We measure wetland loss as a proportion: the average annual loss in grassland area over the past five years, divided by the total extent of wetland area in the year 1992. This metric only looks at gross losses, not net. A score of 100 indicates virtually no wetland loss, and a score of 0 indicates the worst levels of loss. Annual land cover data come from the European Union's Copernicus Earth observation program.
Wetland loss
| Country | Rank | EPI Score | 10-Year Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
| Angola | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
| Czech Republic | 1 | 100.00 | 41.70 |
| Colombia | 1 | 100.00 | 51.10 |
| Belize | 1 | 100.00 | 62.60 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 100.00 | 65.80 |
| Armenia | 1 | 100.00 | 70.10 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 100.00 | 73.80 |
| Canada | 1 | 100.00 | 78.30 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 100.00 | 86.70 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
| Bahrain | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
| Barbados | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
| Cabo Verde | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
| Djibouti | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
| Bahamas | 54 | 75.30 | 48.00 |
| Australia | 61 | 60.60 | -39.40 |
| Republic of Congo | 63 | 57.90 | 27.20 |
| Botswana | 65 | 57.50 | 16.50 |
| Cuba | 74 | 52.00 | 37.70 |
| Chile | 75 | 51.80 | 40.60 |
| Azerbaijan | 82 | 48.60 | -51.40 |
| Austria | 87 | 46.60 | 24.90 |
| Costa Rica | 88 | 46.30 | 21.50 |
| Argentina | 89 | 45.00 | 7.60 |
| Benin | 90 | 44.30 | -55.70 |
| Brazil | 97 | 41.40 | -16.30 |
| Switzerland | 103 | 37.60 | -62.40 |
| Bangladesh | 112 | 33.70 | -66.30 |
| Dem. Rep. Congo | 116 | 32.70 | -67.30 |
| Belarus | 116 | 32.70 | 5.90 |
| Burundi | 118 | 31.80 | -23.10 |
| Albania | 118 | 31.80 | -2.30 |
| China | 120 | 31.60 | -68.40 |
| Cyprus | 128 | 29.00 | -71.00 |
| Germany | 139 | 26.10 | -73.90 |
| Cameroon | 143 | 24.10 | -75.90 |
| Burkina Faso | 144 | 22.80 | -77.20 |
| Bolivia | 149 | 19.40 | -9.80 |
| Belgium | 150 | 18.80 | -29.10 |
| Bhutan | 155 | 8.20 | -91.80 |
| Brunei Darussalam | NA | NA | NA |
| Comoros | NA | NA | NA |
| Dominica | NA | NA | NA |
| Croatia | 1 | 100.00 | 47.30 |
| Honduras | 1 | 100.00 | 51.00 |
| Gabon | 1 | 100.00 | 51.80 |
| Hungary | 1 | 100.00 | 56.80 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1 | 100.00 | 59.20 |
| Guinea | 1 | 100.00 | 100.00 |
| Algeria | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
| Iran | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
| Jordan | 48 | 99.80 | -0.20 |
| Israel | 49 | 99.70 | -0.30 |
| Iceland | 52 | 89.60 | -10.40 |
| Estonia | 57 | 67.30 | -32.70 |
| Italy | 59 | 63.70 | 14.30 |
| India | 60 | 62.00 | -38.00 |
| United Kingdom | 64 | 57.80 | 8.90 |
| Ghana | 68 | 55.30 | 22.60 |
| Jamaica | 73 | 52.30 | 17.50 |
| Eritrea | 76 | 51.50 | -48.50 |
| Egypt | 78 | 51.30 | -2.60 |
| Iraq | 84 | 47.60 | -52.40 |
| Ecuador | 91 | 43.90 | 12.20 |
| Guatemala | 92 | 43.80 | 25.60 |
| Gambia | 94 | 42.50 | 17.50 |
| Georgia | 95 | 41.60 | -3.90 |
| Haiti | 99 | 40.10 | -0.20 |
| Greece | 101 | 38.50 | -5.60 |
| Japan | 102 | 37.90 | -62.10 |
| Ireland | 107 | 35.80 | -64.20 |
| Kazakhstan | 109 | 35.30 | -64.70 |
| Guyana | 111 | 34.80 | -16.10 |
| Finland | 115 | 33.20 | 14.20 |
| Kenya | 121 | 31.40 | -29.80 |
| Cambodia | 126 | 29.70 | -70.30 |
| Ethiopia | 127 | 29.20 | -31.40 |
| Dominican Republic | 128 | 29.00 | 1.80 |
| Denmark | 134 | 27.10 | -72.90 |
| France | 135 | 26.70 | -51.30 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 141 | 24.60 | 9.00 |
| Spain | 148 | 21.80 | -12.70 |
| Fiji | NA | NA | NA |
| Micronesia | NA | NA | NA |
| Grenada | NA | NA | NA |
| Indonesia | NA | NA | NA |
| Kyrgyzstan | NA | NA | NA |
| Kiribati | NA | NA | NA |
| New Zealand | 1 | 100.00 | 16.70 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 100.00 | 31.80 |
| Mexico | 1 | 100.00 | 75.30 |
| Laos | 1 | 100.00 | 77.40 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 100.00 | 100.00 |
| Moldova | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
| Madagascar | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
| Myanmar | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
| Montenegro | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
| Serbia | 1 | 100.00 | 51.70 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 100.00 | 57.00 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 100.00 | 74.50 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 100.00 | 77.00 |
| Sweden | 1 | 100.00 | 80.60 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 100.00 | 90.50 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
| Togo | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
| Tunisia | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
| Venezuela | 1 | 100.00 | NA |
| Saint Lucia | 50 | 98.80 | -1.20 |
| Sri Lanka | 51 | 98.40 | -1.60 |
| Peru | 53 | 77.00 | 44.50 |
| Namibia | 55 | 72.80 | 62.10 |
| Latvia | 56 | 68.10 | -31.90 |
| Norway | 58 | 64.20 | 43.60 |
| Mali | 62 | 60.20 | -39.80 |
| Uzbekistan | 66 | 57.00 | -43.00 |
| Ukraine | 67 | 55.70 | 10.30 |
| Romania | 69 | 53.70 | -46.30 |
| Zambia | 70 | 53.60 | -1.10 |
| Suriname | 71 | 53.00 | -47.00 |
| Pakistan | 72 | 52.60 | -47.40 |
| Eswatini | 76 | 51.50 | 44.10 |
| United States of America | 79 | 50.00 | 25.60 |
| Mongolia | 80 | 49.90 | -50.10 |
| Panama | 81 | 49.00 | 38.80 |
| Russia | 83 | 47.80 | 16.10 |
| Oman | 85 | 46.80 | 10.80 |
| Lithuania | 86 | 46.70 | 6.80 |
| Turkey | 93 | 43.00 | -10.20 |
| Malawi | 96 | 41.50 | -58.50 |
| Uganda | 97 | 41.40 | -5.40 |
| South Africa | 100 | 38.80 | -15.60 |
| Uruguay | 104 | 37.30 | 13.10 |
| Niger | 105 | 36.50 | -29.60 |
| Paraguay | 106 | 36.30 | -63.70 |
| Portugal | 108 | 35.70 | -9.00 |
| Slovakia | 110 | 35.10 | -64.90 |
| Tanzania | 112 | 33.70 | -66.30 |
| Nigeria | 114 | 33.60 | -22.20 |
| Senegal | 122 | 31.20 | -18.50 |
| South Korea | 123 | 30.80 | -69.20 |
| Nepal | 124 | 30.20 | -69.80 |
| Rwanda | 125 | 29.90 | -12.80 |
| Kuwait | 128 | 29.00 | 10.70 |
| Viet Nam | 131 | 28.90 | -30.70 |
| Zimbabwe | 132 | 28.80 | 9.30 |
| Mozambique | 133 | 27.80 | -32.50 |
| Netherlands | 136 | 26.60 | -12.40 |
| Mauritania | 137 | 26.40 | -32.80 |
| Poland | 138 | 26.30 | -73.70 |
| Chad | 140 | 25.80 | -40.00 |
| North Macedonia | 142 | 24.50 | -13.60 |
| Thailand | 145 | 22.50 | -77.50 |
| Sudan | 146 | 22.30 | -10.40 |
| Lesotho | 147 | 22.10 | -77.90 |
| Liberia | 151 | 17.90 | -7.30 |
| Taiwan | 152 | 16.60 | -11.30 |
| Morocco | 153 | 15.20 | -84.80 |
| Lebanon | NA | NA | NA |
| Luxembourg | NA | NA | NA |
| Maldives | NA | NA | NA |
| Marshall Islands | NA | NA | NA |
| Malta | NA | NA | NA |
| Malaysia | NA | NA | NA |
| Philippines | NA | NA | NA |
| Papua New Guinea | NA | NA | NA |
| Turkmenistan | 154 | 14.30 | -85.70 |
| Qatar | 156 | NA | -100.00 |
| Singapore | NA | NA | NA |
| Solomon Islands | NA | NA | NA |
| Seychelles | NA | NA | NA |
| Timor-Leste | NA | NA | NA |
| Tonga | NA | NA | NA |
| Vanuatu | NA | NA | NA |
| Samoa | NA | NA | NA |