Costa Rica was ranked #5 in the world by the Environmental Performance Index.
#1-Switzerland, #2-Norway, #3-Sweden, #4-Finland, #12-Canada, #14-UK, #39-USA.
The 2008 EPI (Environmental Performance Index) ranks 149 countries based on 25 indicators tracked across six categories: environmental health, biodiversity and habitat, climate change, air pollution, Water resources, and productive natural resources.
Our neighbours ranked: #22-Ecuador, #32-Panama, #47-Mexico, #59-Peru, #77-Nicaragua.
Source: Yale and Columbia Universities
