Biodiversity Habitat Index

 

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 78.60 NA
Singapore 2 78.10 NA
Suriname 3 77.90 NA
Iceland 4 74.00 NA
Fiji 5 72.30 NA
Norway 6 70.40 NA
Bahrain 7 69.70 NA
Russia 8 69.60 NA
Guyana 9 69.00 NA
Republic of Congo 10 67.50 NA
Dem. Rep. Congo 11 67.30 NA
Papua New Guinea 12 67.20 NA
Gabon 13 65.90 NA
Samoa 14 65.80 NA
Solomon Islands 15 65.50 NA
Chile 16 64.50 NA
Central African Republic 17 63.50 NA
Egypt 17 63.50 NA
Vanuatu 19 63.30 NA
Oman 20 63.20 NA
Mauritania 21 62.50 NA
Angola 22 61.50 NA
Zambia 22 61.50 NA
Qatar 24 61.10 NA
Equatorial Guinea 25 61.00 NA
Finland 26 60.80 NA
United Arab Emirates 27 60.70 NA
Sweden 28 60.60 NA
Peru 29 59.90 NA
Algeria 30 59.70 NA
Barbados 31 58.80 NA
Saudi Arabia 32 58.00 NA
Bolivia 33 57.60 NA
Namibia 34 57.40 NA
Botswana 35 57.20 NA
Brunei Darussalam 36 56.90 NA
Maldives 36 56.90 NA
Venezuela 38 56.80 NA
Cameroon 39 56.60 NA
Australia 40 56.40 NA
Niger 40 56.40 NA
Colombia 42 55.80 NA
Bahamas 43 55.20 NA
Jordan 44 54.30 NA
Brazil 45 54.20 NA
Mozambique 46 53.70 NA
Mali 47 53.60 NA
Kuwait 48 53.20 NA
Mongolia 49 52.50 NA
Chad 50 52.20 NA
Indonesia 51 51.50 NA
Paraguay 51 51.50 NA
Trinidad and Tobago 53 51.40 NA
Saint Lucia 54 51.10 NA
Malta 55 50.70 NA
Iraq 56 50.60 NA
Belize 57 50.40 NA
Comoros 58 50.10 NA
Malaysia 59 49.90 NA
Ecuador 60 49.60 NA
Estonia 61 49.00 NA
Dominica 62 48.90 NA
Kazakhstan 62 48.90 NA
Guinea 64 48.40 NA
Guinea-Bissau 65 48.30 NA
Sao Tome and Principe 66 48.20 NA
Tajikistan 67 47.40 NA
Sudan 68 47.30 NA
Latvia 69 47.20 NA
Kyrgyzstan 70 47.10 NA
Laos 71 47.00 NA
Kiribati 72 46.80 NA
Morocco 73 46.50 NA
United States of America 74 46.30 NA
Madagascar 75 45.70 NA
Tanzania 76 45.60 NA
Uzbekistan 76 45.60 NA
Nicaragua 78 45.40 NA
Zimbabwe 79 44.90 NA
Iran 80 44.80 NA
Turkmenistan 81 44.50 NA
Switzerland 82 44.30 NA
Honduras 82 44.30 NA
Seychelles 82 44.30 NA
Japan 85 44.20 NA
Mexico 85 44.20 NA
Austria 87 44.00 NA
Liberia 88 43.90 NA
Grenada 89 43.80 NA
China 90 43.70 NA
Panama 91 43.30 NA
Argentina 92 43.20 NA
Cabo Verde 93 43.10 NA
Armenia 94 43.00 NA
Malawi 95 42.90 NA
Tonga 96 42.60 NA
Tunisia 97 42.40 NA
Guatemala 98 42.20 NA
Montenegro 99 42.10 NA
Belarus 100 42.00 NA
Afghanistan 101 41.90 NA
Luxembourg 102 41.80 NA
South Korea 103 41.60 NA
Slovenia 104 41.50 NA
Costa Rica 105 41.30 NA
Lithuania 106 41.20 NA
South Africa 106 41.20 NA
Myanmar 108 41.10 NA
Cote d'Ivoire 109 40.90 NA
Bosnia and Herzegovina 110 40.70 NA
Uganda 110 40.70 NA
Eswatini 112 40.30 NA
Ireland 113 40.20 NA
Pakistan 114 39.70 NA
Ethiopia 115 39.60 NA
Burundi 116 39.50 NA
Bhutan 117 39.40 NA
Israel 117 39.40 NA
Mauritius 119 39.30 NA
Jamaica 120 39.00 NA
Benin 121 38.80 NA
Taiwan 121 38.80 NA
Georgia 123 38.70 NA
Czech Republic 124 38.60 NA
Dominican Republic 125 38.50 NA
North Macedonia 126 38.30 NA
Cuba 127 38.10 NA
Ghana 127 38.10 NA
Djibouti 129 37.60 NA
New Zealand 129 37.60 NA
Sierra Leone 131 37.50 NA
Micronesia 132 37.30 NA
Haiti 132 37.30 NA
Nepal 132 37.30 NA
Turkey 132 37.30 NA
Kenya 136 37.20 NA
Togo 136 37.20 NA
Viet Nam 136 37.20 NA
Poland 139 37.00 NA
United Kingdom 140 36.80 NA
Marshall Islands 140 36.80 NA
El Salvador 140 36.80 NA
France 143 36.60 NA
Timor-Leste 144 36.30 NA
Germany 145 36.20 NA
Lesotho 146 36.10 NA
Cambodia 147 35.80 NA
Philippines 147 35.80 NA
Slovakia 149 35.60 NA
Cyprus 150 35.50 NA
Sri Lanka 151 35.10 NA
Portugal 152 35.00 NA
Albania 153 34.80 NA
Eritrea 154 34.60 NA
Bulgaria 155 34.50 NA
Denmark 156 34.40 NA
Belgium 157 34.10 NA
Rwanda 157 34.10 NA
Antigua and Barbuda 159 34.00 NA
Greece 160 33.50 NA
Croatia 160 33.50 NA
Nigeria 162 33.00 NA
Spain 163 32.80 NA
Lebanon 164 32.50 NA
Senegal 165 32.20 NA
Romania 166 31.90 NA
Thailand 167 31.80 NA
Italy 168 31.00 NA
Serbia 169 30.70 NA
India 170 30.50 NA
Netherlands 171 30.20 NA
Ukraine 172 30.10 NA
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 173 29.50 NA
Azerbaijan 174 29.20 NA
Uruguay 175 29.00 NA
Gambia 176 28.70 NA
Burkina Faso 177 28.50 NA
Moldova 178 26.60 NA
Bangladesh 179 26.50 NA
Hungary 180 25.20 NA