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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



United Arab Emirates 109 66.9 98.2 95.3 38.1 100.0 2.8
Liberia 110 66.8 100.0 100.0 48.3 73.6 12.3
Vietnam 111 66.8 97.2 93.4 73.7 55.0 14.8
Sudan 112 66.2 99.8 95.3 72.8 57.9 5.5
Myanmar 113 65.6 99.7 93.3 63.0 54.6 17.6
Mexico 114 65.4 96.5 88.0 78.9 39.3 24.2
Mali 115 64.7 100.0 98.0 43.6 81.4 0.7
Benin 116 64.4 99.9 99.7 55.6 63.2 3.9
Bahrain 117 64.1 99.7 98.5 20.9 98.8 2.6
Philippines 118 63.8 98.7 94.5 71.0 44.5 10.1
Sri Lanka 119 63.8 99.8 99.3 68.6 43.7 7.7
Madagascar 120 63.7 100.0 98.4 82.0 17.2 21.2
Congo, Rep. 121 63.0 99.9 99.1 59.0 42.6 14.2
Malawi 122 62.2 100.0 99.6 77.6 12.4 21.4
Cambodia 123 61.9 99.8 98.4 79.0 24.5 7.6
Egypt 124 61.8 97.8 94.6 1.6 96.8 18.2
Mauritania 125 61.8 100.0 99.4 37.7 69.8 2.1
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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 %




Ireland 27 89.5 A 82.7 39.0 11.6 3.1% 58.3%
United Arab Emirates 28 89.2 A 83.2 31.6 12.7 3.9% 73.9%
Italy 29 88.0 A 84.0 48.2 10.7 4.3% 43.7%
Greece 30 87.1 A 82.2 46.8 11.4 4.4% 43.0%
Croatia 31 86.7 B 78.9 45.3 12.2 5.5% 47.5%
Lithuania 32 86.4 B 76.3 42.3 13.5 4.0% 57.2%
Latvia 33 85.6 B 76.5 43.6 13.3 6.0% 55.5%
Sweden 34 85.5 B 83.6 40.3 9.8 7.2% 59.2%
Bahrain 35 84.8 B 81.6 33.4 11.0 2.2% 69.0%
Chile 36 84.5 B 81.5 36.9 10.9 5.6% 49.6%
Hungary 37 83.8 B 77.3 43.9 12.2 4.8% 56.7%
Slovak Republic 38 83.3 B 78.7 42.3 11.9 4.6% 56.3%
Albania 39 83.1 B 80.0 37.3 11.3 3.1% 51.6%
Bahamas, The 40 81.9 B 74.9 35.3 12.6 2.8% 59.4%
Belarus 41 81.3 B 74.8 41.3 12.1 4.7% 60.7%
Qatar 42 81.2 B 82.7 33.5 9.6 3.2% 87.1%
Argentina 43 80.9 B 77.7 32.9 11.1 5.0% 53.8%

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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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 Rank
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)




Peru 101 39.0 C 34.2 30.4 69.0 22.4
Mexico 102 38.0 C 27.1 39.8 66.7 18.4
Tunisia 103 35.9 D 44.7 33.7 31.0 34.2
Togo 104 34.9 D 34.5 49.1 31.0 25.0
Nigeria 105 34.5 D 25.0 43.4 52.4 17.1
El Salvador 106 34.0 D 38.6 31.7 40.5 25.0
Gabon 107 33.8 D 25.4 71.9 16.7 21.1
Tanzania 108 33.5 D 38.5 41.0 19.0 35.5
Bahrain 109 33.2 D 60.6 13.9 9.5 48.7
Saudi Arabia 110 32.7 D 59.2 6.7 7.1 57.9
Madagascar 111 32.1 D 22.7 47.0 42.9 15.8
Guatemala 112 31.1 D 20.1 37.2 50.0 17.1
Comoros 113 31.0 D 13.1 58.8 42.9 9.2
Honduras 114 30.2 D 19.5 34.4 54.8 11.8
Türkiye 115 29.8 D 34.9 17.9 42.9 23.7
Burkina Faso 116 29.5 D 28.8 44.0 9.5 35.5
Angola 117 29.3 D 19.4 44.3 28.6 25.0

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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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