Environment

Wetlands area (% of total land area)

Name: Wetlands area (% of total land area) by country, 2017
Creator: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database
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· higher is better · 204 countries

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204 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	New Zealand	4.4	East Asia & Pacific	High income
39	Argentina	4.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle 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	Burundi	0.91	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
105	Denmark	0.91	Europe & Central Asia	High income
106	Dominican Republic	0.9	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
107	Ukraine	0.9	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
108	Central African Republic	0.88	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
109	Andorra	0.88	Europe & Central Asia	High income
110	Japan	0.86	East Asia & Pacific	High income
111	Iraq	0.86	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle 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	American Samoa	0.65	East Asia & Pacific	High income
125	Guatemala	0.65	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle 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	Macao SAR, China	0.3	East Asia & Pacific	High income
144	Eritrea	0.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low 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	North Macedonia	0.22	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
154	Bulgaria	0.22	Europe & Central Asia	High income
155	Mauritania	0.22	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
156	Spain	0.21	Europe & Central Asia	High income
157	Kuwait	0.2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
158	Belgium	0.19	Europe & Central Asia	High income
159	Albania	0.19	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
160	Bahrain	0.19	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	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	Slovenia	0.18	Europe & Central Asia	High income
164	Greece	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	Yemen, Rep.	0.16	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
168	Czechia	0.16	Europe & Central Asia	High income
169	Slovak Republic	0.15	Europe & Central Asia	High income
170	Serbia	0.15	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
171	Algeria	0.14	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
172	Georgia	0.13	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
173	Mongolia	0.13	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
174	Puerto Rico (US)	0.13	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
175	Korea, Rep.	0.1	East Asia & Pacific	High income
176	Qatar	0.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
177	Comoros	0.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
178	Armenia	0.09	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
179	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.09	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
180	Bhutan	0.08	South Asia	Lower middle income
181	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	0.08	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
182	Jordan	0.07	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
183	Libya	0.06	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
184	United Arab Emirates	0.05	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
185	Luxembourg	0.03	Europe & Central Asia	High income
186	Grenada	0.02	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
187	St. Lucia	0.02	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
188	Oman	0.02	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
189	Saudi Arabia	0.01	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
190	Lesotho	0.01	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
191	Cabo Verde	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
192	Faroe Islands	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
193	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	0	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
194	Gibraltar	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
195	San Marino	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
196	Bermuda	0	North America	High income
197	Palau	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
198	Kiribati	0	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
199	St. Kitts and Nevis	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
200	Naoero	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
201	Monaco	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
202	Malta	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
203	Marshall Islands	0	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
204	Tuvalu	0	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income

Wetlands area (% of total land area)