Share of freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas that are protected in Gabon
Gabon: Share of freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas that are protected was 54.2% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas that are protected in Gabon, 2000–2025
Source: BirdLife International, IUCN and UNEP-WCMC – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected in Gabon is 54.2%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected in Gabon peaked at 54.2% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2000.
Gabon ranks 79th 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 Gabon, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.0% | — |
| 2001 | 0.0% | — |
| 2002 | 41.6% | — |
| 2003 | 41.6% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 41.6% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 41.6% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 41.8% | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 42.1% | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 42.1% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 48.3% | +14.9% |
| 2010 | 48.3% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 48.3% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 54.2% | +12.1% |
| 2013 | 54.2% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 54.2% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 54.2% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 54.2% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 54.2% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 54.2% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 54.2% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 54.2% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 54.2% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 54.2% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 54.2% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 54.2% | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 54.2% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 34.1% | 0.0% | 48.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 53.0% | 48.3% | 54.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 54.2% | 54.2% | 54.2% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Gabon
More environment data for Gabon
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.44 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.43 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.219 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.09 °C (2025)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, annual growth rate 35 % 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 0.0045 t per person (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, annual growth rate 15.59 % 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 Gabon?
- Share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected in Gabon was 54.2% 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 Gabon?
- The highest recorded value was 54.2% in 2017.
- What is the lowest share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected recorded in Gabon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2000.
- How does Gabon rank for share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected?
- Gabon ranks 79th out of 164 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected rising or falling in Gabon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Gabon 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 (%).