Species Protection Index

 

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