Proportion of important sites for freshwater biodiversity covered by protected areas by country
Countries reporting
150
Highest
100
Comoros
Lowest
0.13
Fiji
Median
53.78
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
4,075
What the numbers show
Proportion of important sites for freshwater biodiversity covered by protected areas is currently reported for 150 countries. The highest value is 100 in Comoros; the lowest is 0.13 in Fiji.
The median across all reporting countries is 53.78, and the mean is 57.07.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 769.
Proportion of important sites for freshwater biodiversity covered by p: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Comoros | 100 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Guyana | 100 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Honduras | 100 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Montenegro | 100 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Seychelles | 100 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Mayotte | 100 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 6 | Martinique | 99.98 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 7 | Croatia | 99.97 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 8 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 99.96 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 9 | Cayman Islands | 99.79 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 10 | Denmark | 99.48 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 11 | Gambia | 99.02 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 12 | Ireland | 98.67 | 2024 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 13 | Bulgaria | 98.66 | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 14 | Cuba | 98.19 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 15 | El Salvador | 97.73 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 16 | Latvia | 97.45 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 17 | Central African Republic | 96.85 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 18 | Lithuania | 95.17 | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 19 | Dominican Republic | 94.71 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 20 | Ghana | 94.32 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 21 | Poland | 94.16 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 22 | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | 94.06 | 2024 | up 44.1% | rising |
| 23 | North Macedonia | 93.09 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 24 | Estonia | 92.98 | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 25 | Sao Tome and Principe | 92.82 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 26 | Czechia | 92.32 | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 27 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 91.04 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 28 | Greece | 90.43 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 29 | Guinea | 90.42 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 30 | Mali | 89.51 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 31 | Hungary | 86.74 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 32 | Netherlands | 86.37 | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 33 | Namibia | 86.28 | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 33 | Slovakia | 86.28 | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 35 | Belgium | 86.05 | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 36 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 85.43 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 37 | Italy | 85.19 | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 38 | Slovenia | 84.1 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 39 | Haiti | 83.93 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 40 | Armenia | 83.47 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 41 | Zimbabwe | 82.01 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 42 | Republic of Moldova | 81.75 | 2024 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 43 | Côte d'Ivoire | 80.95 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 44 | Germany | 79.89 | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 45 | Algeria | 78.88 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 46 | Panama | 78.4 | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 47 | France | 77.93 | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 48 | Burundi | 76.51 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 49 | Finland | 75.93 | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 50 | Nigeria | 73.75 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 51 | Austria | 71.23 | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 52 | Sierra Leone | 71.13 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 53 | Morocco | 70.44 | 2024 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 54 | Portugal | 68.63 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 55 | Nicaragua | 65.78 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 56 | Norway | 65.46 | 2024 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 57 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 65.25 | 2024 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 58 | Burkina Faso | 64.5 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 59 | Puerto Rico | 63.78 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 60 | Japan | 63.6 | 2024 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 61 | Mozambique | 61.84 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 62 | Jamaica | 61.73 | 2024 | up 6.0% | flat |
| 63 | Chad | 61.28 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 64 | Afghanistan | 60.85 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 65 | Romania | 60.78 | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 66 | Switzerland | 60.23 | 2024 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 67 | Ukraine | 59.93 | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 68 | Sweden | 59.73 | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 69 | South Sudan | 58.59 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 70 | Niger | 58.21 | 2024 | up 134.0% | volatile |
| 71 | Colombia | 57.73 | 2024 | up 48.0% | rising |
| 72 | Zambia | 56.84 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 73 | Philippines | 56.12 | 2024 | up 45.8% | rising |
| 74 | Gabon | 54.26 | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 75 | Belarus | 53.31 | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 76 | Botswana | 52.12 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 77 | Mexico | 51.72 | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 78 | Spain | 51.34 | 2024 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 79 | Chile | 50.68 | 2024 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 80 | Madagascar | 50.07 | 2024 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 81 | Brunei Darussalam | 50 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 82 | Guatemala | 49.89 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 83 | Suriname | 49.4 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 84 | Congo | 48.11 | 2024 | up 70.4% | rising |
| 85 | Palestine, State of | 48.05 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Uganda | 47.93 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 87 | Cambodia | 45.04 | 2024 | up 250.2% | volatile |
| 88 | Sri Lanka | 43.9 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 89 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 43.62 | 2024 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 90 | Tunisia | 43.4 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 91 | Costa Rica | 42.67 | 2024 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 92 | Angola | 42.19 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 93 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 41.82 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 94 | Georgia | 41.62 | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 95 | Mongolia | 40.47 | 2024 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 96 | Argentina | 40 | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 97 | Azerbaijan | 39.84 | 2024 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 98 | Cameroon | 39.19 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 99 | Kenya | 38.89 | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 100 | Viet Nam | 38.18 | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 101 | Paraguay | 38.07 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 102 | Indonesia | 38 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 103 | Cyprus | 37.72 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 104 | Australia | 37.28 | 2024 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 105 | Luxembourg | 37.13 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 106 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 36.66 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 107 | Republic of Korea | 36.64 | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 108 | Thailand | 36.28 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 109 | Iceland | 35.85 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 110 | Pakistan | 35.75 | 2024 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 111 | Kyrgyzstan | 35.4 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 112 | Tajikistan | 35.12 | 2024 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 113 | Nepal | 35.09 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 114 | Bhutan | 34.85 | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 115 | Serbia | 33.28 | 2024 | up 78.3% | rising |
| 116 | Malaysia | 32.45 | 2024 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 117 | United States of America | 31.35 | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 118 | Brazil | 30.67 | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 119 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 30.12 | 2024 | up 83.2% | rising |
| 120 | Uruguay | 28.27 | 2024 | up 32.4% | volatile |
| 121 | Peru | 27.68 | 2024 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 122 | Malawi | 27.18 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 123 | Myanmar | 27.06 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 124 | Rwanda | 26.9 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 125 | Ecuador | 26.59 | 2024 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 126 | United Arab Emirates | 26.37 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 127 | Canada | 26.18 | 2024 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 128 | Russian Federation | 26.14 | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 129 | Egypt | 26.12 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 130 | Israel | 26.01 | 2024 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 131 | Liberia | 24.34 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 132 | New Zealand | 24.16 | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 133 | Senegal | 23.91 | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 134 | South Africa | 21.43 | 2024 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 135 | Kazakhstan | 20 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 136 | Uzbekistan | 19.93 | 2024 | up 96.7% | rising |
| 137 | Jordan | 18.68 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 138 | Hong Kong, China | 16.63 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 139 | Ethiopia | 16.35 | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 140 | Saudi Arabia | 16.31 | 2024 | up 119.8% | rising |
| 141 | Yemen | 15.44 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 142 | Belize | 15.41 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 143 | Turkmenistan | 14.13 | 2024 | up 10.8% | flat |
| 144 | China | 9.67 | 2024 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 145 | Lebanon | 9.05 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 146 | India | 8.23 | 2024 | up 5.1% | volatile |
| 147 | Iraq | 8.12 | 2024 | up 4.6% | volatile |
| 148 | Türkiye | 4.17 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 149 | Fiji | 0.13 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |