DEFINITION
Percent of land area having very low 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 |
Libya: |
89.9% |
|
| #2 |
Canada: |
81.87% |
|
| #3 |
Algeria: |
80.82% |
|
| #4 |
Iceland: |
80.08% |
|
| #5 |
Mauritania: |
79.46% |
|
| #6 |
Australia: |
74% |
|
| #7 |
Niger: |
73.54% |
|
| #8 |
Gabon: |
72.79% |
|
| #9 |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: |
71.62% |
|
| #10 |
Egypt: |
70.06% |
|
| #11 |
Mongolia: |
69.99% |
|
| #12 |
Botswana: |
67.41% |
|
| #13 |
Namibia: |
66.23% |
|
| #14 |
Russia: |
65.8% |
|
| #15 |
Bolivia: |
60.93% |
|
| #16 |
Mali: |
59.81% |
|
| #17 |
Chad: |
59.45% |
|
| #18 |
Oman: |
53.97% |
|
| #19 |
Central African Republic: |
51.5% |
|
| #20 |
Venezuela: |
50.77% |
|
| #21 |
Brazil: |
50.41% |
|
| #22 |
Colombia: |
48.26% |
|
| #23 |
Peru: |
45.56% |
|
| #24 |
Saudi Arabia: |
44.34% |
|
| #25 |
Paraguay: |
44.12% |
|
| #26 |
Angola: |
43.63% |
|
| #27 |
Sudan: |
41.36% |
|
| #28 |
Chile: |
40.46% |
|
| #29 |
Kazakhstan: |
39.45% |
|
| #30 |
Kenya: |
39.01% |
|
| #31 |
Argentina: |
35.99% |
|
| #32 |
United States: |
35.89% |
|
| #33 |
Papua New Guinea: |
35.28% |
|
| #34 |
Uzbekistan: |
34.4% |
|
| #35 |
New Zealand: |
31.51% |
|
| #36 |
China: |
31.49% |
|
| #37 |
Sweden: |
31.41% |
|
| #38 |
Finland: |
30.04% |
|
| #39 |
Norway: |
28.71% |
|
| #40 |
Malaysia: |
27.45% |
|
| #41 |
Tunisia: |
26.2% |
|
| #42 |
Tajikistan: |
25.63% |
|
| #43 |
Ecuador: |
24.93% |
|
| #44 |
Zambia: |
23.98% |
|
| #45 |
Turkmenistan: |
22.28% |
|
| #46 |
Mozambique: |
21.79% |
|
| #47 |
South Africa: |
19.78% |
|
| #48 |
Somalia: |
17.7% |
|
| #49 |
Mexico: |
17.65% |
|
| #50 |
Morocco: |
17.54% |
|
| #51 |
Madagascar: |
17.48% |
|
| #52 |
Malawi: |
16.1% |
|
| #53 |
Indonesia: |
15.95% |
|
| #54 |
Burma: |
15.66% |
|
| #55 |
Guatemala: |
15.1% |
|
| #56 |
Kyrgyzstan: |
14.97% |
|
| #57 |
Ethiopia: |
14.91% |
|
| #58 |
Panama: |
14.83% |
|
| #59 |
Nicaragua: |
12.9% |
|
| #60 |
Uganda: |
12.55% |
|
| #61 |
Cambodia: |
12.16% |
|
| #62 |
Honduras: |
10.65% |
|
| #63 |
Cameroon: |
10.46% |
|
| #64 |
Tanzania: |
9.3% |
|
| #65 |
Liberia: |
8.96% |
|
| #66 |
Laos: |
6.21% |
|
| #67 |
Burundi: |
5.13% |
|
| #68 |
Cote d'Ivoire: |
4.38% |
|
| #69 |
Senegal: |
4.13% |
|
| #70 |
Iraq: |
3.68% |
|
| #71 |
Spain: |
3.43% |
|
| #72 |
Benin: |
3.08% |
|
| #73 |
Estonia: |
2.86% |
|
| #74 |
Nepal: |
2.62% |
|
| #75 |
Iran: |
2.53% |
|
| #76 |
Pakistan: |
2.51% |
|
| #77 |
Armenia: |
2.5% |
|
| #78 |
Switzerland: |
2.43% |
|
| #79 |
Rwanda: |
2.42% |
|
| #80 |
Uruguay: |
2.39% |
|
| #81 |
Jordan: |
2.08% |
|
| #82 |
India: |
1.94% |
|
| #83 |
Burkina Faso: |
1.81% |
|
| #84 |
Bhutan: |
1.76% |
|
| #85 |
Vietnam: |
1.05% |
|
| #86 |
Zimbabwe: |
1.04% |
|
| #87 |
Cuba: |
0.91% |
|
| #88 |
Thailand: |
0.9% |
|
| #89 |
Portugal: |
0.78% |
|
| #90 |
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: |
0.7% |
|
| #91 |
Guinea-Bissau: |
0.65% |
|
| #92 |
Turkey: |
0.64% |
|
| #93 |
Israel: |
0.61% |
|
| #94 |
Ghana: |
0.58% |
|
| #95 |
Nigeria: |
0.55% |
|
| #96 |
Philippines: |
0.52% |
|
| #97 |
Albania: |
0.32% |
|
| #98 |
Azerbaijan: |
0.28% |
|
| #99 |
United Kingdom: |
0.21% |
|
| #100 |
United Arab Emirates: |
0.16% |
|
| #101 |
Syria: |
0.11% |
|
| #102 |
Kuwait: |
0.11% |
|
| #103 |
Hungary: |
0.07% |
|
| #104 |
Bangladesh: |
0.06% |
|
| #105 |
Japan: |
0.06% |
|
| #106 |
Austria: |
0.04% |
|
| #107 |
France: |
0.04% |
|
| #108 |
Italy: |
0.04% |
|
| #109 |
Germany: |
0.02% |
|
| #110 |
Guinea: |
0.02% |
|
| #111 |
Costa Rica: |
0.02% |
|
| #112 |
Latvia: |
0.02% |
|
| #113 |
Greece: |
0.01% |
|
| #114 |
Ireland: |
0.01% |
|
| #115 |
Dominica: |
0.01% |
|
| #116 |
Moldova: |
0% |
|
| #117 |
Slovenia: |
0% |
|
| #118 |
Poland: |
0% |
|
| #119 |
Haiti: |
0% |
|
| #120 |
Czech Republic: |
0% |
|
| #121 |
Korea, North: |
0% |
|
| #122 |
Croatia: |
0% |
|
| #123 |
Lebanon: |
0% |
|
| #124 |
Sri Lanka: |
0% |
|
| #125 |
Denmark: |
0% |
|
| #126 |
Romania: |
0% |
|
| #127 |
Trinidad and Tobago: |
0% |
|
| #128 |
Belarus: |
0% |
|
| #129 |
Sierra Leone: |
0% |
|
| #130 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina: |
0% |
|
| #131 |
Slovakia: |
0% |
|
| #132 |
Bulgaria: |
0% |
|
| #133 |
Togo: |
0% |
|
| #134 |
Lithuania: |
0% |
|
| #135 |
El Salvador: |
0% |
|
| #136 |
Jamaica: |
0% |
|
| #137 |
Belgium: |
0% |
|
| #138 |
Gambia, The: |
0% |
|
| #139 |
Ukraine: |
0% |
|
| #140 |
Korea, South: |
0% |
|
| #141 |
Netherlands: |
0% |
|
| |
Weighted average: |
18.6% |
|
DEFINITION: Percent of land area having very low 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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