Skip to main content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Skip to content
  • Feedback

    • 2014 Environmental Performance Index (EPI)

    Metadata Updated: December 6, 2023

    The 2014 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) ranks 178 countries on 20 performance indicators in the following 9 policy categories: health impacts, air quality, water and sanitation, water resources, agriculture, forests, fisheries, biodiversity and habitat, and climate and energy. These categories track performance and progress on two broad policy objectives, environmental health and ecosystem vitality. The EPI's proximity-to-target methodology facilitates cross-country comparisons among economic and regional peer groups. The data set includes the 2014 EPI and component scores, backcast EPI scores for 2002-2012, and time-series source data. The 2014 EPI was formally released in Davos, Switzerland, at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum on January 25, 2014. These are the result of collaboration between the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy (YCELP) and the Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN). The Interactive Website for the 2014 EPI is at http://epi.yale.edu/.

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

    Downloads & Resources

    References

    https://doi.org/10.7927/H44M92GX
    https://doi.org/10.7927/H4HT2M77
    https://doi.org/10.7927/H4D21VHT
    https://doi.org/10.7927/H48913SG
    https://doi.org/10.7927/H4FX77CS
    https://doi.org/10.7927/H4X928CF
    https://doi.org/10.7927/f54c-0r44

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

    Other Data Resources

    Graphic Preview

    Maps Download Page

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023
    Publisher SEDAC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C1000000541-SEDAC
    Data First Published 2014-04-17
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2014-04-17
    Category EPI, geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Metadata Catalog ID https://data.nasa.gov/data.json
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Citation Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy - YCELP - Yale University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and World Economic Forum - WEF. 2014-04-17. 2014 Environmental Performance Index (EPI). Version 2014.00. New Haven, CT. Archived by National Aeronautics and Space Administration, U.S. Government, Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy (YCELP)/Yale University. https://doi.org/10.7927/H4416V05. https://doi.org/10.7927/H4416V05.
    Creator Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy - YCELP - Yale University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and World Economic Forum - WEF
    Graphic Preview Description Maps Download Page
    Graphic Preview File https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/epi-environmental-performance-index-2014/maps
    Harvest Object Id aecf20c1-fec8-4ea2-9188-f4892e4d6d3c
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.7927/H4416V05
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -180.0 -55.0 180.0 90.0
    Program Code 026:001
    Related Documents https://doi.org/10.7927/H44M92GX, https://doi.org/10.7927/H4HT2M77, https://doi.org/10.7927/H4D21VHT, https://doi.org/10.7927/H48913SG, https://doi.org/10.7927/H4FX77CS, https://doi.org/10.7927/H4X928CF, https://doi.org/10.7927/f54c-0r44
    Release Place New Haven, CT
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash cfdf8ddd736f3bcb07a2e67351062d56fa135de19dde66013d4489797dd236b5
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z/2014-12-31T00:00:00Z

    Didn't find what you're looking for? Suggest a dataset here.