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The 2005 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) is a measure of overall progress towards environmental sustainability, developed for 146 countries. The index provides a composite profile of national environmental stewardship based on a compilation of 21 indicators derived from 76 underlying data sets. The 2005 version of the ESI represents a significant update and improvement on earlier versions; the country ESI scores or rankings should not be compared to earlier versions because of changes to the methodology and underlying data. The index was unveiled at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting, January 2005, Davos, Switzerland. The 2005 ESI is a joint product of the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy (YCELP) and the Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), in collaboration with the World Economic Forum (WEF) and the Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission.

Product Summary

Platforms
MODELS
Instruments
Computer
Spatial Extent
N: 90 S: -55 E: 180 W: -180
Geographic Region
GLOBAL,
CUBA,
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC,
HAITI,
INDONESIA,
JAMAICA,
MADAGASCAR,
MALAYSIA,
PAPUA NEW GUINEA,
PHILIPPINES,
SRI LANKA,
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO,
ALBANIA,
ALGERIA,
ANGOLA,
ANGOLA,
ARGENTINA,
ARMENIA,
AUSTRALIA,
AUSTRIA,
AZERBAIJAN,
BANGLADESH,
BELARUS,
BELGIUM,
BENIN,
BHUTAN,
BOLIVIA,
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA,
BOTSWANA,
BRAZIL,
BULGARIA,
BURKINA FASO,
BURUNDI,
CAMBODIA,
CAMEROON,
CANADA,
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC,
CHAD,
CHILE,
CHINA,
COLOMBIA,
CONGO,
CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC,
COSTA RICA,
COTE D'IVOIRE,
CROATIA,
CZECHIA,
DENMARK,
ECUADOR,
EGYPT,
EL SALVADOR,
ESTONIA,
ETHIOPIA,
FINLAND,
FRANCE,
GABON,
GAMBIA,
GEORGIA,
GERMANY,
GHANA,
GREECE,
GUATEMALA,
GUINEA,
GUINEA-BISSAU,
GUYANA,
HONDURAS,
HUNGARY,
ICELAND,
INDIA,
IRAN,
IRAQ,
IRELAND,
ISRAEL,
ITALY,
JAPAN,
JORDAN,
KAZAKHSTAN,
KENYA,
KUWAIT,
KYRGYZSTAN,
LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC,
LATVIA,
LEBANON,
LIBERIA,
LIBYA,
LITHUANIA,
MALAWI,
MALI,
MAURITANIA,
MEXICO,
MOLDOVA,
MONGOLIA,
MOROCCO,
MOZAMBIQUE,
MYANMAR,
NAMIBIA,
NEPAL,
NETHERLANDS,
NEW ZEALAND,
NICARAGUA,
NIGER,
NIGERIA,
NORTH KOREA,
NORTH MACEDONIA,
NORWAY,
OMAN,
PAKISTAN,
PANAMA,
PARAGUAY,
PERU,
POLAND,
PORTUGAL,
ROMANIA,
RUSSIAN FEDERATION,
RWANDA,
SAUDI ARABIA,
SENEGAL,
SERBIA,
SIERRA LEONE,
SLOVAKIA,
SLOVENIA,
SOUTH AFRICA,
SOUTH KOREA,
SPAIN,
SUDAN,
SWEDEN,
SWITZERLAND,
TAIWAN,
TAJIKISTAN,
TANZANIA,
THAILAND,
TOGO,
TUNISIA,
TURKEY,
TURKMENISTAN,
UGANDA,
UKRAINE,
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES,
UNITED KINGDOM,
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
URUGUAY,
UZBEKISTAN,
VENEZUELA,
VIETNAM,
YEMEN,
ZAMBIA,
ZIMBABWE
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
1980-01-01 to 2000-12-31
Data Partner
Earth Science Data Information System (ESDIS)
Concept ID
c3540909104-esdis
Data State
COMPLETE
Processing Level
4
Published
Updated

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

Copy Citation

Yale Center For Environmental Law And Policy-YCELP-Yale University, Center For International Earth Science Information Network-CIESIN-Columbia University, World Economic Forum-WEF, & Joint Research Centre-JRC-European Commission. (2005). 2005 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) (Version 2005.00) [Data set]. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H40V89R6 Date Accessed: 2025-07-04

Data Center Citation

Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy - YCELP - Yale University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, World Economic Forum - WEF, and Joint Research Centre - JRC - European Commission. 2005. 2005 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI). New Haven, CT: Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy (YCELP)/Yale University. https://doi.org/10.7927/H40V89R6.

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