Average proportion of Freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) covered by protected areas (%) by country
Countries reporting
140
Highest
100.0%
Comoros
Lowest
0.1%
Fiji
Median
56.6%
Years covered
26
2000β2025
Data points
4,836
What the numbers show
Average proportion of Freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) covered by protected areas (%) is currently reported for 140 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Comoros; the lowest is 0.1% in Fiji.
The median across all reporting countries is 56.6%, and the mean is 58.6%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 781.
Average proportion of Freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Comoros | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Guyana | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Montenegro | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Mayotte | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 4 | Honduras | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Martinique | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 6 | Croatia | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 7 | Benin | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 8 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 99.9% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 9 | Cayman Islands | 99.8% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 10 | Gambia | 99.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 11 | Seychelles | 98.9% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 12 | Bulgaria | 98.7% | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 13 | Cuba | 98.2% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 14 | Ireland | 98.2% | 2025 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 15 | El Salvador | 97.7% | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 16 | Latvia | 97.4% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 17 | Albania | 97.3% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 18 | Central African Republic | 96.8% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 19 | Denmark | 96.7% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 20 | Lithuania | 95.1% | 2025 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 21 | Ghana | 94.9% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 22 | Dominican Republic | 94.7% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 23 | Poland | 94.2% | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 24 | Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands | 94.1% | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 25 | North Macedonia | 93.7% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 26 | Estonia | 92.9% | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 27 | Sao Tome and Principe | 92.8% | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 28 | Czechia | 92.3% | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 29 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 91.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 30 | Greece | 90.4% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 31 | Guinea | 90.4% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 32 | Mali | 89.5% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 33 | Hungary | 86.5% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 34 | Slovakia | 86.3% | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 35 | Namibia | 86.3% | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 36 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 86.1% | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 37 | Belgium | 86.0% | 2025 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 38 | Italy | 84.7% | 2025 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 39 | Slovenia | 84.0% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 40 | Haiti | 83.9% | 2025 | β | volatile |
| 41 | Armenia | 83.5% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 42 | Zimbabwe | 82.0% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 43 | Germany | 79.9% | 2025 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 44 | Algeria | 78.9% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 45 | Panama | 78.5% | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 46 | France | 78.0% | 2025 | up 41.9% | rising |
| 47 | Burundi | 76.5% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 48 | Finland | 75.5% | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 49 | Nigeria | 73.7% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 50 | Austria | 71.4% | 2025 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 51 | Sierra Leone | 71.1% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 52 | Morocco | 70.6% | 2025 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 53 | Portugal | 68.6% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 54 | Nicaragua | 65.8% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 55 | Norway | 65.7% | 2025 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 56 | Burkina Faso | 64.5% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 57 | Japan | 63.8% | 2025 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 58 | Puerto Rico | 63.8% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 59 | Mozambique | 61.8% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 60 | Jamaica | 61.7% | 2025 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 61 | Chad | 61.3% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 62 | Afghanistan | 60.9% | 2025 | β | volatile |
| 63 | Romania | 60.8% | 2025 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 64 | Ukraine | 60.8% | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 65 | Switzerland | 60.0% | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 66 | Madagascar | 58.9% | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 67 | South Sudan | 58.6% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 68 | Niger | 57.4% | 2025 | up 40.9% | rising |
| 69 | Zambia | 56.8% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Sweden | 56.4% | 2025 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 71 | Philippines | 56.1% | 2025 | up 45.8% | rising |
| 72 | Colombia | 54.8% | 2025 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 73 | Belarus | 54.2% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 74 | Gabon | 54.2% | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 75 | Botswana | 52.3% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 76 | Spain | 51.3% | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 77 | Mexico | 50.1% | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 78 | Brunei Darussalam | 50.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 79 | Guatemala | 49.9% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 80 | Suriname | 49.4% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 81 | Congo | 48.1% | 2025 | up 70.4% | rising |
| 82 | Uganda | 47.9% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 83 | Chile | 46.8% | 2025 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 84 | Cambodia | 45.0% | 2025 | up 210.9% | volatile |
| 85 | Sri Lanka | 43.9% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 86 | Kenya | 42.8% | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 87 | Costa Rica | 42.7% | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 88 | Angola | 42.2% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 89 | Georgia | 41.6% | 2025 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 90 | Mongolia | 40.5% | 2025 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 91 | Argentina | 40.3% | 2025 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 92 | Tunisia | 40.1% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 93 | Azerbaijan | 39.9% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 94 | Cameroon | 39.2% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 95 | Paraguay | 38.1% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 96 | Indonesia | 38.0% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 97 | Australia | 37.8% | 2025 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 98 | Cyprus | 37.7% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 99 | Serbia | 37.2% | 2025 | up 100.3% | rising |
| 100 | Luxembourg | 37.1% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 101 | Republic of Korea | 36.6% | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 102 | Thailand | 36.3% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 103 | Iceland | 35.9% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 104 | Pakistan | 35.8% | 2025 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 105 | Kyrgyzstan | 35.4% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 106 | Tajikistan | 35.1% | 2025 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 107 | Nepal | 35.1% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 108 | Bhutan | 34.9% | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 109 | Australia and New Zealand | 32.7% | 2025 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 110 | Malaysia | 32.5% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 111 | Brazil | 30.7% | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 112 | Malawi | 29.4% | 2025 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 113 | Uruguay | 28.3% | 2025 | up 31.2% | volatile |
| 114 | Canada | 27.4% | 2025 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 115 | Myanmar | 27.1% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 116 | Rwanda | 26.9% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 117 | Ecuador | 26.9% | 2025 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 118 | United Arab Emirates | 26.4% | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 119 | Russian Federation | 26.1% | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 120 | Egypt | 26.1% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 121 | Israel | 26.0% | 2025 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 122 | Peru | 24.7% | 2025 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 123 | New Zealand | 24.5% | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 124 | Liberia | 24.3% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 125 | Senegal | 24.1% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 126 | Uzbekistan | 23.0% | 2025 | up 127.4% | rising |
| 127 | South Africa | 21.9% | 2025 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 128 | Kazakhstan | 20.0% | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 129 | Jordan | 18.7% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 130 | India | 16.3% | 2025 | up 108.8% | volatile |
| 131 | Ethiopia | 16.3% | 2025 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 132 | Saudi Arabia | 16.3% | 2025 | up 119.7% | rising |
| 133 | Yemen | 15.4% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 134 | Belize | 15.4% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 135 | Turkmenistan | 14.1% | 2025 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 136 | Lebanon | 13.4% | 2025 | up 133.9% | rising |
| 137 | China | 10.7% | 2025 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 138 | Iraq | 8.1% | 2025 | up 4.7% | volatile |
| 139 | Fiji | 0.1% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Europe and Northern America 58.8%
- World 44.2%
- United States of America 30.6%
- CΓ΄te d'Ivoire 81.2%
- Northern America 28.5%
- Northern Africa and Western Asia 24.2%
- Central and Southern Asia 23.6%
- Northern Africa 53.8%
- China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 16.6%
- Oceania (exc. Australia and New Zealand) 0.1%
- Latin America and the Caribbean 44.0%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 43.1%