NEW ZEALAND

EPI RANK: 15	EPI SCORE: 73.4	Average EPI score for income peer group (2nd decile): 66.1 Average EPI score for Asia and Pacific: 57.4	GDP per capita: $24,802 Population: 4,228,300

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SCORES AND RAW DATA (NEW ZEALAND)	Score (% proximity to target)	Raw value	Raw value target and unit
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH	90.75
Water (effects on humans)	100.0
Access to Sanitation	100.0	100.0	100.0% of population with access
Access to Water	100.0	100.0	100.0% of population with access
Air Pollution (effects on humans)	97.37
Indoor Air Pollution	94.7368	5.0	0.0% of population exposed
Outdoor Air Pollution	100.0	14.3546	20.0 ug/m3
Environmental Burden of Disease	82.81
Environmental Burden of Disease	82.81	17.0	10.0 Disability Adjusted Life Years per 1,000 population
ECOSYSTEM VITALITY	55.97
Forestry	100.0
Forest Cover Change	100.0	0.2	0.0 decline in forest cover
Growing Stock Change			1.0 ratio of growing stock in time2 to time1
Fisheries	86.35
Marine Trophic Index	100.0	0.013587	0.0 decline
Trawling Intensity	72.6929	27.3071	0.0% of exclusive economic zone trawled
Agriculture	99.18
Agricultural Water Intensity	100.0	0.272	10.0% of all water resources
Agricultural Subsidies	97.2536	0.0076292	0.0 subsidies
Pesticide Regulation	100.0	22.0	22.0 points
Climate Change	38.71
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Per Capita	23.2338	23.9562	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	27.022	272.216	0.0 g CO2 per kWh
Industrial Greenhouse Gas Emissions Intensity	81.3578	53.7718	36.3 tons of CO2 per $mill (USD, 2005, PPP) of industrial GDP (Estimated value associated with 50% reduction in global GHG emissions by 2050, against 1990 levels)
Air Pollution (effects on ecosystem)	54.62
Nitrogen Oxides Emissions	40.9471	2.71494	0.01 Gg/sq km populated land area
Ecosystem Ozone	100.0	0.0	3000.0 AOT40
Sulfur Dioxide Emissions	49.8558	1.24286	0.01 Gg/sq km populated land area
Non-Methane Volatile Organic Compound Emissions	37.2162	2.98057	0.01 Gg/sq km populated land area
Water (effects on ecosystem)	94.98
Water Quality Index	99.2033		100.0 score
Water Stress Index	81.5197	1.17	0.0% territory under water stress
Water Scarcity Index	100.0	0.0	0.0% water overuse
Biodiversity & Habitat	65.73
Biome Protection	86.5096	8.65096	10.0% weighted average of biomes protected
Critical Habitat Protection	78.5714	78.5714	100.0% of critical habitats protected
Marine Protection	11.3344	0.312308	10.0% of country’s exclussive economic zone protected