The 2018 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) rankings assess which among the countries are establishing environmental policy goals towards environmental pressures.

It covers 180 countries on 24 indicators grouped within ten issue categories on environmental health and ecosystem vitality.

The indices were developed by Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy (Yale University) and Center for International Science Information Network (Columbia University) in collaboration with the World Economic Forum and the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission.

The report reveals that Switzerland (87.42) leads in the 2018 EPI ranking which has a strong performance on environmental issues specifically on climate and energy, and air pollution.

It is joined at the top of the index by France (83.95), Denmark (81.60), Malta (80.90), and Sweden (80.51). Bottom five countries which obtained the lowest EPI are Burundi (27.43), Bangladesh (29.56), Democratic Republic of Congo (30.41), India (30.57), and Nepal (31.44).