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GUINEA-BISSAU
EPI RANK: EPI SCORE:

132 44.7 Average EPI score for income peer group (10th decile): 45.8
Average EPI score for Sub-Saharan Africa: 47.3
GDP per capita: $503
Population: 1,541,040

PEER GROUPS

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA 10TH INCOME DECILE AFRICAN UNION AOSIS LDCS CLUSTER 3

MAP Zoom in/out Political SCORES (GUINEA-BISSAU) SCORES (WORLD)

COUNTRY GROUPS CORRELATIONS

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SCORES AND RAW DATA Score Raw value Raw value target and unit
(GUINEA-BISSAU) (% proximity to target)

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 12.62

Water (effects on humans) 25.33
Access to Sanitation 24.8036 33.0 100.0% of population with access
Access to Water 25.8621 57.0 100.0% of population with access
Air Pollution (effects on humans) 16.28
Indoor Air Pollution 0.0 95.0 0.0% of population exposed
Outdoor Air Pollution 32.5544 71.9005 20.0 ug/m3
Environmental Burden of Disease 4.43
Environmental Burden of Disease 4.43 191.0 10.0 Disability Adjusted Life Years per 1,000 population

ECOSYSTEM VITALITY 76.72

Forestry 88.3
Forest Cover Change 84.4479 -0.5 0.0 decline in forest cover
Growing Stock Change 92.1568 0.980392 1.0 ratio of growing stock in time2 to time1
Fisheries 76.78
Marine Trophic Index 89.5249 -0.003569 0.0 decline
Trawling Intensity 64.0418 35.9582 0.0% of exclusive economic zone trawled
Agriculture 56.82
Agricultural Water Intensity 100.0 0.4645 10.0% of all water resources
Agricultural Subsidies 100.0 0.0 0.0 subsidies
Pesticide Regulation 13.6364 3.0 22.0 points
Climate Change 75.4
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Per Capita 100.0 1.62827 2.5 Mt CO2 eq. (Estimated value associated with 50% reduction in
global GHG emissions by 2050, against 1990 levels)
CO2 Emissions Per Electricity Generation 1.58147 861.254 0.0 g CO2 per kWh
Industrial Greenhouse Gas Emissions 100.0 0.0 36.3 tons of CO2 per $mill (USD, 2005, PPP) of industrial GDP
Intensity (Estimated value associated with 50% reduction in global GHG
emissions by 2050, against 1990 levels)
Air Pollution (effects on ecosystem) 52.11
Nitrogen Oxides Emissions 50.2792 1.11984 0.01 Gg/sq km populated land area
Ecosystem Ozone 22.9365 4343260.0 3000.0 AOT40
Sulfur Dioxide Emissions 65.7693 0.268997 0.01 Gg/sq km populated land area
Non-Methane Volatile Organic Compound 42.1499 1.90485 0.01 Gg/sq km populated land area
Emissions
Water (effects on ecosystem) 72.75
Water Quality Index 45.4916 100.0 score
Water Stress Index 100.0 0.0 0.0% territory under water stress
Water Scarcity Index 100.0 0.0 0.0% water overuse
Biodiversity & Habitat 75.02
Biome Protection 99.978 9.9978 10.0% weighted average of biomes protected
Critical Habitat Protection 100.0% of critical habitats protected
Marine Protection 0.137062 0.003292 10.0% of country’s exclussive economic zone protected

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