Average proportion of Terrestrial Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) in World
World: Average proportion of Terrestrial Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) was 45.2% in 2025. β² Rising
Average proportion of Terrestrial Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) in World, 2000β2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for average proportion of terrestrial key biodiversity areas (kbas) in World is 45.2%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, average proportion of terrestrial key biodiversity areas (kbas) in World peaked at 45.2% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 26.2%, in 2000.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 31.9% | 26.2% | 37.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 41.1% | 38.2% | 43.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 44.8% | 44.0% | 45.2% | 6 |
Countries ranked near World
- 1 Bouvet Island 100.0% compare
- 1 Cocos (Keeling) Islands 100.0% compare
- 1 Guyana 100.0% compare
- 1 Heard Island and McDonald Islands 100.0% compare
- 1 Niue 95.3% compare
- 4 Mayotte 75.9% compare
- 5 Equatorial Guinea, Republic of 100.0% compare
- 6 Benin 100.0% compare
More environment data for World
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.208 Β°C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.88 Β°C (2025)
- Recovered paper β Production 241.28 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish β Production 431.35 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified β Import value 4.18 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified β Import quantity 1.50 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard β Export value 68.53 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard β Export quantity 76.62 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard β Import value 71.11 million 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is average proportion of terrestrial key biodiversity areas (kbas) in World?
- Average proportion of terrestrial key biodiversity areas (kbas) in World was 45.2% in 2025, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest average proportion of terrestrial key biodiversity areas (kbas) recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 45.2% in 2025.
- What is the lowest average proportion of terrestrial key biodiversity areas (kbas) recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 26.2% in 2000.
- How does World rank for average proportion of terrestrial key biodiversity areas (kbas)?
- World ranks 3rd out of 10 groups with data for 2025.
- Is average proportion of terrestrial key biodiversity areas (kbas) rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this World data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Average proportion of Terrestrial Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) covered by protected areas (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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