The Species Protection Index (SPI) measures how well a country's terrestrial protected areas overlap with the ranges of its vertebrate, invertebrate, and plant species. Map of Life calculates this index using remote sensing data, global biodiversity informatics, and integrative models to map suitable habitat for over 30,000 terrestrial species at high resolutions. A score of 100 indicates full coverage of all species' ranges by a country's protected areas, and a score of 0 indicates no overlap.
Species Protection Index
| Country | Rank | EPI Score | 10-Year Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | - | - |
| Micronesia | - | - | - |
| Cabo Verde | - | - | - |
| Samoa | - | - | - |
| Bahrain | - | - | - |
| Mauritius | - | - | - |
| Malta | - | - | - |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | - | - | - |
| Marshall Islands | - | - | - |
| Comoros | - | - | - |
| Maldives | - | - | - |
| Kiribati | - | - | - |
| Singapore | - | - | - |
| Cyprus | - | - | - |
| Grenada | - | - | - |
| Sao Tome and Principe | - | - | - |
| Barbados | - | - | - |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | - | - |
| Tonga | - | - | - |
| Brunei Darussalam | - | - | - |
| Luxembourg | - | - | - |
| Seychelles | - | - | - |
| Dominica | - | - | - |
| Saint Lucia | - | - | - |
| Denmark | 1 | 100 | - |
| Latvia | 1 | 100 | - |
| France | 1 | 100 | - |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 100 | - |
| Slovenia | 1 | 100 | - |
| Slovakia | 1 | 100 | - |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 100 | - |
| Estonia | 1 | 100 | - |
| Hungary | 1 | 100 | - |
| Czech Republic | 1 | 100 | - |
| Switzerland | 1 | 100 | 0.2 |
| Belgium | 1 | 100 | - |
| Poland | 1 | 100 | - |
| Croatia | 1 | 100 | 65.5 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 100 | - |
| Germany | 16 | 99.9 | 0.1 |
| Finland | 17 | 99.6 | 0.4 |
| Burkina Faso | 17 | 99.6 | - |
| Sweden | 19 | 99.3 | 0.2 |
| Belarus | 20 | 99.2 | - |
| Ireland | 21 | 98.4 | 0.4 |
| Bhutan | 22 | 98.3 | - |
| Canada | 23 | 98.2 | 0.2 |
| Romania | 23 | 98.2 | 3.6 |
| Spain | 25 | 98.1 | - |
| Mongolia | 26 | 97.9 | 0.1 |
| Serbia | 27 | 96.8 | 5.9 |
| Zambia | 28 | 96.7 | - |
| Morocco | 29 | 95.7 | 71.5 |
| Timor-Leste | 30 | 95.4 | 0.6 |
| Belize | 31 | 95.2 | 0.1 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 32 | 95.1 | - |
| Russia | 33 | 94.9 | - |
| Italy | 33 | 94.9 | - |
| Zimbabwe | 35 | 94.8 | - |
| Namibia | 36 | 94.4 | 1.1 |
| Cambodia | 37 | 94.2 | - |
| Netherlands | 38 | 94.1 | 4 |
| Portugal | 38 | 94.1 | 4.6 |
| Botswana | 40 | 93.4 | 0.1 |
| North Macedonia | 41 | 93.3 | 0.1 |
| Kuwait | 42 | 92.9 | 11.1 |
| Iceland | 43 | 92.8 | 0.1 |
| Niger | 44 | 92.6 | 3 |
| Uganda | 44 | 92.6 | - |
| Australia | 46 | 92.4 | 11.3 |
| Albania | 47 | 92.2 | 7.2 |
| Central African Republic | 48 | 91.7 | - |
| Gabon | 49 | 90.6 | - |
| Taiwan | 50 | 90.4 | 0.2 |
| Bolivia | 51 | 90.3 | 0.2 |
| South Korea | 52 | 90.1 | 0.5 |
| Nicaragua | 53 | 89.5 | - |
| Malawi | 54 | 89.2 | - |
| Nigeria | 55 | 89 | - |
| Ghana | 56 | 88.9 | - |
| Costa Rica | 57 | 88.5 | 0.1 |
| Republic of Congo | 58 | 88.4 | - |
| Benin | 59 | 87.6 | - |
| Venezuela | 60 | 87.5 | - |
| Dominican Republic | 61 | 87.2 | 0.4 |
| Norway | 62 | 86.7 | 2.5 |
| Brazil | 63 | 86.5 | 1.1 |
| Tanzania | 64 | 86.3 | 7.9 |
| United States of America | 64 | 86.3 | 0.4 |
| Dem. Rep. Congo | 66 | 86.2 | 0.4 |
| Greece | 67 | 86 | 1.6 |
| Paraguay | 68 | 85.4 | 0.9 |
| Mali | 69 | 84.6 | 1.9 |
| Suriname | 70 | 84.3 | - |
| Nepal | 71 | 84.2 | 2.8 |
| Kenya | 72 | 84.1 | - |
| Thailand | 72 | 84.1 | - |
| Senegal | 74 | 84 | - |
| Chad | 75 | 83.3 | - |
| Laos | 75 | 83.3 | - |
| Austria | 77 | 81.2 | - |
| New Zealand | 78 | 81.1 | 2.6 |
| Ethiopia | 79 | 81 | - |
| Sierra Leone | 80 | 80.9 | 19.3 |
| Jamaica | 81 | 80.7 | - |
| Ukraine | 82 | 80.4 | - |
| Kazakhstan | 83 | 80.3 | - |
| United Arab Emirates | 83 | 80.3 | 53.8 |
| Mozambique | 85 | 80.2 | - |
| Israel | 86 | 79.6 | 5.8 |
| South Africa | 87 | 79.4 | 5.2 |
| Panama | 88 | 78.9 | - |
| Azerbaijan | 89 | 77.3 | 0.4 |
| Rwanda | 90 | 76 | - |
| Georgia | 91 | 75.8 | 5 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 92 | 75.6 | - |
| Honduras | 93 | 75.2 | 0.5 |
| Armenia | 94 | 74.5 | 0.3 |
| Philippines | 95 | 74.2 | 0.1 |
| Togo | 96 | 73.5 | - |
| Guinea-Bissau | 97 | 73.3 | - |
| Indonesia | 98 | 71.7 | - |
| Guinea | 99 | 71.6 | 0.1 |
| Sri Lanka | 100 | 70.9 | 3.2 |
| Tajikistan | 101 | 69.4 | - |
| Colombia | 102 | 69.3 | 5 |
| Myanmar | 102 | 69.3 | 5.6 |
| Japan | 104 | 69.1 | 2.5 |
| Turkmenistan | 105 | 68.4 | - |
| Peru | 106 | 67.9 | 9.7 |
| Burundi | 107 | 67.1 | - |
| Angola | 108 | 66.6 | - |
| Viet Nam | 108 | 66.6 | 12.7 |
| Ecuador | 110 | 66.1 | 14.4 |
| Egypt | 111 | 65.1 | - |
| Argentina | 112 | 64.3 | 1.5 |
| India | 113 | 63 | - |
| Iran | 114 | 62.6 | - |
| Pakistan | 115 | 62 | - |
| Malaysia | 116 | 61.7 | - |
| Cameroon | 117 | 59.4 | 2.5 |
| Eswatini | 118 | 59.3 | 1.3 |
| Tunisia | 118 | 59.3 | 4.6 |
| Guyana | 120 | 57.8 | 4.2 |
| Guatemala | 121 | 56.8 | 3.7 |
| Saudi Arabia | 122 | 56.6 | - |
| Eritrea | 123 | 55.8 | - |
| Kyrgyzstan | 124 | 55.1 | - |
| Liberia | 125 | 53.7 | - |
| Chile | 126 | 53.1 | 3.5 |
| Bangladesh | 127 | 52.2 | 3.5 |
| Mexico | 128 | 51.8 | 3.6 |
| Uzbekistan | 129 | 49.2 | - |
| Madagascar | 130 | 48.6 | - |
| Gambia | 131 | 48.3 | - |
| Algeria | 132 | 47.3 | 5.8 |
| Sudan | 133 | 46.6 | - |
| Cuba | 134 | 45 | 32 |
| Oman | 135 | 42.6 | 5.8 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 136 | 41.5 | 9.1 |
| Jordan | 137 | 38.7 | 11.6 |
| Iraq | 138 | 37.2 | 21.1 |
| Djibouti | 139 | 32.9 | 32.9 |
| Uruguay | 140 | 32.6 | 15.9 |
| Bahamas | 141 | 32.5 | 2.4 |
| Haiti | 142 | 31.1 | 10.8 |
| El Salvador | 143 | 26.2 | 5.1 |
| Lesotho | 143 | 26.2 | - |
| Lebanon | 145 | 25.7 | 0.1 |
| Papua New Guinea | 146 | 25.4 | 3.1 |
| Vanuatu | 147 | 23 | - |
| Fiji | 148 | 19 | - |
| Afghanistan | 149 | 18 | - |
| China | 150 | 10.4 | 0.2 |
| Montenegro | 151 | 5.5 | - |
| Turkey | 152 | 3.3 | 0.6 |
| Qatar | 153 | 2.8 | - |
| Moldova | 154 | 2.5 | - |
| Mauritania | 155 | 1.4 | - |
| Solomon Islands | 156 | - | - |