Terrestrial biome protection (global weights)

 

We derive the terrestrial biome protection indicator by first calculating the proportion of each biome in a country that lies within a protected area. For the terrestrial biome protection (global weights) indicator, we then give greater weight to biomes that are relatively rare across the globe – and less weight to prevalent biomes – before aggregating the proportions. A score of 100 indicates that a country protects at least 17% of each of its biome types, corresponding to Aichi Target 11 of the Convention on Biological Diversity. Data for this indicator come from the World Database on Protected Areas.

 
Terrestrial biome protection (global weights)
 
Country Rank EPI Score 10-Year Change
Cyprus 1 100.00 1.60
Albania 1 100.00 20.90
Comoros 1 100.00 40.00
Bahamas 1 100.00 53.40
Armenia 1 100.00 NA
Austria 1 100.00 NA
Benin 1 100.00 NA
Bulgaria 1 100.00 NA
Brunei Darussalam 1 100.00 NA
Bhutan 1 100.00 NA
Botswana 1 100.00 NA
Czech Republic 1 100.00 NA
Germany 1 100.00 NA
France 1 100.00 1.00
Spain 1 100.00 NA
Estonia 1 100.00 NA
Guinea-Bissau 1 100.00 NA
Equatorial Guinea 1 100.00 NA
Greece 1 100.00 NA
Italy 1 100.00 7.10
Cambodia 1 100.00 33.90
Croatia 1 100.00 42.00
Hungary 1 100.00 NA
Japan 1 100.00 NA
Kiribati 1 100.00 NA
Laos 1 100.00 14.10
Luxembourg 1 100.00 NA
Latvia 1 100.00 NA
Malta 1 100.00 NA
Malawi 1 100.00 NA
Namibia 1 100.00 NA
Poland 1 100.00 NA
Portugal 1 100.00 NA
Senegal 1 100.00 NA
Sao Tome and Principe 1 100.00 NA
Slovakia 1 100.00 NA
Slovenia 1 100.00 NA
Seychelles 1 100.00 26.20
Taiwan 1 100.00 NA
Venezuela 1 100.00 NA
Zambia 1 100.00 NA
Lithuania 42 99.70 1.10
Zimbabwe 43 99.10 NA
Dominican Republic 44 99.00 1.30
Tanzania 45 98.90 0.20
Trinidad and Tobago 46 98.80 NA
Kuwait 47 98.40 80.70
Togo 47 98.40 NA
Republic of Congo 49 98.30 15.00
South Korea 49 98.30 14.80
Sri Lanka 51 98.20 0.40
Costa Rica 52 98.10 0.10
Cote d'Ivoire 52 98.10 NA
United Kingdom 54 97.90 NA
Mozambique 55 97.70 1.30
Romania 56 97.60 11.90
United Arab Emirates 57 97.20 92.70
Central African Republic 58 97.00 NA
Jamaica 59 96.90 0.40
Bolivia 60 96.70 NA
Belize 61 96.60 2.80
Burkina Faso 62 96.00 0.70
Sierra Leone 62 96.00 78.50
Uganda 64 95.30 NA
Gabon 65 95.20 1.10
Timor-Leste 66 94.50 19.10
Netherlands 67 93.50 8.60
Philippines 68 92.40 14.10
New Zealand 69 91.30 1.50
Panama 70 90.90 NA
Belgium 71 90.80 48.30
Gambia 71 90.80 47.90
Australia 73 90.40 31.80
Niger 74 89.80 38.10
Bangladesh 75 88.90 0.10
Nicaragua 76 88.30 NA
Guinea 77 88.20 NA
Montenegro 78 86.10 21.80
Mexico 79 85.20 7.10
Dominica 80 85.00 NA
Antigua and Barbuda 81 84.80 NA
Denmark 81 84.80 4.50
Suriname 83 84.40 NA
Paraguay 84 84.10 0.70
Malaysia 85 84.00 32.50
Indonesia 86 83.30 NA
Norway 86 83.30 2.50
Ireland 88 82.90 5.70
Ghana 89 82.80 NA
Peru 90 82.30 4.90
Iceland 91 81.00 4.20
Belarus 92 80.30 2.50
Brazil 93 80.00 0.60
Dem. Rep. Congo 94 79.80 7.10
Colombia 95 79.40 2.80
Qatar 96 79.30 NA
Honduras 97 77.90 9.90
Mongolia 97 77.90 10.10
Ecuador 99 77.40 4.80
North Macedonia 99 77.40 7.00
Chad 99 77.40 NA
Ukraine 102 76.00 NA
Tajikistan 103 75.50 NA
Finland 104 73.40 14.80
Cuba 105 69.30 6.20
Cameroon 106 68.30 33.60
Switzerland 107 68.00 19.40
Canada 108 67.80 7.90
Kenya 109 67.50 6.40
Georgia 110 64.90 20.30
Ethiopia 111 64.60 18.80
Sweden 112 64.50 11.40
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 113 63.70 NA
Moldova 114 63.50 NA
United States of America 115 63.40 1.30
Russia 116 63.20 6.20
Azerbaijan 117 62.20 0.10
Mali 118 62.00 1.10
Nigeria 118 62.00 NA
Haiti 120 58.60 47.10
Tonga 121 58.30 NA
Argentina 122 56.70 1.20
Guyana 123 56.50 31.40
Liberia 124 55.70 NA
Pakistan 125 55.10 NA
Rwanda 126 54.60 0.70
Kazakhstan 127 52.80 3.00
Afghanistan 128 51.50 50.40
Israel 129 51.10 6.10
Serbia 130 50.90 13.60
Guatemala 131 50.60 2.00
Iraq 132 49.80 32.20
Burundi 133 46.70 10.70
Thailand 134 46.60 1.50
South Africa 135 46.40 7.20
Nepal 136 45.70 4.90
Samoa 137 45.60 NA
Chile 138 44.70 2.50
El Salvador 139 44.20 6.30
Uzbekistan 140 43.50 7.60
Egypt 141 42.40 NA
Madagascar 142 38.40 7.50
Tunisia 143 37.10 5.60
Angola 144 36.60 NA
Iran 145 35.20 NA
Bosnia and Herzegovina 146 32.20 7.20
Saint Lucia 147 29.50 NA
Algeria 148 29.20 0.30
Singapore 148 29.20 NA
Saudi Arabia 150 28.00 NA
Viet Nam 150 28.00 6.50
Mauritius 152 27.80 1.20
Vanuatu 153 24.10 NA
Turkmenistan 154 22.40 NA
Kyrgyzstan 155 22.30 0.10
Eswatini 156 21.30 1.40
Uruguay 157 20.60 4.50
Oman 158 19.10 6.40
Cabo Verde 159 16.90 0.30
Myanmar 160 16.80 5.70
Bahrain 161 14.70 NA
Grenada 162 14.60 1.50
Jordan 163 14.50 9.70
Sudan 164 12.70 -59.20
Papua New Guinea 165 11.60 1.60
Lebanon 166 11.00 2.20
Morocco 167 10.50 0.10
Maldives 168 10.40 10.30
Fiji 169 9.00 NA
China 170 8.50 4.10
Djibouti 171 7.80 7.40
Marshall Islands 172 5.00 NA
Mauritania 173 3.00 NA
Barbados 174 2.80 NA
Lesotho 174 2.80 NA
India 176 2.10 NA
Solomon Islands 177 1.90 0.30
Turkey 178 1.40 NA
Eritrea 179 NA NA
Micronesia 179 NA NA