A Review on the main Countries’ Environmental Rankings

Abstract

A lot of people think that the economic development of a country is associated with its Gross<br />Domestic Product (GDP), but GDP does not consider aspects as important as the environmental performance<br />of a country. Nowadays, environmental issues are one of the most important aspects of the long term<br />development of a country and play an important role in a nation's wealth. Although the analysis of countries'<br />environmental performance is a very novel subject, many researchers are making a significant effort to capture<br />its essence by testing the sustainability of regions. This paper discusses the main proposals developed in the<br />literature that establish country rankings considering different dimensions in order to measure the sustainability<br />or environment. This summary allows us to establish the main differences between proposals and some future<br />research. Furthermore, we analyse the correlation and concordance between the different countries rankings<br />established in the literature. The results reveal clear concordance between proposals.