environmental2024

Average proportion of Freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) covered by protected areas (%)

Name: Average proportion of Freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) covered by protected areas (%)
Creator: Our World in Data
Keywords: environmental, %, average, proportion, freshwater, key, biodiversity, areas, kbas, covered, protected

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2024; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data•163 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

52.5%

Median: 50.0%

Countries Covered

163

with available data

Highest

Comoros

100.0%

Lowest

Bangladesh

0.0%

Top 5 Countries

1Comoros100.0%

2Mayotte100.0%

3Guyana100.0%

4Honduras100.0%

5Montenegro100.0%

By Region

Europe76.3%(32 countries)

Other52.6%(86 countries)

Africa51.4%(9 countries)

North America39.8%(4 countries)

South America37.4%(7 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0%)High (100.0%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 52.5%)

Europe (32)

Other (86)

Africa (9)

North America (4)

South America (7)

Oceania (2)

Asia (23)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2024; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Comoros	100.0%
2	Mayotte	100.0%
3	Guyana	100.0%
4	Honduras	100.0%
5	Montenegro	100.0%
6	Seychelles	100.0%
7	Martinique	100.0%
8	Croatia	100.0%
9	Bosnia and Herzegovina	100.0%
10	Cayman Islands	99.8%
11	Denmark	99.5%
12	Republic of The Gambia	99.0%
13	Ireland	98.7%
14	Bulgaria	98.7%
15	Cuba	98.2%
16	El Salvador	97.7%
17	Latvia	97.5%
18	Central African Republic	96.9%
19	Lithuania	95.2%
20	Dominican Republic	94.7%
21	Ghana	94.3%
22	Poland	94.2%
23	Svalbard and Jan Mayen	94.1%
24	The Republic of North Macedonia	93.1%
25	Estonia	93.0%
26	Sao Tome and Principe	92.8%
27	Czech Republic	92.3%
28	United Kingdom	91.0%
29	Greece	90.4%
30	Guinea	90.4%
31	Mali	89.5%
32	Hungary	86.7%
33	Netherlands	86.4%
34	Namibia	86.3%
35	Slovakia	86.3%
36	Belgium	86.1%
37	Venezuela	85.4%
38	Italy	85.2%
39	Slovenia	84.1%
40	Haiti	83.9%
41	Armenia	83.5%
42	Zimbabwe	82.0%
43	Moldova, Republic of	81.8%
44	Cote d'Ivoire	81.0%
45	Germany	79.9%
46	Algeria	78.9%
47	Panama	78.4%
48	France	77.9%
49	Burundi	76.5%
50	Finland	75.9%
51	Nigeria	73.8%
52	Austria	71.2%
53	Sierra Leone	71.1%
54	Morocco	70.4%
55	Portugal	68.6%
56	Nicaragua	65.8%
57	Norway	65.5%
58	Democratic Republic of the Congo	65.3%
59	Burkina Faso	64.5%
60	Puerto Rico	63.8%
61	Japan	63.6%
62	Mozambique	61.8%
63	Jamaica	61.7%
64	Chad	61.3%
65	Afghanistan	60.9%
66	Romania	60.8%
67	Switzerland	60.2%
68	Ukraine	59.9%
69	Sweden	59.7%
70	South Sudan	58.6%
71	Niger	58.2%
72	Colombia	57.7%
73	Zambia	56.8%
74	Philippines	56.1%
75	Gabon	54.3%
76	Belarus	53.3%
77	Botswana	52.1%
78	Mexico	51.7%
79	Spain	51.3%
80	Chile	50.7%
81	Madagascar	50.1%
82	Brunei Darussalam	50.0%
83	Guatemala	49.9%
84	Suriname	49.4%
85	Republic of the Congo	48.1%
86	State of Palestine	48.1%
87	Uganda	47.9%
88	Cambodia	45.0%
89	Sri Lanka	43.9%
90	United Republic of Tanzania	43.6%
91	Tunisia	43.4%
92	Costa Rica	42.7%
93	Angola	42.2%
94	Bolivia	41.8%
95	Georgia	41.6%
96	Mongolia	40.5%
97	Argentina	40.0%
98	Azerbaijan	39.8%
99	Cameroon	39.2%
100	Kenya	38.9%
101	Vietnam	38.2%
102	Paraguay	38.1%
103	Indonesia	38.0%
104	Cyprus	37.7%
105	Australia	37.3%
106	Luxembourg	37.1%
107	Islamic Republic of Iran	36.7%
108	South Korea	36.6%
109	Thailand	36.3%
110	Iceland	35.9%
111	Pakistan	35.8%
112	Kyrgyzstan	35.4%
113	Tajikistan	35.1%
114	Nepal	35.1%
115	Bhutan	34.9%
116	Serbia	33.3%
117	Malaysia	32.5%
118	United States of America	31.4%
119	Brazil	30.7%
120	Lao People's Democratic Republic	30.1%
121	Uruguay	28.3%
122	Peru	27.7%
123	Malawi	27.2%
124	Myanmar	27.1%
125	Rwanda	26.9%
126	Ecuador	26.6%
127	United Arab Emirates	26.4%
128	Canada	26.2%
129	Russian Federation	26.1%
130	Egypt	26.1%
131	Israel	26.0%
132	Liberia	24.3%
133	New Zealand	24.2%
134	Senegal	23.9%
135	South Africa	21.4%
136	Kazakhstan	20.0%
137	Uzbekistan	19.9%
138	Jordan	18.7%
139	Hong Kong	16.6%
140	Ethiopia	16.4%
141	Saudi Arabia	16.3%
142	Yemen	15.4%
143	Belize	15.4%
144	Turkmenistan	14.1%
145	People's Republic of China	9.7%
146	Lebanon	9.1%
147	India	8.2%
148	Iraq	8.1%
149	Türkiye	4.2%
150	Fiji	0.1%
151	Benin	0.0%
152	Eritrea	0.0%
153	Djibouti	0.0%
154	North Korea	0.0%
155	Mauritania	0.0%
156	Anguilla	0.0%
157	Somalia	0.0%
158	Sudan	0.0%
159	Eswatini	0.0%
160	Syrian Arab Republic	0.0%
161	Trinidad and Tobago	0.0%
162	Bahamas	0.0%
163	Bangladesh	0.0%

Showing 163 of 163 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2024).

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