Share of freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas that are protected in Türkiye
Türkiye: Share of freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas that are protected was 5.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas that are protected in Türkiye, 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 Türkiye is 5.0%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected in Türkiye peaked at 5.0% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 4.0%, in 2000.
That places Türkiye 151st 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 Türkiye, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 4.0% | — |
| 2001 | 4.0% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 4.0% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 4.0% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 4.0% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 4.0% | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 4.0% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 4.0% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 4.0% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 4.9% | +21.6% |
| 2010 | 4.9% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 4.9% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 4.9% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 5.0% | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 5.0% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 5.0% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 5.0% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 5.0% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 5.0% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 5.0% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 5.0% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 5.0% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 5.0% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 5.0% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 5.0% | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 5.0% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.1% | 4.0% | 4.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.0% | 4.9% | 5.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.0% | 5.0% | 5.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Türkiye
- 148 Lebanon 13.4% compare
- 149 China 10.7% compare
- 150 Iraq 8.1% compare
- 152 Fiji 0.1% compare
- 153 Anguilla 0.0%
- 153 Bahamas 0.0%
- 153 Bangladesh 0.0%
- 153 Djibouti 0.0%
- 153 Eritrea 0.0%
- 153 Eswatini 0.0%
- 153 Mauritania 0.0%
- 153 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 0.0%
- 153 Somalia 0.0%
- 153 Sudan 0.0%
- 153 Syrian Arab Republic 0.0%
- 153 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0%
More environment data for Türkiye
- Heating Degree Days 4,494 (2024)
- Cooling Degree Days 1,217 (2024)
- Total fisheries production 933,118 metric tons (2024)
- Capture fisheries production 355,994 metric tons (2024)
- Aquaculture production 577,124 metric tons (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste 1.73 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.578 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 2.63 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 31.97 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes 6.27 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected in Türkiye?
- Share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected in Türkiye was 5.0% 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 Türkiye?
- The highest recorded value was 5.0% in 2013.
- What is the lowest share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected recorded in Türkiye?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.0% in 2000.
- How does Türkiye rank for share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected?
- Türkiye ranks 151st out of 164 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected rising or falling in Türkiye?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Türkiye 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 (%).