The Yale University has Costa Rica raked third in the world on the 2010 EPI (Environmental Performance Index) just below Iceland and Switzerland. Other countries of America Rank as follows: Chile 16th, Panama 25th, USA 61st. The bottom of the table has: Central Africa Republic and Sierra Leona.
The 2010 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) ranks 163 countries on 25 performance indicators tracked across ten policy categories covering both environmental public health and ecosystem vitality. These indicators provide a gauge at a national government scale of how close countries are to established environmental policy goals. The EPI’s proximity-to-target methodology facilitates cross-country comparisons as well as analysis of how the global community is doing collectively on each particular policy issue.
For more information on the 2010 Environmental Performance Index, please contact:
Christine Kim
Research and Program Director
Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy or viste the website: http://epi.yale.edu/
