Protected area coverage of mountain key biodiversity areas in Madagascar
Madagascar: Protected area coverage of mountain key biodiversity areas was 56.8% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Protected area coverage of mountain key biodiversity areas in Madagascar, 2000–2025
Source: BirdLife International, IUCN and UNEP-WCMC – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, protected area coverage of mountain key biodiversity areas in Madagascar stood at 56.8%. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, protected area coverage of mountain key biodiversity areas in Madagascar peaked at 56.8% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 17.0%, in 2000.
Madagascar ranks 79th of 184 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Protected area coverage of mountain key biodiversity areas in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 17.0% | — |
| 2001 | 17.0% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 17.0% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 21.6% | +26.8% |
| 2004 | 21.6% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 21.7% | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 21.7% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 25.3% | +16.6% |
| 2008 | 25.3% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 25.3% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 27.8% | +9.7% |
| 2011 | 27.8% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 29.3% | +5.5% |
| 2013 | 29.3% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 29.3% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 56.8% | +93.7% |
| 2016 | 56.8% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 56.8% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 56.8% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 56.8% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 56.8% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 56.8% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 56.8% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 56.8% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 56.8% | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 56.8% | +0.0% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 56.8% is above the median for low income countries, which is 41.0%, 1.4× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Madagascar's 56.8% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 51.7%, 1.1× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 21.4% | 17.0% | 25.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 42.8% | 27.8% | 56.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 56.8% | 56.8% | 56.8% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Madagascar
More environment data for Madagascar
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.297 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.17 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.2369 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -1.01 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is protected area coverage of mountain key biodiversity areas in Madagascar?
- Protected area coverage of mountain key biodiversity areas in Madagascar was 56.8% in 2025, according to BirdLife International, IUCN and UNEP-WCMC – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest protected area coverage of mountain key biodiversity areas recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 56.8% in 2015.
- What is the lowest protected area coverage of mountain key biodiversity areas recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.0% in 2000.
- How does Madagascar rank for protected area coverage of mountain key biodiversity areas?
- Madagascar ranks 79th out of 184 countries with data for 2025.
- Is protected area coverage of mountain key biodiversity areas rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Madagascar data come from?
- The figures come from BirdLife International, IUCN and UNEP-WCMC – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Protected area coverage of mountain key biodiversity areas. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average proportion of Mountain Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) covered by protected areas (%).