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 |