Average proportion of Freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) in China
China: Average proportion of Freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) was 10.7% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Average proportion of Freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) in China, 2000–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
In 2025, average proportion of freshwater key biodiversity areas (kbas) in China stood at 10.7%. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 14.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, average proportion of freshwater key biodiversity areas (kbas) in China peaked at 10.7% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 2.7%, in 2000.
China ranks 138th of 150 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Average proportion of Freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) in China, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2.7% | — |
| 2001 | 2.7% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 4.0% | +50.1% |
| 2003 | 4.0% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 4.8% | +19.4% |
| 2005 | 4.8% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 6.9% | +43.4% |
| 2007 | 6.9% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 7.3% | +6.3% |
| 2009 | 7.3% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 7.3% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 8.4% | +14.5% |
| 2012 | 8.4% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 8.9% | +5.4% |
| 2014 | 8.9% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 9.3% | +5.0% |
| 2016 | 9.3% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 9.3% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 10.1% | +8.3% |
| 2019 | 10.1% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 10.3% | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 10.3% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 10.7% | +3.8% |
| 2023 | 10.7% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 10.7% | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 10.7% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.2% | 2.7% | 7.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.0% | 7.3% | 10.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.6% | 10.3% | 10.7% | 6 |
Countries ranked near China
- 135 Belize 15.4% compare
- 136 Turkmenistan 14.1% compare
- 137 Lebanon 13.4% compare
- 139 Iraq 8.1% compare
- 140 Fiji 0.1% compare
- 141 Anguilla 0.0%
- 141 Bahamas 0.0%
- 141 Bangladesh 0.0%
- 141 Djibouti 0.0%
- 141 Eritrea 0.0%
- 141 Eswatini 0.0%
- 141 Mauritania 0.0%
- 141 Somalia 0.0%
- 141 Sudan 0.0%
- 141 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0%
More environment data for China
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.279 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.92 °C (2025)
- Newsprint — Import quantity, gaps filled 494,088 t (2024)
- Newsprint — Import quantity, annual growth rate -15.14 % change on previous year (2024)
- Newsprint — Import value, gaps filled 251,546 1000 USD (2024)
- Newsprint — Import value, annual growth rate -21.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Printing and writing papers — Import quantity, annual growth rate 9.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Printing and writing papers — Import quantity, per capita 0.0009 t per person (2024)
- Printing and writing papers — Import value, annual growth rate 6.77 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is average proportion of freshwater key biodiversity areas (kbas) in China?
- Average proportion of freshwater key biodiversity areas (kbas) in China was 10.7% in 2025, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest average proportion of freshwater key biodiversity areas (kbas) recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 10.7% in 2022.
- What is the lowest average proportion of freshwater key biodiversity areas (kbas) recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.7% in 2000.
- How does China rank for average proportion of freshwater key biodiversity areas (kbas)?
- China ranks 138th out of 150 countries with data for 2025.
- Is average proportion of freshwater key biodiversity areas (kbas) rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Average proportion of Freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) covered by protected areas (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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