Annex 1: Biodiversity information by country
| |
| Country |
NBII |
ex-situ collectionsII |
National RDBsIII |
Protected areasIV |
| |
|
NHM |
Zoo |
Bot |
Animals |
Plants |
No. |
Area (km2) |
| Afghanistan |
0.459 |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
7 |
2,186 |
| Albania |
0.531 |
2 |
- |
1 |
- |
· |
52 |
1,029 |
| Algeria |
0.308 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
· |
· |
18 |
58,910 |
| Andorra |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
| Angola |
0.641 |
2 |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
13 |
81,812 |
| Antigua & Barbuda |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
11 |
66 |
| Argentina |
0.615 |
41 |
8 |
9 |
· |
- |
250 |
125,394 |
| Armenia |
0.559 |
- |
1 |
3 |
· |
· |
5 |
2,135 |
| Australia |
0.853 |
3 |
21 |
63 |
· |
· |
4,072 |
1,025,880 |
| Austria |
0.469 |
11 |
20 |
11 |
· |
· |
695 |
24,514 |
| Azerbaijan |
0.534 |
- |
1 |
3 |
- |
- |
34 |
4,778 |
| Bahamas |
0.443 |
- |
4 |
- |
· |
· |
38 |
1,458 |
| Bahrain |
|
- |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
3 |
9 |
| Bangladesh |
0.538 |
- |
1 |
3 |
· |
· |
10 |
981 |
| Barbados |
|
- |
2 |
2 |
- |
- |
6 |
3 |
| Belarus |
0.368 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
· |
· |
903 |
13,043 |
| Belgium |
0.445 |
8 |
8 |
16 |
· |
· |
72 |
862 |
| Belize |
0.643 |
- |
1 |
1 |
· |
- |
51 |
9,132 |
| Benin |
0.618 |
1 |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
5 |
12,625 |
| Bhutan |
0.607 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
9 |
10,513 |
| Bolivia |
0.724 |
- |
4 |
4 |
· |
· |
30 |
150,987 |
| Bosnia &Herzegovina |
0.532 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
21 |
271 |
| Botswana |
0.461 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
12 |
104,988 |
| Brazil |
0.877 |
16 |
73 |
24 |
· |
· |
657 |
557,700 |
| Brunei Darussalam |
0.777 |
- |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
31 |
1,214 |
| Bulgaria |
0.493 |
5 |
3 |
9 |
· |
· |
127 |
5,001 |
| Burkina Faso |
0.526 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
12 |
28,552 |
| Burundi |
0.683 |
1 |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
13 |
1,462 |
| Cambodia |
0.568 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
23 |
32,672 |
| Cameroon |
0.689 |
- |
- |
2 |
- |
- |
18 |
20,978 |
| Canada |
0.299 |
26 |
57 |
18 |
· |
· |
3,226 |
925,227 |
| Cape Verde |
|
- |
- |
2 |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
| Central African Republic |
0.509 |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
14 |
54,456 |
| Chad |
0.364 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
9 |
114,940 |
| Chile |
0.570 |
6 |
3 |
8 |
· |
· |
87 |
141,421 |
| China |
0.839 |
7 |
133 |
73 |
· |
· |
885 |
686,806 |
| Colombia |
0.935 |
9 |
6 |
13 |
- |
- |
95 |
94,670 |
| Comoros |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
| Congo, DPR |
0.651 |
- |
2 |
2 |
- |
- |
42 |
146,374 |
| Congo, Republic |
0.649 |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
12 |
17,000 |
| Cook Islands |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
2 |
3 |
| Costa Rica |
0.820 |
- |
1 |
2 |
· |
- |
130 |
11,755 |
| Côte d'Ivoire |
0.632 |
- |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
11 |
19,855 |
| Croatia |
0.538 |
6 |
3 |
7 |
- |
- |
195 |
4,211 |
| Cuba |
0.703 |
3 |
5 |
8 |
· |
· |
81 |
19,092 |
| Cyprus |
0.451 |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
10 |
782 |
| Czech Republic |
0.498 |
26 |
13 |
26 |
· |
· |
1,789 |
12,470 |
| Denmark |
0.403 |
3 |
16 |
8 |
· |
· |
222 |
996,298 |
| Djibouti |
0.430 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
2 |
100 |
| Dominica |
|
- |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
8 |
171 |
| Dominican Republic |
0.661 |
- |
2 |
1 |
- |
- |
45 |
15,545 |
| Ecuador |
0.873 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
- |
· |
25 |
128,548 |
| Egypt |
0.326 |
3 |
2 |
6 |
- |
· |
23 |
10,084 |
| El Salvador |
0.616 |
- |
1 |
1 |
· |
· |
2 |
52 |
| Equatorial Guinea |
0.714 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
| Eritrea |
0.587 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
3 |
5,006 |
| Estonia |
0.436 |
- |
1 |
3 |
· |
· |
219 |
4,997 |
| Ethiopia |
0.593 |
1 |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
39 |
186,998 |
| Fiji |
0.520 |
- |
- |
2 |
- |
- |
15 |
202 |
| Finland |
0.290 |
12 |
4 |
8 |
· |
· |
270 |
28,408 |
| France |
0.423 |
50 |
40 |
68 |
· |
· |
1,521 |
84,505 |
| FYR Macedonia |
0.550 |
- |
- |
7 |
- |
- |
26 |
1,815 |
| Gabon |
0.641 |
- |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
5 |
7,230 |
| Gambia |
0.602 |
- |
- |
- |
· |
- |
6 |
225 |
| Georgia |
0.553 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
- |
- |
18 |
1,954 |
| Germany |
0.365 |
66 |
215 |
75 |
· |
· |
7,317 |
111,577 |
| Ghana |
0.646 |
- |
1 |
3 |
- |
- |
16 |
12,686 |
| Greece |
0.55 |
3 |
- |
4 |
· |
· |
88 |
4,696 |
| Grenada |
|
- |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
1 |
6 |
| Guatemala |
0.744 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
· |
· |
42 |
21,668 |
| Guinea |
0.603 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
3 |
1,635 |
| Guinea Bissau |
0.592 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
| Guyana |
0.685 |
- |
1 |
2 |
- |
- |
1 |
586 |
| Haiti |
0.680 |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
8 |
97 |
| Honduras |
0.653 |
- |
1 |
3 |
· |
- |
71 |
7,188 |
| Hungary |
0.441 |
5 |
6 |
17 |
· |
· |
186 |
6,492 |
| Iceland |
0.113 |
5 |
- |
2 |
- |
· |
79 |
9,807 |
| India |
0.732 |
33 |
72 |
72 |
· |
· |
495 |
154,508 |
| Indonesia |
1.000 |
2 |
13 |
5 |
· |
· |
1,072 |
357,425 |
| Iran (Islamic Republic) |
0.471 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
- |
- |
78 |
83,034 |
| Iraq |
0.431 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
8 |
5 |
| Ireland |
0.279 |
3 |
2 |
8 |
· |
· |
72 |
655 |
| Israel |
0.601 |
6 |
5 |
7 |
- |
· |
188 |
3,258 |
| Italy |
0.512 |
71 |
32 |
48 |
· |
· |
423 |
22,051 |
| Jamaica |
0.665 |
- |
1 |
4 |
- |
· |
143 |
9,159 |
| Japan |
0.638 |
26 |
160 |
54 |
· |
· |
96 |
25,610 |
| Jordan |
0.468 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
11 |
2,980 |
| Kazakhstan |
0.435 |
- |
3 |
8 |
· |
· |
73 |
73,375 |
| Kenya |
0.643 |
1 |
4 |
6 |
- |
· |
68 |
45,473 |
| Kiribati |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
10 |
267 |
| Korea, DPR |
0.370 |
- |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
31 |
3,159 |
| Korea, Republic |
0.423 |
2 |
4 |
5 |
· |
· |
30 |
6,839 |
| Kuwait |
0.224 |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
5 |
273 |
| Kyrgyzstan |
0.414 |
- |
- |
3 |
· |
- |
78 |
6,939 |
| Lao PDR |
0.615 |
- |
- |
- |
· |
- |
17 |
27,563 |
| Latvia |
0.420 |
- |
1 |
2 |
· |
· |
209 |
8,288 |
| Lebanon |
0.569 |
1 |
- |
- |
· |
· |
3 |
48 |
| Lesotho |
0.416 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
· |
1 |
68 |
| Liberia |
0.555 |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
1,292 |
| Libyan Arab Jamahiriya |
0.240 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
- |
- |
8 |
1,730 |
| Liechtenstein |
|
- |
- |
- |
· |
· |
10 |
62 |
| Lithuania |
0.420 |
- |
2 |
5 |
· |
· |
79 |
6,456 |
| Luxembourg |
|
1 |
- |
- |
· |
· |
19 |
373 |
| Madagascar |
0.813 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
- |
- |
45 |
12,316 |
| Malawi |
0.627 |
- |
1 |
4 |
- |
- |
9 |
10,585 |
| Malaysia |
0.809 |
1 |
6 |
9 |
· |
· |
184 |
15,584 |
| Maldives |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
| Mali |
0.381 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
13 |
45,320 |
| Malta |
|
1 |
- |
1 |
· |
· |
7 |
3 |
| Marshall Islands |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
| Mauritania |
0.341 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
9 |
17,460 |
| Mauritius |
|
2 |
1 |
2 |
- |
· |
25 |
158 |
| Mexico |
0.928 |
4 |
16 |
35 |
· |
· |
212 |
183,075 |
| Micronesia (Fed. States) |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
| Moldova, Republic |
0.454 |
- |
1 |
2 |
· |
· |
63 |
473 |
| Monaco |
|
- |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
2 |
1 |
| Mongolia |
0.358 |
1 |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
42 |
179,912 |
| Morocco |
0.459 |
1 |
5 |
2 |
- |
· |
12 |
3,175 |
| Mozambique |
0.522 |
1 |
- |
2 |
- |
- |
12 |
66,020 |
| Myanmar |
0.628 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
- |
- |
3 |
1,736 |
| Namibia |
0.553 |
3 |
- |
1 |
- |
· |
21 |
112,160 |
| Nauru |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
| Nepal |
0.642 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
· |
· |
14 |
12,705 |
| Netherlands |
0.412 |
28 |
13 |
39 |
· |
· |
89 |
4,901 |
| New Zealand |
0.520 |
5 |
8 |
17 |
· |
· |
235 |
63,341 |
| Nicaragua |
0.643 |
- |
1 |
1 |
· |
- |
73 |
21,550 |
| Niger |
0.412 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
6 |
96,941 |
| Nigeria |
0.548 |
2 |
7 |
5 |
- |
· |
27 |
30,216 |
| Niue |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
54 |
| Norway |
0.297 |
7 |
7 |
6 |
· |
· |
200 |
101,692 |
| Oman |
0.358 |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
3 |
34,280 |
| Pakistan |
0.495 |
8 |
3 |
5 |
- |
- |
83 |
37,449 |
| Palau |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
7 |
12 |
| Panama |
0.793 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
· |
· |
31 |
15,474 |
| Papua New Guinea |
0.775 |
- |
2 |
4 |
- |
- |
29 |
10,549 |
| Paraguay |
0.613 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
- |
- |
20 |
14,011 |
| Peru |
0.843 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
· |
· |
35 |
68,203 |
| Philippines |
0.786 |
4 |
4 |
9 |
· |
· |
43 |
17,031 |
| Poland |
0.367 |
26 |
9 |
25 |
· |
· |
578 |
37,713 |
| Portugal |
0.511 |
3 |
3 |
12 |
· |
· |
58 |
6,027 |
| Qatar |
0.189 |
- |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
4 |
17 |
| Romania |
0.424 |
9 |
3 |
10 |
· |
· |
157 |
10,896 |
| Russian Federation |
0.447 |
10 |
16 |
74 |
· |
· |
10,835 |
1,259,286 |
| Rwanda |
0.726 |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
6 |
3,624 |
| Samoa |
|
- |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
7 |
116 |
| Sao Tome and Principe |
- |
- |
- |
· |
· |
0 |
0 |
| Saudi Arabia |
0.281 |
- |
3 |
2 |
- |
· |
78 |
825,717 |
| Senegal |
0.512 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
- |
- |
14 |
22,422 |
| Seychelles |
|
1 |
- |
1 |
· |
· |
19 |
450 |
| Sierra Leone |
0.652 |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
6 |
1,534 |
| Singapore |
|
- |
3 |
1 |
· |
· |
5 |
30 |
| Slovakia |
0.589 |
13 |
3 |
7 |
· |
· |
1,039 |
10,852 |
| Slovenia |
0.558 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
· |
· |
32 |
1,203 |
| Solomon Islands |
0.599 |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
1 |
83 |
| Somalia |
0.527 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
10 |
5,246 |
| South Africa |
0.714 |
8 |
16 |
19 |
· |
· |
405 |
66,454 |
| Spain |
0.486 |
12 |
19 |
13 |
· |
· |
328 |
42,402 |
| Sri Lanka |
0.656 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
· |
· |
110 |
8,695 |
| St. Kitts and Nevis |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
2 |
26 |
| St. Lucia |
|
- |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
46 |
99 |
| St. Vincent & Grenadines |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
25 |
83 |
| Sudan |
0.539 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
27 |
122,490 |
| Suriname |
0.623 |
1 |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
14 |
8,043 |
| Swaziland |
0.609 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
· |
5 |
601 |
| Sweden |
0.304 |
7 |
15 |
9 |
· |
· |
361 |
34,760 |
| Switzerland |
0.497 |
31 |
35 |
22 |
· |
· |
2,177 |
11,856 |
| Syrian Arab Republic |
0.469 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
| Tajikistan |
0.456 |
- |
1 |
5 |
· |
· |
19 |
5,870 |
| Tanzania, United Rep. |
0.674 |
5 |
- |
3 |
- |
- |
91 |
264,582 |
| Thailand |
0.670 |
2 |
6 |
5 |
· |
· |
158 |
70,773 |
| Togo |
0.693 |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
9 |
4,292 |
| Tonga |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
8 |
37 |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
0.691 |
- |
2 |
1 |
- |
- |
26 |
308 |
| Tunisia |
0.408 |
- |
2 |
1 |
- |
- |
7 |
445 |
| Turkey |
0.572 |
2 |
3 |
6 |
· |
· |
78 |
11,968 |
| Turkmenistan |
0.445 |
- |
1 |
1 |
· |
· |
23 |
19,775 |
| Tuvalu |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
33 |
| Uganda |
0.655 |
5 |
- |
2 |
- |
- |
54 |
49,156 |
| Ukraine |
0.415 |
14 |
8 |
33 |
· |
· |
5,183 |
22,854 |
| United Arab Emirates |
0.392 |
- |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
2 |
0 |
| United Kingdom |
0.320 |
40 |
104 |
64 |
· |
· |
706 |
51,317 |
| U.S.A. |
0.677 |
182 |
396 |
270 |
· |
· |
3,532 |
2,357,977 |
| Uruguay |
0.487 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
- |
- |
13 |
477 |
| Uzbekistan |
0.436 |
- |
2 |
4 |
· |
· |
11 |
8,185 |
| Vanuatu |
0.393 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
35 |
| Venezuela |
0.850 |
2 |
13 |
7 |
· |
- |
195 |
563,057 |
| Viet Nam |
0.682 |
- |
1 |
3 |
· |
· |
54 |
9,953 |
| Yemen |
0.387 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
| Yugoslavia |
0.510 |
7 |
2 |
16 |
- |
· |
104 |
3,390 |
| Zambia |
0.537 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
68 |
226,491 |
| Zimbabwe |
0.586 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
- |
- |
69 |
49,970 |
I NBI = National Biodiversity Index. This index is based on estimates of country richness and endemism in four terrestrial vertebrate classes and vascular plants; vertebrates and plants are ranked equally; index values range between 1.000 (maximum: Indonesia) and 0.000 (minimum: Greenland, not shown in table). The NBI includes some adjustment allowing for country size. Countries with land area less than 5,000 sq km are excluded. Overseas territories and dependencies are excluded from this column.
II NHM = natural history, botanical and zoological museums; Zoo = zoological gardens; Bot = botanical gardens; Extracted from multiple sources, first collated in WCMC, 1994.
Biodiversity Data Sourcebook. World Conservation Press.
III These columns indicate, for animals and plants, whether an official or quasi-official national assessment of country-level species status (eg. a national Red Data Book or similar compilation) exists. Based on data first collated in WCMC, 1994. <i>Biodiversity Data Sourcebook</i>. World Conservation Press. Partially revised in 1999 and 2001. It is not always possible to distinguish official RDBs from unofficial compilations. Absence of a symbol may indicate that no national RDB exists or that UNEP-WCMC has no record of it.
IV These columns show the number and total area of established protected areas in IUCN/WCPA categories I-VI. A zero in these columns indicates that the database contains no record of protected areas in these categories in the country concerned. From UNEP-WCMC database, maintained in collaboration with IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas.
