We measure wetland loss as a proportion: the average annual loss in grassland area over the past five years, divided by the total extent of wetland area in the year 1992. This metric only looks at gross losses, not net. A score of 100 indicates virtually no wetland loss, and a score of 0 indicates the worst levels of loss. Annual land cover data come from the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Climate Change Initiative.
Wetland loss
| Country | Rank | EPI Score | 10-Year Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singapore | - | - | - |
| Brunei Darussalam | - | - | - |
| Lebanon | - | - | - |
| Luxembourg | - | - | - |
| Comoros | - | - | - |
| Maldives | - | - | - |
| Marshall Islands | - | - | - |
| Tonga | - | - | - |
| Malta | - | - | - |
| Indonesia | - | - | - |
| Solomon Islands | - | - | - |
| Kiribati | - | - | - |
| Samoa | - | - | - |
| Seychelles | - | - | - |
| Malaysia | - | - | - |
| Fiji | - | - | - |
| Vanuatu | - | - | - |
| Dominica | - | - | - |
| Papua New Guinea | - | - | - |
| Philippines | - | - | - |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | - | - |
| Timor-Leste | - | - | - |
| Micronesia | - | - | - |
| Armenia | 1 | 100 | 88.7 |
| Grenada | 1 | 100 | - |
| Morocco | 1 | 100 | - |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1 | 100 | 80.8 |
| Cabo Verde | 1 | 100 | - |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 100 | 73.2 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 100 | - |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 100 | 69.6 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 100 | 65.4 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 100 | - |
| Slovakia | 1 | 100 | 60.9 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 100 | - |
| Benin | 1 | 100 | 60 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 100 | 56.8 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 100 | 50.5 |
| Togo | 1 | 100 | - |
| Moldova | 1 | 100 | 50.5 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 100 | - |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 100 | - |
| Mauritius | 1 | 100 | 99.9 |
| Niger | 1 | 100 | - |
| Iceland | 1 | 100 | - |
| Israel | 1 | 100 | - |
| Algeria | 1 | 100 | - |
| Bahrain | 1 | 100 | 98 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 100 | - |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 100 | - |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 100 | - |
| Lesotho | 1 | 100 | - |
| Djibouti | 1 | 100 | - |
| Tunisia | 1 | 100 | - |
| Jordan | 1 | 100 | - |
| Nepal | 1 | 100 | - |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 1 | 100 | - |
| Namibia | 35 | 98.1 | 54.1 |
| Mauritania | 36 | 90.9 | 2.2 |
| Ukraine | 37 | 86.9 | 42.6 |
| Cambodia | 38 | 80.8 | 16 |
| Estonia | 39 | 77.7 | 22.2 |
| Suriname | 40 | 77.5 | 54.7 |
| Bahamas | 41 | 76.1 | 45.1 |
| Australia | 42 | 72.9 | 6.1 |
| Ireland | 43 | 72.6 | 15.9 |
| Kenya | 44 | 68.9 | -3.5 |
| Mongolia | 45 | 68 | -17.5 |
| Kazakhstan | 46 | 67.7 | 7.7 |
| Romania | 47 | 66.6 | 11.8 |
| Colombia | 47 | 66.6 | 12.2 |
| Uganda | 47 | 66.6 | 22.4 |
| Nicaragua | 50 | 64.1 | 30.1 |
| Zambia | 51 | 63.8 | 4.9 |
| Mali | 52 | 63.7 | -11 |
| Angola | 53 | 63.5 | -4.9 |
| Venezuela | 54 | 62.8 | 13.8 |
| Canada | 55 | 61.7 | 54.8 |
| Honduras | 56 | 61.4 | 44.3 |
| Senegal | 57 | 61.1 | -9.3 |
| Denmark | 58 | 60.6 | 5 |
| United Kingdom | 58 | 60.6 | 26 |
| Ethiopia | 60 | 60.3 | 16 |
| Nigeria | 61 | 59.4 | -15.5 |
| United States of America | 62 | 59 | 49.8 |
| Sierra Leone | 63 | 58.7 | 45 |
| Latvia | 64 | 58.2 | -8.1 |
| Rwanda | 65 | 57.9 | 22.8 |
| Austria | 66 | 57.3 | 2.3 |
| Chad | 67 | 57 | -15.2 |
| Tanzania | 68 | 56.9 | 3 |
| Serbia | 69 | 56.6 | 11 |
| New Zealand | 69 | 56.6 | -31.3 |
| Uzbekistan | 71 | 56 | -44 |
| Gambia | 72 | 55.6 | 28.9 |
| Croatia | 72 | 55.6 | 1.9 |
| Madagascar | 74 | 55.5 | 6.6 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 75 | 55.2 | 27.9 |
| Cuba | 75 | 55.2 | 25.8 |
| India | 77 | 55 | -8.4 |
| Belarus | 78 | 54.9 | 9.3 |
| Iraq | 78 | 54.9 | 25.1 |
| Malawi | 80 | 54.5 | 26.1 |
| Pakistan | 81 | 54.4 | -20.2 |
| Albania | 81 | 54.4 | 11.6 |
| Belgium | 83 | 53.9 | 32.6 |
| Liberia | 84 | 53.4 | 43.8 |
| Dem. Rep. Congo | 85 | 51.5 | 2.8 |
| Egypt | 86 | 50.6 | -17.7 |
| Guinea | 87 | 50.4 | 50.2 |
| Guyana | 88 | 49.7 | 17.4 |
| Brazil | 89 | 49.6 | 6.9 |
| Paraguay | 90 | 49.3 | 22.6 |
| Kuwait | 91 | 48.4 | 23.8 |
| Turkey | 92 | 47.5 | -31.8 |
| Sweden | 93 | 47.1 | 18.3 |
| Mexico | 94 | 46.9 | 45.5 |
| Haiti | 95 | 46.4 | 7.4 |
| South Africa | 96 | 45.8 | 3.1 |
| Poland | 97 | 45.7 | -6.5 |
| Iran | 98 | 45.4 | -14.1 |
| Gabon | 99 | 45.2 | 13.8 |
| France | 100 | 45 | 2.5 |
| Laos | 101 | 44.6 | -2.1 |
| Bangladesh | 102 | 44.5 | -1 |
| Argentina | 102 | 44.5 | 4.6 |
| Belize | 104 | 44.2 | 16.7 |
| Greece | 105 | 44.1 | -0.4 |
| Burkina Faso | 106 | 43.9 | -34.7 |
| China | 107 | 43.7 | -7.3 |
| Bolivia | 108 | 43.6 | 5.2 |
| Hungary | 109 | 43.4 | 7.4 |
| Dominican Republic | 110 | 43 | 10.2 |
| Russia | 110 | 43 | 17.7 |
| Peru | 110 | 43 | 17.7 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 110 | 43 | -10.7 |
| Central African Republic | 114 | 42.7 | 14.5 |
| South Korea | 115 | 42.1 | 3.9 |
| Italy | 116 | 41.9 | -6.3 |
| Lithuania | 116 | 41.9 | -22.5 |
| Chile | 116 | 41.9 | 41.9 |
| Georgia | 119 | 41.6 | -22.5 |
| Netherlands | 120 | 41.5 | 7.5 |
| Portugal | 120 | 41.5 | -1.9 |
| Myanmar | 122 | 41.2 | 1.9 |
| Japan | 123 | 41 | 1.3 |
| Germany | 124 | 40.2 | -8.7 |
| Mozambique | 125 | 39.3 | -15.4 |
| Sudan | 125 | 39.3 | -10.6 |
| Burundi | 127 | 39.2 | -6.2 |
| Zimbabwe | 128 | 39 | -19.7 |
| Bulgaria | 129 | 38.9 | 1.7 |
| Cyprus | 130 | 38.8 | -61.2 |
| El Salvador | 131 | 38.6 | 20.3 |
| Uruguay | 132 | 38 | -2.2 |
| Norway | 132 | 38 | 3.3 |
| Republic of Congo | 134 | 36.2 | 21.4 |
| Jamaica | 135 | 35.9 | 5.7 |
| Cameroon | 136 | 35.8 | 2.7 |
| Spain | 137 | 35.5 | -13.6 |
| Viet Nam | 137 | 35.5 | -17.9 |
| Finland | 139 | 35 | 20.2 |
| Ecuador | 140 | 34.4 | 4.2 |
| Oman | 141 | 34.1 | -8.7 |
| Botswana | 142 | 34 | -42 |
| Costa Rica | 143 | 33.9 | 21.3 |
| Switzerland | 144 | 31.6 | -22.5 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 145 | 30.3 | 14.4 |
| Eswatini | 146 | 29.8 | -35.6 |
| Thailand | 147 | 28.3 | -71.7 |
| Czech Republic | 148 | 26.8 | -30.1 |
| Guatemala | 149 | 26.7 | 8 |
| Taiwan | 150 | 25.3 | 0.4 |
| Panama | 151 | 24.2 | -0.3 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 152 | 21.3 | 1.7 |
| North Macedonia | 153 | 19.9 | -12.4 |
| Ghana | 154 | 17 | -18 |
| Barbados | 155 | 9.6 | -2.8 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 156 | - | -100 |
| Qatar | 156 | - | -100 |