Protected Areas Representativeness Index

Protected Areas Representativeness Index

The Protected Areas Representativeness Index measures how well terrestrial protected areas and Other Effective Area-Based Conservation Measures (OECMs) 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 approach the highest observed potential for representing ecosystem diversity, and a score of 0 indicates complete unrepresentativeness.

 

EPI MeasureProtected Area Repr. Index

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Table of EPI results for Protected Area Repr. Index
Country Rank EPI Score 10-Year Change Regional Rank Regional Average
Costa Rica 1 81.79 4.64 1 46.51
St. Vincent & the Gren. 2 81.42 1.38 2 46.51
Dominica 3 80.95 1.07 3 46.51
Saint Lucia 4 76.87 1.1 4 46.51
Trinidad & Tobago 5 74.23 1.43 5 46.51
Belize 6 67.3 1.74 6 46.51
Saint Kitts & Nevis 7 66.67 8.15 7 46.51
Grenada 8 65.23 1.81 8 46.51
Suriname 9 59.56 1.66 9 46.51
Tanzania 10 58.63 2.87 1 31.55
Panama 11 55.02 7.5 10 46.51
Zambia 12 53.86 0.96 2 31.55
Nicaragua 13 53.57 1.34 11 46.51
Namibia 14 51.65 2.13 3 31.55
Antigua & Barbuda 15 51.26 0.91 12 46.51
Switzerland 16 50.72 5.83 1 34.14
Guyana 17 50.61 1.8 13 46.51
Bahamas 18 50.37 6.87 14 46.51
Colombia 19 49.45 9.28 15 46.51
Austria 20 48.29 4.48 2 34.14
Barbados 21 44.41 0.75 16 46.51
Comoros 22 44.14 6.34 4 31.55
Mozambique 23 44.07 1.92 5 31.55
Slovenia 24 43.77 3.87 1 32.42
Luxembourg 25 43.15 5.02 3 34.14
Palau 26 42.97 0.28 1 17.66
New Zealand 27 42.86 1.65 4 34.14
Botswana 28 42.82 1.71 6 31.55
Guinea-Bissau 29 41.3 3.26 7 31.55
Malawi 30 41.27 1.27 8 31.55
Honduras 31 40.92 1.96 17 46.51
Montenegro 32 40.51 4.47 2 32.42
Zimbabwe 33 40.48 1.26 9 31.55
Jamaica 34 40.28 1.95 18 46.51
Germany 35 40.09 4.2 5 34.14
Seychelles 36 39.95 4.96 10 31.55
Slovakia 37 39.55 2.83 3 32.42
Dominican Republic 38 39.19 1.88 19 46.51
Republic of Congo 39 39.11 4.84 11 31.55
Morocco 40 38.78 10.1 1 26.46
Guatemala 41 38.55 1.81 20 46.51
Ecuador 42 38.3 6.08 21 46.51
Bhutan 43 38.14 1.9 1 17.11
Bulgaria 44 37.73 7.21 4 32.42
United Kingdom 45 37.31 2.56 6 34.14
France 46 37.3 6.33 7 34.14
Belgium 47 37.26 5.18 8 34.14
Algeria 48 37.04 5.04 2 26.46
Croatia 49 36.65 4.22 5 32.42
Czechia 50 36.57 2.82 6 32.42
Cyprus 51 36.05 6.73 7 32.42
Sri Lanka 52 35.69 1.07 2 17.11
Poland 53 35.25 1.77 8 32.42
Spain 54 35.19 6.48 9 34.14
Guinea 55 34.89 2.17 12 31.55
Côte d'Ivoire 56 34.72 0.82 13 31.55
Benin 57 34.67 0.68 14 31.55
Norway 58 34.03 2.23 10 34.14
Australia 59 33.98 9.45 11 34.14
Italy 60 33.97 5.47 12 34.14
Albania 61 33.87 4.27 9 32.42
Netherlands 62 33.78 5.31 13 34.14
North Macedonia 63 33.76 4.91 10 32.42
Cambodia 64 33.73 17.48 2 17.66
Bosnia & Herzegovina 65 33.66 4.24 11 32.42
Iceland 66 33.61 1.87 14 34.14
Gabon 67 33.54 2.47 15 31.55
Georgia 68 33.44 3.5 1 21.18
Portugal 69 33.43 4.68 15 34.14
Brazil 70 32.49 2.16 22 46.51
Ireland 71 32.37 3.95 16 34.14
Senegal 72 32.33 1.65 16 31.55
Equatorial Guinea 73 31.77 1.13 17 31.55
Romania 74 31.73 3.92 12 32.42
Uganda 75 31.68 1.71 18 31.55
Ghana 76 31.61 0.74 19 31.55
Chile 77 30.71 4.31 23 46.51
Greece 78 30.64 3.56 13 32.42
Bolivia 79 30.39 0.47 24 46.51
Togo 80 30.27 0.61 20 31.55
Niger 81 29.96 13.88 21 31.55
Malta 82 29.85 5.5 17 34.14
Kuwait 83 29.78 11.42 3 26.46
Rwanda 84 29.43 3.07 22 31.55
Burkina Faso 85 29.14 1.61 23 31.55
Haiti 86 29.11 3.67 25 46.51
Egypt 87 29.02 5.94 4 26.46
Qatar 88 28.64 5.15 5 26.46
Israel 89 28.59 8.9 6 26.46
Gambia 90 28.49 1.37 24 31.55
Serbia 91 28.43 3.98 14 32.42
Chad 92 28.41 6.64 25 31.55
Bahrain 93 28.35 4.84 7 26.46
Kenya 94 28.28 3.25 26 31.55
Madagascar 95 28.12 7.75 27 31.55
Jordan 96 27.99 12.86 8 26.46
Dem. Rep. Congo 97 27.62 1.73 28 31.55
Denmark 98 27.61 1.98 18 34.14
Japan 99 27.46 6.69 3 17.66
Angola 100 27.34 0.85 29 31.55
Hungary 101 27.04 2.08 15 32.42
Armenia 102 26.93 2.1 2 21.18
Laos 102 26.93 8.32 4 17.66
Saudi Arabia 104 26.35 10.22 9 26.46
Nigeria 105 25.96 1.27 30 31.55
Central African Rep. 106 25.92 0.7 31 31.55
Lithuania 107 25.41 1.45 16 32.42
Ethiopia 108 25.36 3.87 32 31.55
Canada 109 25.33 6.69 19 34.14
Estonia 110 25.27 1.73 17 32.42
Eswatini 111 25.25 7.43 33 31.55
Sierra Leone 112 24.97 0.51 34 31.55
Burundi 113 24.93 2.11 35 31.55
Oman 114 24.89 15.23 10 26.46
Sweden 115 24.84 1.97 20 34.14
Liberia 116 24.7 0.68 36 31.55
Cameroon 117 24.68 1.42 37 31.55
Tunisia 118 24.67 5.63 11 26.46
Latvia 119 24.58 1.51 18 32.42
El Salvador 120 24.57 1.04 26 46.51
Philippines 121 24.33 6.85 5 17.66
Mali 122 24.16 4.56 38 31.55
Lesotho 123 23.85 2.31 39 31.55
Peru 123 23.85 2.85 27 46.51
Mauritius 125 23.49 3.13 40 31.55
Belarus 126 23.35 1.3 3 21.18
Lebanon 127 23.02 5.71 12 26.46
Ukraine 128 22.94 1.43 4 21.18
United Arab Emirates 129 22.92 11.85 13 26.46
Moldova 130 22.47 1.88 5 21.18
Paraguay 131 22.21 2.21 28 46.51
Timor-Leste 132 22.06 3.44 6 17.66
Cabo Verde 133 21.82 0.5 41 31.55
Thailand 134 21.5 4.95 7 17.66
Viet Nam 135 21.49 4.42 8 17.66
Azerbaijan 136 21.31 2.3 6 21.18
South Korea 137 21.16 2.88 9 17.66
Finland 138 21.14 1.94 21 34.14
Tajikistan 139 20.64 3.52 7 21.18
Mexico 140 20.6 2.19 29 46.51
Russia 141 19.84 1.01 8 21.18
Iraq 142 19.7 6.06 14 26.46
Iran 143 19.55 5.15 15 26.46
Mongolia 144 19.16 1.54 10 17.66
Malaysia 145 18.44 1.55 11 17.66
Indonesia 146 18.32 0.93 12 17.66
Taiwan 147 18.11 1.5 13 17.66
Uzbekistan 148 16.68 4.07 9 21.18
South Africa 149 16.62 2.98 42 31.55
Kyrgyzstan 150 16.38 1.72 10 21.18
Afghanistan 151 16.22 4.75 3 17.11
Türkiye 152 15.57 2.51 19 32.42
Turkmenistan 153 15.29 3.65 11 21.18
United States 154 14.96 0.51 22 34.14
Kazakhstan 155 14.88 1.53 12 21.18
Brunei Darussalam 156 14.85 0.72 14 17.66
Sudan 157 14.08 3.37 16 26.46
Mauritania 158 13.97 3.13 43 31.55
Pakistan 159 13.76 4.19 4 17.11
Nepal 160 13.42 0.79 5 17.11
Djibouti 161 12.86 2.51 44 31.55
Argentina 162 12.65 1.56 30 46.51
Tonga 163 12.39 0.2 15 17.66
Papua New Guinea 164 11.76 0.9 16 17.66
Maldives 165 11.64 2.08 6 17.11
Myanmar 166 11.09 1.73 17 17.66
Singapore 167 10.71 0.79 18 17.66
Samoa 168 10.68 0.23 19 17.66
Uruguay 169 9.26 0.91 31 46.51
Fiji 170 8.9 0.14 20 17.66
Vanuatu 171 8.72 1.09 21 17.66
Kiribati 172 7.48 0.16 22 17.66
Solomon Islands 173 5.86 0.55 23 17.66
China 174 5.8 1.13 24 17.66
Bangladesh 175 4.47 0.73 7 17.11
India 176 3.58 0.62 8 17.11
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