Average proportion of Terrestrial Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) covered by protected areas (%) by country
Countries reporting
240
Highest
100.0%
Guyana
Lowest
0.0%
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Median
47.9%
Years covered
26
2000–2025
Data points
7,228
What the numbers show
Average proportion of Terrestrial Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) covered by protected areas (%) is currently reported for 240 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Guyana; the lowest is 0.0% in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 47.9%, and the mean is 49.7%.
Average proportion of Terrestrial Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guyana | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Heard Island and McDonald Islands | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bouvet Island | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Cocos (Keeling) Islands | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Equatorial Guinea | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 6 | Benin | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 7 | Bulgaria | 99.3% | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 8 | Liechtenstein | 98.5% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 9 | Latvia | 97.3% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 10 | Martinique | 97.2% | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 11 | United States Minor Outlying Islands | 96.0% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 12 | Niue | 95.3% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 13 | Estonia | 94.9% | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 14 | Czechia | 94.8% | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 15 | Aruba | 93.7% | 2025 | up 406.3% | volatile |
| 16 | Lithuania | 92.5% | 2025 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 17 | Malta | 90.8% | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 18 | Poland | 90.7% | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 19 | French Southern Territories | 90.5% | 2025 | up 5.6% | volatile |
| 20 | Denmark | 88.3% | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 21 | Greece | 87.3% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 22 | United Kingdom | 86.8% | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 22 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 86.8% | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 24 | Sao Tome and Principe | 86.3% | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 25 | Ghana | 86.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 26 | Slovakia | 85.7% | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 27 | Zimbabwe | 85.1% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 28 | Hungary | 84.1% | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 29 | Ireland | 83.3% | 2025 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 30 | French Guiana | 83.2% | 2025 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 31 | Luxembourg | 82.4% | 2025 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 32 | Guadeloupe | 82.1% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 33 | Namibia | 82.0% | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 34 | Croatia | 82.0% | 2025 | up 0.9% | volatile |
| 35 | France | 81.1% | 2025 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 36 | Germany | 80.0% | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 37 | Burkina Faso | 79.2% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 38 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 79.2% | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 39 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 78.8% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 40 | Dominican Republic | 78.5% | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 41 | Moldova | 78.4% | 2025 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 41 | Republic of Moldova | 78.4% | 2025 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 43 | Portugal | 77.4% | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 44 | Honduras | 77.1% | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 45 | Italy | 76.6% | 2025 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 46 | Belgium | 76.5% | 2025 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 47 | Romania | 76.0% | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 48 | Mayotte | 75.9% | 2025 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 49 | Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands | 75.1% | 2025 | up 10.4% | volatile |
| 50 | Cyprus | 74.5% | 2025 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 51 | Togo | 74.3% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 52 | Cote d'Ivoire | 74.2% | 2025 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 52 | Côte d'Ivoire | 74.2% | 2025 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 54 | Slovenia | 73.7% | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 55 | Finland | 71.7% | 2025 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 56 | Malawi | 71.4% | 2025 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 57 | Guinea | 71.3% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | American Samoa | 71.1% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 59 | Nigeria | 70.3% | 2025 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 60 | Thailand | 68.2% | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 61 | Austria | 68.1% | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 62 | Nicaragua | 67.9% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 63 | Cabo Verde | 66.5% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 64 | Central African Republic | 65.4% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 65 | Sierra Leone | 65.3% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 66 | Chad | 65.3% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 67 | Ukraine | 65.1% | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 68 | United Republic of Tanzania | 65.0% | 2025 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 69 | Japan | 64.8% | 2025 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 70 | Jersey | 64.1% | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 71 | Armenia | 63.4% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 72 | Montenegro | 63.1% | 2025 | up 48.9% | rising |
| 73 | Christmas Island | 63.0% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 74 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 62.5% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 75 | Colombia | 61.6% | 2025 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 76 | Mali | 61.6% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 77 | Burundi | 61.3% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 78 | Uganda | 60.2% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 79 | Qatar | 60.0% | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 80 | Saint Martin (French Part) | 59.7% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 81 | Guinea-Bissau | 59.5% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 82 | Reunion | 59.2% | 2025 | up 1.9% | volatile |
| 82 | Réunion | 59.2% | 2025 | up 1.9% | volatile |
| 84 | Morocco | 58.8% | 2025 | up 61.7% | rising |
| 85 | Norfolk Island | 58.8% | 2025 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 86 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 58.7% | 2025 | up 74.6% | rising |
| 87 | Spain | 57.8% | 2025 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 88 | Australia | 57.7% | 2025 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 89 | Sweden | 57.6% | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 90 | Kuwait | 57.6% | 2025 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 91 | Congo | 57.4% | 2025 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 92 | Comoros | 57.4% | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 93 | Azerbaijan | 57.4% | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 94 | Pitcairn | 57.2% | 2025 | up 250.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Norway | 56.9% | 2025 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 96 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 56.8% | 2025 | up 143.8% | volatile |
| 97 | Niger | 56.6% | 2025 | up 52.4% | rising |
| 98 | Cuba | 55.8% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 99 | Australia and New Zealand | 54.5% | 2025 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 100 | Cambodia | 54.5% | 2025 | up 111.2% | rising |
| 101 | Georgia | 54.5% | 2025 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 102 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 54.4% | 2025 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 103 | Panama | 54.1% | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 104 | Gabon | 53.7% | 2025 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 105 | Lesotho | 53.3% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 106 | Seychelles | 52.8% | 2025 | up 119.1% | rising |
| 107 | Oman | 52.5% | 2025 | up 132.4% | rising |
| 108 | Saint Barthélemy | 51.7% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 109 | Nepal | 51.7% | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 110 | Botswana | 51.2% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 111 | Suriname | 51.2% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 112 | North Macedonia | 50.7% | 2025 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 113 | United Arab Emirates | 49.9% | 2025 | up 35.5% | rising |
| 114 | Albania | 49.4% | 2025 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 115 | Bermuda | 49.4% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 116 | Senegal | 48.5% | 2025 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 117 | Laos | 48.5% | 2025 | up 72.1% | rising |
| 117 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 48.5% | 2025 | up 72.1% | rising |
| 119 | Belarus | 48.1% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 120 | Palau | 48.1% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 121 | Samoa | 47.6% | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 122 | Bhutan | 46.9% | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 123 | Madagascar | 46.7% | 2025 | up 3.4% | volatile |
| 124 | Afghanistan | 46.4% | 2025 | up 697.2% | volatile |
| 125 | New Zealand | 46.3% | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 126 | Brazil | 46.1% | 2025 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 127 | Zambia | 46.1% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 128 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 45.6% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 129 | East Timor | 45.6% | 2025 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 129 | Timor-Leste | 45.6% | 2025 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 131 | Saint Lucia | 45.6% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 132 | Sri Lanka | 45.2% | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 133 | Kenya | 45.2% | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 134 | Mongolia | 45.2% | 2025 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 135 | Serbia | 45.1% | 2025 | up 72.3% | rising |
| 136 | Belize | 44.8% | 2025 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 137 | South Korea | 43.7% | 2025 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 137 | Republic of Korea | 43.7% | 2025 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 139 | New Caledonia | 43.6% | 2025 | up 11.4% | volatile |
| 140 | Algeria | 43.5% | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 141 | United States Virgin Islands | 43.4% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 142 | Philippines | 42.8% | 2025 | up 59.4% | rising |
| 143 | Gambia | 42.5% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 144 | Saint Helena | 42.2% | 2025 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 145 | Brunei | 41.7% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 145 | Brunei Darussalam | 41.7% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 147 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 41.2% | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 148 | Tunisia | 40.2% | 2025 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 149 | Vietnam | 40.1% | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 149 | Viet Nam | 40.1% | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 151 | Mexico | 40.0% | 2025 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 152 | Mozambique | 40.0% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 153 | Dominica | 40.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 153 | Kiribati | 40.0% | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 155 | Costa Rica | 39.5% | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 156 | Egypt | 38.7% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 157 | United States | 38.4% | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 158 | Switzerland | 37.7% | 2025 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 159 | Bangladesh | 37.5% | 2025 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 160 | Rwanda | 37.1% | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 161 | Malaysia | 37.0% | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 162 | Paraguay | 35.6% | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 163 | Yemen | 34.7% | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 164 | Cameroon | 34.5% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 165 | Grenada | 34.5% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 166 | Haiti | 34.4% | 2025 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 167 | Saudi Arabia | 34.2% | 2025 | up 97.9% | rising |
| 168 | Canada | 34.1% | 2025 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 169 | Guatemala | 33.9% | 2025 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 170 | Cook Islands | 33.8% | 2025 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 171 | Pakistan | 33.6% | 2025 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 172 | South Sudan | 33.6% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 173 | Chile | 33.3% | 2025 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 174 | Cayman Islands | 32.5% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 175 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 32.5% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 176 | Trinidad and Tobago | 32.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 177 | Gibraltar | 31.9% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 178 | Argentina | 31.9% | 2025 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 179 | Puerto Rico | 31.7% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 180 | Angola | 31.3% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 181 | Montserrat | 30.6% | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 182 | Curacao | 30.2% | 2025 | up 30.0% | volatile |
| 182 | Curaçao | 30.2% | 2025 | up 30.0% | volatile |
| 184 | Bahamas | 29.8% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 185 | Greenland | 29.6% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 186 | Northern Mariana Islands | 28.5% | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 187 | El Salvador | 28.0% | 2025 | up 0.0% | volatile |
| 188 | Kazakhstan | 28.0% | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 189 | Isle of Man | 27.4% | 2025 | up 39.4% | rising |
| 190 | Indonesia | 26.3% | 2025 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 191 | Andorra | 26.2% | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 192 | Tonga | 26.1% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 193 | Ecuador | 25.9% | 2025 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 194 | Russia | 25.5% | 2025 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 194 | Russian Federation | 25.5% | 2025 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 196 | Uzbekistan | 25.0% | 2025 | up 75.3% | rising |
| 197 | Antigua and Barbuda | 24.0% | 2025 | up 164.9% | volatile |
| 198 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 23.9% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 199 | Kyrgyzstan | 23.6% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 200 | State of Palestine | 23.5% | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 201 | Uruguay | 23.3% | 2025 | up 8.5% | volatile |
| 202 | Myanmar | 23.3% | 2025 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 203 | Eswatini | 22.7% | 2025 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 204 | Peru | 22.6% | 2025 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 205 | Singapore | 21.1% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 206 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 20.8% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 207 | South Africa | 20.2% | 2025 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 208 | Jamaica | 20.1% | 2025 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 209 | Iceland | 19.6% | 2025 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 210 | Israel | 19.6% | 2025 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 211 | Tajikistan | 18.7% | 2025 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 212 | Anguilla | 18.6% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 213 | Sudan | 17.8% | 2025 | up 95.9% | rising |
| 214 | Ethiopia | 16.9% | 2025 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 215 | Turkmenistan | 15.9% | 2025 | up 6.2% | flat |
| 216 | Faroe Islands | 15.8% | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 217 | Liberia | 15.8% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 218 | Jordan | 12.7% | 2025 | up 34.7% | rising |
| 219 | Mauritania | 12.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 220 | Fiji | 11.2% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 221 | Guernsey | 11.0% | 2025 | up 1.1% | volatile |
| 222 | China | 10.7% | 2025 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 223 | Marshall Islands | 10.1% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 224 | Mauritius | 10.0% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 225 | India | 9.7% | 2025 | up 56.3% | volatile |
| 226 | French Polynesia | 8.6% | 2025 | up 53.3% | rising |
| 227 | Lebanon | 7.5% | 2025 | up 48.4% | rising |
| 228 | British Virgin Islands | 7.4% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 229 | Papua New Guinea | 7.3% | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 230 | Iraq | 5.6% | 2025 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 231 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 5.1% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 232 | Solomon Islands | 4.9% | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 233 | Vanuatu | 4.3% | 2025 | up 65.9% | rising |
| 234 | Turkey | 2.6% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 234 | Türkiye | 2.6% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 236 | Guam | 2.4% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 237 | Barbados | 1.8% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 238 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 1.7% | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 239 | Djibouti | 0.8% | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 240 | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | 0.0% | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Europe 67.6%
- Europe and Northern America 62.5%
- China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 48.9%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 46.1%
- World 45.2%
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 42.4%
- Northern Africa 41.7%
- Landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) 41.6%
- Latin America and the Caribbean 40.3%
- United States of America 38.4%
- South-Eastern Asia 36.9%
- Northern America 36.4%
- Oceania 35.8%
- Developing regions 33.5%
- Eastern and South-Eastern Asia 32.2%
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 29.9%
- Northern Africa and Western Asia 29.3%
- Eastern Asia 27.3%
- Western Asia 25.3%
- Central Asia 24.2%
- Central and Southern Asia 21.5%
- Southern Asia 20.7%
- Oceania (exc. Australia and New Zealand) 16.9%