Share of freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas that are protected in Lebanon
Lebanon: Share of freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas that are protected was 13.4% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas that are protected in Lebanon, 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 Lebanon is 13.4%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of up 134.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected in Lebanon peaked at 13.4% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 5.2%, in 2000.
That places Lebanon 148th 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 Lebanon, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 5.2% | — |
| 2001 | 5.2% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 5.2% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 5.2% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 5.4% | +2.5% |
| 2005 | 5.4% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 5.4% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 5.4% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 5.4% | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 5.4% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 5.4% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 5.4% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 5.4% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 5.5% | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 5.7% | +4.6% |
| 2015 | 5.7% | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 5.7% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 6.0% | +4.9% |
| 2018 | 13.4% | +123.2% |
| 2019 | 13.4% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 13.4% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 13.4% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 13.4% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 13.4% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 13.4% | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 13.4% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.3% | 5.2% | 5.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.2% | 5.4% | 13.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.4% | 13.4% | 13.4% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Lebanon
More environment data for Lebanon
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -12.11 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -12.31 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.5 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.89 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Import quantity, annual growth rate 0.3805 % change on previous year (2024)
- Wood-based panels — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Wood-based panels — Import quantity, per capita 0.0223 m3 per person (2024)
- Wood-based panels — Import value, annual growth rate 0.0442 % change on previous year (2024)
- Wood-based panels — 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 Lebanon?
- Share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected in Lebanon was 13.4% 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 Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 13.4% in 2018.
- What is the lowest share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.2% in 2000.
- How does Lebanon rank for share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected?
- Lebanon ranks 148th out of 164 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 134.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lebanon 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 (%).