Share of freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas that are protected in Poland
Poland: Share of freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas that are protected was 94.2% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas that are protected in Poland, 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 Poland stood at 94.2%. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected in Poland peaked at 94.2% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 53.3%, in 2000.
Poland ranks 24th of 164 countries on this measure, in the top 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 Poland, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 53.3% | — |
| 2001 | 53.5% | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 53.7% | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 55.9% | +4.1% |
| 2004 | 78.2% | +40.1% |
| 2005 | 78.2% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 78.2% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 90.1% | +15.1% |
| 2008 | 93.9% | +4.3% |
| 2009 | 94.0% | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 94.0% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 94.0% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 94.1% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 94.1% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 94.1% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 94.1% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 94.1% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 94.1% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 94.1% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 94.1% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 94.1% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 94.1% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 94.1% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 94.2% | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 94.2% | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 94.2% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 72.9% | 53.3% | 94.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 94.1% | 94.0% | 94.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 94.1% | 94.1% | 94.2% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Poland
- 21 Lithuania 95.1% compare
- 22 Ghana 95.0% compare
- 23 Dominican Republic 94.7% compare
- 25 Svalbard and Jan Mayen 94.1% compare
- 26 North Macedonia 93.7% compare
- 27 Estonia 92.9% compare
More environment data for Poland
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.777 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.06 °C (2025)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, annual growth rate 12.65 % 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 0.1411 t per person (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, annual growth rate 4.21 % 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 0.1232 1000 USD per person (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import quantity, annual growth rate 9.03 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected in Poland?
- Share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected in Poland was 94.2% 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 Poland?
- The highest recorded value was 94.2% in 2023.
- What is the lowest share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected recorded in Poland?
- The lowest recorded value was 53.3% in 2000.
- How does Poland rank for share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected?
- Poland ranks 24th out of 164 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected rising or falling in Poland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Poland 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 (%).