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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 (%) by country, 2025
Creator: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database
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Average proportion of Freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) covered by protected areas (%) league table
#	Country		Region	Income
1	Guyana	100	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
2	Montenegro	100	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
3	Comoros	100	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
4	Honduras	100	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
5	Croatia	100	Europe & Central Asia	High income
6	Benin	100	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
7	Bosnia and Herzegovina	99.9	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
8	Cayman Islands	99.8	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
9	Gambia, The	99	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
10	Seychelles	98.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
11	Bulgaria	98.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
12	Cuba	98.2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
13	Ireland	98.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
14	El Salvador	97.7	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
15	Latvia	97.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
16	Albania	97.3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
17	Central African Republic	96.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
18	Denmark	96.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
19	Lithuania	95.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
20	Ghana	94.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
21	Dominican Republic	94.7	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
22	Poland	94.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
23	North Macedonia	93.7	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
24	Estonia	92.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
25	Sao Tome and Principe	92.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
26	Czechia	92.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
27	United Kingdom	91	Europe & Central Asia	High income
28	Greece	90.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
29	Guinea	90.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
30	Mali	89.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
31	Hungary	86.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
32	Slovak Republic	86.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
33	Namibia	86.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
34	Netherlands	86.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
35	Belgium	86	Europe & Central Asia	High income
36	Venezuela, RB	85.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
37	Italy	84.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
38	Slovenia	84	Europe & Central Asia	High income
39	Haiti	83.9	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
40	Armenia	83.5	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
41	Zimbabwe	82	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
42	Moldova	81.8	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
43	Cote d'Ivoire	81.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
44	Germany	79.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
45	Algeria	78.9	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
46	Panama	78.5	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
47	France	78	Europe & Central Asia	High income
48	Burundi	76.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
49	Finland	75.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
50	Nigeria	73.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
51	Austria	71.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
52	Sierra Leone	71.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
53	Morocco	70.6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
54	Portugal	68.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
55	Nicaragua	65.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
56	Norway	65.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
57	Burkina Faso	64.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
58	Japan	63.8	East Asia & Pacific	High income
59	Puerto Rico (US)	63.8	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
60	Mozambique	61.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
61	Jamaica	61.7	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
62	Congo, Dem. Rep.	61.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
63	Chad	61.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
64	Afghanistan	60.9	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
65	Romania	60.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
66	Ukraine	60.8	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
67	Switzerland	60	Europe & Central Asia	High income
68	Madagascar	58.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
69	South Sudan	58.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
70	Niger	57.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
71	Zambia	56.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
72	Sweden	56.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
73	Philippines	56.1	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
74	Colombia	54.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
75	Belarus	54.2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
76	Gabon	54.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
77	Botswana	52.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
78	Spain	51.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
79	Mexico	50.1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
80	Brunei Darussalam	50	East Asia & Pacific	High income
81	Guatemala	49.9	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
82	Suriname	49.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
83	Congo, Rep.	48.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
84	West Bank and Gaza	48	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
85	Uganda	47.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
86	Chile	46.8	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
87	Cambodia	45	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
88	Sri Lanka	43.9	South Asia	Upper middle income
89	Tanzania	43.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
90	Kenya	42.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
91	Costa Rica	42.7	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
92	Angola	42.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
93	Bolivia	41.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
94	Georgia	41.6	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
95	Mongolia	40.5	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
96	Argentina	40.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
97	Tunisia	40.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
98	Azerbaijan	39.9	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
99	Cameroon	39.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
100	Iran, Islamic Rep.	38.2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
101	Viet Nam	38.2	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
102	Paraguay	38.1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
103	Indonesia	38	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
104	Australia	37.8	East Asia & Pacific	High income
105	Cyprus	37.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
106	Serbia	37.2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
107	Luxembourg	37.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
108	Korea, Rep.	36.6	East Asia & Pacific	High income
109	Thailand	36.3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
110	Iceland	35.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
111	Pakistan	35.8	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
112	Kyrgyz Republic	35.4	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
113	Tajikistan	35.1	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
114	Nepal	35.1	South Asia	Lower middle income
115	Bhutan	34.9	South Asia	Lower middle income
116	Malaysia	32.5	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
117	Brazil	30.7	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
118	United States	30.6	North America	High income
119	Lao PDR	30.1	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
120	Malawi	29.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
121	Uruguay	28.3	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
122	Canada	27.4	North America	High income
123	Myanmar	27.1	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
124	Rwanda	26.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
125	Ecuador	26.9	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
126	United Arab Emirates	26.4	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
127	Russian Federation	26.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
128	Egypt, Arab Rep.	26.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
129	Israel	26	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
130	Peru	24.7	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
131	New Zealand	24.5	East Asia & Pacific	High income
132	Liberia	24.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
133	Senegal	24.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
134	Uzbekistan	23	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
135	South Africa	21.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
136	Kazakhstan	20	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
137	Jordan	18.7	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
138	Hong Kong SAR, China	16.6	East Asia & Pacific	High income
139	India	16.3	South Asia	Lower middle income
140	Ethiopia	16.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
141	Saudi Arabia	16.3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
142	Yemen, Rep.	15.4	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
143	Belize	15.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
144	Turkmenistan	14.1	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
145	Lebanon	13.4	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
146	China	10.7	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
147	Iraq	8.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
148	Turkiye	5	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
149	Fiji	0.13	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
150	Sudan	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
151	Mauritania	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
152	Bangladesh	0	South Asia	Lower middle income
153	Bahamas, The	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
154	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
155	Eswatini	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
156	Syrian Arab Republic	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
157	Djibouti	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
158	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	0	East Asia & Pacific	Low income
159	Trinidad and Tobago	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
160	Eritrea	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income

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