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Countries with the highest environmental stress

Environmental meta-index across 5 indicators.

  1. 1

    UAE

    Environmental meta-index
    77.0
    High
  2. 2

    Israel

    Environmental meta-index
    51.8
    Elevated
  3. 3

    South Korea

    Environmental meta-index
    51.0
    Elevated
  4. 4

    Turkey

    Environmental meta-index
    49.3
    Elevated
  5. 5

    India

    Environmental meta-index
    48.5
    Elevated
  6. 6

    South Africa

    Environmental meta-index
    48.1
    Elevated
  7. 7

    Singapore

    Environmental meta-index
    47.7
    Elevated
  8. 8

    Poland

    Environmental meta-index
    47.1
    Elevated
  9. 9

    United States

    Environmental meta-index
    46.4
    Elevated
  10. 10

    Australia

    Environmental meta-index
    44.0
    Moderate

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 daily; underlying sources publish on their own cadence. Every number traces back to its source on the country page.

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