Environmental Factors
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT FACTORS
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria are standards for a nation's operations that investors use to shape their geographical investment portfolio by reference to performance in respect of these factors.
A high Emissions Index (close to 100) incdicates a low environmental impact for the country. The Emissions Index is based on the equal weighting of Carbon and Methane emissions.
Index data: World Economics Research, London
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Afghanistan |
92.5 |
0.27 |
10.72 |
2.05 |
81.51 |
55 |
75 |
Albania |
95.8 |
1.94 |
5.58 |
1.10 |
3.16 |
18 |
95 |
Algeria |
93.2 |
3.85 |
171.71 |
1.11 |
49.55 |
35 |
94 |
Angola |
95.3 |
1.12 |
38.02 |
1.18 |
39.96 |
38 |
57 |
Argentina |
87.3 |
3.92 |
178.94 |
2.59 |
117.92 |
13 |
|
Armenia |
96.6 |
2.02 |
6.01 |
0.82 |
2.43 |
34 |
99 |
Australia |
69.7 |
15.94 |
411.02 |
5.42 |
139.89 |
7 |
99 |
Austria |
92.9 |
7.57 |
68.50 |
0.74 |
6.67 |
12 |
99 |
Azerbaijan |
84.1 |
3.90 |
39.82 |
4.26 |
43.60 |
21 |
96 |
Bahamas, The |
95.4 |
4.99 |
1.98 |
0.58 |
0.23 |
17 |
|
Bahrain |
61.5 |
19.65 |
34.35 |
8.49 |
14.85 |
63 |
99 |
Bangladesh |
96.7 |
0.61 |
102.16 |
0.50 |
83.81 |
63 |
98 |
Belarus |
90.3 |
6.62 |
62.48 |
1.77 |
16.76 |
16 |
97 |
Belgium |
92.2 |
8.57 |
99.71 |
0.70 |
8.20 |
13 |
99 |
Benin |
98.6 |
0.64 |
8.00 |
0.45 |
5.55 |
42 |
65 |
Bhutan |
95.7 |
2.19 |
1.71 |
1.10 |
0.86 |
38 |
97 |
Bolivia |
92.1 |
1.91 |
22.57 |
2.20 |
25.99 |
26 |
93 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
91.8 |
8.16 |
26.62 |
1.04 |
3.38 |
28 |
96 |
Botswana |
92.9 |
2.63 |
6.32 |
1.90 |
4.56 |
25 |
92 |
Brazil |
83.6 |
2.18 |
465.72 |
1.95 |
418.02 |
12 |
99 |
Brunei Darussalam |
86.2 |
20.58 |
9.09 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
8 |
99 |
Bulgaria |
93.2 |
6.09 |
42.01 |
1.00 |
6.91 |
19 |
99 |
Burkina Faso |
97.9 |
0.20 |
4.30 |
0.73 |
15.60 |
56 |
47 |
Burundi |
99.9 |
0.05 |
0.58 |
0.17 |
2.14 |
37 |
62 |
Cabo Verde |
99.1 |
1.13 |
0.63 |
0.21 |
0.12 |
62 |
89 |
Cambodia |
95.6 |
0.95 |
16.03 |
1.27 |
21.59 |
25 |
71 |
Cameroon |
98.3 |
0.28 |
7.59 |
0.56 |
15.21 |
65 |
66 |
Canada |
79.5 |
15.15 |
576.65 |
2.51 |
95.53 |
6 |
99 |
Central African Republic |
80.6 |
0.06 |
0.31 |
6.41 |
31.54 |
43 |
37 |
Chad |
89.7 |
0.06 |
1.03 |
3.22 |
54.49 |
64 |
46 |
Chile |
95.0 |
4.39 |
84.27 |
0.70 |
13.50 |
24 |
99 |
China |
43.2 |
7.05 |
10,174.68 |
0.86 |
1,238.95 |
46 |
94 |
Colombia |
92.9 |
1.99 |
102.20 |
1.50 |
77.12 |
19 |
98 |
Comoros |
99.4 |
0.28 |
0.25 |
0.30 |
0.27 |
15 |
|
Congo, Dem. Rep |
97.9 |
0.02 |
2.28 |
0.53 |
48.96 |
43 |
46 |
Congo, Rep. |
98.0 |
0.61 |
3.46 |
0.66 |
3.76 |
43 |
74 |
Costa Rica |
96.5 |
1.66 |
8.51 |
0.94 |
4.83 |
19 |
99 |
Cote d'Ivoire |
99.3 |
0.48 |
12.95 |
0.24 |
6.56 |
58 |
71 |
Croatia |
94.7 |
4.38 |
17.88 |
0.94 |
3.82 |
17 |
|
Cyprus |
94.6 |
6.02 |
7.32 |
0.61 |
0.74 |
15 |
99 |
Czech Republic |
90.2 |
9.42 |
101.01 |
1.16 |
12.43 |
15 |
99 |
Denmark |
92.9 |
5.52 |
32.08 |
1.23 |
7.14 |
10 |
99 |
Dominican Republic |
96.1 |
2.50 |
27.38 |
0.84 |
9.20 |
16 |
97 |
Ecuador |
95.1 |
2.27 |
40.54 |
1.14 |
20.35 |
20 |
95 |
Egypt |
95.5 |
2.37 |
246.64 |
0.55 |
56.87 |
72 |
99 |
El Salvador |
98.0 |
0.95 |
6.21 |
0.61 |
3.99 |
29 |
98 |
Estonia |
91.1 |
10.48 |
13.89 |
0.79 |
1.05 |
6 |
99 |
Eswatini |
96.1 |
0.83 |
0.97 |
1.29 |
1.51 |
20 |
71 |
Ethiopia |
95.7 |
0.14 |
16.26 |
0.88 |
103.46 |
32 |
50 |
Finland |
93.0 |
7.51 |
41.65 |
0.76 |
4.24 |
6 |
99 |
France |
92.6 |
4.95 |
323.56 |
0.89 |
58.34 |
12 |
99 |
Gabon |
97.6 |
2.06 |
4.70 |
0.50 |
1.14 |
41 |
85 |
Gambia |
98.3 |
0.24 |
0.59 |
0.68 |
1.70 |
58 |
81 |
Georgia |
94.7 |
2.58 |
10.29 |
1.31 |
5.21 |
22 |
97 |
Germany |
90.2 |
8.37 |
701.96 |
0.64 |
53.37 |
12 |
99 |
Ghana |
97.7 |
0.47 |
14.96 |
0.67 |
21.37 |
55 |
86 |
Greece |
93.0 |
6.48 |
67.18 |
0.93 |
9.67 |
14 |
99 |
Guatemala |
97.5 |
1.12 |
20.51 |
0.64 |
11.76 |
31 |
94 |
Guinea |
96.0 |
0.23 |
3.15 |
1.32 |
17.86 |
53 |
64 |
Guinea-Bissau |
98.0 |
0.16 |
0.32 |
0.78 |
1.57 |
54 |
59 |
Guyana |
92.6 |
3.02 |
2.39 |
1.96 |
1.55 |
23 |
96 |
Haiti |
99.0 |
0.28 |
3.28 |
0.41 |
4.73 |
18 |
67 |
Honduras |
97.1 |
1.09 |
10.93 |
0.82 |
8.25 |
26 |
96 |
Hong Kong |
96.2 |
5.50 |
41.54 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
99 |
Hungary |
94.6 |
5.10 |
49.10 |
0.74 |
7.12 |
16 |
99 |
Iceland |
89.4 |
9.67 |
3.32 |
1.54 |
0.53 |
6 |
99 |
India |
77.9 |
1.88 |
2,615.82 |
0.48 |
669.34 |
69 |
91 |
Indonesia |
87.1 |
2.23 |
617.51 |
1.21 |
335.10 |
19 |
92 |
Ireland |
85.0 |
7.45 |
37.12 |
3.38 |
16.82 |
8 |
97 |
Israel |
91.1 |
7.30 |
64.17 |
1.37 |
12.07 |
19 |
99 |
Italy |
92.9 |
5.58 |
337.09 |
0.72 |
43.67 |
15 |
99 |
Jamaica |
97.9 |
2.70 |
8.01 |
0.26 |
0.78 |
15 |
91 |
Japan |
91.0 |
8.78 |
1,106.66 |
0.17 |
21.12 |
13 |
99 |
Jordan |
96.8 |
2.54 |
26.07 |
0.61 |
6.30 |
33 |
99 |
Kazakhstan |
81.3 |
16.52 |
313.80 |
2.18 |
41.36 |
18 |
95 |
Kenya |
97.3 |
0.31 |
17.32 |
0.73 |
40.25 |
27 |
62 |
Korea, Rep. |
89.0 |
11.91 |
611.26 |
0.50 |
25.53 |
26 |
99 |
Kuwait |
79.3 |
24.84 |
107.53 |
1.40 |
6.08 |
63 |
99 |
Kyrgyzstan |
97.0 |
1.73 |
11.48 |
0.75 |
4.99 |
24 |
92 |
Laos |
94.1 |
4.45 |
32.81 |
1.08 |
7.94 |
21 |
85 |
Latvia |
94.4 |
4.43 |
8.26 |
1.04 |
1.94 |
12 |
99 |
Lebanon |
96.2 |
4.17 |
28.20 |
0.48 |
3.25 |
31 |
93 |
Lesotho |
96.6 |
1.03 |
2.22 |
1.07 |
2.32 |
25 |
72 |
Liberia |
96.6 |
0.26 |
1.32 |
1.20 |
6.23 |
52 |
75 |
Libya |
78.9 |
6.67 |
46.43 |
5.43 |
37.79 |
49 |
99 |
Lithuania |
93.5 |
5.01 |
13.48 |
1.17 |
3.15 |
11 |
98 |
Luxembourg |
87.6 |
15.41 |
9.78 |
0.85 |
0.54 |
10 |
99 |
Madagascar |
98.2 |
0.14 |
4.01 |
0.62 |
17.75 |
18 |
53 |
Malawi |
98.5 |
0.07 |
1.47 |
0.57 |
11.19 |
26 |
70 |
Malaysia |
89.4 |
7.63 |
250.09 |
1.47 |
48.04 |
16 |
97 |
Mali |
96.6 |
0.16 |
3.39 |
1.12 |
23.29 |
64 |
83 |
Malta |
96.7 |
3.51 |
1.55 |
0.50 |
0.22 |
13 |
99 |
Mauritania |
95.5 |
0.86 |
4.09 |
1.43 |
6.83 |
74 |
72 |
Mauritius |
93.5 |
3.68 |
4.69 |
1.52 |
1.93 |
11 |
99 |
Mexico |
90.9 |
3.37 |
438.50 |
1.11 |
145.06 |
23 |
99 |
Moldova |
97.0 |
1.48 |
5.96 |
0.82 |
3.31 |
14 |
91 |
Mongolia |
70.7 |
19.68 |
65.51 |
5.36 |
17.86 |
43 |
86 |
Morocco |
97.3 |
1.93 |
71.93 |
0.47 |
17.67 |
28 |
90 |
Mozambique |
97.2 |
0.27 |
8.71 |
0.85 |
27.48 |
21 |
63 |
Myanmar |
94.9 |
0.48 |
26.23 |
1.28 |
70.06 |
33 |
84 |
Namibia |
94.1 |
1.61 |
4.17 |
1.74 |
4.51 |
24 |
84 |
Nepal |
96.4 |
0.47 |
13.91 |
1.04 |
30.99 |
82 |
90 |
Netherlands |
90.7 |
9.02 |
154.83 |
1.01 |
17.26 |
12 |
99 |
New Zealand |
74.6 |
7.52 |
36.54 |
6.69 |
32.53 |
7 |
99 |
Nicaragua |
95.3 |
0.83 |
5.55 |
1.47 |
9.87 |
22 |
82 |
Niger |
96.3 |
0.08 |
2.14 |
1.19 |
29.86 |
93 |
47 |
Nigeria |
95.3 |
0.66 |
140.03 |
0.61 |
127.94 |
62 |
78 |
North Macedonia |
94.2 |
3.86 |
8.04 |
1.21 |
2.52 |
30 |
98 |
Norway |
92.5 |
7.77 |
42.44 |
0.89 |
4.85 |
7 |
99 |
Oman |
87.9 |
13.72 |
71.68 |
1.05 |
5.46 |
44 |
92 |
Pakistan |
94.1 |
1.10 |
248.84 |
0.67 |
151.02 |
59 |
90 |
Panama |
94.8 |
2.85 |
12.50 |
1.23 |
5.39 |
15 |
94 |
Papua New Guinea |
96.0 |
0.78 |
7.09 |
1.25 |
11.37 |
11 |
45 |
Paraguay |
87.0 |
1.15 |
8.27 |
4.04 |
29.14 |
12 |
99 |
Peru |
95.8 |
1.63 |
54.53 |
0.94 |
31.47 |
31 |
93 |
Philippines |
96.1 |
1.30 |
144.26 |
0.61 |
67.67 |
21 |
94 |
Poland |
89.3 |
8.54 |
322.63 |
1.26 |
47.54 |
21 |
99 |
Portugal |
93.6 |
4.78 |
48.60 |
1.11 |
11.33 |
8 |
99 |
Qatar |
66.8 |
37.31 |
109.34 |
2.77 |
8.11 |
81 |
99 |
Romania |
93.5 |
3.93 |
75.08 |
1.24 |
23.78 |
15 |
99 |
Russia |
53.9 |
11.50 |
1,678.37 |
5.85 |
853.00 |
10 |
97 |
Rwanda |
99.7 |
0.08 |
1.11 |
0.22 |
2.91 |
40 |
60 |
Saudi Arabia |
83.4 |
16.47 |
582.15 |
1.25 |
44.17 |
60 |
99 |
Senegal |
98.0 |
0.57 |
9.82 |
0.63 |
10.77 |
60 |
85 |
Serbia |
91.6 |
6.29 |
54.67 |
1.43 |
12.40 |
25 |
95 |
Sierra Leone |
98.6 |
0.13 |
1.03 |
0.57 |
4.62 |
54 |
64 |
Singapore |
93.8 |
6.60 |
38.94 |
0.70 |
4.15 |
17 |
99 |
Slovak Republic |
93.9 |
6.10 |
33.31 |
0.80 |
4.36 |
18 |
99 |
Slovenia |
93.2 |
6.59 |
13.70 |
0.95 |
1.98 |
16 |
99 |
South Africa |
90.8 |
7.97 |
478.61 |
0.76 |
45.38 |
25 |
94 |
Spain |
92.9 |
5.41 |
252.68 |
0.85 |
39.94 |
9 |
99 |
Sri Lanka |
98.1 |
1.16 |
24.84 |
0.47 |
10.03 |
17 |
92 |
Sudan |
95.0 |
0.51 |
22.98 |
1.31 |
58.86 |
44 |
60 |
Suriname |
90.6 |
4.40 |
2.61 |
2.31 |
1.37 |
27 |
98 |
Sweden |
96.1 |
4.21 |
42.77 |
0.45 |
4.59 |
6 |
99 |
Switzerland |
95.8 |
4.32 |
37.68 |
0.55 |
4.79 |
10 |
99 |
Taiwan |
92.0 |
11.01 |
262.64 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
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Tajikistan |
98.1 |
0.92 |
8.98 |
0.57 |
5.52 |
35 |
82 |
Tanzania |
95.8 |
0.19 |
11.63 |
1.07 |
65.57 |
27 |
61 |
Thailand |
91.7 |
4.12 |
288.28 |
1.21 |
84.72 |
30 |
99 |
Togo |
99.0 |
0.38 |
3.26 |
0.41 |
3.45 |
46 |
69 |
Trinidad and Tobago |
79.6 |
26.98 |
37.86 |
0.91 |
1.28 |
23 |
99 |
Tunisia |
97.0 |
2.60 |
31.01 |
0.54 |
6.42 |
33 |
98 |
Turkey |
93.7 |
4.76 |
405.13 |
0.56 |
47.40 |
37 |
97 |
Turkmenistan |
65.6 |
14.00 |
85.65 |
8.10 |
49.58 |
18 |
99 |
Uganda |
97.6 |
0.12 |
5.53 |
0.71 |
33.26 |
43 |
56 |
Ukraine |
90.9 |
5.14 |
223.23 |
1.45 |
63.00 |
14 |
94 |
United Arab Emirates |
70.3 |
19.09 |
190.68 |
5.30 |
52.96 |
45 |
99 |
United Kingdom |
92.7 |
5.42 |
369.88 |
0.75 |
51.21 |
10 |
99 |
United States |
58.7 |
15.87 |
5,284.70 |
1.87 |
623.77 |
7 |
99 |
Uruguay |
80.8 |
1.83 |
6.38 |
6.01 |
20.94 |
10 |
99 |
Uzbekistan |
86.6 |
3.25 |
110.25 |
3.12 |
105.93 |
28 |
98 |
Vietnam |
93.8 |
2.52 |
247.71 |
0.90 |
87.95 |
22 |
97 |
Yemen, Rep. |
99.3 |
0.34 |
10.26 |
0.28 |
8.59 |
42 |
61 |
Zambia |
95.4 |
0.36 |
6.72 |
1.45 |
27.37 |
31 |
65 |
Zimbabwe |
97.4 |
0.69 |
10.37 |
0.79 |
11.96 |
25 |
63 |
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Key:
Emissions Index numbers shown on a scale of 0-100.
100 = Low environmental impact, 0 = High environmental impact.
Source: World Economics, Friedlingstein et al. 2020, ClimateWatch & World Health Organisation
Format: Carbon data in Million MtCO2e and Methane data in MtCO2e, Air Quality: PM2.5
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