Share of terrestrial Key Biodiversity Areas that are protected in Luxembourg
Luxembourg: Share of terrestrial Key Biodiversity Areas that are protected was 82.3% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of terrestrial Key Biodiversity Areas that are protected in Luxembourg, 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 Luxembourg is 82.3%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of terrestrial key biodiversity areas that are protected in Luxembourg peaked at 82.3% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 13.9%, in 2000.
That places Luxembourg 29th out of 240 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
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 Luxembourg, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 13.9% | — |
| 2001 | 13.9% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 58.6% | +320.3% |
| 2003 | 60.5% | +3.3% |
| 2004 | 71.8% | +18.6% |
| 2005 | 72.0% | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 72.0% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 72.0% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 72.0% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 73.2% | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 73.2% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 73.2% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 73.5% | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 73.5% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 74.8% | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 77.7% | +3.9% |
| 2016 | 77.7% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 78.0% | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 78.7% | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 81.9% | +4.0% |
| 2020 | 82.3% | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 82.3% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 82.3% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 82.3% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 82.3% | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 82.3% | +0.0% |
Luxembourg compared with similar countries
- Luxembourg's 82.3% is above the median for high income countries, which is 52.5%, 1.6× the median. (83 countries reporting)
- Luxembourg's 82.3% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 66.6%, 1.2× the median. (54 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of terrestrial Key Biodiversity Areas that are protected in Luxembourg changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +320.3% | 13.9% | 58.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 58.0% | 13.9% | 73.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 76.2% | 73.2% | 81.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 82.3% | 82.3% | 82.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Luxembourg
More environment data for Luxembourg
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -0.2585 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -0.1872 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Drought - Cities and FUAs — Land soil moisture anomaly -0.5 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.601 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.18 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.56 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of terrestrial key biodiversity areas that are protected in Luxembourg?
- Share of terrestrial key biodiversity areas that are protected in Luxembourg was 82.3% 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 Luxembourg?
- The highest recorded value was 82.3% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of terrestrial key biodiversity areas that are protected recorded in Luxembourg?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.9% in 2000.
- How does Luxembourg rank for share of terrestrial key biodiversity areas that are protected?
- Luxembourg ranks 29th out of 240 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of terrestrial key biodiversity areas that are protected rising or falling in Luxembourg?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Luxembourg 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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Average proportion of Terrestrial Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) covered by protected areas (%).