According to the 2012 ranking released today, Estonia has risen three places in the Energy Sustainability Index but is still a long way from the 23rd position it achieved in 2010, reported ERR News.
Estonia Ranked 35th in Energy Sustainability Index
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Created by the World Energy Council, the indexmeasures energy performance and contextual attributes including political, societal and economic strengths.
Compared to 2011, Estonia's energy security had greatly improved thanks to an increase in energy production but the environmental impact mitigation decreased for the second year running, falling from fifth place in 2010 to 50th last year.
Sweden, Switzerland and Canada lead the index while Senegal, India and Pakistan occupy the bottom three positions in the 94-country ranking.
Latvia is in 37th position and Lithuania in 31st, while Finland comes in at fifth, Russia is placed 26th.