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Biodiversity & Habitat

The Biodiversity and Habitat issue category assesses countries’ actions toward retaining natural ecosystems and protecting the full range of biodiversity within their borders. It consists of 12 indicators: protection of marine key biodiversity areas, protection of important marine and coastal habitats, stringency of marine protection, Protected Areas Representativeness Index, Species Habitat Index, Species Protection Index, terrestrial biome protection, protection of terrestrial key biodiversity areas, protected area effectiveness, cropland and building inside protected areas, Red List Index, Species Habitat Index, and Bioclimatic Ecosystem Resilience Index.

country rank Score 10y ∆
Botswana 1 85.6 0.0
Luxembourg 2 84.8 2.2
Zambia 3 83.7 -1.2
Germany 4 82.4 0.6
Slovakia 5 81.9 -0.1
Poland 6 81.4 0.1
Czech Republic 7 78.9 0.5
Estonia 8 78.8 2.9
Lithuania 9 74.9 7.6
Austria 10 74.3 0.3
Burkina Faso 11 73.3 2.1
Romania 12 71.9 0.4
Norway 13 71.6 7.8
Republic of Congo 13 71.6 1.0
Central African Republic 15 71.5 2.2
United Kingdom 15 71.5 1.5
Belarus 17 70.4 16.4
Zimbabwe 18 70.2 1.8
Niger 19 69.9 8.6
Croatia 20 69.6 0.1
Namibia 21 69.5 -0.7
Bulgaria 22 69.2 -0.3
Latvia 23 68.4 -1.1
Malawi 24 68.1 1.6
Malta 25 67.1 20.7
Hungary 26 66.9 0.2
Spain 26 66.9 4.2
Belgium 28 66.2 14.4
Bhutan 29 65.7 -0.9
Nicaragua 30 65.5 0.0
Tanzania 31 65.3 3.5
Slovenia 32 64.9 -0.2
Suriname 33 64.8 -0.3
Mongolia 34 64.2 0.3
Gabon 35 64.0 1.4
Benin 36 63.9 -0.1
Bolivia 37 63.5 -4.2
Costa Rica 38 63.3 -2.0
Ireland 39 62.5 12.5
Greece 40 62.4 -0.3
Brazil 41 62.3 3.0
France 42 61.5 1.8
Venezuela 43 61.3 -2.9
Guinea 44 61.0 -3.0
Netherlands 45 60.5 9.3
Chad 46 60.3 -1.8
Sweden 47 60.0 0.3
Portugal 48 59.8 2.5
Switzerland 48 59.8 3.1
Finland 50 59.1 7.4
Lesotho 50 59.1 8.9
United Arab Emirates 52 59.0 10.0
Italy 53 58.5 6.0
Belize 54 57.8 0.7
Mozambique 55 57.1 0.0
Dominican Republic 56 57.0 -0.7
Cambodia 57 56.9 19.3
Panama 58 56.6 -2.3
Guyana 59 56.5 -1.3
Senegal 59 56.5 5.4
Cote d'Ivoire 61 56.2 6.6
Oman 61 56.2 17.7
Colombia 63 55.5 -0.4
Australia 64 55.2 5.4
Iceland 65 54.8 0.8
Togo 65 54.8 -0.6
Nepal 67 54.2 0.0
Guinea-Bissau 68 53.8 1.5
Ukraine 68 53.8 8.7
Tajikistan 70 53.7 -0.4
Serbia 71 53.4 3.7
Moldova 72 53.3 12.2
Denmark 73 53.1 -0.1
North Macedonia 74 53.0 5.4
Canada 75 52.9 4.2
Antigua and Barbuda 76 52.5 0.4
Dem. Rep. Congo 77 52.0 -2.0
Uganda 78 51.9 -2.9
Burundi 79 51.6 0.4
Cyprus 80 51.2 7.1
Mali 81 51.0 -0.9
Laos 82 50.6 11.7
Kuwait 83 50.5 0.3
Seychelles 83 50.5 18.5
Honduras 85 50.4 -1.1
Albania 86 50.3 -0.3
Kazakhstan 87 50.2 -0.3
Qatar 88 50.1 -0.8
Rwanda 89 49.9 -1.9
Ecuador 90 49.8 -0.8
Trinidad and Tobago 91 49.5 1.6
Comoros 92 49.0 -3.6
Peru 93 48.6 -1.4
Armenia 94 47.6 -1.0
Egypt 95 47.5 -1.1
Paraguay 95 47.5 0.0
Japan 97 47.4 0.8
Brunei Darussalam 98 47.3 -2.0
Nigeria 99 47.1 7.5
Bahamas 100 46.4 3.3
Thailand 101 45.9 -0.7
Bosnia and Herzegovina 102 45.8 2.0
Ethiopia 102 45.8 1.9
Saudi Arabia 104 45.4 7.3
Equatorial Guinea 105 45.3 -3.6
Sierra Leone 105 45.3 -2.6
Cameroon 107 45.2 -1.2
Ghana 108 45.0 -3.2
Georgia 109 44.4 1.7
Timor-Leste 109 44.4 2.6
Uzbekistan 111 44.0 6.6
Kenya 112 43.8 -0.5
Cuba 113 42.8 -4.0
Iran 113 42.8 -1.0
Chile 115 42.5 2.6
Montenegro 116 42.1 3.5
Russia 117 41.6 -0.8
Angola 118 41.5 -0.9
United States of America 119 40.7 -1.0
South Africa 120 39.5 1.4
Sudan 121 39.2 10.3
Turkmenistan 121 39.2 -0.2
New Zealand 123 38.5 2.0
Taiwan 124 38.4 -2.0
Gambia 125 38.3 -2.5
Jamaica 126 38.2 -1.2
Tunisia 127 38.1 -0.1
Kyrgyzstan 128 37.0 -1.0
Azerbaijan 129 36.7 0.5
Mauritania 130 36.2 -0.9
Guatemala 131 36.0 0.3
El Salvador 132 35.5 -0.7
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 133 35.1 4.2
Singapore 134 35.0 -1.9
Argentina 135 34.7 3.0
Sao Tome and Principe 136 33.2 0.0
Algeria 137 33.0 -0.1
Sri Lanka 138 32.9 -4.0
Jordan 139 32.8 2.2
South Korea 139 32.8 4.0
Afghanistan 141 31.7 6.5
Mexico 141 31.7 -1.0
Indonesia 143 30.7 5.1
Kiribati 144 30.5 0.1
Morocco 145 30.1 7.8
Haiti 146 30.0 4.4
Saint Lucia 146 30.0 -0.5
Eswatini 148 29.8 0.3
Israel 149 29.6 -1.8
Bangladesh 150 29.1 8.1
Uruguay 151 28.9 2.3
Malaysia 152 28.0 0.7
Dominica 153 27.7 -0.1
Madagascar 154 26.4 0.0
Bahrain 155 25.8 0.4
Liberia 156 25.7 0.8
Samoa 157 25.6 0.1
Pakistan 158 25.3 -2.8
Viet Nam 159 24.8 -2.1
Philippines 160 24.6 2.2
Lebanon 161 23.6 -1.4
Myanmar 162 23.0 -2.8
Grenada 163 21.0 2.0
Iraq 164 20.0 -1.4
Turkiye 164 20.0 -1.2
Papua New Guinea 166 19.8 -3.8
Cabo Verde 167 19.2 0.7
Vanuatu 168 18.1 1.3
Djibouti 169 17.5 -1.8
Fiji 170 17.0 -2.2
Eritrea 171 16.6 -1.7
Tonga 172 15.7 1.3
Mauritius 173 13.4 -2.0
Solomon Islands 174 13.2 -6.1
Marshall Islands 175 12.6 -1.7
Barbados 176 12.2 0.2
Maldives 177 12.0 -4.4
India 178 11.2 -1.9
China 179 9.5 -2.4
Micronesia 180 4.4 -0.4