Coastal protection by country
Countries reporting
146
Highest
100
Benin
Lowest
10.02
Congo
Median
76.22
Years covered
14
2012–2025
Data points
2,044
What the numbers show
Coastal protection is currently reported for 146 countries. The highest value is 100 in Benin; the lowest is 10.02 in Congo.
The median across all reporting countries is 76.22, and the mean is 75.29.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 10.
Over the past decade 51 countries rose and 41 fell. The largest increase was in United States (up 5.5%), and the largest decrease in Canada (down 7.0%).
Coastal protection: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benin | 100 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Morocco | 100 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Namibia | 100 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Togo | 100 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Bangladesh | 99.97 | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 6 | Guatemala | 99.96 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 7 | Ghana | 99.94 | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 8 | New Zealand | 99.91 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 9 | Kuwait | 99.68 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 10 | Guinea-Bissau | 99.61 | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 11 | Barbados | 99.32 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 12 | Portugal | 98.85 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 13 | Slovenia | 98.62 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | France | 98.52 | 2025 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 15 | Sao Tome and Principe | 98.1 | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 16 | Sierra Leone | 98.06 | 2025 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 17 | Brazil | 97.22 | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 18 | Spain | 97.19 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 19 | Algeria | 97.02 | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 20 | Dominica | 96.79 | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 21 | Liberia | 96.49 | 2025 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 22 | Guinea | 96.48 | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 23 | Samoa | 95.91 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 24 | Equatorial Guinea | 95.75 | 2025 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 25 | Nicaragua | 93.67 | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 26 | Iraq | 93.31 | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 27 | Comoros | 92.22 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 28 | Dominican Republic | 92.18 | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 29 | Djibouti | 92.16 | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 30 | Greece | 91.88 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 31 | Tonga | 91.34 | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 32 | Trinidad and Tobago | 91.26 | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 33 | Mexico | 91.19 | 2025 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 34 | Russia | 90.58 | 2025 | up 4.1% | flat |
| 35 | Venezuela | 90.2 | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 36 | Eritrea | 89.31 | 2025 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 37 | Nigeria | 89.2 | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 38 | Panama | 88.46 | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 39 | Canada | 88.35 | 2025 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 40 | Madagascar | 88.11 | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 41 | Senegal | 87.5 | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 42 | Thailand | 87.21 | 2025 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 43 | Gambia | 86.63 | 2025 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 44 | Mauritius | 85.34 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 45 | Qatar | 85.02 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 46 | Fiji | 84.62 | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 47 | Tuvalu | 84.53 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 48 | Egypt | 83.94 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 49 | Oman | 82.39 | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 50 | Myanmar | 82.09 | 2025 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 51 | Jordan | 81.79 | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 52 | Gabon | 81.77 | 2025 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 53 | United Arab Emirates | 81.56 | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 54 | United States | 81.5 | 2025 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 55 | Honduras | 81.47 | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 56 | Marshall Islands | 80.9 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 57 | Philippines | 80.75 | 2025 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 58 | El Salvador | 80.31 | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 59 | Palau | 79.93 | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 60 | Angola | 79.49 | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 61 | Seychelles | 79.28 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 62 | Indonesia | 79.12 | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 62 | Iran | 79.12 | 2025 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 64 | Malaysia | 78.96 | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 65 | Nauru | 78.75 | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 66 | China | 78.52 | 2025 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 67 | Bahrain | 78.39 | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 68 | Micronesia (country) | 78.3 | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 69 | Kenya | 77.52 | 2025 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 70 | Vietnam | 77.42 | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 71 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 77.17 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 72 | Ecuador | 76.49 | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 73 | Sri Lanka | 76.35 | 2025 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 74 | Vanuatu | 76.1 | 2025 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 75 | Jamaica | 75.82 | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 76 | Sudan | 75.18 | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 77 | Bulgaria | 74.93 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 77 | Georgia | 74.93 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 77 | Montenegro | 74.93 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 77 | Romania | 74.93 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 81 | Albania | 73.96 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 82 | Papua New Guinea | 73.34 | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 83 | Cameroon | 73.3 | 2025 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 84 | North Korea | 73.27 | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 85 | Italy | 72.54 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 86 | Saudi Arabia | 72.13 | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 87 | Cyprus | 72.06 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 88 | Malta | 72.03 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 89 | Israel | 71.78 | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 90 | Japan | 71.73 | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 91 | Singapore | 71.31 | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 92 | Mozambique | 71.3 | 2025 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 93 | Colombia | 71.19 | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 94 | Saint Lucia | 70.87 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 95 | Yemen | 70.74 | 2025 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 96 | Cambodia | 70.28 | 2025 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 97 | Suriname | 70.13 | 2025 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 98 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 68.99 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 99 | Turkey | 68.6 | 2025 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 100 | Maldives | 67.34 | 2025 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 101 | Costa Rica | 66.62 | 2025 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 102 | India | 66.61 | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 103 | Solomon Islands | 66.16 | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 104 | Tunisia | 65.71 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 105 | Croatia | 65.07 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 106 | Tanzania | 64.73 | 2025 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 107 | Lebanon | 64.64 | 2025 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 108 | Libya | 64.1 | 2025 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 109 | Monaco | 64.06 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 110 | Australia | 63.79 | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 111 | South Korea | 63.68 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 112 | Ireland | 63.11 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 113 | Lithuania | 62.89 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 114 | Mauritania | 62.88 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 115 | Estonia | 62.83 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 116 | Finland | 62.71 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 117 | Netherlands | 62.68 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 118 | United Kingdom | 62.53 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 119 | Latvia | 62.29 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 120 | Iceland | 62.25 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 121 | Germany | 62.19 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 122 | Denmark | 61.92 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 123 | Ukraine | 61.88 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 124 | Belgium | 61.58 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 125 | Sweden | 61.54 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 126 | Syria | 61.07 | 2025 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 127 | Uruguay | 60.93 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 128 | Antigua and Barbuda | 60.43 | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 129 | Peru | 58.76 | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 130 | Brunei | 58.67 | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 131 | South Africa | 57.87 | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 132 | Haiti | 57.72 | 2025 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 133 | Grenada | 56.41 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 134 | Poland | 56.38 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 135 | Norway | 56.22 | 2025 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 136 | Argentina | 55.94 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 137 | Somalia | 53.3 | 2025 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 138 | Chile | 51.67 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 139 | Belize | 43.57 | 2025 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 140 | Bahamas | 39.9 | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 141 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 35.29 | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 142 | Guyana | 31.9 | 2025 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 143 | Pakistan | 22.34 | 2025 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 144 | Cote d'Ivoire | 17.82 | 2025 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 145 | Cuba | 12.32 | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 146 | Congo | 10.02 | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |