DEFINITION
Percent of land area having very high anthropogenic impact
Units: Percent of
Land Area
Units: Global grids for
population (GPW), land use (USGS AVHRR based classification from EROS data center), VMAP roads, VMAP
railways, VMAP coastlines, VMAP major rivers and the
stable lights data were all scored for "
wildness". The scores were aggregated and normalized.
| Rank |
Countries
|
Amount
(top to bottom)
|
| #1 |
Belgium: |
43.93% |
|
| #2 |
Netherlands: |
43.79% |
|
| #3 |
Denmark: |
39.45% |
|
| #4 |
Germany: |
32.84% |
|
| #5 |
United Kingdom: |
32.05% |
|
| #6 |
Japan: |
30.22% |
|
| #7 |
Switzerland: |
27.34% |
|
| #8 |
Hungary: |
26.38% |
|
| #9 |
Czech Republic: |
26.11% |
|
| #10 |
France: |
24.26% |
|
| #11 |
Italy: |
23.85% |
|
| #12 |
Poland: |
23.2% |
|
| #13 |
Slovakia: |
21.44% |
|
| #14 |
Cuba: |
21.04% |
|
| #15 |
Korea, South: |
20.92% |
|
| #16 |
Trinidad and Tobago: |
18.61% |
|
| #17 |
Jamaica: |
18.17% |
|
| #18 |
Ireland: |
17.95% |
|
| #19 |
Sri Lanka: |
16.9% |
|
| #20 |
Austria: |
16.76% |
|
| #21 |
Bangladesh: |
16.34% |
|
| #22 |
Latvia: |
16.24% |
|
| #23 |
Croatia: |
16.23% |
|
| #24 |
Romania: |
15.68% |
|
| #25 |
Bulgaria: |
15.47% |
|
| #26 |
Israel: |
14.79% |
|
| #27 |
Slovenia: |
14.55% |
|
| #28 |
Lebanon: |
14.47% |
|
| #29 |
Ukraine: |
14.36% |
|
| #30 |
Lithuania: |
13.99% |
|
| #31 |
Estonia: |
13.63% |
|
| #32 |
Gambia, The: |
13.37% |
|
| #33 |
Korea, North: |
13.31% |
|
| #34 |
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: |
12.73% |
|
| #35 |
Greece: |
12.28% |
|
| #36 |
El Salvador: |
12.17% |
|
| #37 |
Belarus: |
10.95% |
|
| #38 |
Moldova: |
10.92% |
|
| #39 |
Portugal: |
10.85% |
|
| #40 |
Spain: |
10.33% |
|
| #41 |
India: |
10.24% |
|
| #42 |
Philippines: |
9.01% |
|
| #43 |
Costa Rica: |
8.41% |
|
| #44 |
Sweden: |
7.48% |
|
| #45 |
Azerbaijan: |
7.31% |
|
| #46 |
Haiti: |
7.22% |
|
| #47 |
Kuwait: |
7.02% |
|
| #48 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina: |
6.99% |
|
| #49 |
United States: |
6.59% |
|
| #50 |
Albania: |
6.09% |
|
| #51 |
Panama: |
6.07% |
|
| #52 |
Dominica: |
5.93% |
|
| #53 |
Sierra Leone: |
4.7% |
|
| #54 |
Tunisia: |
4.31% |
|
| #55 |
Uruguay: |
4.24% |
|
| #56 |
Pakistan: |
4.23% |
|
| #57 |
Honduras: |
4.09% |
|
| #58 |
Guatemala: |
3.93% |
|
| #59 |
Uzbekistan: |
3.9% |
|
| #60 |
Norway: |
3.89% |
|
| #61 |
Vietnam: |
3.77% |
|
| #62 |
China: |
3.76% |
|
| #63 |
Tajikistan: |
3.74% |
|
| #64 |
Armenia: |
3.73% |
|
| #65 |
Malaysia: |
3.72% |
|
| #66 |
Finland: |
3.7% |
|
| #67 |
Nicaragua: |
3.66% |
|
| #68 |
New Zealand: |
3.43% |
|
| #69 |
Guinea-Bissau: |
3.37% |
|
| #70 |
Indonesia: |
3.34% |
|
| #71 |
South Africa: |
2.92% |
|
| #72 |
Turkey: |
2.87% |
|
| #73 |
Argentina: |
2.86% |
|
| #74 |
Mexico: |
2.77% |
|
| #75 |
Thailand: |
2.68% |
|
| #76 |
Ecuador: |
2.66% |
|
| #77 |
United Arab Emirates: |
2.64% |
|
| #78 |
Egypt: |
2.37% |
|
| #79 |
Chile: |
2.35% |
|
| #80 |
Senegal: |
2.21% |
|
| #81 |
Zimbabwe: |
2.01% |
|
| #82 |
Nepal: |
2% |
|
| #83 |
Togo: |
1.99% |
|
| #84 |
Syria: |
1.95% |
|
| #85 |
Ghana: |
1.89% |
|
| #86 |
Liberia: |
1.78% |
|
| #87 |
Burma: |
1.73% |
|
| #88 |
Kyrgyzstan: |
1.66% |
|
| #89 |
Uganda: |
1.66% |
|
| #90 |
Nigeria: |
1.6% |
|
| #91 |
Brazil: |
1.53% |
|
| #92 |
Morocco: |
1.48% |
|
| #93 |
Russia: |
1.46% |
|
| #94 |
Colombia: |
1.33% |
|
| #95 |
Iraq: |
1.2% |
|
| #96 |
Guinea: |
1.18% |
|
| #97 |
Iran: |
1.1% |
|
| #98 |
Cameroon: |
1.09% |
|
| #99 |
Jordan: |
1.03% |
|
| #100 |
Canada: |
1.03% |
|
| #101 |
Mozambique: |
0.95% |
|
| #102 |
Kenya: |
0.93% |
|
| #103 |
Madagascar: |
0.92% |
|
| #104 |
Malawi: |
0.85% |
|
| #105 |
Cambodia: |
0.83% |
|
| #106 |
Cote d'Ivoire: |
0.8% |
|
| #107 |
Oman: |
0.79% |
|
| #108 |
Benin: |
0.79% |
|
| #109 |
Turkmenistan: |
0.78% |
|
| #110 |
Burundi: |
0.77% |
|
| #111 |
Venezuela: |
0.75% |
|
| #112 |
Kazakhstan: |
0.7% |
|
| #113 |
Burkina Faso: |
0.63% |
|
| #114 |
Tanzania: |
0.62% |
|
| #115 |
Paraguay: |
0.54% |
|
| #116 |
Peru: |
0.53% |
|
| #117 |
Zambia: |
0.51% |
|
| #118 |
Algeria: |
0.5% |
|
| #119 |
Australia: |
0.48% |
|
| #120 |
Saudi Arabia: |
0.43% |
|
| #121 |
Ethiopia: |
0.31% |
|
| #122 |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: |
0.25% |
|
| #123 |
Angola: |
0.22% |
|
| #124 |
Central African Republic: |
0.21% |
|
| #125 |
Papua New Guinea: |
0.19% |
|
| #126 |
Bolivia: |
0.19% |
|
| #127 |
Sudan: |
0.19% |
|
| #128 |
Mali: |
0.18% |
|
| #129 |
Rwanda: |
0.18% |
|
| #130 |
Gabon: |
0.15% |
|
| #131 |
Iceland: |
0.15% |
|
| #132 |
Botswana: |
0.15% |
|
| #133 |
Libya: |
0.12% |
|
| #134 |
Somalia: |
0.07% |
|
| #135 |
Bhutan: |
0.06% |
|
| #136 |
Namibia: |
0.04% |
|
| #137 |
Mauritania: |
0.03% |
|
| #138 |
Niger: |
0.03% |
|
| #139 |
Mongolia: |
0.02% |
|
| #140 |
Laos: |
0.01% |
|
| #141 |
Chad: |
0.01% |
|
| |
Weighted average: |
7.3% |
|
DEFINITION: Percent of land area having very high anthropogenic impact
Units: Percent of
Land Area
Units: Global grids for
population (GPW), land use (USGS AVHRR based classification from EROS data center), VMAP roads, VMAP
railways, VMAP coastlines, VMAP major rivers and the
stable lights data were all scored for "
wildness". The scores were aggregated and normalized.
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