Average proportion of Mountain Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) covered in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Average proportion of Mountain Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) covered was 46.6% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
46.6%
Change on year
unchanged
Rank
7th
of 18 regions
All-time high
46.6%
in 2023
All-time low
30.6%
in 2000
Years of data
26
2000–2025
Average proportion of Mountain Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) covered in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 2000–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) recorded 46.6% for average proportion of mountain key biodiversity areas (kbas) covered in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is up 8.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, average proportion of mountain key biodiversity areas (kbas) covered in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 46.6% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 30.6%, in 2000.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Average proportion of Mountain Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) covered in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 30.6% | — |
| 2001 | 31.1% | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 31.8% | +2.3% |
| 2003 | 32.7% | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 33.4% | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 33.8% | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 34.1% | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 35.4% | +3.7% |
| 2008 | 36.1% | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 36.3% | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 37.9% | +4.4% |
| 2011 | 38.1% | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 38.5% | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 38.8% | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 39.1% | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 43.1% | +10.2% |
| 2016 | 44.0% | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 44.2% | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 44.2% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 45.6% | +3.1% |
| 2020 | 46.0% | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 46.6% | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 46.6% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 46.6% | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 46.6% | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 46.6% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 33.5% | 30.6% | 36.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 41.3% | 37.9% | 45.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 46.5% | 46.0% | 46.6% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- 4 Equatorial Guinea 100.0% compare
- 5 Niger 99.9% compare
- 6 Guadeloupe 99.8% compare
- 7 French Guiana 99.6% compare
- 8 Bulgaria 99.5% compare
- 9 Martinique 99.4% compare
- 10 Liechtenstein 98.5% compare
More environment data for Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.229 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.29 °C (2025)
- Agriculture — Area 836,181 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 0.82 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 3.21 g/Int$ (2024)
- Country area — Area 2.08 million 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area — Area 2.04 million 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 11 % (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 26.79 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is average proportion of mountain key biodiversity areas (kbas) covered in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Average proportion of mountain key biodiversity areas (kbas) covered in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 46.6% in 2025, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest average proportion of mountain key biodiversity areas (kbas) covered recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 46.6% in 2023.
- What is the lowest average proportion of mountain key biodiversity areas (kbas) covered recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 30.6% in 2000.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for average proportion of mountain key biodiversity areas (kbas) covered?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 7th out of 18 regions with data for 2025.
- Is average proportion of mountain key biodiversity areas (kbas) covered rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Average proportion of Mountain Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) covered by protected areas (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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