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Climate Change Performance Index

Ranking of countries according to climate protection efforts

Climate Change Performance Index

Ranking of countries according to climate protection efforts

2023 Climate Change Performance Index

The Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) is a scoring system designed by the German environmental and development organisation Germanwatch e.V. to enhance transparency in international climate politics. On the basis of standardised criteria, the index evaluates and compares the climate protection performance of 63 countries and the European Union (EU) (status CCPI 2022), which are together responsible for more than 90% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

The CCPI was first published in 2005 and an updated version is presented at the UN Climate Change Conference annually. Germanwatch publishes the index in cooperation with the NewClimate Institute and Climate Action Network International and with financial support from Barthel Foundation. The most important results are available in German, English, French and Spanish.

Methodology

In 2017, the underlying methodology of the CCPI was revised and adapted to the new climate policy framework of the Paris Agreement from 2015. The CCPI was extended in order to include the measurement of a country’s progress towards the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and the country’s 2030 targets. The national performances are assessed based on 14 indicators in the following four categories:

  1. GHG emissions (weighting 40%)
  2. Renewable energy (weighting 20%)
  3. Energy use (weighting 20%)
  4. Climate policy (weighting 20%)

The three categories "GHG emissions", "renewable energy" and "energy use" are each defined by four equally weighted indicators: (1) current level, (2) recent developments (5-year trend), (3) 2 °C compatibility of the current performance, and (4) 2 °C compatibility of 2030 target. These 12 indicators are complemented by two indicators, measuring the country's performance regarding its national climate policy framework and implementation as well as regarding international climate diplomacy in the category "climate policy". The data for the "climate policy" category is assessed annually in a comprehensive research study. Its basis is the performance rating by climate change experts from non-governmental organisations, universities and think tanks within the countries that are evaluated. In a questionnaire, the respondents give a rating on the most important measures of their governments. The results are rated as very high, high, medium, low, or very low.

Results

The most recent results illustrate the main regional differences in climate protection efforts and performance within 63 evaluated countries and the EU. The CCPI has not evaluated the performance of Ukraine since the 2023 index due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

In the CCPI index for 2023, Denmark led the index followed by Sweden and Chile. The last three were Iran, Saudi Arabia and Kazakhstan. In the CCPI Index for 2024, Denmark led the index followed by Estonia and the Philippines respectively. The bottom three were the UAE, Iran, and Saudi Arabia.

According to the CCPI, no country has yet achieved a performance across all indicators that can be qualified as very high, because "no country is doing enough to prevent dangerous climate change". In addition, no country has fulfilled the requirements to limit global warming to well below 2°C, as agreed in the Paris Agreement. Therefore, beginning with the CCPI index of 2009, the first three places in the final ranking have remain unoccupied, with the highest-ranked country (Denmark as of the most recent indices) placed fourth.

The following tables omit the unoccupied first three places.

2026 and 2025

2026 results2025 resultsRankChangeCountryScoreRankChangeCountryScore4455667788991010111112121313141415151616171718181919202021212222232324242525262627272828292930303131323233333434353536363737383839394040414142424343444445454646474748484949505051515252535354545555565657575858595960606161626263636464656566666767
**- 0**Denmark80.52**- 0**Denmark78.37
**▲ 1**United Kingdom70.80**▲ 3**Netherlands69.60
**▲ 2**Morocco70.75**▲ 14**United Kingdom69.29
**▲ 5**Chile70.63**▼ -1**Philippines68.41
**▲ 5**Luxembourg70.45**▲ 1**Morocco68.32
**▲ 9**Lithuania70.30**▲ 3**Norway68.21
**▼ -5**Netherlands67.27**▼ -3**India67.99
**▼ -2**Norway66.83**▼ -1**Sweden67.62
**▼ -3**Portugal66.05**▼ -1**Chile67.29
**▼ -2**Sweden64.91**▲ 2**Luxembourg67.29
**▲ 5**Spain64.62**▼ -9**Estonia66.79
**▲ 16**Pakistan64.43**▼ -2**Portugal66.59
**▲ 16**Romania64.33**▼ -2**Germany64.91
**▲ 9**Nigeria63.33**▼ -1**European Union (27)63.76
**▼ -4**Estonia63.08**▲ 1**Lithuania63.05
**▼ -12**Philippines62.78**▼ -1**Spain61.57
**▼ -3**European Union (27)62.69**▲ 2**Egypt60.52
**▲ 4**France62.42**▲ 6**Vietnam60.04
**▼ -6**Germany61.51**▲ 6**Greece59.41
**▼ -13**India61.31**▲ 9**Austria59.40
**▼ -3**Vietnam60.65**▲ 1**Thailand59.19
**▲ 9**Malta60.44**▲ 12**France59.18
**▲ 7**Switzerland58.21**▼ -9**Nigeria59.16
**▲ 1**Brazil58.16**▲ 4**Colombia57.49
**▲ 2**Slovenia57.95**▼ -5**Brazil57.25
**▲ 8**Finland57.62**▲ 14**Ireland57.17
**▼ -8**Greece57.62**▲ 11**Slovenia57.16
**▲ 8**Mexico57.24**▼ -1**Pakistan56.85
**▼ -8**Thailand57.04**▼ -8**Romania56.45
**▼ -4**Ireland56.96**▼ -12**Switzerland56.10
**▲ 2**Latvia56.59**▼ -5**Malta55.78
**▼ -12**Austria55.05**▲ 4**Belgium54.89
**▼ -9**Colombia54.45**▼ -3**Latvia54.35
**▼ -2**Belgium53.80**▼ -11**Finland54.24
**▼ -18**Egypt53.74**▲ 7**South Africa52.74
**▲ 5**Cyprus52.99**▼ -1**Mexico52.66
**▲ 11**Algeria52.92**▼ -5**Croatia51.83
**▼ -3**South Africa51.44**▼ -7**New Zealand51.06
**▲ 7**Czechia51.12**▼ -6**Indonesia50.84
**▼ -1**Indonesia50.84**▲ 1**Italy49.81
**▼ -3**New Zealand50.71**▼ -2**Cyprus49.45
**▼ -5**Croatia50.48**▲ 4**Hungary48.81
**▼ -3**Italy50.00**▼ -6**Slovakia48.44
**▼ -1**Slovakia49.62**▲ 8**Poland47.86
**▼ -3**Hungary49.47**▲ 11**Malaysia47.59
**▼ -1**Malaysia48.73**▲ 3**Czechia47.57
**▼ -3**Poland48.07**▼ -4**Bulgaria47.13
**▼ -1**Bulgaria47.26**▲ 3**Algeria45.96
**▲ 1**Turkey44.96**▼ -2**Australia45.52
**▲ 1**Uzbekistan44.49**▲ 3**Turkey45.06
**▲ 1**China44.45**▼ -6**Uzbekistan44.51
**▲ 1**Belarus43.43**▼ -4**China44.15
**▼ -4**Australia42.49**▼ -9**Belarus42.64
**▲ 1**Japan40.95**- 0**United States40.58
**▲ 1**Argentina34.71**- 0**Japan39.23
**▲ 1**Taiwan33.64**▼ -6**Argentina35.96
**▲ 1**Kazakhstan29.38**▲ 1**Taiwan34.87
**▲ 1**Canada28.30**▼ -1**Kazakhstan33.43
**▲ 3**United Arab Emirates27.63**- 0**Canada28.37
**- 0**South Korea23.32**▲ 1**South Korea26.42
**- 0**Russia23.09**▼ -1**Russia23.54
**▼ -8**United States21.84**- 0**United Arab Emirates19.54
**▲ 1**Iran14.33**▲ 1**Saudi Arabia18.15
**▼ -1**Saudi Arabia11.90**▼ -1**Iran17.47

2024 and 2023

2024 results2023 resultsRankChangeCountryScoreRankChangeCountryScore44556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031313232333334343535363637373838393940404141424243434444454546464747484849495050515152525353545455555656575758585959606061616262636364656667
**- 0**Denmark75.59**- 0**Denmark79.61
**▲ 4**Estonia72.07**- 0**Sweden73.28
**▲ 6**Philippines70.70**▲ 3**Chile69.54
**▲ 1**India70.25**▲ 1**Morocco67.44
**▲ 5**Netherlands69.98**▲ 2**India67.35
**▼ -2**Morocco69.82**▲ 23**Estonia65.14
**▼ -5**Sweden69.39**▼ -4**Norway64.47
**▼ -5**Chile68.74**▼ -4**United Kingdom63.07
**▼ -2**Norway67.48**▲ 11**Philippines62.75
**▲ 1**Portugal67.39**▲ 6**Netherlands62.24
**▲ 2**Germany65.77**▲ 2**Portugal61.55
**▲ 2**Luxembourg65.09**▼ -1**Finland61.24
**▲ 3**European Union (27)64.71**▼ -3**Germany61.11
**New**Nigeria63.88**▲ 1**Luxembourg60.76
**▲ 5**Spain63.37**▼ -6**Malta60.42
**▲ 2**Lithuania62.99**▲ 3**European Union (27)59.96
**▼ -9**United Kingdom62.36**▲ 1**Egypt59.37
**▲ 1**Switzerland61.94**▼ -10**Lithuania59.21
**▼ -2**Egypt61.80**▼ -7**Switzerland58.61
**▲ 15**Brazil61.74**▲ 11**Spain58.59
**▲ 19**Romania61.50**- 0**Greece57.52
**▲ 17**Thailand61.38**▲ 1**Latvia56.81
**▼ -11**Finland61.11**▲ 1**Indonesia54.59
**▲ 13**Vietnam60.94**▼ -2**Colombia54.50
**▼ -4**Greece60.34**▼ -11**France52.97
**▼ -11**Malta59.80**▲ 1**Italy52.90
**New**Pakistan59.35**▼ -1**Croatia52.04
**▼ -4**Colombia58.68**▼ -3**Mexico51.77
**- 0**Austria58.17**▲ 5**Austria51.56
**▼ -8**Latvia57.68**▲ 2**New Zealand50.55
**▼ -1**New Zealand57.66**▲ 6**Slovak Republic50.12
**▼ -5**Croatia57.32**▲ 7**Cyprus49.39
**▼ -10**Indonesia57.20**▲ 8**Bulgaria49.15
**▼ -9**France57.12**▲ 9**Ireland48.47
**▼ -7**Mexico55.81**▼ -5**Brazil48.39
**- 0**Belgium55.00**▲ 10**Belgium48.38
**▼ -6**Slovak Republic54.47**▲ 3**Vietnam48.31
**- 0**Slovenia53.57**▲ 9**Slovenia48.16
**▼ -7**Cyprus53.09**▼ -11**Thailand47.23
**▼ -6**Ireland51.42**▼ -7**Romania47.09
**▼ -15**Italy50.60**▼ -5**South Africa45.69
**▼ -1**South Africa49.53**▲ 6**Czech Republic44.16
**▼ -10**Bulgaria46.94**▲ 2**Belarus43.69
**▼ -1**Belarus46.80**▼ -6**Turkey43.32
**New**Uzbekistan46.68**▲ 6**Algeria42.26
**▲ 4**Hungary45.93**▼ -2**Argentina41.19
**▲ 5**Australia45.72**▼ -5**Japan40.85
**- 0**China45.56**▼ -13**China38.80
**▼ -7**Czech Republic45.41**▲ 3**United States38.53
**▼ -4**Argentina45.39**- 0**Hungary38.51
**▼ -6**Algeria44.54**▼ -2**Poland37.94
**▼ -1**Poland44.40**▲ 4**Australia36.26
**▼ -9**Turkey43.82**▲ 1**Malaysia33.51
**▼ -5**United States42.79**▲ 1**Taiwan28.35
**▼ -8**Japan42.08**▲ 3**Canada26.47
**▼ -3**Malaysia38.57**▼ -3**Russia25.28
**▲ 1**Kazakhstan38.52**- 0**South Korea24.91
**▼ -4**Taiwan36.94**▲ 3**Kazakhstan24.61
**▼ -4**Canada31.55**▲ 1**Saudi Arabia22.41
**▼ -4**Russia31.00**▼ -1**Iran18.77
**▼ -4**South Korea29.98
**New**United Arab Emirates24.55
**▼ -3**Iran23.53
**▼ -5**Saudi Arabia19.33

2022 and 2021

2022 results2021 resultsRankChangeCountryScoreRankCountryScore4455667788991010111112121313141415151616171718181919202021212222232324242525262627272828292930303131323233333434353536363737383839394040414142424343444445454646474748484949505051515252535354545555565657575858595960606161626263636464
**▲ 2**Denmark76.67Sweden74.42
**▼ -1**Sweden74.22United Kingdom69.66
**▲ 2**Norway73.29Denmark69.42
**▼ -2**United Kingdom73.09Morocco67.59
**▼ -1**Morocco71.60Norway65.45
**- 0**Chile69.51Chile64.05
**- 0**India69.20India63.98
**▲ 4**Lithuania64.89Finland62.63
**- 0**Malta64.18Malta62.21
**▲ 6**Germany63.53Latvia61.88
**▼ -3**Finland62.41Switzerland60.85
**▼ -1**Switzerland61.70Lithuania58.03
**▲ 1**Portugal61.11European Union (28)57.29
**▲ 6**France61.01Portugal56.80
**▲ 3**Luxembourg60.80Croatia56.69
**▲ 10**Netherlands60.44Germany56.39
**- 0**Ukraine60.40Ukraine55.48
**▲ 1**Egypt59.74Luxembourg55.23
**▼ -6**European Union (27)59.21Egypt54.33
**New**Philippines58.98France53.72
**▲ 10**Greece58.22Indonesia53.59
**New**Colombia57.87Brazil53.26
**▼ -13**Latvia57.73Thailand53.18
**▼ -3**Indonesia57.17Italy53.05
**▲ 4**Mexico56.05New Zealand51.30
**▼ -11**Croatia55.96Netherlands50.96
**▼ -3**Italy55.39Romania50.33
**▼ -5**Thailand55.01Slovak Republic49.51
**▲ 6**Estonia54.98Mexico48.76
**▼ -8**Brazil54.86China48.18
**▲ 7**Spain54.35Greece48.11
**▼ -7**New Zealand54.03Austria48.09
**▼ -6**Romania52.43Belarus47.27
**▼ -2**Austria52.35South Africa46.13
**▼ -5**China52.20Estonia46.01
**▼ -2**South Africa51.13Ireland45.47
**▼ -9**Slovak Republic50.67Belgium45.11
**▲ 1**Turkey50.53Spain45.02
**▲ 7**Cyprus50.52Turkey43.47
**New**Vietnam49.21Algeria43.27
**- 0**Bulgaria48.71Bulgaria42.64
**- 0**Japan48.53Japan42.49
**▼ -7**Ireland47.86Argentina40.48
**▼ -1**Argentina47.08Czech Republic38.98
**▼ -12**Belarus46.66Poland38.94
**▼ -9**Belgium45.90Cyprus38.73
**▲ 1**Slovenia43.28Hungary38.22
**▼ -4**Czech Republic42.15Slovenia37.02
**▼ -4**Poland40.63Russia30.34
**▼ -3**Hungary40.41South Korea29.76
**▼ -11**Algeria39.91Australia28.82
**▲ 6**United States37.39Kazakhstan28.04
**▼ -4**Russia34.73Malaysia27.76
**▼ -1**Malaysia33.74Taiwan27.11
**▼ -1**Taiwan30.70Canada24.82
**▼ -5**Australia30.06Iran24.58
**▼ -7**South Korea26.74Saudi Arabia22.46
**▼ -3**Canada26.03United States19.75
**▼ -3**Iran25.66
**▼ -3**Saudi Arabia24.25
**▼ -9**Kazakhstan19.23

2020 and 2019

2020 results2019 resultsRankCountryScoreRankCountryScore
4Sweden75.774Sweden76.28
5Denmark71.145Morocco70.48
6Morocco70.636Lithuania70.47
7United Kingdom69.807Latvia68.31
8Lithuania66.228United Kingdom65.92
9India66.029Switzerland65.42
10Finland63.2510Malta65.06
11Chile62.8811India62.93
12Norway61.1412Norway62.80
13Luxembourg60.9113Finland62.61
14Malta60.6014Croatia62.39
15Latvia60.7515Denmark61.96
16Switzerland60.6116European Union (28)60.65
17Ukraine60.6017Portugal60.54
18France57.9018Ukraine60.09
19Egypt57.5319Luxembourg59.92
20Croatia56.9720Romania59.42
21Brazil55.8221France59.30
22European Union (28)55.8222Brazil59.29
23Germany55.7823Italy58.69
24Romania54.8524Egypt57.49
25Portugal54.1025Mexico56.82
26Italy53.9226Slovak Republic56.61
27Slovak Republic52.6927Germany55.18
28Greece52.5928Netherlands54.11
29Netherlands50.8929Belarus53.31
30China48.1630Greece50.86
31Estonia48.0531Belgium50.63
32Mexico47.0132Czech Republic49.73
33Thailand46.7633China49.60
34Spain46.0334Argentina49.01
35Belgium45.7335Spain48.97
36South Africa45.6736Austria48.78
37New Zealand45.6737Thailand48.71
38Austria44.7438Indonesia48.68
39Indonesia44.6539South Africa48.25
40Belarus44.1840Bulgaria48.11
41Ireland44.0441Poland47.59
42Argentina43.7742Hungary46.79
43Czech Republic42.9343Slovenia44.90
44Slovenia41.9144New Zealand44.61
45Cyprus41.6645Estonia44.37
46Algeria41.4546Cyprus44.34
47Hungary41.1747Algeria42.10
48Turkey40.7648Ireland40.84
49Bulgaria40.1249Japan40.63
50Poland39.9850Turkey40.22
51Japan39.0351Malaysia38.08
52Russia37.852Russia37.59
53Malaysia34.2153Kazakhstan36.47
54Kazakhstan33.3954Canada34.26
55Canada31.0155Australia31.27
56Australia30.7556Taiwan28.80
57Iran28.4157South Korea28.53
58South Korea26.7558Iran23.94
59Taiwan23.3359United States18.82
60Saudi Arabia23.0360Saudi Arabia8.82
61United States18.60

References

Notes

References

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  2. Burck, Jan. (November 2021). "Climate Change Performance Index 2022". [[Germanwatch]].
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  6. "Iran ranks "very low" at Climate Change performance".
  7. "Ranking at Official website".
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