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Sharks & Rays

Name: Sharks & Rays by country, 2025
Creator: Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-Dem
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endemic species · higher is better · 186 countries

Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-DemCC BY 4.0updated 2025

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186 countries · 2025

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Sharks & Rays league table
#	Country	endemic species	Region	Income
1	Australia	151	East Asia & Pacific	High income
2	Brazil	30	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
3	New Zealand	27	East Asia & Pacific	High income
4	Indonesia	19	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
5	United States	14	North America	High income
6	New Caledonia	12	East Asia & Pacific	High income
7	Philippines	11	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
8	Papua New Guinea	10	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
9	Chile	7	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
10	Yemen, Rep.	7	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
11	Mexico	7	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
12	Ecuador	6	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
13	Madagascar	6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
14	India	5	South Asia	Lower middle income
15	Portugal	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
16	Panama	3	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
17	Mauritius	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
18	Vanuatu	2	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
19	Colombia	2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
20	Thailand	2	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
21	Myanmar	2	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
22	Cabo Verde	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
23	Pakistan	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
24	Peru	1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
25	Comoros	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
26	Solomon Islands	1	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
27	Costa Rica	1	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
28	Bangladesh	1	South Asia	Lower middle income
29	Fiji	1	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
30	Argentina	1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
31	Kenya	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
32	Mauritania	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
33	Oman	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
34	Gabon	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
35	Aruba	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
36	Afghanistan	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
37	Angola	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
38	Albania	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
39	Andorra	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
40	United Arab Emirates	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
41	Armenia	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
42	American Samoa	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
43	Antigua and Barbuda	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
44	Austria	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
45	Azerbaijan	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
46	Burundi	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
47	Belgium	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
48	Benin	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
49	Burkina Faso	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
50	Bulgaria	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
51	Bahrain	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
52	Bahamas, The	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
53	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
54	Belize	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
55	Bermuda	0	North America	High income
56	Bolivia	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
57	Barbados	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
58	Brunei Darussalam	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
59	Bhutan	0	South Asia	Lower middle income
60	Botswana	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
61	Central African Republic	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
62	Canada	0	North America	High income
63	Switzerland	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
64	Cote d'Ivoire	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
65	Cameroon	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
66	Congo, Dem. Rep.	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
67	Congo, Rep.	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
68	Cuba	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
69	Curacao	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
70	Cayman Islands	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
71	Cyprus	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
72	Czechia	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
73	Germany	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
74	Djibouti	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
75	Dominica	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
76	Denmark	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
77	Dominican Republic	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
78	Algeria	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
79	Egypt, Arab Rep.	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
80	Eritrea	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
81	Spain	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
82	Estonia	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
83	Ethiopia	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
84	Finland	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
85	France	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
86	Faroe Islands	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
87	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	0	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
88	United Kingdom	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
89	Georgia	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
90	Ghana	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
91	Gibraltar	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
92	Guinea	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
93	Gambia, The	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
94	Guinea-Bissau	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
95	Equatorial Guinea	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
96	Greece	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
97	Grenada	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
98	Greenland	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
99	Guatemala	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
100	Guam	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
101	Guyana	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
102	Honduras	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
103	Croatia	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
104	Haiti	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
105	Hungary	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
106	Isle of Man	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
107	Ireland	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
108	Iran, Islamic Rep.	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
109	Iraq	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
110	Iceland	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
111	Israel	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
112	Italy	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
113	Jamaica	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
114	Jordan	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
115	Kazakhstan	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
116	Kyrgyz Republic	0	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
117	Cambodia	0	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
118	Kiribati	0	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
119	St. Kitts and Nevis	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
120	Kuwait	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
121	Lao PDR	0	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
122	Lebanon	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
123	Liberia	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
124	Libya	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
125	St. Lucia	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
126	Liechtenstein	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
127	Sri Lanka	0	South Asia	Upper middle income
128	Lesotho	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
129	Lithuania	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
130	Luxembourg	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
131	Latvia	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
132	St. Martin (French part)	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
133	Morocco	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
134	Monaco	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
135	Maldives	0	South Asia	Upper middle income
136	Marshall Islands	0	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
137	North Macedonia	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
138	Mali	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
139	Malta	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
140	Montenegro	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
141	Northern Mariana Islands	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
142	Malawi	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
143	Malaysia	0	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
144	Nicaragua	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
145	Netherlands	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
146	Norway	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
147	Nepal	0	South Asia	Lower middle income
148	Naoero	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
149	Palau	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
150	Poland	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
151	Puerto Rico (US)	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
152	Paraguay	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
153	West Bank and Gaza	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
154	French Polynesia	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
155	Qatar	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
156	Romania	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
157	Saudi Arabia	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
158	Singapore	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
159	El Salvador	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
160	San Marino	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
161	Serbia	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
162	Suriname	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
163	Slovak Republic	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
164	Slovenia	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
165	Sweden	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
166	Eswatini	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
167	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
168	Syrian Arab Republic	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
169	Turks and Caicos Islands	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
170	Chad	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
171	Tajikistan	0	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
172	Turkmenistan	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
173	Timor-Leste	0	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
174	Tonga	0	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
175	Trinidad and Tobago	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
176	Tunisia	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
177	Turkiye	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
178	Tuvalu	0	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
179	Uruguay	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
180	Uzbekistan	0	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
181	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
182	Venezuela, RB	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
183	British Virgin Islands	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
184	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
185	Viet Nam	0	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
186	Samoa	0	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income

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