Top 10

Cleanest Countries

10. Sweden (EPI: 68.82)

Spring in the city, Stockholm

They have low pollution and harmful gas emissions and they take great care of their forests and greenery.

9. United Kingdom (EPI: 68.82)

UK has the same EPI with Sweden. The United Kingdom has a temperate climate, with plentiful rainfall all year round.

8. Italy (EPI: 68.9)

Italy ranks 1st on environmental health ( include Air, enviromental burden of disease and water). In terms of environmental protection, the Italian awareness has increased in recent years and the coasts and forests are kept increasingly clean.

7. Austria (EPI: 68,92)

They have some of the best water and they heavily regulate the amount of pesticides used. Every year travelers from all over the world appreciate its beauty and cleanliness.

6. France (EPI: 69)

France ranks very high in air and water quality and fisheries management.

5. Costa Rica (EPI: 69.03)

The country owes its clean air to the wild forests and abundant wildlife. Although fifth in the world, Costa Rica is first among the Americas as the cleanest country in the area. It is also one very popular tourist destination because of its warm climate.

4. Luxembourg (EPI: 69.2)

Luxembourg is number four with Environmental Performance Index of 69.2. It is one very small country situated between France, Germany and Belgium. The country has over 500.000 people population and three official languages: French, German and Luxembourgish. The only Grand Duchy in the world consists mainly of low mountain and hills.

3. Norway (EPI: 69,92)

Oslo
Norway is the second least populated area of Europe. Norway has great amount of oil fields and natural gas reserves. This is in the base of the countrys wealth and stable economics. It is not only clean but a place where you can relax undisturbed.

2. Latvia (EPI: 70,37)

Like France stated above their water and other factors are of high environmental standards.

1. Switzerland (EPI: 76,69)

Arosa

Everyone who knows about Switzerland wants to go there. Eight parameters which are playing important role in the cleanliness of a Switzerland water quality, sanitation, pesticide regulation, this landlocked country scores a perfect 100 its life expectancy is 81 years because of its cleanliness. Switzerland has always been the cleanest country in the world.