9 54 84
Slovak Republic B 99.7 6.5 35.3 0.8 4.4 16 94
Mauritania B 99.7 0.9 4.1 1.6 7.4 42 46
Sri Lanka B 99.6 1.0 20.8 0.4 8.2 24 90
Nicaragua B 99.6 0.8 5.1 1.5 9.7 16 96
Cote d'Ivoire B 99.6 0.4 11.7 0.3 7.6 40 37
Norway B 99.6 7.5 40.9 0.9 4.6 6 64
Switzerland B 99.6 4.0 34.9 0.6 5.1 9 100
Laos B 99.6 2.8 20.8 1.2 8.5 21 86
Finland B 99.6 6.8 37.6 0.8 4.7 6 100
Jordan B 99.6 2.5 25.6 0.7 6.8 26 65
Congo, Rep. B 99.6 1.3 7.5 1.8 10.0 30 66
Tunisia B 99.6 2.7 31.6 0.6 7.0 10 99
Honduras B 99.6 1.1 10.9 0.8 8.1 19 100
Trinidad and Tobago B 99.6 25.7 36.1 5.0 7.0 36 67
Denmark C 99.6 5.1 29.6 1.3 7.8 10 95
Senegal C 99.5 0.8 13.6 0.7 11.9 38 71
Yemen, Rep. C 99.5 0.4 12.5 0.4 11.0 42 61
Bulgaria C 99.5 6.2 42.6 1.0 6.8 17 85
Papua New Guinea C 99.5 0.9 8.5 1.2 11.3 9 91
Dominican Republic C 99.5 2.6 28.9 0.9 9.5 8 96
Hungary C 99.5 5.0 48.4 0.7 6.9 14 100
Austria C 99.4 7.2 64.6 0.8 7.1 12 60
Guatemala C 99.4 1.1 20.3 0.6 11.5 21 59
Portugal C 99.4 4.0 40.8 1.1 11.2 7 100
Greece C 99.4 5.4 56.3 0.9 9.0 15 97
Israel C 99.4 6.2 54.5 1.1 9.5 20 97
Ghana C 99.4 0.7 21.3 0.4 11.4 46 89
Zimbabwe C 99.4 0.8 11.3 0.9 13.1 13 62
Serbia C 99.3 3.6 30.9 1.7 14.4 22 100
Belgium C 99.3 8.2 95.7 0.7 8.1 11 100
Guinea C 99.3 0.4 4.8 1.3 17.1 38 99
Burkina Faso C 99.3 0.3 5.7 0.8 16.8 41 99
Cameroon C 99.3 0.3 9.3 0.6 16.9 56 92
Madagascar C 99.3 0.2 4.3 0.6 17.1 16 100
Central African Republic C 99.3 0.2 3.3 16.2 27 47
Morocco C 99.2 1.9 70.6 0.3 12.3 13 96
Ireland C 99.2 7.5 37.6 3.1 15.6 8 100
Afghanistan C 99.2 0.3 11.9 0.4 17.1 63 100
Azerbaijan C 99.2 3.8 38.5 1.5 14.9 25 100
Cambodia C 99.1 1.1 19.0 1.2 20.0 18 72
Chile C 99.1 4.5 85.4 0.6 11.9 21 64
Bahrain C 99.1 22.3 39.0 10.6 18.5 52 98
Uruguay C 99.1 1.9 6.7 6.0 20.9 9 94
Czech Republic C 99.1 9.1 97.1 1.2 12.5 14 94
Belarus C 99.0 6.3 59.6 1.8 17.1 16 93
Mali D 99.0 0.2 4.2 1.2 24.4 39 93
Romania D 99.0 4.2 79.3 0.9 16.6 13 100
Mongolia D 99.0 15.1 50.3 5.8 19.4 41 100
Uganda D 98.9 0.1 5.8 0.5 25.4 31 97
Nepal D 98.9 0.5 14.2 0.8 24.9 36 83
Netherlands D 98.8 8.2 141.0 0.9 15.5 11 45
Mozambique D 98.8 0.2 7.1 0.9 28.0 17 100
Oman D 98.8 15.5 81.0 4.1 21.3 35 100
Niger D 98.8 0.1 2.7 1.2 29.4 50 97
Zambia D 98.8 0.4 7.7 1.4 27.2 17 65
Taiwan D 98.8 11.9 282.9 23 97
Ecuador D 98.7 2.3 41.3 1.6 27.9 17 86
Qatar D 98.7 32.7 95.7 7.6 22.2 59 100
Paraguay D 98.7 1.2 8.6 4.2 30.4 12 100
Bolivia D 98.5 2.0 23.3 2.9 34.3 25 100
New Zealand D 98.5 7.0 33.8 6.5 31.7 9 70
Kuwait D 98.5 24.5 106.1 5.9 25.4 64 100
Peru D 98.4 1.7 56.3 1.0 33.4 29 97
Kenya D 98.3 0.4 19.9 0.7 38.5 13 98
Angola D 98.1 0.6 21.4 1.3 44.1 27 100
Congo, Dem. Rep D 98.0 2.6 0.5 49.0 32
Tanzania D 97.9 0.2 13.0 0.8 49.8 15 96
Ukraine D 97.8 4.6 201.8 0.7 32.2 14 94
Chad D 97.7 0.1 1.9 3.3 56.3 41 100
Sudan D 97.5 0.5 21.0 1.3 57.9 21 100
Poland D 97.4 8.7 328.6 0.8 28.7 19 90
Spain D 97.4 5.0 233.7 0.8 38.8 9 92
Malaysia D 97.3 7.8 256.0 1.2 39.7 22 53
Uzbekistan D 97.2 3.6 121.6 1.6 54.6 41 100
United Arab Emirates D 97.0 20.4 204.1 5.1 51.0 42 100
Libya D 97.0 10.7 74.5 9.4 65.1 30 100
Kazakhstan E 96.7 14.6 276.7 2.6 50.1 27 98
Italy E 96.7 5.4 328.7 0.7 44.7 14 100
Philippines E 96.6 1.3 144.3 0.6 66.6 23 75
Myanmar E 96.6 0.7 36.3 1.4 77.8 27 100
United Kingdom E 96.4 5.1 346.8 0.8 51.2 10 98
Korea, Rep. E 96.4 12.0 616.1 0.4 22.6 24 72
Colombia E 96.4 1.8 91.7 1.5 78.4 14 81
Ethiopia E 96.3 0.2 17.8 0.8 88.4 22 57
France E 96.3 4.7 306.0 0.9 58.2 11 78
Turkmenistan E 96.2 13.6 83.0 13.5 82.8 26 93
Turkey E 96.0 5.3 446.2 0.6 49.3 27 94
Thailand E 95.8 4.0 278.5 1.0 71.3 25 99
Bangladesh E 95.7 0.6 93.2 0.6 94.8 46 85
Egypt E 95.7 2.4 249.6 0.8 78.2 63 98
Algeria E 95.3 4.0 176.3 2.2 95.9 23 94
Vietnam E 95.2 3.3 326.0 0.8 82.5 21 92
Germany E 95.0 8.0 674.8 0.6 49.5 11 47
South Africa E 94.7 7.3 435.9 1.4 82.3 20 95
Japan E 94.2 8.5 1,067.4 0.2 27.7 11 100
Argentina E 93.8 4.1 186.5 2.9 130.9 12 85
Nigeria E 93.5 0.7 137.0 0.7 143.8 56 75
Canada E 93.3 14.3 545.6 2.7 103.9 6 100
Australia E 92.6 15.2 391.2 5.4 138.0 9 100
Saudi Arabia E 92.4 19.0 672.4 3.2 113.8 57 56
Mexico E 92.3 3.1 407.2 1.1 143.3 18 100
Pakistan E 92.0 1.0 229.5 0.8 168.9 50 62
Indonesia E 81.2 2.2 619.3 1.4 389.7 19 95
Brazil E 79.6 2.3 488.9 2.1 443.0 11 50
Russia E 63.7 12.0 1,755.5 4.8 694.5 9 82
India E 60.6 1.9 2,709.7 0.5 668.8 50 99
United States E 47.0 15.0 5,007.3 2.3 755.7 7 71
China E 0.0 7.9 11,472.4 0.8 1,213.1 38 99



Key:
Emissions Index numbers shown on a scale of 0-100.
         0 = High environmental impact
         100 = Low environmental impact.

Grade definitions:
         A: Very Low Emissions
         B: Low emissions
         C: Moderate emissions
         D: High emissions
         E: Very high Emissions


Notes:
Total emissions data is displayed for reference and not used in the Emissions Index calculations which are based on per capita data.


See: Data for individual countries and underlying data click on the country name

Original source data: Friedlingstein et al. 2020 & World Health Organization.
Total Carbon & Methane Emissions in Million MtCO2e
Per capita Carbon & Methane Emissions in MtCO2e per person
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