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The 2010 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) ranks 163 countries on environmental performance based on twenty-five indicators grouped within ten core policy categories addressing environmental health, air quality, water resource management, biodiversity and habitat, forestry, fisheries, agriculture, and climate change in the context of two broad objectives: environmental health and ecosystem vitality. The EPI�s proximity-to-target methodology facilitates cross-country comparisons among economic and regional peer groups. It was formally released in Davos, Switzerland, at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum on January 28, 2010. The 2010 EPI is the result of collaboration between the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy (YCELP) and the Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN).

Product Summary

Platforms
MODELS
Instruments
Computer
Spatial Extent
N: 90 S: -55 E: 180 W: -180
Geographic Region
GLOBAL,
OCEANIA,
BRUNEI,
CUBA,
CYPRUS,
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC,
FIJI,
HAITI,
INDONESIA,
JAMAICA,
MADAGASCAR,
MALAYSIA,
MALDIVES,
MALTA,
MAURITIUS,
PAPUA NEW GUINEA,
PHILIPPINES,
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE,
SINGAPORE,
SOLOMON ISLANDS,
SRI LANKA,
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO,
ALBANIA,
ALGERIA,
AMAZONIA,
ANGOLA,
ANGOLA,
ARGENTINA,
ARMENIA,
AUSTRALIA,
AUSTRIA,
AZERBAIJAN,
BAHRAIN,
BANGLADESH,
BELARUS,
BELGIUM,
BELIZE,
BELIZE,
BENIN,
BHUTAN,
BOLIVIA,
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA,
BOTSWANA,
BRAZIL,
BULGARIA,
BURKINA FASO,
BURUNDI,
CAMBODIA,
CAMEROON,
CANADA,
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC,
CHAD,
CHILE,
CHINA,
COLOMBIA,
CONGO,
CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC,
COSTA RICA,
COTE D'IVOIRE,
CROATIA,
CZECHIA,
DENMARK,
DJIBOUTI,
ECUADOR,
EGYPT,
EL SALVADOR,
EQUATORIAL GUINEA,
ERITREA,
ESTONIA,
ETHIOPIA,
FINLAND,
FRANCE,
GABON,
GAMBIA,
GEORGIA,
GERMANY,
GHANA,
GIBRALTAR,
GREECE,
GUATEMALA,
GUINEA,
GUINEA-BISSAU,
GUYANA,
HONDURAS,
HUNGARY,
ICELAND,
INDIA,
IRAN,
IRAQ,
IRELAND,
ISRAEL,
ITALY,
JAPAN,
JORDAN,
KAZAKHSTAN,
KENYA,
KUWAIT,
KYRGYZSTAN,
LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC,
LATVIA,
LEBANON,
LIBYA,
LITHUANIA,
LUXEMBOURG,
MALAWI,
MALI,
MAURITANIA,
MEXICO,
MOLDOVA,
MONGOLIA,
MOROCCO,
MOZAMBIQUE,
MYANMAR,
NAMIBIA,
NEPAL,
NETHERLANDS,
NEW ZEALAND,
NICARAGUA,
NIGER,
NIGERIA,
NORTH KOREA,
NORTH MACEDONIA,
NORWAY,
OMAN,
PAKISTAN,
PANAMA,
PARAGUAY,
PERU,
POLAND,
PORTUGAL,
QATAR,
ROMANIA,
RUSSIAN FEDERATION,
RWANDA,
SAUDI ARABIA,
SENEGAL,
SERBIA,
SIERRA LEONE,
SLOVAKIA,
SLOVENIA,
SOUTH AFRICA,
SOUTH KOREA,
SPAIN,
SUDAN,
SWEDEN,
SWITZERLAND,
TAIWAN,
TAJIKISTAN,
TANZANIA,
THAILAND,
TOGO,
TUNISIA,
TURKEY,
TURKMENISTAN,
UGANDA,
UKRAINE,
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES,
UNITED KINGDOM,
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
URUGUAY,
UZBEKISTAN,
VENEZUELA,
VIETNAM,
YEMEN,
ZAMBIA,
ZIMBABWE
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
1994-01-01 to 2009-12-31
Data Partner
Earth Science Data Information System (ESDIS)
Concept ID
c3540918366-esdis
Data State
COMPLETE
Processing Level
4
Published
Updated

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Yale Center For Environmental Law And Policy-YCELP-Yale University, Center For International Earth Science Information Network-CIESIN-Columbia University, World Economic Forum-WEF, & Joint Research Centre-JRC-European Commission. (2010). 2010 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) (Version 2010.00) [Data set]. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4D21VHT Date Accessed: 2025-07-19

Data Center Citation

Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy - YCELP - Yale University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, World Economic Forum - WEF, and Joint Research Centre - JRC - European Commission. 2010. 2010 Environmental Performance Index (EPI). New Haven, CT: Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy (YCELP)/Yale University. https://doi.org/10.7927/H4D21VHT.

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