Table 1.25 Environmental Quality-of-Life Index Principal Component 1 of the Environmental Quality-of-Life Indicators, 2018 Rank Region Country ENVQLX Source 1 SEA Macao (Ch) 3.921 PRIN1(ENVQL) 2 DME Monaco 3.835 PRIN1(ENVQL) 3 DME Gibraltar (UK) 2.768 PRIN1(ENVQL) 4 SEA Singapore 2.711 PRIN1(ENVQL) 5 MEA Bahrain 2.104 PRIN1(ENVQL) 6 MEA Kuwait 2.066 PRIN1(ENVQL) 7 DME Holy See 1.924 PRIN1(ENVQL) 8 DME Melilla (Sp Home) 1.897 PRIN1(ENVQL) 9 SEA Hong Kong (Ch) 1.866 PRIN1(ENVQL) 10 MEA Qatar 1.703 PRIN1(ENVQL) 11 DME San Marino 1.694 PRIN1(ENVQL) 12 DME Ceuta (Sp Home) 1.678 PRIN1(ENVQL) 13 DME Malta 1.623 PRIN1(ENVQL) 14 DME Israel 1.575 PRIN1(ENVQL) 15 DME Andorra 1.552 PRIN1(ENVQL) 16 MEA United Arab Emirates 1.390 PRIN1(ENVQL) 17 DME Austria 1.362 PRIN1(ENVQL) 18 LAM St Barthelemy (Fr) 1.323 PRIN1(ENVQL) 19 DME Belgium 1.306 PRIN1(ENVQL) 20 DME New Zealand 1.276 PRIN1(ENVQL) 21 DME N Ireland (UK Home) 1.275 PRIN1(ENVQL) 22 DME Wales (UK Home) 1.265 PRIN1(ENVQL) 23 LAM Chile 1.233 PRIN1(ENVQL) 24 DME Isle of Man (UK) 1.225 PRIN1(ENVQL) 25 DME Liechtenstein 1.221 PRIN1(ENVQL) 26 DME Bermuda (UK) 1.211 PRIN1(ENVQL) 27 DME United Kingdom 1.204 PRIN1(ENVQL) 28 DME Netherlands 1.203 PRIN1(ENVQL) 29 DME Switzerland 1.196 PRIN1(ENVQL) 30 DME Germany 1.182 PRIN1(ENVQL) 31 DME Australia 1.134 PRIN1(ENVQL) 32 DME Denmark 1.102 PRIN1(ENVQL) 33 SEA Korea, South 1.096 PRIN1(ENVQL) 34 LAM St Martin (Fr) 1.089 PRIN1(ENVQL) 35 DME Basque Cntr (Sp Home) 1.078 PRIN1(ENVQL) 36 LAM Puerto Rico (US) 1.040 PRIN1(ENVQL) 37 SEA New Caledonia (Fr) 1.013 PRIN1(ENVQL) 38 DME Scotland (UK Home) 1.011 PRIN1(ENVQL) 39 AFR St Helena (UK) 1.011 PRIN1(ENVQL) 40 AFR Reunion (Fr Home) 0.998 PRIN1(ENVQL) 41 DME Spain 0.989 PRIN1(ENVQL) 42 SEA Cook Is (NZ) 0.985 PRIN1(ENVQL) 43 DME Valencia (Sp Home) 0.959 PRIN1(ENVQL) 44 DME United States 0.949 PRIN1(ENVQL) 45 DME Japan 0.940 PRIN1(ENVQL) 46 DME Italy 0.914 PRIN1(ENVQL) 47 DME Greece 0.912 PRIN1(ENVQL) 48 DME Catalonia (Sp Home) 0.905 PRIN1(ENVQL) 49 MEA Gaza Strip 0.900 PRIN1(ENVQL) 50 DME Balearic Is (Sp Home) 0.891 PRIN1(ENVQL) 51 DME Jersey (UK) 0.877 PRIN1(ENVQL) 52 MEA Cyprus 0.863 PRIN1(ENVQL) 53 DME Luxembourg 0.860 PRIN1(ENVQL) 54 DME France 0.845 PRIN1(ENVQL) 55 DME South US (US Home) 0.837 PRIN1(ENVQL) 56 EEU Hungary 0.825 PRIN1(ENVQL) 57 DME Canary Is (Sp Home) 0.819 PRIN1(ENVQL) 58 SEA Cocos Is (Aus) 0.777 PRIN1(ENVQL) 59 SEA Tokelau (NZ) 0.775 PRIN1(ENVQL) 60 LAM Montserrat (UK) 0.770 PRIN1(ENVQL) 61 DME Finland 0.767 PRIN1(ENVQL) 62 EEU Czechia 0.763 PRIN1(ENVQL) 63 DME Galicia (Sp Home) 0.763 PRIN1(ENVQL) 64 DME Guernsey (UK) 0.750 PRIN1(ENVQL) 65 DME S Tyrol (It Home) 0.737 PRIN1(ENVQL) 66 DME Hawaii (US Home) 0.716 PRIN1(ENVQL) 67 SEA Norfolk Is (Aus) 0.716 PRIN1(ENVQL) 68 DME Aland Is (Fin Home) 0.715 PRIN1(ENVQL) 69 SAS Maldives 0.704 PRIN1(ENVQL) 70 LAM Virgin Is, US (US) 0.702 PRIN1(ENVQL) 71 SEA Chatham Is (NZ Home) 0.697 PRIN1(ENVQL) 72 SEA Christmas Is (Aus) 0.694 PRIN1(ENVQL) 73 DME Trento (It Home) 0.691 PRIN1(ENVQL) 74 DME Norway 0.689 PRIN1(ENVQL) 75 USR Donetsk People's Rep 0.680 PRIN1(ENVQL) 76 USR Estonia 0.663 PRIN1(ENVQL) 77 DME St Pierre & Mqln (Fr) 0.657 PRIN1(ENVQL) 78 SEA Taiwan 0.655 PRIN1(ENVQL) 79 DME Alaska (US Home) 0.648 PRIN1(ENVQL) 80 MEA West Bank 0.642 PRIN1(ENVQL) 81 LAM Sint Maarten (Neth) 0.615 PRIN1(ENVQL) 82 SEA Brunei 0.579 PRIN1(ENVQL) 83 SEA French Polynesia (Fr) 0.557 PRIN1(ENVQL) 84 AFR Mauritius 0.539 PRIN1(ENVQL) 85 LAM Curacao (Neth) 0.538 PRIN1(ENVQL) 86 SEA Guam (US) 0.533 PRIN1(ENVQL) 87 LAM Aruba (Neth) 0.514 PRIN1(ENVQL) 88 DME Iceland 0.511 PRIN1(ENVQL) 89 LAM Trinidad & Tobago 0.506 PRIN1(ENVQL) 90 USR Luhansk People's Rep 0.493 PRIN1(ENVQL) 91 DME Portugal 0.476 PRIN1(ENVQL) 92 LAM Barbados 0.476 PRIN1(ENVQL) 93 EEU Romania 0.462 PRIN1(ENVQL) 94 LAM Statia (Neth Home) 0.455 PRIN1(ENVQL) 95 DME Madeira (Port Home) 0.452 PRIN1(ENVQL) 96 SEA Northern Mariana Is 0.452 PRIN1(ENVQL) 97 MEA Oman 0.447 PRIN1(ENVQL) 98 DME Corsica (Fr Home) 0.437 PRIN1(ENVQL) 99 LAM Antigua & Barbuda 0.413 PRIN1(ENVQL) 100 EEU Slovakia 0.411 PRIN1(ENVQL) 101 AFR Seychelles 0.404 PRIN1(ENVQL) 102 MEA N Cyprus (Cypr Home) 0.378 PRIN1(ENVQL) 103 USR Turkmenistan 0.374 PRIN1(ENVQL) 104 EEU Slovenia 0.371 PRIN1(ENVQL) 105 EEU Poland 0.369 PRIN1(ENVQL) 106 MEA Lebanon 0.364 PRIN1(ENVQL) 107 DME Canada 0.360 PRIN1(ENVQL) 108 MEA Saudi Arabia 0.348 PRIN1(ENVQL) 109 DME Azores (Port Home) 0.339 PRIN1(ENVQL) 110 SEA Palau 0.334 PRIN1(ENVQL) 111 LAM Martinique (Fr Home) 0.319 PRIN1(ENVQL) 112 DME Svalbard (Norw) 0.311 PRIN1(ENVQL) 113 LAM Saba (Neth Home) 0.310 PRIN1(ENVQL) 114 SEA Thailand 0.260 PRIN1(ENVQL) 115 USR Belarus 0.236 PRIN1(ENVQL) 116 EEU Serbia 0.201 PRIN1(ENVQL) 117 MEA Turkiye 0.200 PRIN1(ENVQL) 118 LAM Virgin Is, Brit (UK) 0.193 PRIN1(ENVQL) 119 LAM Saint Kitts & Nevis 0.190 PRIN1(ENVQL) 120 CPA China 0.182 PRIN1(ENVQL) 121 USR Kazakhstan 0.162 PRIN1(ENVQL) 122 LAM Easter I (Chil Home) 0.161 PRIN1(ENVQL) 123 SEA Malaysia 0.151 PRIN1(ENVQL) 124 DME Quebec (Can Home) 0.146 PRIN1(ENVQL) 125 SEA Nauru 0.142 PRIN1(ENVQL) 126 MEA Iraq 0.137 PRIN1(ENVQL) 127 DME Falkland Is (UK) 0.131 PRIN1(ENVQL) 128 MEA Libya 0.118 PRIN1(ENVQL) 129 DME Ireland 0.105 PRIN1(ENVQL) 130 MEA Iran 0.102 PRIN1(ENVQL) 131 MEA Jordan 0.087 PRIN1(ENVQL) 132 USR Ukraine 0.082 PRIN1(ENVQL) 133 USR Armenia 0.078 PRIN1(ENVQL) 134 EEU Bosnia 0.074 PRIN1(ENVQL) 135 LAM Bonaire (Neth Home) 0.068 PRIN1(ENVQL) 136 SEA Samoa, American (US) 0.067 PRIN1(ENVQL) 137 LAM Guadeloupe (Fr Home) 0.059 PRIN1(ENVQL) 138 LAM Bahamas 0.050 PRIN1(ENVQL) 139 EEU Croatia 0.049 PRIN1(ENVQL) 140 DME Sweden 0.042 PRIN1(ENVQL) 141 USR Azerbaijan 0.035 PRIN1(ENVQL) 142 MEA Egypt 0.035 PRIN1(ENVQL) 143 EEU Bulgaria 0.033 PRIN1(ENVQL) 144 SEA Wallis & Futuna (Fr) -0.005 PRIN1(ENVQL) 145 EEU North Macedonia -0.009 PRIN1(ENVQL) 146 EEU Kosovo -0.019 PRIN1(ENVQL) 147 USR Uzbekistan -0.040 PRIN1(ENVQL) 148 EEU Montenegro -0.049 PRIN1(ENVQL) 149 LAM Costa Rica -0.062 PRIN1(ENVQL) 150 LAM Anguilla (UK) -0.066 PRIN1(ENVQL) 151 LAM Grenada -0.072 PRIN1(ENVQL) 152 LAM Argentina -0.086 PRIN1(ENVQL) 153 AFR South Africa -0.095 PRIN1(ENVQL) 154 LAM Cayman Is (UK) -0.095 PRIN1(ENVQL) 155 EEU Albania -0.097 PRIN1(ENVQL) 156 LAM Saint Lucia -0.099 PRIN1(ENVQL) 157 USR Lithuania -0.103 PRIN1(ENVQL) 158 USR Russia -0.118 PRIN1(ENVQL) 159 MEA Tunisia -0.124 PRIN1(ENVQL) 160 USR Nagorno-K (Az Home) -0.125 PRIN1(ENVQL) 161 CPA Vietnam -0.150 PRIN1(ENVQL) 162 AFR Mayotte (Fr Home) -0.161 PRIN1(ENVQL) 163 LAM Uruguay -0.165 PRIN1(ENVQL) 164 LAM Venezuela -0.181 PRIN1(ENVQL) 165 USR Latvia -0.187 PRIN1(ENVQL) 166 LAM Saint Vincent -0.196 PRIN1(ENVQL) 167 LAM Jamaica -0.218 PRIN1(ENVQL) 168 SEA Tonga -0.219 PRIN1(ENVQL) 169 LAM Dominican Republic -0.229 PRIN1(ENVQL) 170 LAM Turks & Caics Is (UK) -0.240 PRIN1(ENVQL) 171 SEA Marshall Islands -0.258 PRIN1(ENVQL) 172 USR Moldova -0.270 PRIN1(ENVQL) 173 LAM Cuba -0.292 PRIN1(ENVQL) 174 MEA Algeria -0.307 PRIN1(ENVQL) 175 SEA Pitcairn Is (UK) -0.310 PRIN1(ENVQL) 176 MEA Syria -0.321 PRIN1(ENVQL) 177 DME Greenland (Den) -0.323 PRIN1(ENVQL) 178 SAS India -0.336 PRIN1(ENVQL) 179 USR Kyrgyzstan -0.338 PRIN1(ENVQL) 180 SEA Tuvalu -0.350 PRIN1(ENVQL) 181 LAM El Salvador -0.359 PRIN1(ENVQL) 182 CPA Korea, North -0.359 PRIN1(ENVQL) 183 SEA Rotuma I (Fiji Home) -0.359 PRIN1(ENVQL) 184 USR Georgia -0.373 PRIN1(ENVQL) 185 SEA Philippines -0.387 PRIN1(ENVQL) 186 LAM Ecuador -0.406 PRIN1(ENVQL) 187 LAM Dominica -0.429 PRIN1(ENVQL) 188 SAS Bangladesh -0.435 PRIN1(ENVQL) 189 SEA Indonesia -0.446 PRIN1(ENVQL) 190 SAS Sri Lanka -0.447 PRIN1(ENVQL) 191 SEA Niue (NZ) -0.454 PRIN1(ENVQL) 192 SEA Samoa -0.479 PRIN1(ENVQL) 193 MEA Morocco -0.483 PRIN1(ENVQL) 194 LAM Brazil -0.483 PRIN1(ENVQL) 195 LAM Panama -0.502 PRIN1(ENVQL) 196 LAM Colombia -0.515 PRIN1(ENVQL) 197 USR Transnistria -0.519 PRIN1(ENVQL) 198 SEA Fiji -0.530 PRIN1(ENVQL) 199 LAM Paraguay -0.535 PRIN1(ENVQL) 200 USR Tajikistan -0.561 PRIN1(ENVQL) 201 SAS Pakistan -0.587 PRIN1(ENVQL) 202 SEA Micronesia (US) -0.606 PRIN1(ENVQL) 203 CPA Mongolia -0.606 PRIN1(ENVQL) 204 AFR Cabo Verde -0.611 PRIN1(ENVQL) 205 LAM Belize -0.620 PRIN1(ENVQL) 206 LAM Guatemala -0.634 PRIN1(ENVQL) 207 LAM Galapagos (Ecua Home) -0.642 PRIN1(ENVQL) 208 SAS Bhutan -0.653 PRIN1(ENVQL) 209 CPA Laos -0.675 PRIN1(ENVQL) 210 AFR Botswana -0.682 PRIN1(ENVQL) 211 AFR Equatorial Guinea -0.683 PRIN1(ENVQL) 212 LAM Suriname -0.692 PRIN1(ENVQL) 213 LAM Honduras -0.748 PRIN1(ENVQL) 214 LAM Peru -0.755 PRIN1(ENVQL) 215 LAM Guyana -0.759 PRIN1(ENVQL) 216 SAS Tibet (Ch Home) -0.821 PRIN1(ENVQL) 217 LAM Mexico -0.829 PRIN1(ENVQL) 218 AFR Lesotho -0.832 PRIN1(ENVQL) 219 LAM Bolivia -0.859 PRIN1(ENVQL) 220 SAS Nepal -0.879 PRIN1(ENVQL) 221 AFR Eswatini -0.902 PRIN1(ENVQL) 222 SAS In Kashmir (Ind Home) -0.918 PRIN1(ENVQL) 223 LAM Nicaragua -0.936 PRIN1(ENVQL) 224 CPA Cambodia -0.938 PRIN1(ENVQL) 225 AFR Nigeria -0.944 PRIN1(ENVQL) 226 SEA Kiribati -0.950 PRIN1(ENVQL) 227 DME Faroe Is (Den) -0.952 PRIN1(ENVQL) 228 USR Abkhazia -0.954 PRIN1(ENVQL) 229 AFR Sao Tome & Principe -0.965 PRIN1(ENVQL) 230 AFR Comoros -0.972 PRIN1(ENVQL) 231 LAM Guiana, Fr (Fr Home) -0.994 PRIN1(ENVQL) 232 CPA Myanmar -1.002 PRIN1(ENVQL) 233 AFR Gabon -1.012 PRIN1(ENVQL) 234 AFR Senegal -1.018 PRIN1(ENVQL) 235 USR South Ossetia -1.032 PRIN1(ENVQL) 236 AFR Namibia -1.046 PRIN1(ENVQL) 237 AFR Ghana -1.047 PRIN1(ENVQL) 238 SAS Pk Kashmir (Pak Home) -1.052 PRIN1(ENVQL) 239 LAM Haiti -1.064 PRIN1(ENVQL) 240 AFR Benin -1.073 PRIN1(ENVQL) 241 AFR Djibouti -1.132 PRIN1(ENVQL) 242 SEA Vanuatu -1.148 PRIN1(ENVQL) 243 AFR Cote d'Ivore -1.167 PRIN1(ENVQL) 244 AFR Gambia -1.168 PRIN1(ENVQL) 245 AFR Zimbabwe -1.172 PRIN1(ENVQL) 246 AFR Kenya -1.187 PRIN1(ENVQL) 247 AFR Congo, Republic -1.190 PRIN1(ENVQL) 248 MEA Yemen -1.200 PRIN1(ENVQL) 249 SEA Timor-Leste -1.219 PRIN1(ENVQL) 250 AFR Angola -1.221 PRIN1(ENVQL) 251 AFR Mauritania -1.232 PRIN1(ENVQL) 252 SAS Afghanistan -1.255 PRIN1(ENVQL) 253 AFR Rwanda -1.263 PRIN1(ENVQL) 254 AFR Sudan -1.264 PRIN1(ENVQL) 255 AFR Togo -1.287 PRIN1(ENVQL) 256 AFR Cameroon -1.309 PRIN1(ENVQL) 257 SEA Papua New Guinea -1.375 PRIN1(ENVQL) 258 AFR Guinea -1.383 PRIN1(ENVQL) 259 AFR Burkina Faso -1.420 PRIN1(ENVQL) 260 AFR Zambia -1.430 PRIN1(ENVQL) 261 AFR Uganda -1.465 PRIN1(ENVQL) 262 SEA Bougainvll (PNG Home) -1.473 PRIN1(ENVQL) 263 SEA Solomon Islands -1.496 PRIN1(ENVQL) 264 AFR Ethiopia -1.544 PRIN1(ENVQL) 265 AFR Mali -1.559 PRIN1(ENVQL) 266 AFR Burundi -1.561 PRIN1(ENVQL) 267 AFR Tanzania -1.564 PRIN1(ENVQL) 268 AFR Mozambique -1.567 PRIN1(ENVQL) 269 AFR Eritrea -1.587 PRIN1(ENVQL) 270 AFR W Sahara (Mor) -1.589 PRIN1(ENVQL) 271 AFR Sierra Leone -1.591 PRIN1(ENVQL) 272 AFR Malawi -1.596 PRIN1(ENVQL) 273 AFR Liberia -1.611 PRIN1(ENVQL) 274 AFR Guinea-Bissau -1.695 PRIN1(ENVQL) 275 AFR Madagascar -1.714 PRIN1(ENVQL) 276 AFR South Sudan -1.723 PRIN1(ENVQL) 277 AFR Somalia -1.876 PRIN1(ENVQL) 278 AFR Niger -1.890 PRIN1(ENVQL) 279 AFR Chad -1.897 PRIN1(ENVQL) 280 AFR Somaliland (Som Home) -2.139 PRIN1(ENVQL) 281 AFR Congo, Dem Republic -2.265 PRIN1(ENVQL) 282 AFR Central African Rep -2.289 PRIN1(ENVQL)