India ranked worst in the world in terms of environmental performance in 2022

In the 2022 Environment Performance Index (EPI), an analysis by Yale and Columbia University researchers that gives a data-driven evaluation of the situation of sustainability around the world, India came in last out of 180 countries.

Climate change, environmental public health, and biodiversity are among the 40 performance factors used by the EPI to rank 180 nations. With an overall score of 18.9, India came in last, while Denmark came in first as the world’s most sustainable country.