Return to results overview

RESULTS

View country details

View category details

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 85.8 -0.1
Luxembourg 2 84.9 2.3
Zambia 3 83.7 -1.1
Germany 4 82.5 0.7
Slovakia 5 81.8 0.0
Poland 6 81.3 0.1
Estonia 7 78.8 3.0
Czech Republic 8 78.7 0.5
Lithuania 9 74.8 7.6
Austria 10 74.4 0.4
Burkina Faso 11 73.3 2.1
Romania 12 71.9 0.4
United Kingdom 12 71.9 1.5
Norway 14 71.6 7.8
Republic of Congo 15 71.4 1.1
Central African Republic 16 71.0 2.2
Zimbabwe 17 70.5 1.8
Belarus 18 70.3 16.4
Croatia 19 69.8 0.2
Namibia 19 69.8 -0.7
Niger 21 69.7 8.6
Bulgaria 22 69.1 -0.3
Latvia 23 68.3 -1.1
Malawi 23 68.3 1.6
Malta 25 67.7 20.7
Spain 26 67.3 4.2
Bhutan 27 67.2 -0.8
Hungary 28 67.0 0.2
Belgium 29 66.4 14.4
Nicaragua 30 66.1 0.1
Tanzania 31 65.3 3.5
Slovenia 32 64.8 -0.2
Suriname 33 64.3 -0.2
Costa Rica 34 63.9 -2.0
Gabon 34 63.9 1.4
Benin 36 63.7 -0.1
Bolivia 37 63.6 -4.2
Mongolia 38 63.4 0.3
Ireland 39 62.9 12.4
Greece 40 62.7 -0.3
Brazil 41 62.2 3.1
France 42 61.6 1.7
Guinea 43 61.4 -3.1
Venezuela 44 61.3 -2.8
Netherlands 45 61.0 9.3
Lesotho 46 60.4 8.9
Portugal 46 60.4 2.5
Chad 48 60.1 -1.7
Switzerland 49 60.0 3.1
Sweden 50 59.9 0.4
United Arab Emirates 51 59.3 10.0
Italy 52 58.9 6.0
Finland 53 58.7 7.3
Belize 54 58.4 0.7
Dominican Republic 55 57.6 -0.8
Cambodia 56 57.3 19.3
Mozambique 56 57.3 0.0
Panama 58 57.0 -2.3
Oman 59 56.7 17.8
Senegal 60 56.5 5.5
Cote d'Ivoire 61 56.3 6.6
Guyana 62 56.1 -1.3
Nepal 63 55.6 0.0
Colombia 64 55.5 -0.5
Australia 65 55.4 5.5
Iceland 66 54.8 0.8
Togo 67 54.7 -0.7
Guinea-Bissau 68 54.2 1.6
Ukraine 69 53.8 8.7
Tajikistan 70 53.6 -0.4
Serbia 71 53.5 3.7
Denmark 72 53.3 0.0
Moldova 72 53.3 12.2
Antigua and Barbuda 74 52.8 0.5
North Macedonia 74 52.8 5.4
Canada 76 52.1 4.2
Uganda 77 51.9 -2.9
Dem. Rep. Congo 78 51.8 -1.9
Seychelles 78 51.8 18.6
Burundi 80 51.7 0.4
Cyprus 81 51.6 7.1
Honduras 82 51.0 -1.1
Laos 83 50.8 11.6
Mali 83 50.8 -0.9
Albania 85 50.6 -0.3
Kuwait 85 50.6 0.3
Ecuador 87 50.3 -0.8
Qatar 88 50.2 -0.7
Kazakhstan 89 50.0 -0.3
Comoros 90 49.9 -3.5
Rwanda 90 49.9 -1.9
Trinidad and Tobago 92 49.5 1.5
Peru 93 48.9 -1.3
Paraguay 94 47.8 0.0
Japan 95 47.5 0.7
Armenia 96 47.4 -1.1
Brunei Darussalam 96 47.4 -2.0
Egypt 96 47.4 -1.1
Nigeria 99 47.1 7.5
Bahamas 100 46.8 3.3
Thailand 101 46.2 -0.6
Ethiopia 102 46.0 2.0
Sierra Leone 102 46.0 -2.6
Bosnia and Herzegovina 104 45.7 1.9
Equatorial Guinea 105 45.6 -3.6
Saudi Arabia 106 45.4 7.3
Timor-Leste 107 45.3 2.6
Cameroon 108 45.0 -1.3
Ghana 108 45.0 -3.3
Uzbekistan 110 44.4 6.6
Georgia 111 44.3 1.7
Kenya 112 43.9 -0.6
Cuba 113 43.4 -4.0
Iran 114 42.9 -1.1
Chile 115 42.5 2.6
Montenegro 116 42.1 3.4
Angola 117 41.5 -0.9
Russia 118 41.0 -0.7
United States of America 118 41.0 -1.0
South Africa 120 40.1 1.4
New Zealand 121 39.6 2.0
Turkmenistan 122 39.5 -0.2
Taiwan 123 39.4 -2.0
Sudan 124 39.1 10.3
Jamaica 125 38.9 -1.1
Gambia 126 38.3 -2.5
Tunisia 126 38.3 -0.2
Azerbaijan 128 36.9 0.4
Guatemala 129 36.8 0.3
Singapore 130 36.6 -2.0
Kyrgyzstan 131 36.5 -1.0
El Salvador 132 36.3 -0.7
Mauritania 133 36.2 -0.9
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 134 35.6 4.2
Argentina 135 35.0 3.0
Sri Lanka 136 33.7 -4.1
Sao Tome and Principe 137 33.6 0.0
Algeria 138 33.0 -0.1
Jordan 139 32.9 2.2
South Korea 140 32.8 3.9
Mexico 141 32.5 -1.1
Afghanistan 142 32.1 6.5
Indonesia 143 31.5 5.1
Kiribati 144 31.4 0.1
Eswatini 145 30.7 0.3
Haiti 146 30.6 4.3
Morocco 147 30.4 7.8
Saint Lucia 148 30.3 -0.4
Israel 149 30.0 -1.8
Uruguay 150 29.4 2.3
Bangladesh 151 29.1 8.1
Malaysia 152 28.8 0.8
Dominica 153 27.8 0.0
Madagascar 154 27.0 0.0
Liberia 155 26.5 0.8
Bahrain 156 26.0 0.4
Samoa 157 25.9 0.2
Pakistan 158 25.7 -2.7
Philippines 159 25.6 2.2
Viet Nam 160 25.4 -2.1
Lebanon 161 24.1 -1.5
Myanmar 162 23.4 -2.7
Grenada 163 21.4 2.0
Iraq 164 20.2 -1.3
Turkiye 165 20.1 -1.1
Cabo Verde 166 19.8 0.7
Papua New Guinea 166 19.8 -3.8
Djibouti 168 18.1 -1.8
Vanuatu 168 18.1 1.3
Eritrea 170 16.8 -1.8
Fiji 171 16.2 -2.2
Tonga 172 15.3 1.2
Mauritius 173 14.6 -2.0
Marshall Islands 174 13.4 -1.7
Solomon Islands 175 13.2 -6.1
Barbados 176 12.5 0.3
Maldives 177 12.0 -4.4
India 178 11.4 -1.9
China 179 9.5 -2.4
Micronesia 180 5.0 -0.3