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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Botswana | 1 | 92.30 | NA |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 92.00 | 0.60 |
| Belize | 7 | 89.90 | 0.40 |
| Germany | 9 | 89.40 | 0.60 |
| Czech Republic | 9 | 89.40 | 1.10 |
| Burkina Faso | 11 | 89.20 | 10.00 |
| Cyprus | 13 | 87.50 | 80.60 |
| Bulgaria | 16 | 86.90 | 0.10 |
| Republic of Congo | 19 | 86.40 | 9.40 |
| Austria | 27 | 79.80 | 7.20 |
| Central African Republic | 28 | 78.30 | 8.70 |
| Belgium | 28 | 78.30 | 25.60 |
| Belarus | 30 | 78.20 | 36.70 |
| Canada | 31 | 78.10 | 9.90 |
| Bhutan | 38 | 75.40 | NA |
| Brunei Darussalam | 41 | 73.90 | 0.20 |
| Australia | 43 | 72.80 | 28.20 |
| Benin | 47 | 72.00 | NA |
| Brazil | 51 | 70.30 | 3.70 |
| Bolivia | 60 | 66.80 | 0.90 |
| Dem. Rep. Congo | 62 | 65.90 | 12.50 |
| Albania | 66 | 63.60 | 16.70 |
| Costa Rica | 75 | 54.40 | 0.20 |
| Azerbaijan | 85 | 50.70 | 1.10 |
| Armenia | 86 | 50.30 | 1.60 |
| Switzerland | 89 | 46.90 | 14.10 |
| United Arab Emirates | 97 | 42.40 | 37.20 |
| Colombia | 99 | 41.10 | 6.80 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 107 | 39.10 | 0.40 |
| Chile | 108 | 39.00 | 6.20 |
| Bahamas | 109 | 38.50 | 22.70 |
| Comoros | 109 | 38.50 | 38.50 |
| Cuba | 111 | 38.30 | 18.80 |
| Argentina | 115 | 37.10 | 2.80 |
| Burundi | 123 | 33.00 | 1.60 |
| Cameroon | 123 | 33.00 | 5.50 |
| Angola | 125 | 31.80 | NA |
| Bangladesh | 136 | 24.70 | 1.30 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 139 | 23.30 | 2.00 |
| Afghanistan | 155 | 13.40 | 12.50 |
| Cabo Verde | 162 | 8.40 | 4.10 |
| Djibouti | 166 | 5.30 | 5.30 |
| China | 168 | 2.60 | 0.90 |
| Barbados | 173 | 0.80 | NA |
| Bahrain | 176 | NA | NA |
| Cote d'Ivoire | NA | NA | NA |
| Poland | 3 | 91.00 | 0.80 |
| Zambia | 4 | 90.60 | 0.20 |
| Slovakia | 5 | 90.40 | 2.00 |
| Croatia | 6 | 90.10 | 86.80 |
| Cambodia | 8 | 89.70 | 31.90 |
| Slovenia | 12 | 89.00 | 3.90 |
| Gabon | 14 | 87.40 | 0.10 |
| Namibia | 15 | 87.20 | 5.20 |
| Estonia | 17 | 86.60 | 23.60 |
| Venezuela | 18 | 86.50 | 0.10 |
| Hungary | 20 | 84.40 | 48.80 |
| Lithuania | 21 | 83.70 | 14.20 |
| Kuwait | 22 | 82.60 | 63.40 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 23 | 81.60 | 14.90 |
| Mongolia | 24 | 81.40 | 6.10 |
| Spain | 25 | 80.80 | 15.80 |
| Zimbabwe | 26 | 80.10 | 3.10 |
| Senegal | 32 | 78.00 | 15.00 |
| Latvia | 33 | 77.40 | 0.50 |
| Ghana | 34 | 77.20 | NA |
| Sweden | 35 | 76.30 | 11.50 |
| Denmark | 36 | 76.00 | 0.80 |
| Mozambique | 36 | 76.00 | 8.70 |
| Mali | 38 | 75.40 | 3.10 |
| Algeria | 40 | 74.40 | 0.50 |
| Niger | 42 | 73.10 | 31.10 |
| Ireland | 44 | 72.70 | 26.50 |
| France | 45 | 72.50 | 13.80 |
| Malawi | 46 | 72.30 | 0.90 |
| Thailand | 48 | 71.80 | 0.40 |
| Uganda | 49 | 71.50 | 1.30 |
| Panama | 50 | 71.10 | 1.80 |
| Finland | 51 | 70.30 | 65.50 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 53 | 70.00 | NA |
| Nigeria | 54 | 69.30 | 24.30 |
| Romania | 55 | 69.20 | 6.60 |
| Greece | 56 | 68.80 | 9.00 |
| Tanzania | 56 | 68.80 | 17.90 |
| Portugal | 58 | 68.60 | 5.30 |
| Ukraine | 59 | 67.30 | 31.00 |
| Nicaragua | 61 | 66.50 | 0.90 |
| Italy | 62 | 65.90 | 43.50 |
| Chad | 64 | 65.70 | 0.50 |
| Laos | 65 | 65.40 | 15.80 |
| Japan | 67 | 62.00 | 2.30 |
| South Korea | 68 | 61.10 | 32.90 |
| Guinea | 69 | 59.80 | 2.70 |
| Suriname | 70 | 59.60 | 0.90 |
| Norway | 71 | 58.90 | 20.20 |
| Russia | 72 | 57.80 | 5.70 |
| Kenya | 73 | 56.60 | 0.60 |
| Kazakhstan | 74 | 56.10 | 3.40 |
| Nepal | 76 | 54.30 | 6.60 |
| New Zealand | 77 | 53.90 | 4.20 |
| Moldova | 78 | 53.60 | 26.80 |
| Singapore | 79 | 53.40 | NA |
| Serbia | 80 | 53.00 | 14.40 |
| Ethiopia | 81 | 52.60 | 11.60 |
| Malaysia | 82 | 51.90 | 15.50 |
| Dominican Republic | 83 | 51.20 | 3.50 |
| Honduras | 84 | 51.00 | 3.80 |
| Togo | 87 | 49.70 | 0.50 |
| Rwanda | 88 | 49.00 | 0.90 |
| Montenegro | 90 | 46.00 | 12.20 |
| Peru | 91 | 45.20 | 7.50 |
| Sierra Leone | 92 | 45.10 | 23.70 |
| Iceland | 93 | 44.80 | 3.30 |
| United States of America | 94 | 44.50 | 7.80 |
| Netherlands | 95 | 44.20 | 7.30 |
| Indonesia | 96 | 42.60 | 20.20 |
| Egypt | 98 | 41.40 | 1.90 |
| Paraguay | 100 | 40.50 | 1.60 |
| North Macedonia | 101 | 40.40 | 1.60 |
| Viet Nam | 102 | 40.30 | 11.50 |
| Ecuador | 103 | 40.20 | 11.60 |
| Israel | 104 | 39.90 | 3.20 |
| Tajikistan | 105 | 39.60 | 0.70 |
| Taiwan | 106 | 39.20 | 0.10 |
| Myanmar | 112 | 38.20 | 13.00 |
| Sri Lanka | 113 | 37.50 | 5.40 |
| Timor-Leste | 113 | 37.50 | 7.10 |
| Pakistan | 115 | 37.10 | 0.50 |
| South Africa | 117 | 36.80 | 6.50 |
| Guyana | 118 | 36.10 | 11.40 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 119 | 35.20 | 8.70 |
| Gambia | 120 | 34.90 | 5.30 |
| Malta | 121 | 34.30 | 18.80 |
| Madagascar | 122 | 33.70 | 2.40 |
| United Kingdom | 125 | 31.80 | 9.50 |
| Saudi Arabia | 127 | 31.30 | 1.00 |
| Seychelles | 128 | 31.20 | 4.40 |
| Mexico | 129 | 30.00 | 2.40 |
| Guatemala | 130 | 29.90 | 2.70 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 131 | 27.50 | 9.00 |
| Jamaica | 132 | 27.30 | 0.70 |
| Iran | 132 | 27.30 | 0.90 |
| Philippines | 134 | 26.60 | 14.70 |
| Georgia | 135 | 25.40 | 3.30 |
| Saint Lucia | 137 | 24.00 | NA |
| Uruguay | 137 | 24.00 | 6.20 |
| Uzbekistan | 140 | 22.80 | 4.50 |
| El Salvador | 141 | 20.40 | 7.80 |
| Morocco | 142 | 19.90 | 0.40 |
| Dominica | 143 | 19.60 | NA |
| Oman | 144 | 19.10 | 6.80 |
| Eswatini | 145 | 18.60 | 0.90 |
| Eritrea | 146 | 18.20 | NA |
| Turkmenistan | 147 | 18.10 | 0.30 |
| Iraq | 148 | 17.80 | 8.70 |
| Jordan | 148 | 17.80 | 13.60 |
| Tunisia | 150 | 17.30 | 2.40 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 151 | 16.80 | NA |
| Qatar | 152 | 16.70 | 1.40 |
| Liberia | 153 | 15.90 | 0.20 |
| Haiti | 154 | 14.00 | 11.00 |
| Grenada | 156 | 12.50 | 1.70 |
| Sudan | 157 | 11.80 | NA |
| Mauritius | 158 | 10.80 | 0.40 |
| Papua New Guinea | 159 | 9.40 | 1.30 |
| Tonga | 160 | 9.30 | 2.50 |
| Samoa | 161 | 8.50 | NA |
| Fiji | 163 | 7.10 | NA |
| Mauritania | 164 | 6.60 | NA |
| Lebanon | 165 | 5.60 | 1.40 |
| Vanuatu | 167 | 3.20 | 1.30 |
| Marshall Islands | 169 | 2.20 | 2.20 |
| Lesotho | 170 | 1.80 | 0.50 |
| Maldives | 171 | 1.10 | 0.70 |
| Turkey | 171 | 1.10 | 0.10 |
| Solomon Islands | 174 | 0.70 | NA |
| India | 175 | 0.30 | NA |
| Micronesia | 176 | NA | NA |
| Kiribati | 176 | NA | NA |
| Sao Tome and Principe | NA | NA | NA |