The Protected Areas Representativeness Index (PARI) indicator measures how well terrestrial protected areas represent the ecological diversity of a country. This metric is calculated by CSIRO using high-resolution remote sensing data and biological records of species' locations. A score of 100 indicates that a country's terrestrial protected areas nearly perfectly represent the country's ecosystem diversity, and a score of 0 indicates very low representativeness (≤5th-percentile of PARI values).
Protected Areas Representativeness Index
| Country | Rank | EPI Score | 10-Year Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belize | 1 | 98.6 | 9.2 |
| Suriname | 2 | 98 | 36.7 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 92.2 | 14 |
| Namibia | 4 | 78.9 | 25 |
| Guyana | 5 | 78.2 | 29.5 |
| Dominica | 6 | 75.2 | 11.3 |
| Venezuela | 7 | 73 | 13.4 |
| Botswana | 8 | 70.7 | 13 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 9 | 70.2 | 13.8 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 69.6 | 14.2 |
| Zambia | 11 | 68.6 | 4.3 |
| Nicaragua | 12 | 68.4 | 8.8 |
| Tanzania | 13 | 67.3 | 6.8 |
| Grenada | 14 | 67.1 | 11.4 |
| Saint Lucia | 15 | 66.6 | 13.4 |
| Luxembourg | 16 | 64.6 | 13.6 |
| Austria | 17 | 63.7 | 13.4 |
| Peru | 18 | 56.7 | 28 |
| New Zealand | 19 | 56.5 | 8.9 |
| Germany | 20 | 56.4 | 9.9 |
| Belgium | 21 | 56.2 | 11.2 |
| Costa Rica | 21 | 56.2 | 8.9 |
| Slovenia | 23 | 55.8 | 19.2 |
| Zimbabwe | 24 | 54.1 | 13.1 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 25 | 53.8 | 14.9 |
| Guatemala | 26 | 53.4 | 8.3 |
| Honduras | 27 | 52.4 | 8.3 |
| Colombia | 28 | 52.2 | 15.7 |
| Brazil | 29 | 51.8 | 20.1 |
| Bahamas | 30 | 51.7 | 20.6 |
| United Kingdom | 31 | 50.7 | 7.5 |
| Bhutan | 31 | 50.7 | 20.8 |
| Bolivia | 33 | 50.5 | 11.4 |
| Barbados | 34 | 50.4 | 10.9 |
| France | 35 | 50.2 | 11.2 |
| Czech Republic | 36 | 49.4 | 9.4 |
| Mozambique | 37 | 49 | 8.1 |
| Poland | 38 | 48.3 | 7.6 |
| Iceland | 39 | 47.8 | 16.4 |
| Norway | 40 | 47.7 | 9.5 |
| Ecuador | 41 | 47.4 | 16.2 |
| Spain | 42 | 46.7 | 8.9 |
| Slovakia | 43 | 46.2 | 11.6 |
| Benin | 44 | 46 | 17.8 |
| Morocco | 45 | 45.8 | 17.5 |
| Montenegro | 46 | 45.1 | 13.8 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 46 | 45.1 | 13.8 |
| Panama | 48 | 44.8 | 9.1 |
| Croatia | 49 | 44.5 | 17.5 |
| Ireland | 50 | 43.7 | 7 |
| Portugal | 51 | 42 | 6.4 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 52 | 41.8 | 14.1 |
| Sri Lanka | 53 | 41.6 | 25.8 |
| Italy | 54 | 41.1 | 9.6 |
| Malawi | 54 | 41.1 | 4.4 |
| Australia | 56 | 40.4 | 20.6 |
| Dominican Republic | 57 | 39.6 | 6.1 |
| Jamaica | 58 | 39.3 | 6 |
| Netherlands | 59 | 39 | 6.3 |
| Senegal | 60 | 38.9 | 13.7 |
| Ghana | 61 | 38.8 | 12.6 |
| Albania | 62 | 38.6 | 12.2 |
| Uganda | 63 | 37.3 | 4.7 |
| Bulgaria | 64 | 37 | 17.2 |
| North Macedonia | 65 | 36.6 | 13.2 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 66 | 35.7 | 6.3 |
| Burkina Faso | 67 | 35.1 | 12.9 |
| Denmark | 68 | 34.9 | 5.3 |
| Togo | 68 | 34.9 | 12.8 |
| Eswatini | 70 | 34.8 | 10 |
| Romania | 71 | 34.7 | 14 |
| Central African Republic | 72 | 34.1 | 9.8 |
| Lithuania | 73 | 33.7 | 5.6 |
| Cuba | 74 | 33.5 | 7.1 |
| Sweden | 75 | 33.2 | 4.5 |
| Nigeria | 76 | 32.3 | 11.6 |
| Greece | 77 | 32.1 | 8.4 |
| Latvia | 78 | 31.9 | 5.3 |
| Chile | 78 | 31.9 | 7.4 |
| Serbia | 80 | 31.4 | 12.4 |
| Estonia | 81 | 31.3 | 6.8 |
| Cambodia | 82 | 31 | 19.1 |
| Haiti | 83 | 30.9 | 5.7 |
| Hungary | 84 | 30.8 | 12.2 |
| Gabon | 85 | 30.7 | 7.8 |
| Gambia | 86 | 30.1 | 13 |
| Angola | 87 | 29.8 | 4.4 |
| Laos | 88 | 29.6 | 15.9 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 88 | 29.6 | 10 |
| Rwanda | 90 | 29.5 | 3.2 |
| Canada | 91 | 28.8 | 5.6 |
| Georgia | 91 | 28.8 | 6.9 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 93 | 28.7 | 11.9 |
| Japan | 94 | 28.3 | 2.8 |
| El Salvador | 95 | 27.9 | 12.4 |
| Dem. Rep. Congo | 96 | 27.7 | 2.8 |
| Republic of Congo | 97 | 27.6 | 5.1 |
| Belarus | 98 | 27.5 | 3.9 |
| Nepal | 98 | 27.5 | 12.3 |
| Cameroon | 100 | 27.4 | 6.8 |
| Tajikistan | 101 | 27.1 | 2.6 |
| Finland | 102 | 26.4 | 2.8 |
| Kenya | 103 | 26.2 | 4.1 |
| Ethiopia | 104 | 26.1 | 7.5 |
| Niger | 105 | 25.6 | 9.8 |
| Burundi | 106 | 25.3 | 2.6 |
| Viet Nam | 107 | 25 | 18.6 |
| South Africa | 108 | 24.4 | 10.2 |
| Timor-Leste | 109 | 23.8 | 10.6 |
| Mongolia | 110 | 23.5 | 3.8 |
| Philippines | 111 | 23 | 16.5 |
| Russia | 112 | 22.5 | 1.6 |
| Thailand | 113 | 21.8 | 13.4 |
| Taiwan | 114 | 21.2 | 12.4 |
| Mexico | 114 | 21.2 | 13.1 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 116 | 20.6 | 2.2 |
| Indonesia | 117 | 20.2 | 8.1 |
| China | 117 | 20.2 | 2 |
| Paraguay | 119 | 19.9 | 4.9 |
| Chad | 120 | 19.2 | 6.8 |
| Armenia | 121 | 19 | 4.4 |
| Guinea | 122 | 18.3 | 8.2 |
| Ukraine | 123 | 17.5 | 4.1 |
| Madagascar | 124 | 17.4 | 3.8 |
| Liberia | 125 | 17.2 | 3.5 |
| Myanmar | 126 | 16.7 | 11.1 |
| Argentina | 127 | 16.2 | 5.7 |
| South Korea | 128 | 16 | 2.4 |
| United States of America | 129 | 15.8 | 2.7 |
| Sierra Leone | 130 | 14.8 | 5.3 |
| Malaysia | 131 | 14.6 | 7.5 |
| Cyprus | 131 | 14.6 | 5.9 |
| Moldova | 133 | 14.5 | 5.4 |
| Malta | 134 | 14.1 | 4.2 |
| Comoros | 134 | 14.1 | 2.5 |
| Lebanon | 136 | 13.5 | 4.1 |
| Papua New Guinea | 137 | 13.3 | 3.1 |
| Marshall Islands | 138 | 13 | 12.8 |
| Brunei Darussalam | 139 | 12.7 | 8.2 |
| Israel | 140 | 12.2 | 3.5 |
| Azerbaijan | 141 | 11.7 | 4.1 |
| Mali | 142 | 11.4 | 6 |
| Mauritius | 143 | 10.9 | 4.5 |
| Turkey | 143 | 10.9 | 3.8 |
| Jordan | 143 | 10.9 | 2.6 |
| Eritrea | 146 | 10.7 | 4.1 |
| Egypt | 147 | 10.6 | 6.5 |
| Lesotho | 147 | 10.6 | 5.1 |
| Vanuatu | 147 | 10.6 | 2.5 |
| Maldives | 150 | 10.4 | 7.2 |
| Pakistan | 151 | 9.4 | 3 |
| Kuwait | 152 | 9.2 | 4.7 |
| Sudan | 153 | 9.1 | 4.3 |
| United Arab Emirates | 154 | 8.9 | 2 |
| India | 155 | 8.7 | 6.8 |
| Iran | 156 | 8.5 | 2.7 |
| Djibouti | 157 | 7.6 | 5 |
| Seychelles | 158 | 7.5 | 2.1 |
| Algeria | 159 | 7.1 | 3.2 |
| Uruguay | 160 | 6.6 | 4.5 |
| Solomon Islands | 161 | 6.2 | 3.3 |
| Fiji | 162 | 6.1 | 6.1 |
| Saudi Arabia | 163 | 6 | 1.8 |
| Tonga | 164 | 5 | 5 |
| Afghanistan | 164 | 5 | 1.9 |
| Singapore | 164 | 5 | 4.6 |
| Bangladesh | 167 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
| Mauritania | 168 | 4.6 | 3 |
| Kazakhstan | 169 | 4.4 | 1.1 |
| Tunisia | 170 | 4.1 | 3.3 |
| Oman | 171 | 3.5 | 1.6 |
| Qatar | 172 | 3.1 | 1.5 |
| Micronesia | 173 | 3 | 3 |
| Iraq | 174 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| Turkmenistan | 174 | 2.7 | 0.9 |
| Cabo Verde | 176 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| Bahrain | 177 | 2 | 1.4 |
| Uzbekistan | 178 | 1.7 | 0.9 |
| Samoa | 179 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| Kiribati | 180 | - | - |