Share of freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas that are protected in Fiji
Fiji: Share of freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas that are protected was 0.1% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas that are protected in Fiji, 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 Fiji stood at 0.1%. 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 Fiji peaked at 0.1% in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2000.
That places Fiji 152nd out of 164 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
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 Fiji, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.0% | — |
| 2001 | 0.0% | — |
| 2002 | 0.0% | — |
| 2003 | 0.0% | — |
| 2004 | 0.1% | — |
| 2005 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Fiji
- 149 China 10.7% compare
- 150 Iraq 8.1% compare
- 151 Turkey 5.0% compare
- 153 Anguilla 0.0%
- 153 Bahamas 0.0%
- 153 Bangladesh 0.0%
- 153 Djibouti 0.0%
- 153 Eritrea 0.0%
- 153 Eswatini 0.0%
- 153 Mauritania 0.0%
- 153 North Korea 0.0%
- 153 Somalia 0.0%
- 153 Sudan 0.0%
- 153 Syria 0.0%
- 153 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0%
More environment data for Fiji
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.219 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.31 °C (2025)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, annual growth rate 4.57 % 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 0.0409 t per person (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, annual growth rate -11.32 % change on previous year (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, per capita 0.036 1000 USD per person (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import quantity, annual growth rate 15.09 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected in Fiji?
- Share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected in Fiji was 0.1% 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 Fiji?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1% in 2004.
- What is the lowest share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected recorded in Fiji?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2000.
- How does Fiji rank for share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected?
- Fiji ranks 152nd out of 164 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected rising or falling in Fiji?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Fiji 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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About this data
Average proportion of Freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) covered by protected areas (%).