Share of freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas that are protected in Armenia
Armenia: Share of freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas that are protected was 83.5% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas that are protected in Armenia, 2000–2025
Source: BirdLife International, IUCN and UNEP-WCMC – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Armenia recorded 83.5% for share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected in Armenia peaked at 83.5% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 51.1%, in 2000.
Armenia ranks 43rd 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 Armenia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 51.1% | — |
| 2001 | 51.1% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 51.1% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 51.1% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 51.1% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 51.1% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 51.1% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 51.1% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 51.1% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 65.5% | +28.0% |
| 2010 | 65.5% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 83.5% | +27.5% |
| 2012 | 83.5% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 83.5% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 83.5% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 83.5% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 83.5% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 83.5% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 83.5% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 83.5% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 83.5% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 83.5% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 83.5% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 83.5% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 83.5% | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 83.5% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 52.6% | 51.1% | 65.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 81.7% | 65.5% | 83.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 83.5% | 83.5% | 83.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Armenia
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- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -10.94 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -10.56 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Drought - Cities and FUAs — Land soil moisture anomaly -1 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.764 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.74 °C (2025)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, annual growth rate -17.67 % 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 0.014 t per person (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, annual growth rate -21.08 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected in Armenia?
- Share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected in Armenia was 83.5% 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 Armenia?
- The highest recorded value was 83.5% in 2011.
- What is the lowest share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected recorded in Armenia?
- The lowest recorded value was 51.1% in 2000.
- How does Armenia rank for share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected?
- Armenia ranks 43rd out of 164 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected rising or falling in Armenia?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Armenia 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 (%).