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Terrestrial KBA Protection

Percentage of area designated as "Key Biodiversity Areas" (KBA) within a country's territory that is covered by protected areas. Protected Area data comes from the March 2024 release of the World Database on Protected Areas (https://www.protectedplanet.net/en/thematic-areas/wdpa?tab=WDPA). Data on KBAs, compiled by BirdLife International in partnership with other major conservation organizations, is available at: https://www.keybiodiversityareas.org/

country rank Score 10y ∆
Equatorial Guinea 1 100.0 0.0
Guyana 1 100.0 0.0
Malta 3 99.8 57.2
Bulgaria 4 99.2 0.6
Namibia 5 99.0 0.0
Czech Republic 6 98.4 1.7
Estonia 7 95.6 0.0
Zimbabwe 8 95.4 0.0
Dominican Republic 9 95.3 0.0
United Arab Emirates 9 95.3 47.5
Latvia 11 95.2 0.0
Croatia 12 95.0 0.0
Central African Republic 13 94.5 0.0
Qatar 13 94.5 0.0
Cote d'Ivoire 15 94.0 0.0
Belarus 16 93.7 0.1
Nicaragua 17 92.9 0.0
Benin 18 91.7 0.0
Slovakia 19 91.4 0.0
Poland 20 90.9 0.0
Gabon 21 90.5 0.1
Ghana 22 90.4 0.0
Burundi 23 89.4 0.0
Luxembourg 24 89.2 1.2
Seychelles 24 89.2 46.2
Burkina Faso 26 88.8 0.0
Nigeria 27 88.7 0.0
Slovenia 28 87.3 0.0
Lithuania 29 86.9 1.9
Kuwait 30 86.8 1.6
Togo 31 85.4 0.0
Honduras 32 85.3 0.0
Greece 33 85.2 0.0
Niger 33 85.2 10.1
Finland 35 84.0 2.3
Panama 35 84.0 2.7
Hungary 37 83.6 0.0
United Kingdom 38 83.5 0.3
Tanzania 39 82.1 6.1
Mozambique 40 81.8 0.0
Colombia 41 81.2 1.4
Romania 42 81.1 0.0
Nepal 43 80.3 0.0
Portugal 44 80.0 8.1
Malawi 45 79.9 0.0
Zambia 46 79.4 0.0
Taiwan 47 79.1 0.0
Botswana 48 78.8 0.0
Bhutan 49 77.8 0.0
Uganda 50 77.5 0.0
Netherlands 51 76.8 17.9
Germany 52 76.7 1.5
Venezuela 53 75.5 0.0
Republic of Congo 54 75.0 6.0
Angola 55 74.7 0.0
Mongolia 56 73.4 4.7
Norway 56 73.4 1.3
Antigua and Barbuda 58 72.9 0.0
Cambodia 59 72.6 50.5
Chad 60 72.0 0.0
Cuba 61 71.9 0.0
Italy 61 71.9 1.7
Austria 63 70.6 0.2
Trinidad and Tobago 64 70.5 0.0
Ireland 65 70.3 3.3
Guinea 66 69.6 0.0
Thailand 66 69.6 0.1
Sweden 68 69.3 4.4
France 69 68.4 14.4
Iran 70 68.0 0.0
Cameroon 71 67.7 0.0
Bosnia and Herzegovina 72 67.5 14.5
Dem. Rep. Congo 73 66.8 0.2
Lesotho 74 66.6 0.0
Bolivia 75 66.5 0.0
Peru 76 65.6 0.9
Spain 77 64.3 3.0
Chile 78 63.9 3.6
Senegal 79 63.8 0.6
Sierra Leone 80 63.3 0.0
Laos 81 63.2 27.6
Pakistan 82 62.8 0.0
Paraguay 83 61.7 0.1
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 84 61.6 0.0
Grenada 85 60.6 0.0
Cyprus 86 59.9 3.4
Brazil 87 59.7 3.7
Tunisia 88 59.6 0.0
Sao Tome and Principe 89 59.3 0.0
Albania 90 58.4 2.5
Australia 91 58.1 12.0
Jamaica 91 58.1 0.5
Rwanda 93 57.0 0.7
Timor-Leste 94 56.2 3.6
Costa Rica 95 54.7 0.1
Kenya 96 54.6 0.0
Ukraine 97 54.5 0.1
Oman 98 53.5 39.6
Moldova 99 52.9 0.0
Denmark 100 52.4 0.2
Ecuador 100 52.4 5.1
Mauritania 102 52.3 0.0
Montenegro 103 50.4 6.7
Serbia 104 48.5 5.6
Sri Lanka 105 48.3 0.0
Bahamas 106 46.2 4.1
Belgium 107 46.1 19.2
El Salvador 108 45.5 0.2
Egypt 109 44.6 0.0
Brunei Darussalam 110 44.5 0.0
Saint Lucia 110 44.5 0.0
Viet Nam 112 44.3 0.1
Indonesia 113 43.7 1.3
Dominica 114 43.0 0.0
Azerbaijan 115 41.3 3.3
Comoros 116 41.1 0.0
Canada 117 40.7 0.8
Argentina 118 40.5 0.8
Malaysia 119 40.0 1.2
Belize 120 39.8 0.0
Armenia 121 39.5 0.0
South Africa 122 37.8 2.6
Philippines 123 37.1 10.9
United States of America 124 36.9 0.0
Guatemala 125 35.6 0.3
Kazakhstan 126 34.0 0.2
Suriname 127 32.6 0.0
Iceland 128 32.2 0.1
Georgia 129 31.9 2.0
Russia 130 31.0 0.7
Haiti 131 30.9 14.8
Mexico 132 30.7 1.5
Kiribati 133 29.7 0.0
South Korea 134 29.1 0.2
Ethiopia 135 29.0 1.3
Myanmar 136 27.7 1.5
Japan 137 26.9 0.5
Uzbekistan 138 26.8 9.6
Eswatini 139 26.6 0.5
North Macedonia 140 26.3 5.5
Afghanistan 141 24.6 24.0
Madagascar 142 24.5 1.7
Turkmenistan 143 24.1 0.0
Bangladesh 144 23.9 11.8
Guinea-Bissau 145 23.4 1.0
Israel 146 23.3 1.5
Tajikistan 147 23.1 0.0
Switzerland 148 21.7 3.4
Iraq 149 17.0 0.0
Sudan 150 16.9 0.0
New Zealand 151 16.8 0.0
Uruguay 152 16.7 2.5
Mali 153 16.6 0.0
Saudi Arabia 154 15.6 0.0
Gambia 155 15.5 0.0
Jordan 156 14.9 6.2
Singapore 156 14.9 0.0
Samoa 158 14.5 0.0
Kyrgyzstan 159 13.7 0.0
Liberia 160 10.3 0.0
Morocco 161 7.7 0.0
Mauritius 162 6.7 0.0
Algeria 163 6.0 0.1
Fiji 164 5.5 0.0
Solomon Islands 165 5.0 0.3
Lebanon 166 4.3 0.4
Papua New Guinea 167 3.9 0.1
China 168 3.8 1.5
Vanuatu 169 2.9 0.0
Djibouti 170 2.1 0.0
Barbados 171 1.7 0.0
Cabo Verde 172 1.3 0.0
Turkiye 173 1.0 0.0
India 174 0.8 0.0
Tonga 175 0.5 0.0
Bahrain 176 0.0 0.0
Eritrea 176 0.0 0.0
Maldives 176 0.0 0.0
Marshall Islands 176 0.0 0.0
Micronesia 176 0.0 0.0