India ranked 176th of 177 countries in the Environmental Performance Index (EPI) 2026 with a score of 22.46, second from bottom, and has stayed among the five worst performers since 2022. It ranked 174th in both air quality and biodiversity.
Estonia topped (74.79), followed by Luxembourg, the UK, Finland and the Netherlands. Developed by Yale and Columbia universities with McCall MacBain Foundation support, the EPI uses 47 indicators in 12 categories under three objectives: Environmental Health, Ecosystem Vitality and Climate Change.