Share of freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas that are protected in Slovakia
Slovakia: Share of freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas that are protected was 86.3% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas that are protected in Slovakia, 2000–2025
Source: BirdLife International, IUCN and UNEP-WCMC – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Slovakia recorded 86.3% for share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected in Slovakia peaked at 86.3% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 33.5%, in 2000.
Slovakia ranks 35th 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 Slovakia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 33.5% | — |
| 2001 | 33.5% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 33.5% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 86.0% | +156.5% |
| 2004 | 86.1% | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 86.1% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 86.1% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 86.1% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 86.1% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 86.1% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 86.1% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 86.1% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 86.1% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 86.1% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 86.1% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 86.1% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 86.1% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 86.1% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 86.1% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 86.1% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 86.1% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 86.1% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 86.1% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 86.1% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 86.3% | +0.2% |
| 2025 | 86.3% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 70.3% | 33.5% | 86.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 86.1% | 86.1% | 86.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 86.2% | 86.1% | 86.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Slovakia
More environment data for Slovakia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.652 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.9 °C (2025)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Production, annual growth rate 0.9289 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Production, per capita 0.0471 m3 per person (2024)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Import quantity, annual growth rate 30.66 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Import quantity, per capita 0.0077 m3 per person (2024)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Import value, annual growth rate 26.91 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected in Slovakia?
- Share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected in Slovakia was 86.3% 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 Slovakia?
- The highest recorded value was 86.3% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected recorded in Slovakia?
- The lowest recorded value was 33.5% in 2000.
- How does Slovakia rank for share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected?
- Slovakia ranks 35th out of 164 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected rising or falling in Slovakia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Slovakia 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 (%).