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Wetlands area (% of total land area)

Name: Wetlands area (% of total land area) by country, 2017
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% · higher is better · 203 countries

Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-DemCC BY 4.0updated 2017

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203 countries · 2017

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Wetlands area (% of total land area) league table
#	Country	%	Region	Income
1	Barbados	63.1%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
2	Bangladesh	57.7%	South Asia	Lower middle income
3	British Virgin Islands	29.3%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
4	Congo, Rep.	26.8%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
5	South Sudan	21.2%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
6	Cambodia	16.6%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
7	Papua New Guinea	14.5%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
8	Guam	13.7%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
9	Cayman Islands	13.4%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
10	Viet Nam	12.6%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
11	Seychelles	11.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
12	Indonesia	10.3%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
13	Congo, Dem. Rep.	10.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
14	Sri Lanka	9%	South Asia	Upper middle income
15	Venezuela, RB	8.8%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
16	Paraguay	8.8%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
17	Australia	8%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
18	Zambia	7.8%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
19	Russian Federation	7.8%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
20	Belize	7.7%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
21	United States	7.4%	North America	High income
22	Bahamas, The	7.1%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
23	New Caledonia	7%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
24	Gambia, The	6.7%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
25	Solomon Islands	6.5%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
26	Bolivia	6.5%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
27	Guyana	6.1%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
28	Thailand	5.6%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
29	United Kingdom	5.6%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
30	Pakistan	5.5%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
31	Guinea-Bissau	5.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
32	Colombia	5.1%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
33	Suriname	5.1%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
34	Ireland	4.9%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
35	Angola	4.8%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
36	Nicaragua	4.8%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
37	Nigeria	4.6%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
38	Argentina	4.4%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
39	New Zealand	4.4%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
40	Honduras	4.2%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
41	Estonia	4.2%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
42	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	4.1%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
43	Trinidad and Tobago	4.1%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
44	Ghana	4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
45	Sierra Leone	3.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
46	Vanuatu	3.8%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
47	Philippines	3.5%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
48	Uganda	3.3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
49	Brunei Darussalam	3.3%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
50	Botswana	3.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
51	Benin	3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
52	Peru	3%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
53	Madagascar	2.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
54	Cameroon	2.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
55	Cuba	2.9%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
56	Ethiopia	2.8%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
57	Latvia	2.8%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
58	Northern Mariana Islands	2.8%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
59	Norway	2.8%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
60	India	2.7%	South Asia	Lower middle income
61	Tanzania	2.6%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
62	Liberia	2.6%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
63	Brazil	2.5%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
64	Egypt, Arab Rep.	2.4%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
65	Gabon	2.3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
66	Israel	2.3%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
67	Singapore	2.3%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
68	Turks and Caicos Islands	2.2%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
69	Rwanda	2.2%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
70	Isle of Man	2.2%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
71	Malawi	2.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
72	Tonga	2%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
73	Myanmar	2%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
74	Malaysia	2%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
75	Tunisia	1.9%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
76	Mozambique	1.8%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
77	Mauritius	1.8%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
78	Guinea	1.8%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
79	Equatorial Guinea	1.8%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
80	Uzbekistan	1.8%	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
81	Chile	1.7%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
82	Haiti	1.6%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
83	Uruguay	1.6%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
84	Mali	1.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
85	Senegal	1.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
86	Fiji	1.5%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
87	Mexico	1.5%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
88	Romania	1.5%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
89	Cote d'Ivoire	1.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
90	Ecuador	1.3%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
91	Timor-Leste	1.3%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
92	Chad	1.3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
93	Tajikistan	1.2%	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
94	Turkmenistan	1.1%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
95	Burkina Faso	1.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
96	Lebanon	1.1%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
97	Sudan	1.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
98	Togo	1.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
99	Lithuania	1%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
100	Liechtenstein	0.97%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
101	Iceland	0.94%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
102	Eswatini	0.93%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
103	Antigua and Barbuda	0.92%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
104	Denmark	0.91%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
105	Burundi	0.91%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
106	Ukraine	0.9%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
107	Dominican Republic	0.9%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
108	Central African Republic	0.88%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
109	Andorra	0.88%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
110	Iraq	0.86%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
111	Japan	0.86%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
112	Syrian Arab Republic	0.84%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
113	Nepal	0.81%	South Asia	Lower middle income
114	Sao Tome and Principe	0.8%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
115	Cyprus	0.78%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
116	Jamaica	0.77%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
117	Costa Rica	0.76%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
118	Kenya	0.74%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
119	Kazakhstan	0.73%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
120	Panama	0.73%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
121	Hungary	0.69%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
122	Poland	0.68%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
123	China	0.66%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
124	Guatemala	0.65%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
125	American Samoa	0.65%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
126	Namibia	0.6%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
127	Lao PDR	0.59%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
128	Greenland	0.57%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
129	Zimbabwe	0.56%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
130	Moldova	0.53%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
131	Montenegro	0.52%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
132	South Africa	0.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
133	Iran, Islamic Rep.	0.5%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
134	Dominica	0.44%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
135	Hong Kong SAR, China	0.43%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
136	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	0.41%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
137	Morocco	0.36%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
138	Switzerland	0.34%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
139	France	0.33%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
140	Croatia	0.33%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
141	El Salvador	0.32%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
142	Italy	0.31%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
143	Eritrea	0.3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
144	Macao SAR, China	0.3%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
145	Turkiye	0.29%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
146	French Polynesia	0.28%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
147	Azerbaijan	0.26%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
148	Portugal	0.26%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
149	Austria	0.25%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
150	Afghanistan	0.25%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
151	Aruba	0.24%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
152	Niger	0.23%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
153	Mauritania	0.22%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
154	Bulgaria	0.22%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
155	North Macedonia	0.22%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
156	Spain	0.21%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
157	Kuwait	0.2%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
158	Bahrain	0.19%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
159	Belgium	0.19%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
160	Slovenia	0.18%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
161	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	0.18%	East Asia & Pacific	Low income
162	Djibouti	0.18%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
163	Yemen, Rep.	0.16%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
164	Czechia	0.16%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
165	Samoa	0.16%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
166	Kyrgyz Republic	0.16%	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
167	Greece	0.16%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
168	Slovak Republic	0.15%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
169	Serbia	0.15%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
170	Algeria	0.14%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
171	Puerto Rico (US)	0.13%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
172	Mongolia	0.13%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
173	Georgia	0.13%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
174	Comoros	0.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
175	Qatar	0.1%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
176	Korea, Rep.	0.1%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
177	Armenia	0.09%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
178	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.09%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
179	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	0.08%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
180	Bhutan	0.08%	South Asia	Lower middle income
181	Jordan	0.07%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
182	Libya	0.06%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
183	United Arab Emirates	0.05%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
184	Luxembourg	0.03%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
185	Grenada	0.02%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
186	Oman	0.02%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
187	St. Lucia	0.02%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
188	Lesotho	0.01%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
189	Saudi Arabia	0.01%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
190	Marshall Islands	0%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
191	Palau	0%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
192	St. Kitts and Nevis	0%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
193	Kiribati	0%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
194	Gibraltar	0%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
195	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	0%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
196	Tuvalu	0%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
197	Faroe Islands	0%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
198	Cabo Verde	0%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
199	Bermuda	0%	North America	High income
200	Naoero	0%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
201	San Marino	0%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
202	Malta	0%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
203	Monaco	0%	Europe & Central Asia	High income

Wetlands area (% of total land area)