Share of freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas that are protected in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Share of freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas that are protected was 65.8% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas that are protected in Nicaragua, 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 Nicaragua stood at 65.8%. 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 Nicaragua peaked at 65.8% in 2001 and was at its lowest, 49.1%, in 2000.
Nicaragua ranks 58th 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 Nicaragua, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 49.1% | — |
| 2001 | 65.8% | +33.9% |
| 2002 | 65.8% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 65.8% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 65.8% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 65.8% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 65.8% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 65.8% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 65.8% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 65.8% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 65.8% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 65.8% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 65.8% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 65.8% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 65.8% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 65.8% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 65.8% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 65.8% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 65.8% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 65.8% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 65.8% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 65.8% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 65.8% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 65.8% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 65.8% | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 65.8% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 64.1% | 49.1% | 65.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 65.8% | 65.8% | 65.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 65.8% | 65.8% | 65.8% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Nicaragua
More environment data for Nicaragua
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 3.64 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 4.53 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Standard Deviation 0.243 °C (2024)
- Temperature change 1.89 °C (2024)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2023)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Production, per capita 0.0028 m3 per person (2023)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Import quantity, annual growth rate 37.87 % change on previous year (2023)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected in Nicaragua?
- Share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected in Nicaragua was 65.8% 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 Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 65.8% in 2001.
- What is the lowest share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 49.1% in 2000.
- How does Nicaragua rank for share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected?
- Nicaragua ranks 58th out of 164 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nicaragua 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 (%).