Ten worst- and best-ranked countries by proportional composite rank (pENV) with each of the 7 composite metrics removed sequentially (i.e., pENV calculated from 6 metrics only).

Metrics excluded (ex) sequentially include proportional natural forest loss (NFL), proportional natural habitat conversion (HBC), proportional marine captures (MC), proportional fertilizer use (FER), proportional water pollution (WTP), proportion of threatened species (THR), and proportional carbon emissions (CO2). See Materials and Methods for calculation of proportional metrics. Boldface cells indicate which countries appeared in the full pENV (calculated from 7 composite metrics) for each reduced pENV (i.e., with one metric removed). For each reduced pENV, Kendall's τ correlation to the full pENV is shown (all P<0.0001 and n = 179 countries).