Share of freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas that are protected in Algeria
Algeria: Share of freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas that are protected was 78.9% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas that are protected in Algeria, 2000–2025
Source: BirdLife International, IUCN and UNEP-WCMC – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected in Algeria stood at 78.9%. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected in Algeria peaked at 78.9% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 11.7%, in 2000.
Algeria ranks 48th of 164 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.
Share of freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas that are protected in Algeria, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 11.7% | — |
| 2001 | 32.1% | +173.5% |
| 2002 | 32.1% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 39.9% | +24.3% |
| 2004 | 69.2% | +73.4% |
| 2005 | 69.2% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 69.2% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 69.2% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 69.2% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 76.8% | +11.1% |
| 2010 | 76.8% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 78.9% | +2.7% |
| 2012 | 78.9% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 78.9% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 78.9% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 78.9% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 78.9% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 78.9% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 78.9% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 78.9% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 78.9% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 78.9% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 78.9% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 78.9% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 78.9% | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 78.9% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 53.8% | 11.7% | 76.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 78.7% | 76.8% | 78.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 78.9% | 78.9% | 78.9% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Algeria
More environment data for Algeria
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -26.91 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -13.76 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.401 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.01 °C (2025)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, annual growth rate 3.09 % change on previous year (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, per capita 0.0216 t per person (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, annual growth rate -5.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected in Algeria?
- Share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected in Algeria was 78.9% in 2025, according to BirdLife International, IUCN and UNEP-WCMC – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected recorded in Algeria?
- The highest recorded value was 78.9% in 2011.
- What is the lowest share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected recorded in Algeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.7% in 2000.
- How does Algeria rank for share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected?
- Algeria ranks 48th out of 164 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected rising or falling in Algeria?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Algeria data come from?
- The figures come from BirdLife International, IUCN and UNEP-WCMC – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas that are protected. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average proportion of Freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) covered by protected areas (%).