Protected terrestrial biodiversity sites by country
Countries reporting
226
Highest
100
Equatorial Guinea
Lowest
0.81
Djibouti
Median
48.12
Years covered
26
2000–2025
Data points
6,240
What the numbers show
Protected terrestrial biodiversity sites is currently reported for 226 countries. The highest value is 100 in Equatorial Guinea; the lowest is 0.81 in Djibouti.
The median across all reporting countries is 48.12, and the mean is 49.73.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 123.
Protected terrestrial biodiversity sites: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Equatorial Guinea | 100 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Guyana | 100 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Cocos Islands | 100 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Heard Island and McDonald Islands | 100 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bouvet Island | 100 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 6 | Benin | 99.99 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 7 | Bulgaria | 99.3 | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 8 | Liechtenstein | 98.48 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 9 | Latvia | 97.31 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 10 | Martinique | 97.19 | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 11 | Niue | 95.28 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 12 | Estonia | 94.89 | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 13 | Czechia | 94.78 | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 14 | Aruba | 93.75 | 2025 | up 406.2% | volatile |
| 15 | Lithuania | 92.53 | 2025 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 16 | Malta | 90.85 | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 17 | Poland | 90.69 | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 18 | French Southern Territories | 90.48 | 2025 | up 5.6% | volatile |
| 19 | Denmark | 88.35 | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 20 | Greece | 87.27 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 21 | United Kingdom | 86.82 | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 22 | Sao Tome and Principe | 86.27 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 23 | Ghana | 86.04 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 24 | Slovakia | 85.71 | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 25 | Zimbabwe | 85.14 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 26 | Hungary | 84.12 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 27 | Ireland | 83.29 | 2025 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 28 | French Guiana | 83.22 | 2025 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 29 | Luxembourg | 82.35 | 2025 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 30 | Guadeloupe | 82.06 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 31 | Croatia | 82.01 | 2025 | up 0.9% | volatile |
| 31 | Namibia | 82.01 | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 33 | France | 81.12 | 2025 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 34 | Germany | 79.97 | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 35 | Burkina Faso | 79.23 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 36 | Netherlands | 79.19 | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 37 | Venezuela | 78.78 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 38 | Dominican Republic | 78.54 | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 39 | Moldova | 78.37 | 2025 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 40 | Portugal | 77.36 | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 41 | Honduras | 77.13 | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 42 | Italy | 76.65 | 2025 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 43 | Belgium | 76.48 | 2025 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 44 | Romania | 75.98 | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 45 | Mayotte | 75.86 | 2025 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 46 | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | 75.08 | 2025 | up 10.4% | volatile |
| 47 | Cyprus | 74.52 | 2025 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 48 | Togo | 74.27 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 49 | Cote d'Ivoire | 74.18 | 2025 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 50 | Slovenia | 73.72 | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 51 | Finland | 71.72 | 2025 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 52 | Malawi | 71.37 | 2025 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 53 | Guinea | 71.31 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 54 | American Samoa | 71.12 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 55 | Nigeria | 70.26 | 2025 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 56 | Thailand | 68.17 | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 57 | Austria | 68.07 | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 58 | Nicaragua | 67.95 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 59 | Cape Verde | 66.52 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 60 | Central African Republic | 65.37 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 61 | Sierra Leone | 65.32 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 62 | Chad | 65.29 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 63 | Ukraine | 65.14 | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 64 | Tanzania | 65.02 | 2025 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 65 | Japan | 64.83 | 2025 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 66 | Jersey | 64.09 | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 67 | Armenia | 63.36 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 68 | Montenegro | 63.06 | 2025 | up 48.9% | rising |
| 69 | Christmas Island | 62.99 | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 70 | Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba | 62.47 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 71 | Colombia | 61.62 | 2025 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 72 | Mali | 61.58 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 73 | Burundi | 61.3 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 74 | Uganda | 60.16 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 75 | Qatar | 59.99 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 76 | Saint Martin (French Part) | 59.72 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 77 | Guinea-Bissau | 59.48 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 78 | Reunion | 59.21 | 2025 | up 1.9% | volatile |
| 79 | Morocco | 58.8 | 2025 | up 61.7% | rising |
| 80 | Norfolk Island | 58.77 | 2025 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 81 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 58.71 | 2025 | up 74.6% | rising |
| 82 | Spain | 57.76 | 2025 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 83 | Australia | 57.73 | 2025 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 84 | Sweden | 57.61 | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 85 | Kuwait | 57.59 | 2025 | up 33.8% | rising |
| 86 | Congo | 57.43 | 2025 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 87 | Comoros | 57.4 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 88 | Azerbaijan | 57.39 | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 89 | Pitcairn | 57.17 | 2025 | up 250.1% | volatile |
| 90 | Norway | 56.86 | 2025 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 91 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 56.82 | 2025 | up 143.8% | volatile |
| 92 | Niger | 56.64 | 2025 | up 52.4% | rising |
| 93 | Cuba | 55.81 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 94 | Cambodia | 54.54 | 2025 | up 111.2% | rising |
| 95 | Georgia | 54.53 | 2025 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 96 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 54.41 | 2025 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 97 | Panama | 54.15 | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 98 | Gabon | 53.7 | 2025 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 99 | Lesotho | 53.31 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 100 | Seychelles | 52.77 | 2025 | up 119.1% | rising |
| 101 | Oman | 52.48 | 2025 | up 132.4% | rising |
| 102 | Saint Barthelemy | 51.74 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 103 | Nepal | 51.67 | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 104 | Botswana | 51.2 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 105 | Suriname | 51.19 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 106 | North Macedonia | 50.69 | 2025 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 107 | United Arab Emirates | 49.88 | 2025 | up 35.5% | rising |
| 108 | Albania | 49.43 | 2025 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 109 | Bermuda | 49.37 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 110 | Hong Kong | 48.93 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 111 | Senegal | 48.55 | 2025 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 112 | Laos | 48.47 | 2025 | up 72.1% | rising |
| 113 | Belarus | 48.14 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 114 | Palau | 48.1 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 115 | Samoa | 47.61 | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 116 | Bhutan | 46.89 | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 117 | Madagascar | 46.71 | 2025 | up 3.4% | volatile |
| 118 | Afghanistan | 46.41 | 2025 | up 697.4% | volatile |
| 119 | New Zealand | 46.31 | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 120 | Brazil | 46.15 | 2025 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 121 | Zambia | 46.14 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 122 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 45.64 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 123 | East Timor | 45.58 | 2025 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 124 | Saint Lucia | 45.56 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 125 | Sri Lanka | 45.19 | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 126 | Kenya | 45.18 | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 127 | Mongolia | 45.17 | 2025 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 128 | Serbia | 45.14 | 2025 | up 72.2% | rising |
| 129 | Belize | 44.81 | 2025 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 130 | South Korea | 43.66 | 2025 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 131 | New Caledonia | 43.58 | 2025 | up 11.4% | volatile |
| 132 | Algeria | 43.49 | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 133 | United States Virgin Islands | 43.36 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 134 | Philippines | 42.81 | 2025 | up 59.4% | rising |
| 135 | Gambia | 42.53 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 136 | Saint Helena | 42.16 | 2025 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 137 | Brunei | 41.66 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 138 | Iran | 41.23 | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 139 | Tunisia | 40.23 | 2025 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 140 | Vietnam | 40.06 | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 141 | Mexico | 40.03 | 2025 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 142 | Mozambique | 40.02 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 143 | Dominica | 40 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 143 | Kiribati | 40 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 145 | Costa Rica | 39.48 | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 146 | Egypt | 38.75 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 147 | United States | 38.44 | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 148 | Switzerland | 37.69 | 2025 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 149 | Bangladesh | 37.53 | 2025 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 150 | Rwanda | 37.08 | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 151 | Malaysia | 37.03 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 152 | Paraguay | 35.62 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 153 | Yemen | 34.74 | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 154 | Cameroon | 34.54 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 155 | Grenada | 34.45 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 156 | Haiti | 34.42 | 2025 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 157 | Saudi Arabia | 34.25 | 2025 | up 97.9% | rising |
| 158 | Canada | 34.05 | 2025 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 159 | Guatemala | 33.86 | 2025 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 160 | Cook Islands | 33.83 | 2025 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 161 | Pakistan | 33.64 | 2025 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 162 | South Sudan | 33.6 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 163 | Chile | 33.3 | 2025 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 164 | Cayman Islands | 32.49 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 165 | Bolivia | 32.48 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 166 | Trinidad and Tobago | 32 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 167 | Gibraltar | 31.9 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 168 | Argentina | 31.89 | 2025 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 169 | Puerto Rico | 31.71 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 170 | Angola | 31.34 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 171 | Montserrat | 30.63 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 172 | Curacao | 30.24 | 2025 | up 30.0% | volatile |
| 173 | Bahamas | 29.76 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 174 | Greenland | 29.58 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 175 | Northern Mariana Islands | 28.48 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 176 | El Salvador | 28.05 | 2025 | up 0.0% | volatile |
| 177 | Kazakhstan | 27.98 | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 178 | Isle of Man | 27.38 | 2025 | up 39.5% | rising |
| 179 | Indonesia | 26.33 | 2025 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 180 | Andorra | 26.2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 181 | Tonga | 26.07 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 182 | Ecuador | 25.94 | 2025 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 183 | Russia | 25.45 | 2025 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 184 | Uzbekistan | 24.96 | 2025 | up 75.3% | rising |
| 185 | Antigua and Barbuda | 24.01 | 2025 | up 165.0% | volatile |
| 186 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 23.93 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 187 | Kyrgyzstan | 23.6 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 188 | Palestine | 23.54 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 189 | Uruguay | 23.3 | 2025 | up 8.6% | volatile |
| 190 | Myanmar | 23.25 | 2025 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 191 | Eswatini | 22.66 | 2025 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 192 | Peru | 22.63 | 2025 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 193 | Singapore | 21.14 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 194 | Falkland Islands | 20.76 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 195 | South Africa | 20.21 | 2025 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 196 | Jamaica | 20.07 | 2025 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 197 | Iceland | 19.6 | 2025 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 198 | Israel | 19.59 | 2025 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 199 | Tajikistan | 18.67 | 2025 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 200 | Anguilla | 18.58 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 201 | Sudan | 17.81 | 2025 | up 95.9% | rising |
| 202 | Ethiopia | 16.9 | 2025 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 203 | Turkmenistan | 15.86 | 2025 | up 6.2% | flat |
| 204 | Faroe Islands | 15.79 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 204 | Liberia | 15.79 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 206 | Jordan | 12.73 | 2025 | up 34.7% | rising |
| 207 | Mauritania | 12.03 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 208 | Fiji | 11.18 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 209 | Guernsey | 11.02 | 2025 | up 1.2% | volatile |
| 210 | China | 10.71 | 2025 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 211 | Marshall Islands | 10.11 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 212 | Mauritius | 10.04 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 213 | India | 9.69 | 2025 | up 56.3% | volatile |
| 214 | French Polynesia | 8.64 | 2025 | up 53.2% | rising |
| 215 | Lebanon | 7.54 | 2025 | up 48.4% | rising |
| 216 | British Virgin Islands | 7.37 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 217 | Papua New Guinea | 7.31 | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 218 | Iraq | 5.58 | 2025 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 219 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 5.1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 220 | Solomon Islands | 4.85 | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 221 | Vanuatu | 4.34 | 2025 | up 65.6% | rising |
| 222 | Turkey | 2.64 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 223 | Guam | 2.35 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 224 | Barbados | 1.75 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 225 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 1.67 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 226 | Djibouti | 0.81 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |