We introduce the Biodiversity Habitat Index (BHI) to the 2020 EPI as a new indicator which estimates the effects of habitat loss, degradation, and fragmentation on the expected retention of terrestrial biodiversity. CSIRO calculates the BHI from remote sensing data and other studies of ecological diversity. A score of 100 indicates that a country has experienced no habitat loss or degradation, and a score of 0 indicates complete habitat loss.
Biodiversity Habitat Index
| Country | Rank | EPI Score | 10-Year Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 1 | 82.4 | 0.1 |
| Iceland | 2 | 81.3 | 0.8 |
| Russia | 3 | 79.4 | -0.2 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 78.3 | -0.7 |
| Suriname | 5 | 78.1 | -1.5 |
| Mauritania | 6 | 78 | -0.3 |
| Oman | 7 | 77.2 | 0.1 |
| Egypt | 8 | 77.1 | - |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 76.8 | - |
| Qatar | 10 | 76.4 | 0.3 |
| Solomon Islands | 11 | 76.2 | -0.3 |
| Finland | 12 | 75.8 | -0.4 |
| Algeria | 13 | 75.4 | - |
| Saudi Arabia | 14 | 74.2 | 0.1 |
| Dem. Rep. Congo | 15 | 74 | -0.5 |
| Niger | 16 | 73.8 | -0.2 |
| Australia | 17 | 73.4 | 0.5 |
| Republic of Congo | 18 | 73.3 | -0.6 |
| Namibia | 19 | 72.7 | -0.6 |
| Botswana | 20 | 72.5 | -0.7 |
| Fiji | 21 | 72.1 | 2.3 |
| Sweden | 22 | 71.6 | -0.1 |
| Gabon | 23 | 71.5 | -0.4 |
| Norway | 24 | 71.3 | 0.1 |
| Vanuatu | 25 | 70.5 | 0.1 |
| Kuwait | 26 | 70.2 | - |
| Bahrain | 27 | 69.7 | 0.3 |
| Iraq | 28 | 69.5 | -0.6 |
| Guyana | 29 | 69.2 | -2.6 |
| Chile | 30 | 68.4 | -0.1 |
| Jordan | 31 | 68 | 0.3 |
| Mali | 32 | 67.9 | -0.3 |
| Mongolia | 33 | 67.2 | - |
| Angola | 33 | 67.2 | -0.2 |
| Turkmenistan | 35 | 67.1 | 0.8 |
| Chad | 36 | 67 | -0.1 |
| Sudan | 37 | 66.8 | 0.1 |
| Indonesia | 38 | 66.2 | -1.4 |
| Uzbekistan | 39 | 65.9 | 0.7 |
| Zambia | 40 | 65.8 | -0.4 |
| Samoa | 40 | 65.8 | 0.2 |
| Bolivia | 40 | 65.8 | -0.5 |
| Central African Republic | 43 | 65.5 | -0.6 |
| Kazakhstan | 44 | 64.8 | 0.8 |
| Djibouti | 45 | 64.3 | - |
| Paraguay | 46 | 63.4 | -0.5 |
| Cameroon | 47 | 63.1 | -0.1 |
| Brazil | 47 | 63.1 | -0.5 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 47 | 63.1 | -0.2 |
| Iran | 50 | 62.8 | 0.1 |
| Bahamas | 51 | 62.3 | -0.7 |
| Venezuela | 52 | 61.1 | -1.5 |
| Estonia | 53 | 60.5 | -0.4 |
| Eritrea | 54 | 59.6 | 0.2 |
| Latvia | 55 | 59.4 | -0.3 |
| Tonga | 56 | 59.2 | 0.4 |
| Argentina | 57 | 58.9 | 1.1 |
| Brunei Darussalam | 58 | 58.8 | -3.8 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 59 | 58.7 | 0.4 |
| South Africa | 59 | 58.7 | -0.3 |
| Tunisia | 61 | 58.4 | 0.1 |
| United States of America | 62 | 58.2 | - |
| Peru | 63 | 58.1 | -1 |
| Zimbabwe | 64 | 58 | -0.7 |
| Tajikistan | 64 | 58 | 0.1 |
| Afghanistan | 66 | 57.7 | 0.2 |
| China | 67 | 57.6 | -0.1 |
| Laos | 67 | 57.6 | -0.7 |
| New Zealand | 69 | 57.2 | 0.3 |
| Belize | 69 | 57.2 | -2.5 |
| Liberia | 69 | 57.2 | -1.5 |
| Malaysia | 72 | 57.1 | -3.7 |
| Mexico | 72 | 57.1 | -0.2 |
| Kiribati | 74 | 57 | 0.3 |
| Japan | 75 | 56.9 | -0.1 |
| Mozambique | 75 | 56.9 | -0.3 |
| Ethiopia | 77 | 56.7 | 0.2 |
| Kenya | 78 | 56.5 | 0.4 |
| Colombia | 79 | 56.4 | -1.8 |
| Pakistan | 80 | 56.2 | -0.5 |
| Belarus | 81 | 55.1 | -0.3 |
| Myanmar | 82 | 54.8 | -0.1 |
| Austria | 83 | 54.7 | -0.2 |
| South Korea | 84 | 54.2 | -0.3 |
| Tanzania | 85 | 53.9 | - |
| Uganda | 86 | 53.8 | -0.3 |
| Lithuania | 87 | 53.2 | -0.5 |
| Senegal | 88 | 53.1 | -0.4 |
| Burkina Faso | 89 | 53 | - |
| Switzerland | 90 | 52.9 | - |
| Marshall Islands | 90 | 52.9 | 0.2 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 92 | 52.6 | -1.8 |
| Bhutan | 93 | 52.3 | 0.3 |
| Uruguay | 94 | 52 | 0.9 |
| Micronesia | 95 | 51.7 | -0.3 |
| Taiwan | 96 | 51.4 | -0.2 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 97 | 51.3 | 0.5 |
| Morocco | 98 | 51.1 | 0.2 |
| Slovenia | 99 | 51 | 0.1 |
| Israel | 99 | 51 | - |
| Viet Nam | 101 | 50.8 | 0.2 |
| Malawi | 102 | 50.7 | -0.3 |
| Guinea | 103 | 50.5 | -0.7 |
| Nigeria | 104 | 50.4 | - |
| Benin | 105 | 50.2 | 0.2 |
| Cuba | 106 | 50.1 | 1.1 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 107 | 49.6 | -0.3 |
| Guatemala | 108 | 49.4 | -1.3 |
| Honduras | 109 | 49.3 | -0.9 |
| Cambodia | 110 | 49.1 | -1 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 111 | 49 | 0.1 |
| Nicaragua | 112 | 48.9 | -2.7 |
| Poland | 112 | 48.9 | -0.4 |
| Ecuador | 112 | 48.9 | -1.3 |
| Czech Republic | 112 | 48.9 | -0.5 |
| Sierra Leone | 116 | 48.8 | -2.8 |
| Philippines | 117 | 48.5 | -1 |
| Burundi | 117 | 48.5 | -0.2 |
| Luxembourg | 117 | 48.5 | -0.6 |
| Ghana | 120 | 48.4 | -0.3 |
| Montenegro | 121 | 48.2 | 0.3 |
| Thailand | 121 | 48.2 | - |
| Armenia | 123 | 48 | -0.7 |
| Timor-Leste | 124 | 47.6 | -0.3 |
| Nepal | 124 | 47.6 | 0.7 |
| Gambia | 126 | 47.5 | 0.1 |
| Georgia | 127 | 47.4 | -0.3 |
| Slovakia | 128 | 47.3 | -0.5 |
| Rwanda | 128 | 47.3 | -0.1 |
| Togo | 130 | 47 | 0.1 |
| Saint Lucia | 131 | 46.8 | -1.7 |
| Madagascar | 132 | 46.7 | 0.3 |
| North Macedonia | 133 | 46.5 | -0.4 |
| India | 134 | 46.3 | 0.3 |
| Sri Lanka | 135 | 46.1 | -1.3 |
| Panama | 136 | 45.8 | -2.6 |
| Germany | 137 | 45.6 | -0.6 |
| Cabo Verde | 138 | 45.2 | -0.4 |
| Singapore | 139 | 45.1 | -3 |
| Ireland | 140 | 45 | -2.3 |
| Eswatini | 140 | 45 | -0.5 |
| Bulgaria | 142 | 44.8 | -0.8 |
| Bangladesh | 143 | 44.7 | 1.1 |
| United Kingdom | 143 | 44.7 | -1.4 |
| El Salvador | 143 | 44.7 | 0.4 |
| Denmark | 146 | 44.5 | -0.9 |
| Azerbaijan | 147 | 44.4 | -0.8 |
| Turkey | 148 | 44.3 | -0.7 |
| Dominica | 148 | 44.3 | -2 |
| Romania | 150 | 44.2 | -1 |
| Dominican Republic | 151 | 44.1 | -0.3 |
| Belgium | 152 | 43.8 | -0.6 |
| France | 152 | 43.8 | -0.7 |
| Lesotho | 154 | 43.5 | -0.3 |
| Costa Rica | 155 | 43.4 | -2.2 |
| Ukraine | 156 | 43 | -0.9 |
| Grenada | 157 | 42.9 | -1 |
| Jamaica | 158 | 42.8 | -1.3 |
| Serbia | 158 | 42.8 | -1.1 |
| Croatia | 160 | 42.6 | - |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 160 | 42.6 | -1.4 |
| Haiti | 162 | 41 | -0.6 |
| Spain | 163 | 40.8 | 0.1 |
| Moldova | 164 | 40.2 | -1.7 |
| Albania | 165 | 39.6 | 0.5 |
| Italy | 166 | 39.4 | - |
| Netherlands | 167 | 39.3 | -0.8 |
| Barbados | 168 | 39.2 | -0.9 |
| Portugal | 169 | 38.6 | 0.6 |
| Greece | 170 | 37.2 | 0.1 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 170 | 37.2 | -0.5 |
| Hungary | 172 | 37.1 | -1.6 |
| Cyprus | 173 | 36.4 | 0.2 |
| Comoros | 174 | 35.6 | - |
| Lebanon | 175 | 34.2 | -0.1 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 176 | 34 | -1.9 |
| Mauritius | 177 | 32.7 | 0.5 |
| Maldives | 178 | 31.4 | -1.9 |
| Malta | 179 | 30.4 | 0.1 |
| Seychelles | 180 | 23.6 | - |