Protected Areas Representativeness Index

 

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
Trinidad and Tobago 1 100.00 21.80
Suriname 1 100.00 38.70
Belize 3 96.80 7.40
Tanzania 4 86.70 26.20
Guyana 5 81.60 32.90
Norway 6 81.10 43.00
Namibia 7 81.00 27.10
Zambia 8 79.80 15.50
Switzerland 9 76.40 21.00
Dominica 10 75.20 11.30
Luxembourg 11 74.80 23.80
Venezuela 12 72.90 13.30
Nicaragua 13 71.50 12.00
Botswana 14 71.40 13.80
Austria 15 70.30 20.00
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 16 70.20 13.80
Bahamas 17 68.40 37.40
Grenada 18 67.10 11.40
Costa Rica 19 66.60 19.40
Saint Lucia 19 66.60 13.50
Germany 21 64.30 17.80
Bolivia 22 63.00 23.90
Panama 23 61.90 26.30
Colombia 24 60.70 24.20
Belgium 25 60.40 15.50
Republic of Congo 26 60.20 37.70
France 27 60.00 21.00
Mozambique 27 60.00 19.10
Slovenia 29 58.30 21.70
Cambodia 30 57.90 46.10
Zimbabwe 31 57.20 16.20
Honduras 32 56.20 12.10
Montenegro 33 54.40 23.10
Benin 34 54.20 26.10
Guinea 35 54.00 43.90
Malawi 36 53.90 17.30
Antigua and Barbuda 37 53.70 14.80
Iceland 38 53.60 22.30
Poland 39 53.30 12.60
United Kingdom 40 53.10 10.00
Czech Republic 41 52.50 12.50
Sri Lanka 42 52.40 36.70
Guinea-Bissau 43 51.80 35.10
Spain 44 51.70 13.90
Brazil 44 51.70 20.00
Barbados 46 50.40 11.00
Guatemala 47 50.10 5.00
Slovakia 48 50.00 15.50
Dominican Republic 49 49.60 16.10
Italy 50 48.00 16.50
Croatia 51 47.80 20.80
Netherlands 52 47.40 14.80
Niger 53 46.90 31.10
Bosnia and Herzegovina 54 46.80 19.10
Australia 55 45.80 26.10
Gabon 56 45.20 22.30
Qatar 57 44.70 43.20
Burkina Faso 58 44.40 22.30
Ecuador 59 43.10 11.90
Senegal 59 43.10 17.90
Peru 61 42.80 14.10
Ireland 62 42.50 5.90
Estonia 63 42.00 17.50
Bulgaria 64 41.90 22.20
Portugal 65 41.60 6.10
Togo 66 41.10 19.00
Albania 67 41.00 14.70
Haiti 68 40.40 15.30
Paraguay 69 37.80 22.90
Bhutan 70 37.70 7.80
Denmark 71 37.50 7.90
Cuba 71 37.50 11.20
Ghana 71 37.50 11.30
Jamaica 74 37.30 4.00
Latvia 75 37.20 10.60
North Macedonia 76 37.00 13.60
Eswatini 77 36.50 11.80
Romania 78 36.30 15.60
Sweden 79 35.80 7.20
Lithuania 80 35.70 7.60
Uganda 81 35.00 2.40
Kenya 82 34.90 12.80
Cote d'Ivoire 83 34.80 3.60
Gambia 84 34.10 17.10
Kyrgyzstan 85 33.90 15.50
Central African Republic 86 33.70 9.50
Greece 86 33.70 10.00
Cyprus 88 33.40 24.70
El Salvador 89 33.30 17.90
Hungary 90 33.10 14.60
Madagascar 91 33.00 19.40
Chile 92 32.10 7.70
Dem. Rep. Congo 93 32.00 7.20
Equatorial Guinea 94 31.80 2.40
Serbia 95 31.00 12.00
Laos 96 30.50 16.80
Angola 97 30.20 4.80
Ethiopia 97 30.20 11.70
Sao Tome and Principe 99 29.60 10.10
Cameroon 100 29.40 8.90
United Arab Emirates 101 29.00 22.10
Tajikistan 102 28.60 4.20
Canada 103 28.30 5.20
New Zealand 104 28.20 -19.40
Rwanda 104 28.20 1.90
Chad 106 27.60 15.30
Philippines 107 27.50 21.10
Belarus 108 27.30 3.70
Nigeria 109 26.80 6.20
Thailand 109 26.80 18.40
Georgia 111 26.60 4.70
Russia 111 26.60 5.80
Mongolia 113 26.40 6.70
Finland 114 26.20 2.60
Lesotho 115 26.10 20.70
Burundi 116 25.80 3.20
Viet Nam 117 25.10 18.70
Japan 118 24.20 -1.20
South Africa 119 24.10 9.90
Liberia 119 24.10 10.50
Morocco 121 23.50 -4.70
Taiwan 122 23.40 14.70
Brunei Darussalam 123 21.10 16.60
Sierra Leone 124 20.00 10.60
South Korea 125 19.70 6.20
Mexico 126 19.20 11.10
Egypt 127 18.90 14.90
Israel 128 17.70 9.10
Timor-Leste 129 17.30 4.20
Mali 129 17.30 12.00
Argentina 131 17.20 6.80
Nepal 132 16.50 1.30
Indonesia 133 15.90 3.80
Armenia 134 15.80 1.30
Ukraine 135 15.70 2.40
Jordan 136 15.20 6.90
Kuwait 136 15.20 10.70
Malaysia 138 15.10 8.00
Saudi Arabia 138 15.10 11.00
Kazakhstan 140 15.00 11.70
United States of America 141 14.80 1.70
Oman 142 14.30 12.50
Malta 143 14.10 4.30
Comoros 144 14.00 2.50
Lebanon 145 13.80 4.50
Moldova 146 13.10 4.10
Sudan 146 13.10 8.30
Marshall Islands 148 12.90 12.70
Eritrea 149 11.90 5.30
Myanmar 150 11.30 5.80
Azerbaijan 151 10.80 3.20
Mauritius 151 10.80 4.50
Iran 153 10.60 4.90
Uruguay 153 10.60 8.60
Maldives 155 10.40 7.20
Tunisia 156 9.50 8.70
Uzbekistan 156 9.50 8.80
Turkey 158 9.10 2.00
Algeria 159 8.00 4.10
Pakistan 159 8.00 1.70
Seychelles 161 7.50 2.20
Vanuatu 162 6.80 -1.30
Mauritania 163 6.30 4.80
Djibouti 164 5.60 3.10
Turkmenistan 165 5.30 3.60
Afghanistan 166 5.20 2.10
Singapore 167 5.00 4.70
Tonga 167 5.00 5.00
Iraq 169 4.30 4.20
Papua New Guinea 170 3.60 -6.60
Micronesia 171 2.90 2.90
China 172 2.10 -16.00
Cabo Verde 172 2.10 2.10
Bahrain 174 2.00 1.50
Samoa 175 1.40 1.40
Bangladesh 176 0.80 0.80
India 177 0.50 -1.30
Fiji 178 NA NA
Kiribati 178 NA NA
Solomon Islands 178 NA -2.90