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Index		 Carbon
Emissions
Per Capita		 Carbon
Emissions
Total		 Methane
Emissions
Per Capita		 Methane
Emissions
Total		 Air
Quality
PM2.5		 Water
Access
% of Pop.
Canada A 96.9 11.22 0.00 3.48 0.00 6 99
Iceland A 96.3 5.19 0.00 2.23 0.00 6 100
Finland A 96.2 1.63 0.00 1.99 0.00 6 100
Norway A 95.9 2.58 0.00 1.31 0.00 6 99
Sweden A 95.6 4.08 0.00 1.12 0.00 6 100
Estonia A 93.7 6.22 0.00 1.68 0.00 6 100
Switzerland A 92.0 2.18 0.00 1.00 0.00 9 97
Austria A 90.9 3.01 0.00 1.21 0.00 12 99
Denmark A 90.9 5.15 0.00 2.12 0.00 10 100
Latvia A 90.9 2.36 0.00 1.53 0.00 12 97
Lithuania A 90.7 2.88 0.00 1.97 0.00 10 95
Luxembourg A 90.7 25.02 0.00 1.45 0.00 9 100
Ireland A 89.8 3.34 0.00 4.62 0.00 8 96
New Zealand A 89.5 4.48 0.00 11.18 0.00 9 100
United Kingdom A 89.4 9.99 0.00 2.89 0.00 10 100
Belgium A 89.3 8.84 0.00 1.70 0.00 11 100
Netherlands A 89.3 5.07 0.00 1.54 0.00 11 100
Taiwan A 89.1 0.50 0.00 0.68 0.00 23 -
Czechia A 88.9 6.49 0.00 1.80 0.00 14 98
Slovak Republic A 88.7 5.34 0.00 1.12 0.00 16 99
Slovenia A 88.6 1.56 0.00 1.39 0.00 14 98
Germany A 88.4 7.31 0.00 1.63 0.00 11 100
Belarus A 88.2 2.65 0.00 2.19 0.00 16 93
France A 87.7 4.83 0.00 2.59 0.00 11 100
Hungary A 87.7 1.97 0.00 1.15 0.00 14 100
Spain A 86.9 1.18 0.00 0.72 0.00 9 100
Portugal A 86.3 0.67 0.00 0.92 0.00 7 95
Chile A 86.2 1.42 0.00 1.35 0.00 21 99
Japan A 86.1 1.19 0.00 0.41 0.00 11 99
Ukraine A 86.0 3.53 0.00 2.12 0.00 14 88
Uruguay B 85.6 1.12 0.00 6.50 0.00 9 100
Bulgaria B 85.5 1.03 0.00 1.61 0.00 17 96
Greece B 85.4 0.54 0.00 1.03 0.00 15 99
Romania B 84.8 1.18 0.00 1.32 0.00 13 82
Poland B 84.6 4.53 0.00 1.84 0.00 19 89
Croatia B 84.1 0.76 0.00 0.74 0.00 15 85
Italy B 83.9 0.89 0.00 0.79 0.00 14 93
Moldova B 83.6 2.77 0.00 0.85 0.00 12 75
North Macedonia B 83.5 1.21 0.00 1.38 0.00 - 80
Malta B 83.2 0.83 0.00 0.20 0.00 13 100
Cyprus B 82.9 0.54 0.00 0.71 0.00 15 100
Korea, Rep. B 82.1 0.11 0.00 0.83 0.00 24 99
Kazakhstan B 82.0 6.65 0.00 4.83 0.00 27 89
Mauritius B 82.0 0.38 0.00 0.34 0.00 11 100
Bosnia and Herzegovina B 81.5 1.01 0.00 1.02 0.00 26 87
Brunei B 81.2 8.57 0.00 0.63 0.00 7 100
Türkiye B 80.9 0.45 0.00 1.10 0.00 27 97
Botswana B 80.7 - - 2.62 0.00 13 92
Australia B 80.6 6.82 0.00 10.32 0.00 9 100
Georgia B 80.5 0.79 0.00 0.65 0.00 19 69
Israel B 80.3 1.30 0.00 1.57 0.00 20 100
Namibia B 80.3 - - 4.19 0.00 12 84
Russia B 80.3 4.01 0.00 2.67 0.00 9 76
Albania B 80.2 0.24 0.00 1.34 0.00 16 71
Kyrgyzstan B 79.8 2.21 0.00 1.48 0.00 38 77
Serbia B 79.7 1.32 0.00 1.23 0.00 22 75
Guyana B 79.4 0.62 0.00 2.97 0.00 11 96
Panama B 79.1 0.83 0.00 1.59 0.00 12 94
Armenia B 79.0 1.07 0.00 0.46 0.00 34 82
South Africa B 78.9 4.68 0.00 1.75 0.00 20 94
Bhutan B 78.7 - - 3.87 0.00 26 73
Singapore C 78.5 1.89 0.00 0.37 0.00 13 100
Morocco C 78.4 0.29 0.00 0.73 0.00 13 75
Tunisia C 77.9 0.34 0.00 0.69 0.00 10 74
Jamaica C 77.4 0.19 0.00 2.16 0.00 15 91
Turkmenistan C 76.9 4.46 0.00 2.32 0.00 26 95
Bolivia C 76.7 0.17 0.00 2.36 0.00 25 93
Angola C 76.4 0.04 0.00 1.62 0.00 27 98
Azerbaijan C 76.4 2.86 0.00 0.84 0.00 25 72
El Salvador C 76.4 0.12 0.00 0.95 0.00 22 98
Eswatini C 76.1 0.01 0.00 2.33 0.00 15 71
Comoros C 76.0 - - 0.85 0.00 14 -
Costa Rica C 75.6 0.31 0.00 1.62 0.00 15 81
Jordan C 75.6 0.39 0.00 0.44 0.00 26 86
Libya C 75.3 0.13 0.00 6.31 0.00 30 100
Argentina C 74.8 1.76 0.00 4.36 0.00 12 57
Haiti C 74.3 0.04 0.00 0.82 0.00 10 67
Malaysia C 74.3 0.60 0.00 0.76 0.00 22 94
Zimbabwe C 74.1 1.14 0.00 1.20 0.00 13 63
Ecuador C 73.8 0.21 0.00 1.13 0.00 17 67
Thailand C 73.5 0.05 0.00 1.77 0.00 25 100
Colombia C 73.1 0.62 0.00 2.32 0.00 14 74
Paraguay C 73.1 0.04 0.00 3.88 0.00 12 64
Zambia C 73.0 1.00 0.00 1.90 0.00 17 65
Cabo Verde C 72.8 0.56 0.00 0.23 0.00 31 89
Gabon C 72.2 0.02 0.00 0.38 0.00 26 85
Kenya C 71.6 0.16 0.00 1.57 0.00 13 62
Uzbekistan C 71.5 2.75 0.00 1.38 0.00 41 80
Mozambique C 71.3 0.15 0.00 0.97 0.00 17 63
Trinidad and Tobago C 71.3 3.63 0.00 2.40 0.00 36 99
Lesotho C 71.1 - - 1.43 0.00 18 28
Mongolia C 71.0 0.37 0.00 7.37 0.00 41 39
Honduras D 70.8 0.19 0.00 1.37 0.00 19 65
Dominican Republic D 70.5 0.15 0.00 1.24 0.00 8 45
Lebanon D 70.5 1.12 0.00 0.34 0.00 24 48
Suriname D 70.3 1.09 0.00 1.28 0.00 12 56
Papua New Guinea D 70.1 0.04 0.00 0.45 0.00 9 45
Burundi D 69.9 0.00 0.00 0.47 0.00 28 62
Algeria D 69.7 0.42 0.00 2.31 0.00 23 71
Brazil D 69.6 0.37 0.00 1.95 0.00 11 87
United States D 69.6 16.48 0.00 3.33 0.00 7 98
Guinea D 69.0 0.06 0.00 1.01 0.00 38 92
Nicaragua D 69.0 0.14 0.00 1.75 0.00 16 56
Tajikistan D 69.0 1.45 0.00 1.17 0.00 54 55
Guatemala D 68.8 0.20 0.00 0.87 0.00 21 56
Oman D 68.7 - - 0.28 0.00 35 91
Rwanda D 67.6 0.01 0.00 0.47 0.00 36 60
Peru D 67.2 0.59 0.00 1.67 0.00 29 52
United Arab Emirates D 66.9 - - 1.50 0.00 42 100
Liberia D 66.8 0.05 0.00 0.62 0.00 36 75
Vietnam D 66.8 0.06 0.00 1.09 0.00 21 58
Sudan D 66.2 0.08 0.00 2.25 0.00 21 60
Myanmar D 65.6 0.05 0.00 1.52 0.00 27 57
Mexico D 65.4 1.11 0.00 1.32 0.00 18 43
Mali D 64.7 - - 1.54 0.00 39 83
Benin D 64.4 0.06 0.00 0.64 0.00 32 65
Bahrain D 64.1 11.78 0.00 33.02 0.00 52 99
Philippines D 63.8 0.19 0.00 1.51 0.00 23 48
Sri Lanka D 63.8 0.21 0.00 0.70 0.00 24 47
Madagascar D 63.7 0.08 0.00 2.63 0.00 16 22
Congo, Rep. D 63.0 0.11 0.00 1.02 0.00 30 46
Malawi D 62.2 0.08 0.00 0.42 0.00 19 18
Cambodia D 61.9 - - 2.65 0.00 18 29
Egypt E 61.8 0.48 0.00 0.77 0.00 63 97
Mauritania E 61.8 - - 4.54 0.00 42 72
Yemen, Rep. E 61.7 0.01 0.00 0.57 0.00 42 61
Saudi Arabia E 61.4 3.02 0.00 7.29 0.00 57 100
Tanzania E 61.0 0.07 0.00 1.36 0.00 15 11
Kuwait E 60.7 2.50 0.00 20.04 0.00 64 100
Qatar E 60.7 14.47 0.00 71.18 0.00 59 97
Nepal E 60.4 0.00 0.00 1.18 0.00 36 16
Laos E 60.3 - - 1.95 0.00 21 18
Bangladesh E 58.4 0.02 0.00 1.00 0.00 46 59
Ethiopia E 58.3 0.01 0.00 1.60 0.00 22 13
Gambia E 58.0 0.05 0.00 1.13 0.00 39 48
Cameroon E 57.8 0.03 0.00 0.74 0.00 56 66
Cote d'Ivoire E 57.5 0.20 0.00 0.66 0.00 40 44
Uganda E 57.5 0.02 0.00 0.86 0.00 31 19
Togo E 57.2 0.02 0.00 0.69 0.00 25 19
Burkina Faso E 56.4 0.00 0.00 0.92 0.00 41 47
Indonesia E 56.0 0.14 0.00 0.90 0.00 19 30
Pakistan E 55.9 0.15 0.00 0.96 0.00 50 51
Ghana E 55.1 0.13 0.00 0.57 0.00 46 45
Central African Republic E 54.8 0.03 0.00 2.13 0.00 27 6
Afghanistan E 54.7 0.01 0.00 1.04 0.00 63 30
Congo, Dem. Rep E 54.7 0.12 0.00 0.67 0.00 32 12
Guinea-Bissau E 54.5 0.01 0.00 0.92 0.00 35 24
Niger E 54.1 0.01 0.00 1.93 0.00 50 47
Senegal E 53.2 0.14 0.00 1.48 0.00 38 27
Sierra Leone E 50.9 0.08 0.00 0.76 0.00 39 10
India E 49.3 0.18 0.00 1.04 0.00 50 91
Chad E 48.2 0.01 0.00 2.30 0.00 41 6
Nigeria E 46.3 0.06 0.00 0.51 0.00 56 29
China E 40.6 0.15 0.00 0.65 0.00 38 94

See: Data for individual countries by using country lists

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.


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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