Share of freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas that are protected in Sweden
Sweden: Share of freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas that are protected was 56.4% in 2025. ▬ Flat
Share of freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas that are protected in Sweden, 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 Sweden stood at 56.4%. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected in Sweden peaked at 56.4% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 53.2%, in 2000.
Sweden ranks 75th of 164 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Share of freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas that are protected in Sweden, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 53.2% | — |
| 2001 | 53.9% | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 53.9% | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 53.9% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 55.1% | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 55.1% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 55.2% | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 55.2% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 55.2% | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 55.2% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 55.4% | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 55.7% | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 55.7% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 55.7% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 55.7% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 55.7% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 55.8% | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 56.0% | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 56.1% | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 56.4% | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 56.4% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 56.4% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 56.4% | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 56.4% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 56.4% | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 56.4% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 54.6% | 53.2% | 55.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 55.8% | 55.4% | 56.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 56.4% | 56.4% | 56.4% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
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- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 1.1 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -2.12 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.852 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.72 °C (2025)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, annual growth rate 13.49 % 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 0.0724 t per person (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, annual growth rate 6.75 % 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 Sweden?
- Share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected in Sweden was 56.4% 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 Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 56.4% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 53.2% in 2000.
- How does Sweden rank for share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected?
- Sweden ranks 75th out of 164 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Sweden 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 (%).