A score of 100 means the country has among the lowest loss of health in the world, while a score of zero indicates the highest loss of health.
Singapore scored 99.9 in the EPI report, edging out Italy (98.2), the UK (98.2), Switzerland (98.0) and Germany (97.9). At the bottom end were mainly African countries like Madagascar (12.9), Niger (12.2), Lesotho (9.4), the Central African Republic (8.9), and Chad (4.3).
Singapore leads the world in the provision of safe and clean drinking water in the latest ranking of 180 countries by Yale University.
The United States-based university, in its 2024 Environmental Performance Index (EPI), ranked countries on their sanitation and water standards based on the likely health impact from exposure to unsafe sanitation and unsafe drinking water, particularly the risk of bacterial contamination leading to diarrhoeal diseases.
The report said: “Singapore not only has universal access to safe sanitation, but it is also a global leader in the treatment and reuse of wastewater. The Singaporean Government has integrated wastewater reuse into its socioeconomic development and water security.”
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