Table 3.5: Performance of selected countries against selected sustainability indices

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	Ecological footprint (2003)		Environmental Sustainability Index (2005)		Environmental Performance Index (2005)
Country	Size (hectares per capita)	Rank (1=worst)^(a)	Score (1–100)	Rank (1=best)^(b)	Score (1–100)	Rank (1=best)^(c)
United States	9.6	2	52.9	45	78.5	28
Canada	7.6	4	64.4	6	84.0	8
Australia	6.6	6	61.0	13	80.1	20
Finland	7.6	3	75.1	1	87.0	3
New Zealand	5.9	9	60.9	14	88.0	1
United Kingdom	5.6	14	50.2	65	85.6	5
Sweden	6.1	8	71.7	4	87.8	2
Spain	5.4	15	48.8	76	79.2	23
Russia	4.4	25	56.9	31	79.4	22
Germany	4.5	23	53.7	40	78.7	27
Netherlands	4.4	26	56.1	33	77.5	32
Japan	4.4	27	57.3	30	81.9	14
South Africa	2.3	53	46.2	93	62.0	76
Argentina	2.3	55	62.7	9	77.7	30
Brazil	2.1	58	62.2	11	77.0	34
China	1.6	69	38.6	133	56.2	94
Total number of countries measured		149		146		133

Note:

(a) 10 largest ecological footprints: United Arab Emirates, United States, Finland, Canada, Kuwait, Australia, Estonia, Sweden, New Zealand, and Norway.

(b) 10 best performing ESI countries: Finland, Norway, Uruguay, Sweden, Iceland, Canada, Switzerland, Guyana, Argentina, and Austria.

(c) 10 best performing EPI countries: New Zealand, Sweden, Finland, Czech Republic, United Kingdom, Austria, Denmark, Canada, Malaysia, and Ireland.

Some of these countries are not listed in Table 3.5.

Data sources: Adapted from Global Footprint Network, 2006; Esty et al, 2005; Esty et al, 2006.

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