Protected Areas Connectedness Index
The Protected Areas Connectedness Index measures how well the connections between terrestrial protected areas and Other Effective Area-Based Conservation Measures (OECMs) allow ecosystems to function across broad landscapes. 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 connectedness, and a score of 0 indicates no connectedness.
EPI MeasureProtected Area Conn. Index
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| Country | Rank | EPI Score | 10-Year Change | Regional Rank | Regional Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Costa Rica | 1 | 92.51 | 3.43 | 1 | 34.21 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 79.44 | 6.52 | 1 | 25.99 |
| Zambia | 3 | 63.54 | -0.78 | 1 | 25.3 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 63.45 | 2.1 | 2 | 25.3 |
| Namibia | 5 | 62.97 | 3.67 | 3 | 25.3 |
| Republic of Congo | 6 | 60.82 | 8.17 | 4 | 25.3 |
| Nicaragua | 7 | 60.08 | -0.76 | 2 | 34.21 |
| Bhutan | 8 | 59.59 | -1.77 | 1 | 18.99 |
| Belize | 9 | 58.65 | -0.69 | 3 | 34.21 |
| Brazil | 10 | 52.73 | 1.89 | 4 | 34.21 |
| Panama | 11 | 50.58 | 2.48 | 5 | 34.21 |
| Cambodia | 12 | 50.15 | 34.77 | 1 | 15.46 |
| Comoros | 13 | 48.89 | 2.85 | 5 | 25.3 |
| Bahamas | 14 | 48.15 | 5.09 | 6 | 34.21 |
| Saint Lucia | 15 | 47.85 | -0.51 | 7 | 34.21 |
| Guatemala | 16 | 47.68 | -0.77 | 8 | 34.21 |
| Morocco | 17 | 45.62 | 6.24 | 1 | 16.88 |
| Bulgaria | 18 | 44.95 | 12.59 | 2 | 25.99 |
| Botswana | 19 | 43.38 | 1.14 | 6 | 25.3 |
| Mozambique | 20 | 42.62 | -0.24 | 7 | 25.3 |
| St. Vincent & the Gren. | 21 | 41.89 | -0.56 | 9 | 34.21 |
| Ecuador | 22 | 40.64 | 5.31 | 10 | 34.21 |
| Honduras | 23 | 40.59 | 0.37 | 11 | 34.21 |
| New Zealand | 24 | 39.8 | 0.64 | 1 | 20.63 |
| Zimbabwe | 25 | 39.21 | -0.33 | 8 | 25.3 |
| Guinea | 26 | 38.32 | 2.81 | 9 | 25.3 |
| Bolivia | 27 | 38.14 | -0.58 | 12 | 34.21 |
| Armenia | 28 | 37.92 | 0.48 | 1 | 14.35 |
| Trinidad & Tobago | 29 | 37.61 | -0.89 | 13 | 34.21 |
| Croatia | 30 | 37.39 | 0.8 | 3 | 25.99 |
| Slovakia | 31 | 37.17 | 1.09 | 4 | 25.99 |
| Slovenia | 32 | 36.81 | -1.17 | 5 | 25.99 |
| Chile | 33 | 36.03 | 6.03 | 14 | 34.21 |
| Greece | 34 | 35.91 | 0.75 | 6 | 25.99 |
| Poland | 35 | 35.48 | 0.61 | 7 | 25.99 |
| Gabon | 36 | 35.39 | 0.88 | 10 | 25.3 |
| Saint Kitts & Nevis | 37 | 35.17 | 3.87 | 15 | 34.21 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 38 | 35.02 | 0.73 | 11 | 25.3 |
| Iceland | 39 | 34.84 | 2.09 | 2 | 20.63 |
| Saudi Arabia | 40 | 34.07 | 24.86 | 2 | 16.88 |
| Australia | 41 | 33.53 | 9.95 | 3 | 20.63 |
| Germany | 42 | 33.28 | 4.93 | 4 | 20.63 |
| Peru | 43 | 33.24 | 4.79 | 16 | 34.21 |
| Sri Lanka | 44 | 32.49 | 0.34 | 2 | 18.99 |
| Senegal | 45 | 32.01 | 0.24 | 12 | 25.3 |
| Niger | 46 | 31.61 | 20.25 | 13 | 25.3 |
| Suriname | 47 | 31.57 | -0.07 | 17 | 34.21 |
| Central African Rep. | 48 | 30.06 | 0.13 | 14 | 25.3 |
| Oman | 49 | 29.95 | 25.59 | 3 | 16.88 |
| Tajikistan | 50 | 29.48 | 0.47 | 2 | 14.35 |
| Brunei Darussalam | 51 | 29.33 | -0.8 | 2 | 15.46 |
| Lesotho | 52 | 29.15 | 0.48 | 15 | 25.3 |
| Nepal | 53 | 28.9 | 0.61 | 3 | 18.99 |
| Colombia | 54 | 28.89 | 2.46 | 18 | 34.21 |
| Ethiopia | 55 | 28.77 | 7.63 | 16 | 25.3 |
| Austria | 56 | 28.71 | 2.18 | 5 | 20.63 |
| Seychelles | 57 | 28.24 | 1.85 | 17 | 25.3 |
| France | 58 | 28.09 | 6.63 | 6 | 20.63 |
| Taiwan | 59 | 27.71 | 0.48 | 3 | 15.46 |
| North Macedonia | 60 | 27.67 | 3.92 | 8 | 25.99 |
| Dominica | 61 | 27.66 | -1.09 | 19 | 34.21 |
| Palau | 62 | 27.63 | 0.71 | 4 | 15.46 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 63 | 27.54 | -0.53 | 18 | 25.3 |
| Qatar | 64 | 27.38 | -0.55 | 4 | 16.88 |
| United Kingdom | 64 | 27.38 | 0.35 | 7 | 20.63 |
| Dominican Republic | 66 | 27.31 | -0.81 | 20 | 34.21 |
| Paraguay | 67 | 27.08 | 3.34 | 21 | 34.21 |
| Antigua & Barbuda | 68 | 26.63 | -0.55 | 22 | 34.21 |
| Israel | 69 | 25.73 | 3.28 | 5 | 16.88 |
| Benin | 70 | 25.35 | -1.32 | 19 | 25.3 |
| Dem. Rep. Congo | 71 | 25.33 | 1.58 | 20 | 25.3 |
| Malawi | 72 | 24.88 | 0.2 | 21 | 25.3 |
| Mongolia | 73 | 24.31 | 1.92 | 5 | 15.46 |
| Egypt | 74 | 24.29 | 0.22 | 6 | 16.88 |
| Spain | 75 | 24.01 | 4.62 | 8 | 20.63 |
| Laos | 76 | 23.97 | 10.25 | 6 | 15.46 |
| Thailand | 77 | 23.18 | -0.37 | 7 | 15.46 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 78 | 23.17 | 0.91 | 22 | 25.3 |
| Kenya | 79 | 23.16 | 2.56 | 23 | 25.3 |
| Jamaica | 80 | 23.14 | -0.22 | 23 | 34.21 |
| Georgia | 81 | 22.85 | 3.17 | 3 | 14.35 |
| United Arab Emirates | 82 | 22.15 | 13.75 | 7 | 16.88 |
| Luxembourg | 83 | 21.9 | 5.38 | 9 | 20.63 |
| Chad | 84 | 21.37 | 3.31 | 24 | 25.3 |
| Portugal | 85 | 21.24 | 0.6 | 10 | 20.63 |
| Azerbaijan | 86 | 20.87 | 0.05 | 4 | 14.35 |
| Norway | 87 | 20.85 | 1.25 | 11 | 20.63 |
| Eswatini | 88 | 20.73 | 17.08 | 25 | 25.3 |
| Romania | 89 | 20.68 | 4.18 | 9 | 25.99 |
| Albania | 90 | 20.67 | 1.44 | 10 | 25.99 |
| Mexico | 91 | 20.43 | 1.44 | 24 | 34.21 |
| El Salvador | 92 | 20.38 | 0.3 | 25 | 34.21 |
| Grenada | 93 | 20.25 | 0.32 | 26 | 34.21 |
| Philippines | 94 | 20.19 | 4.69 | 8 | 15.46 |
| Czechia | 95 | 19.88 | 0.5 | 11 | 25.99 |
| Uganda | 96 | 19.07 | -0.49 | 26 | 25.3 |
| Latvia | 97 | 18.88 | -0.02 | 12 | 25.99 |
| Angola | 98 | 18.54 | -0.28 | 27 | 25.3 |
| Kuwait | 99 | 18.41 | -0.35 | 8 | 16.88 |
| Montenegro | 100 | 18.01 | 3.33 | 13 | 25.99 |
| Burkina Faso | 101 | 17.99 | -0.39 | 28 | 25.3 |
| Madagascar | 102 | 17.64 | 8.87 | 29 | 25.3 |
| Japan | 103 | 17.07 | 5.53 | 9 | 15.46 |
| Indonesia | 104 | 16.99 | -0.18 | 10 | 15.46 |
| Italy | 105 | 16.77 | 3.05 | 12 | 20.63 |
| Sweden | 106 | 16.56 | 1.19 | 13 | 20.63 |
| Guyana | 107 | 16.54 | 0.1 | 27 | 34.21 |
| Cameroon | 108 | 16.53 | 0.37 | 30 | 25.3 |
| Viet Nam | 109 | 16.4 | 0.29 | 11 | 15.46 |
| Cabo Verde | 110 | 16.32 | 0.04 | 31 | 25.3 |
| Malaysia | 111 | 16.27 | 1.24 | 12 | 15.46 |
| Finland | 112 | 15.9 | 1.93 | 14 | 20.63 |
| Estonia | 113 | 15.36 | 0.58 | 14 | 25.99 |
| South Korea | 114 | 15.31 | 1.38 | 13 | 15.46 |
| Timor-Leste | 115 | 15.03 | 2.66 | 14 | 15.46 |
| Canada | 116 | 14.99 | 4.09 | 15 | 20.63 |
| Hungary | 117 | 14.36 | 0.18 | 15 | 25.99 |
| United States | 118 | 14.24 | 0.03 | 16 | 20.63 |
| Ghana | 119 | 14.17 | -0.15 | 32 | 25.3 |
| Netherlands | 120 | 13.73 | 4.93 | 17 | 20.63 |
| Sierra Leone | 121 | 12.34 | -0.49 | 33 | 25.3 |
| Argentina | 122 | 12.15 | 1.11 | 28 | 34.21 |
| Lithuania | 123 | 12.11 | 0.17 | 16 | 25.99 |
| Liberia | 124 | 11.95 | -0.22 | 34 | 25.3 |
| Nigeria | 125 | 11.67 | 0.33 | 35 | 25.3 |
| Russia | 125 | 11.67 | 0.37 | 5 | 14.35 |
| Tonga | 127 | 11.52 | -0.1 | 15 | 15.46 |
| Malta | 128 | 11.27 | 0.18 | 18 | 20.63 |
| Kazakhstan | 129 | 10.78 | 0.19 | 6 | 14.35 |
| Afghanistan | 130 | 10.58 | 4.42 | 4 | 18.99 |
| Pakistan | 131 | 10.47 | 1.91 | 5 | 18.99 |
| Togo | 132 | 10.3 | -1.06 | 36 | 25.3 |
| Ireland | 133 | 10.13 | 5.08 | 19 | 20.63 |
| Switzerland | 134 | 10.05 | 1.99 | 20 | 20.63 |
| South Africa | 135 | 10.04 | 1.83 | 37 | 25.3 |
| Uzbekistan | 136 | 9.67 | 6.69 | 7 | 14.35 |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina | 137 | 9.43 | 0.66 | 17 | 25.99 |
| Serbia | 137 | 9.43 | 1.19 | 17 | 25.99 |
| Jordan | 139 | 9.38 | 5.12 | 9 | 16.88 |
| Ukraine | 140 | 9.27 | 0.02 | 8 | 14.35 |
| Mali | 141 | 9.14 | -0.03 | 38 | 25.3 |
| Belgium | 142 | 9.09 | 4.85 | 21 | 20.63 |
| Uruguay | 143 | 8.98 | 0.32 | 29 | 34.21 |
| Myanmar | 144 | 8.63 | 0.57 | 16 | 15.46 |
| Rwanda | 145 | 8.29 | -0.08 | 39 | 25.3 |
| Iran | 146 | 8.12 | 1.98 | 10 | 16.88 |
| Algeria | 147 | 7.62 | 0.04 | 11 | 16.88 |
| Denmark | 148 | 7.49 | 0.2 | 22 | 20.63 |
| Lebanon | 148 | 7.49 | 2.79 | 12 | 16.88 |
| Belarus | 150 | 7.4 | -0.02 | 9 | 14.35 |
| Haiti | 151 | 7.39 | 3.58 | 30 | 34.21 |
| Maldives | 152 | 7.21 | 1.38 | 6 | 18.99 |
| Turkmenistan | 153 | 6.17 | 1.11 | 10 | 14.35 |
| Papua New Guinea | 154 | 5.9 | 0.72 | 17 | 15.46 |
| Gambia | 155 | 5.81 | 0.12 | 40 | 25.3 |
| Vanuatu | 156 | 5.77 | -0.18 | 18 | 15.46 |
| Tunisia | 157 | 4.83 | 0.02 | 13 | 16.88 |
| Fiji | 158 | 4.13 | -0.09 | 19 | 15.46 |
| Samoa | 159 | 3.98 | 0.14 | 20 | 15.46 |
| Burundi | 160 | 3.9 | -0.14 | 41 | 25.3 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 161 | 3.28 | 0.13 | 11 | 14.35 |
| Iraq | 162 | 3.0 | -0.01 | 14 | 16.88 |
| Moldova | 163 | 2.89 | -0.09 | 12 | 14.35 |
| Mauritius | 164 | 2.41 | -0.28 | 42 | 25.3 |
| Kiribati | 165 | 2.4 | -0.01 | 21 | 15.46 |
| Sudan | 166 | 2.07 | 0.06 | 15 | 16.88 |
| Bangladesh | 167 | 2.05 | -0.05 | 7 | 18.99 |
| Singapore | 168 | 1.96 | 0.38 | 22 | 15.46 |
| China | 169 | 1.66 | 0.78 | 23 | 15.46 |
| Solomon Islands | 170 | 1.65 | 0.38 | 24 | 15.46 |
| Djibouti | 171 | 1.27 | -0.02 | 43 | 25.3 |
| Mauritania | 172 | 0.75 | -0.01 | 44 | 25.3 |
| Barbados | 173 | 0.66 | -0.05 | 31 | 34.21 |
| India | 174 | 0.6 | 0.07 | 8 | 18.99 |
| Türkiye | 175 | 0.11 | 0.0 | 19 | 25.99 |
| Bahrain | 176 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16 | 16.88 |
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