Share of terrestrial Key Biodiversity Areas that are protected in Gibraltar
Gibraltar: Share of terrestrial Key Biodiversity Areas that are protected was 31.9% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of terrestrial Key Biodiversity Areas that are protected in Gibraltar, 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 terrestrial key biodiversity areas that are protected in Gibraltar is 31.9%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of terrestrial key biodiversity areas that are protected in Gibraltar peaked at 31.9% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 16.1%, in 2000.
Gibraltar ranks 167th of 240 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Share of terrestrial Key Biodiversity Areas that are protected in Gibraltar, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 16.1% | — |
| 2001 | 16.1% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 16.1% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 16.1% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 16.1% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 16.1% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 16.1% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 16.1% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 16.1% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 16.1% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 31.8% | +97.1% |
| 2011 | 31.8% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 31.8% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 31.9% | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 31.9% | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 31.9% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 31.9% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 31.9% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 31.9% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 31.9% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 31.9% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 31.9% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 31.9% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 31.9% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 31.9% | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 31.9% | +0.0% |
Gibraltar compared with similar countries
- Gibraltar's 31.9% is below the median for high income countries, which is 52.5%, 61% of the median. (83 countries reporting)
- Gibraltar's 31.9% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 66.6%, 48% of the median. (54 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 16.1% | 16.1% | 16.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 31.9% | 31.8% | 31.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 31.9% | 31.9% | 31.9% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Gibraltar
- 164 Cayman Islands 32.5% compare
- 165 Bolivia 32.5% compare
- 166 Trinidad and Tobago 32.0% compare
- 168 Argentina 31.9% compare
- 169 Puerto Rico 31.7% compare
- 170 Angola 31.3% compare
More environment data for Gibraltar
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.43 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.29 °C (2025)
- Wood charcoal — Production 0 t (2024)
- Sawnwood — Import quantity 839 m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Export value 0 1000 USD (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Export quantity 0 m3 (2024)
- Wood fuel, non-coniferous — Production 0 m3 (2024)
- Wood fuel, coniferous — Production 0 m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Import value 9 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of terrestrial key biodiversity areas that are protected in Gibraltar?
- Share of terrestrial key biodiversity areas that are protected in Gibraltar was 31.9% in 2025, according to BirdLife International, IUCN and UNEP-WCMC – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of terrestrial key biodiversity areas that are protected recorded in Gibraltar?
- The highest recorded value was 31.9% in 2014.
- What is the lowest share of terrestrial key biodiversity areas that are protected recorded in Gibraltar?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.1% in 2000.
- How does Gibraltar rank for share of terrestrial key biodiversity areas that are protected?
- Gibraltar ranks 167th out of 240 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of terrestrial key biodiversity areas that are protected rising or falling in Gibraltar?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Gibraltar 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 terrestrial Key Biodiversity Areas that are protected. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Average proportion of Terrestrial Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) covered by protected areas (%).