Biodiversity — Farmland birds index by country
Countries reporting
19
Highest
113.75 Index
Switzerland
Lowest
52.4 Index
Norway
Median
68.87 Index
Years covered
36
1990–2025
Data points
833
What the numbers show
Biodiversity — Farmland birds index is currently reported for 19 countries. The highest value is 113.75 Index in Switzerland; the lowest is 52.4 Index in Norway.
The median across all reporting countries is 68.87 Index, and the mean is 77.22 Index.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 5 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Luxembourg (up 30.0%), and the largest decrease in France (down 31.9%).
Biodiversity — Farmland birds index: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Switzerland | 113.75 Index | 2024 | up 16.9% | flat |
| 2 | Luxembourg | 110.74 Index | 2024 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 3 | Cyprus | 109 Index | 2024 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 4 | Ireland | 107.37 Index | 2016 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 5 | Portugal | 87.7 Index | 2024 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 6 | Greece | 85.57 Index | 2024 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 7 | Finland | 85.14 Index | 2025 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 8 | Canada | 84.39 Index | 2016 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 9 | Hungary | 71 Index | 2024 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 10 | Sweden | 68.87 Index | 2024 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 11 | Italy | 67.39 Index | 2024 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 12 | Spain | 65.68 Index | 2024 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 13 | Czechia | 64.1 Index | 2024 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 14 | Austria | 61.42 Index | 2021 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 15 | Germany | 60.31 Index | 2023 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 16 | Denmark | 59.39 Index | 2024 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 17 | Belgium | 56.62 Index | 2020 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 18 | France | 56.42 Index | 2023 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 19 | Norway | 52.4 Index | 2024 | down 5.2% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- United States 98.67 Index
- Latvia 80.32 Index
- Slovenia 77.1 Index
- Poland 76.31 Index
- United Kingdom 73.23 Index
- Slovak Republic 70.83 Index
- Estonia 68.99 Index
- Netherlands 59.46 Index
- Lithuania 48.94 Index