The Countries With the Cleanest Environments in the World Are Also the Most Economically Free, Research Shows
https://fee.org/articles/the-countries-with-the-cleanest-environments-in-the-world-are-also-the-most-economically-free-research-shows/One of the most frequently raised arguments against capitalism is that it is the primary driver of environmental pollution and climate change. But if we compare Yale University’s ranking of countries with the highest environmental performance with the Heritage Foundation’s Index of Economic Freedom, a very different correlation emerges.
For more than 20 years, Yale University has been publishing the Environmental Performance Index (EPI) and ranking countries according to their environmental health and ecosystem vitality. The EPI uses 32 performance indicators across eleven issue categories:
Air Quality
Sanitation & Drinking Water
Heavy Metals
Waste Management
Biodiversity & Habitat
Ecosystem Services
Fisheries
Climate Change
Pollution Emissions
Water Resources
Agriculture
Interesting. Here are the nations.
The ten most economically free countries in the world in the 2021 index are:
Singapore
New Zealand
Australia
Switzerland
Ireland
Taiwan
United Kingdom
Estonia
Canada
Denmark
