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Countries with the highest environmental stress

Environmental meta-index across 5 indicators.

  1. 1

    UAE

    Environmental meta-index
    79.3
    High
  2. 2

    Turkey

    Environmental meta-index
    61.7
    Elevated
  3. 3

    Israel

    Environmental meta-index
    56.4
    Elevated
  4. 4

    South Korea

    Environmental meta-index
    55.9
    Elevated
  5. 5

    Singapore

    Environmental meta-index
    52.9
    Elevated
  6. 6

    South Africa

    Environmental meta-index
    52.4
    Elevated
  7. 7

    United States

    Environmental meta-index
    50.7
    Elevated
  8. 8

    Italy

    Environmental meta-index
    50.0
    Elevated
  9. 9

    Australia

    Environmental meta-index
    48.2
    Elevated
  10. 10

    India

    Environmental meta-index
    48.2
    Elevated

What this measures

Environmental stress accumulates over decades. Year-on-year movement is slow, but the static ranking already reveals which countries face the steepest adaptation challenges.

Other rankings

The pipeline re-checks every 12 hours; underlying sources publish on their own cadence. Every number traces back to its source on the country page.

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