SOURCE
World Atlas of Coral Reefs accessible via United Nations Environment Program
DEFINITION
Reef areas have been rounded to the nearest 10 sq km, while for those countries with small areas of coral reefs, the terms less than 100, less than 50 and less than 10 sq km have been used. There are 80 countries and geographical locations with coral ree Per $
GDP figures expressed per $1 million of
Gross Domestic Product.
| Rank |
Countries
|
Amount
|
|
# 1
|
Tuvalu: |
58.1967 sq km per $1 million |
|
|
# 2
|
Kiribati: |
37.2152 sq km per $1 million |
|
|
# 3
|
Solomon Islands: |
7.1875 sq km per $1 million |
|
|
# 4
|
Papua New Guinea: |
1.1543 sq km per $1 million |
|
|
# 5
|
Eritrea: |
0.784786 sq km per $1 million |
|
|
# 6
|
Belize: |
0.748031 sq km per $1 million |
|
|
# 7
|
Saint Kitts and Nevis: |
0.530973 sq km per $1 million |
|
|
# 8
|
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: |
0.409357 sq km per $1 million |
|
|
# 9
|
Grenada: |
0.340909 sq km per $1 million |
|
|
# 10
|
Antigua and Barbuda: |
0.32 sq km per $1 million |
|
|
# 11
|
Saint Lucia: |
0.184758 sq km per $1 million |
|
|
# 12
|
Jamaica: |
0.111411 sq km per $1 million |
|
|
# 13
|
Australia: |
0.0800392 sq km per $1 million |
|
|
# 14
|
Barbados: |
0.0218866 sq km per $1 million |
|
|
# 15
|
United Arab Emirates: |
0.0186901 sq km per $1 million |
|
|
# 16
|
Malaysia: |
0.0157 sq km per $1 million |
|
|
# 17
|
New Zealand: |
0.0141606 sq km per $1 million |
|
|
# 18
|
Dominican Republic: |
0.0109555 sq km per $1 million |
|
|
# 19
|
Colombia: |
0.00334401 sq km per $1 million |
|
|
# 20
|
Cambodia: |
0.00185254 sq km per $1 million |
|
|
# 21
|
Mexico: |
0.00176938 sq km per $1 million |
|
|
# 22
|
Iran: |
0.00135475 sq km per $1 million |
|
|
# 23
|
Netherlands: |
0.000976928 sq km per $1 million |
|
|
# 24
|
Japan: |
0.000774366 sq km per $1 million |
|
|
# 25
|
United States: |
0.000320851 sq km per $1 million |
|
|
# 26
|
China: |
0.000207932 sq km per $1 million |
|
| |
Weighted average: |
4.1 sq km per $1 million |
|
DEFINITION: Reef areas have been rounded to the nearest 10 sq km, while for those countries with small areas of coral reefs, the terms less than 100, less than 50 and less than 10 sq km have been used. There are 80 countries and geographical locations with coral ree Per $
GDP figures expressed per $1 million of
Gross Domestic Product.
SOURCE: World Atlas of Coral Reefs accessible via United Nations Environment Program