Twenty worst-ranked countries by absolute composite environmental (aENV) rank (lower ranks = higher negative impact).

Shown are country names and codes (see also Fig. 1), population density (PD) rank, population growth rate (PGR) rank, governance quality (GOV) rank, Gross National Income (GNI) rank, natural forest loss (NFL) rank, natural habitat conversion (HBC) rank, marine captures (MC) rank, fertilizer use (FER) rank, water pollution (WTP) rank, threatened species (THR) rank, and carbon emissions (CO2) rank. Constituent variables used to create the aENV are in boldface. See text for details. Missing values denoted by ‘-’.