Mapped: The Greenest Countries in the World

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From widening wealth disparity to the environmental ramifications of economic development—our growing focus on sustainability is a clear sign of the times.

Research reveals that when a sustainable ethos is applied to policy and business, it typically bodes well for economies and people alike. By providing benchmarks for those decisions, indexes like Yale’s Environmental Performance Index (EPI) can be critical to measuring national sustainability efforts.

This map interprets the EPI ranking of 180 economies across 32 environmental health indicators by narrowing in on the top 40 greenest countries.

Visualization type: Heat Map

Mapped: The Greenest Countries in the World

From widening wealth disparity to the environmental ramifications of economic development—our growing focus on sustainability is a clear sign of the times.

Research reveals that when a sustainable ethos is applied to policy and business, it typically bodes well for economies and people alike. By providing benchmarks for those decisions, indexes like Yale’s Environmental Performance Index (EPI) can be critical to measuring national sustainability efforts.

This map interprets the EPI ranking of 180 economies across 32 environmental health indicators by narrowing in on the top 40 greenest countries.


First published: February 25, 2021 (link)

Source files included: .ai, .eps, .pdf

Data source: Yale’s Environmental Performance Index (EPI)

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