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Updated: July 2026
 
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ENVIRONMENT

The World Economics Environment Index combines carbon and methane emissions, with data on air quality, access to safe water and average temperature. The variables are combined into an Index using equal weights.

Environmental Index
Index: 0 = Extremely poor, 100 = Good as it gets.
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Country Rank
Order		 Environment
Index
0-100		 Carbon
Emissions
Index, 0-100		 Methane
Emissions
Index, 0-100		 Air
Quality
Index, 0-100		 Water
Access
Index, 0-100		 Temperature
2024
Index, 0-100



Cyprus 41 82.9 99.9 99.9 84.6 99.7 30.2
Korea, Rep. 42 82.1 94.6 98.2 68.3 99.2 50.3
Kazakhstan 43 82.0 97.6 94.2 64.1 88.7 65.6
Mauritius 44 82.0 100.0 99.8 91.5 99.9 18.8
Bosnia and Herzegovina 45 81.5 99.9 99.7 64.6 86.1 57.4
Brunei 46 81.2 99.9 100.0 97.6 99.9 8.6
Türkiye 47 80.9 96.1 95.8 64.1 96.8 51.5
Botswana 48 80.7 99.9 99.7 87.5 91.7 24.5
Australia 49 80.6 96.6 88.7 94.1 100.0 23.6
Georgia 50 80.5 99.9 99.6 76.8 67.1 59.2
Israel 51 80.3 99.5 99.2 76.1 99.4 27.1
Namibia 52 80.3 100.0 99.6 89.2 83.2 29.3
Russia 53 80.3 84.7 48.3 94.2 74.7 99.8
Albania 54 80.2 100.0 99.8 81.6 68.8 50.7
Kyrgyzstan 55 79.8 99.9 99.6 45.2 75.0 79.1
Serbia 56 79.7 99.7 98.8 72.2 73.4 54.4
Guyana 57 79.4 100.0 99.9 90.4 95.3 11.4
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Data Notes
Emissions Index numbers shown on a scale of 0-100.
0 = Bad, 100 = Good.

Environmental Index Methodology: Total Carbon, Total Methane, Air Quality, access to safe drinking water and temperature data for each country has been indexed on a scale of 0-100 by using the standard deviation from the mean for each country. The implied Indexes are averaged to calculate a total Environmental Index which focuses on each country's relative environmental impact.

Temperature Data Source: CCKP. World Bank Group, Climate Change Knowledge Portal and indexed. An index of 100 incdicates cool temperatures where 0 indicates a hot annual average temperature.

The displayed data are derived from 2024 Temperature, Carbon and Methane Data. Air Quality and Access to Safe Water is the latest data available.
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SOCIAL

The World Economics social Index uses United Nations HID and World Bank data to create indexes for life expectancy, median age, years of schooling, spend on education and the percentage of the population in work, to reflect social progress. The individual Indexes are combined into the overall Social Index using equal weights.

Social Factors Index
Index: 0 = Extremely poor, 100 = Good as it gets.
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Order		 Social
Factors
Index		 Social
Factors
Rating (A-E)		 Life
Expectancy
Years		 Median
Age
Years		 Mean Years
Schooling
Years		 Spend on
Education
% of GDP		 Population
in Work
Population %




Japan 1 97.3 A 85.0 49.8 13.4 3.4% 60.2%
Canada 2 96.5 A 82.9 40.6 13.8 5.2% 60.3%
Iceland 3 96.3 A 83.2 36.2 13.8 7.7% 62.5%
Australia 4 95.2 A 84.2 38.3 12.7 6.1% 62.4%
Germany 5 95.1 A 81.7 45.5 14.1 4.7% 59.2%
Hong Kong 6 94.8 A 85.8 47.4 12.2 4.0% 55.9%
Israel 7 94.7 A 82.8 29.2 13.3 7.1% 59.1%
Norway 8 94.7 A 83.6 39.8 13.0 5.9% 62.9%
Switzerland 9 94.4 A 84.2 42.9 12.6 5.2% 63.6%
Luxembourg 10 94.1 A 82.5 39.5 13.0 5.0% 58.8%
Korea, Rep. 11 93.8 A 84.5 45.6 12.5 4.7% 60.7%
New Zealand 12 93.8 A 82.4 37.7 12.9 6.0% 67.2%

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Data Notes
Social Factors Index numbers shown on a scale of 0-100
0 = Poor social metrics, 100 = Excellent social metrics.

Data source: United Nations, 2025, Washington D.C.
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GOVERNANCE

The Governance Index combines data on Rule of Law, Press Freedom, Political Rights and Corruption Perceptions. Read more about the Governance Ratings methodology

Governance Index
Index: 0 = Extremely poor, 100 = Good as it gets.
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Order		 Governance
Index
(0-100 Index)		 Governance
Rating
(A-E)		 Rule of
Law
(0-100 Index)		 Press
Freedom
(0-100 Index)		 Political
Rights
(0-100 Index)		 Corruption
Perceptions
(0-100 Index)




Ireland 7 91.4 A 91.2 91.4 100.0 82.9
Luxembourg 8 91.1 A 94.4 89.1 95.2 85.5
New Zealand 9 90.8 A 93.1 80.6 100.0 89.5
Estonia 10 90.3 A 85.8 94.7 97.6 82.9
Iceland 11 90.1 A 93.5 87.4 95.2 84.2
Germany 12 90.0 A 89.1 86.6 100.0 84.2
Canada 13 87.1 A 87.0 82.3 97.6 81.6
Austria 14 86.6 A 94.2 83.1 95.2 73.7
Australia 15 86.5 A 88.3 77.0 97.6 82.9
United Kingdom 16 85.2 A 85.1 83.2 97.6 75.0
Belgium 17 84.2 A 82.4 85.4 95.2 73.7
Lithuania 18 82.7 A 81.6 85.6 95.2 68.4
Japan 19 81.8 A 88.7 62.2 100.0 76.3
Taiwan 20 81.8 A 81.4 78.1 95.2 72.4
France 21 81.0 A 79.3 79.7 95.2 69.7
Czechia 22 79.8 A 78.3 87.7 92.9 60.5
Portugal 23 79.8 A 76.4 88.6 97.6 56.6

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Data Notes
Index numbers are all rebased and shown on a scale of 0-100.
Governance: 0 = Extremely poor governance, 100 = As good as it gets.
Corruption Perception: 0 = Bad, 100 = Good.
Rule of Law: 0 = low rule of law, 100 = High rule of law.
Press Freedom: 0 = Low press freedom, 100 = High press freedom.
Political Rights: 0 = Low political rights, 100 = High political rights.

Source: World Bank (Rule of Law), RSF (Press Freedom), Freedom House,Freedom in the World Report (Political Rights), Transparency International (Corruption Perceptions).

All source data has been re-indexed on a scale of 0-100 for comparison purposes.

The displayed data are derived from 2025 data sources.
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