Ozone exposure KBAs

As a proxy of ozone pollution effects on biodiversity, this pilot indicator measure the average ground-level concentration of ozone across a country’s Key Biodiversity Areas. A score of 100 indicates low ozone concentrations (≤5th percentile), and a score of 0 indicates KBAs exposed to some of the highest (≥95th-percentile) concentrations of ground-level ozone worlwide.

country rank Score 10y ∆
Bolivia 1 100.0 0.0
Brazil 1 100.0 0.0
Colombia 1 100.0 0.0
Dem. Rep. Congo 1 100.0 0.0
Ecuador 1 100.0 0.0
Guyana 1 100.0 1.7
Papua New Guinea 1 100.0 0.0
Paraguay 1 100.0 0.0
Peru 1 100.0 0.0
Republic of Congo 1 100.0 0.0
Suriname 1 100.0 5.7
Venezuela 1 100.0 0.0
Solomon Islands 13 98.1 13.5
Kiribati 14 94.3 5.2
Indonesia 15 92.6 11.1
Malaysia 16 88.9 4.7
Central African Republic 17 88.3 -3.4
Marshall Islands 18 88.0 7.6
Micronesia 19 86.6 7.0
Gabon 20 86.4 1.2
Malawi 21 84.8 -3.9
Brunei Darussalam 22 84.4 3.5
Cameroon 23 84.3 -3.1
Samoa 24 82.4 2.0
Tanzania 25 81.8 -8.7
Guatemala 26 80.9 0.2
Vanuatu 27 80.5 12.5
Mozambique 28 79.0 -6.0
Uruguay 29 78.9 -3.6
Australia 30 77.3 0.8
Argentina 31 77.0 -4.1
Uganda 32 76.4 -7.4
Cote d'Ivoire 33 76.3 -2.5
Togo 34 75.5 -0.8
Fiji 35 75.0 5.9
Nicaragua 36 74.5 0.5
Honduras 37 74.4 1.3
Timor-Leste 38 74.0 9.3
Burkina Faso 39 72.3 -0.5
Madagascar 40 71.2 -11.5
Chile 41 71.1 -3.7
Burundi 42 70.5 -9.5
Kenya 43 70.2 -11.8
Ethiopia 44 70.1 -10.8
Myanmar 45 69.9 -2.4
Liberia 46 69.8 -0.5
Eswatini 47 69.5 -2.0
Zimbabwe 47 69.5 -7.0
Equatorial Guinea 49 69.3 -6.4
Zambia 49 69.3 -3.8
Angola 51 69.1 -3.9
Ghana 52 68.5 -4.1
Guinea 53 66.9 4.4
Rwanda 54 66.7 -10.1
Namibia 55 65.8 -6.7
Panama 56 65.6 0.6
Cambodia 57 65.1 -1.9
Costa Rica 58 64.9 -2.3
Thailand 59 64.2 -2.2
Benin 60 63.5 -3.7
Tonga 61 63.0 3.9
Belize 62 62.4 -0.2
Seychelles 63 62.1 -12.2
Botswana 64 61.9 -9.9
Belgium 65 61.6 -5.8
Philippines 66 61.5 6.6
Luxembourg 67 61.0 -4.7
France 68 60.8 -0.9
South Africa 69 60.7 -5.9
Slovakia 70 60.4 -5.7
New Zealand 71 60.2 -10.2
Senegal 72 60.1 2.2
Sierra Leone 73 59.6 5.0
Czech Republic 74 59.3 -4.7
Belarus 75 58.1 -0.2
Hungary 76 56.8 -7.6
Mali 77 56.4 -3.4
Laos 78 56.1 -4.5
Poland 79 55.8 -3.7
Lesotho 80 54.7 -7.9
Mexico 80 54.7 -6.7
Ukraine 80 54.7 -2.7
El Salvador 83 54.4 0.0
Austria 84 54.2 -5.0
Comoros 85 53.8 -11.7
Nigeria 85 53.8 -5.7
Switzerland 87 52.1 -8.5
Sweden 88 51.9 0.2
Germany 89 51.7 -9.4
Slovenia 89 51.7 -2.7
Finland 91 51.6 0.1
Sao Tome and Principe 92 51.4 -6.2
Romania 93 51.3 -8.6
Gambia 94 51.2 1.2
Lithuania 95 50.8 -0.5
Netherlands 96 50.5 -15.6
Sudan 97 49.3 -9.4
Bulgaria 98 49.0 -6.4
Norway 99 48.4 -4.7
Georgia 100 47.3 -7.5
Mauritius 101 47.0 -18.8
Russia 102 46.9 2.5
Latvia 103 46.8 -2.9
Serbia 103 46.8 -9.0
Iceland 105 46.6 0.1
Dominican Republic 106 46.2 -5.6
Estonia 107 46.0 -3.9
Guinea-Bissau 108 45.3 -3.5
Trinidad and Tobago 109 44.3 -6.7
Moldova 110 44.0 -6.5
Viet Nam 111 43.9 -6.4
North Macedonia 112 43.7 -6.3
Barbados 113 43.6 -6.9
United Kingdom 114 43.0 -6.6
Grenada 115 42.5 -7.5
Kazakhstan 116 42.1 -1.3
Niger 117 41.7 -11.9
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 118 41.6 -7.4
Saint Lucia 119 41.5 -7.8
Uzbekistan 119 41.5 -6.8
Canada 121 41.1 8.6
Dominica 122 39.8 -8.3
Azerbaijan 123 39.3 -8.6
Denmark 124 38.9 -12.5
Armenia 125 37.3 -8.3
Croatia 125 37.3 -4.4
Antigua and Barbuda 127 36.2 -9.0
Sri Lanka 127 36.2 -14.3
Chad 129 35.5 -11.0
Mauritania 130 34.5 1.0
Spain 131 33.9 -2.5
Turkiye 132 32.9 -5.8
Turkmenistan 133 32.2 -6.0
Italy 134 32.0 -10.3
United States of America 135 31.7 -0.8
Portugal 136 30.3 -2.1
Bosnia and Herzegovina 137 29.6 -3.4
Morocco 138 27.4 -2.0
Bangladesh 139 27.3 4.4
Singapore 140 27.1 0.8
Albania 141 25.9 -5.3
India 142 25.1 -6.8
Montenegro 143 24.7 -5.8
Cuba 144 24.6 -3.8
Greece 145 24.0 -6.1
Lebanon 146 23.2 -14.3
Haiti 147 22.9 -6.0
Ireland 148 22.4 -0.5
South Korea 149 22.3 -13.3
Mongolia 150 21.1 -0.5
Jamaica 151 19.1 -5.2
Taiwan 152 18.8 -12.6
Algeria 153 18.7 -11.1
Israel 154 18.3 -20.0
Afghanistan 155 18.0 -5.5
Japan 156 17.9 -3.5
Bahamas 157 16.5 -4.6
Tunisia 158 16.3 -7.5
Bhutan 159 15.6 -9.1
Cabo Verde 160 14.8 -1.4
Oman 161 13.7 -16.4
Pakistan 162 13.2 -9.3
Eritrea 163 12.0 -23.2
Djibouti 164 10.4 -22.2
Nepal 165 9.5 -7.5
Jordan 166 4.6 -13.4
Kyrgyzstan 167 2.6 -7.0
Iran 168 2.4 -20.2
Bahrain 169 0.0 0.0
China 169 0.0 0.0
Cyprus 169 0.0 0.0
Egypt 169 0.0 0.0
Iraq 169 0.0 -14.7
Kuwait 169 0.0 0.0
Malta 169 0.0 0.0
Qatar 169 0.0 0.0
Saudi Arabia 169 0.0 -2.8
Tajikistan 169 0.0 -8.8
United Arab Emirates 169 0.0 0.0
Maldives