Sustainable Travel: Which Countries Have The Most Active Environmentalists
Which countries have the most active environmentalists?
A study has been run by Arka on the 50 most populated countries in the world to find which has the most environmental activists. Data relating to the population, environmental (or Green) political parties and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) was used to quantify the activity of environmentalists. Read on to find out which countries came out tops in the study.
1. United States
2. India
Next on the list of environmentally active countries is India at number two in the world, with a score of 68. For each 1.4 billion Indians there are 1,200 environmental NGOs. Meanwhile, for every one million people there is almost one environmental organization. However, India has 2.4 times fewer green political parties than the United States.
3. Germany
4. Canada
Canada is fourth in the running, boasting a composite score of 51.2 and has 30 environmental organizations for one million Canadian. This is the highest number in the ranking and compared to the US, its NGOs are less in numbers, with around 1,200 organizations.
5. China
6. United Kingdom
Coming in sixth place is the United Kingdom, with a composite score of 38.2, and 16 organizations per one million people – 40 times more than China. Furthermore, the ratio is backed by 69 million citizens in the UK, with seven environmental political parties and 1,100 NGOs.
7. Brazil
8. France
Heading back to Europe, France comes in eighth place, with a composite score of 34, while its environmental organizations and parties are not much different from Brazil’s. Moreover, France has a higher organization-to-population ratio of 15.4 compared to Brazil’s 4.2.
9. Poland
10. Colombia
In tenth place in the study, Colombia boasts a composite score of 31.8. The country has the same number of NGOs and parties as Brazil, which has around four times less population. Meanwhile, the country boasts 17 environmental organizations for one million Colombians, 4.2 times more than Brazil.
More about the study
A spokesperson for Arka commented on the study, saying:
The activity of environmentalists is not solely based on the organization to population ratio. What affects the activity the most is the amount of potential members of parties. In the case of Colombia and Brazil, where Colombia’s organization-to-population ratio is higher, its activity is lower, because of its lower population.
Readers can check out the full results from the study here.
Travelers should keep in mind which countries are more active in working to save the environment when planning their next vacation.