DEFINITION
Wetlands of international importance 2002 Per capita figures expressed per 1 million
population.
| Rank |
Countries
|
Amount
(top to bottom)
|
| #1 |
Botswana: |
4,185.37 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #2 |
Gabon: |
774.749 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #3 |
Bolivia: |
621.359 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #4 |
Guinea: |
505.554 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #5 |
Denmark: |
420.287 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #6 |
Mauritania: |
398.769 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #7 |
Canada: |
397.866 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #8 |
Namibia: |
310.192 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #9 |
Peru: |
242.033 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #10 |
Mongolia: |
226.084 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #11 |
Iceland: |
198.829 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #12 |
Chad: |
190.846 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #13 |
Armenia: |
164.935 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #14 |
Estonia: |
162.041 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #15 |
Paraguay: |
122.086 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #16 |
Uruguay: |
119.145 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #17 |
Papua New Guinea: |
107.304 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #18 |
Costa Rica: |
77.9382 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #19 |
Nicaragua: |
74.2909 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #20 |
Russia: |
71.9844 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #21 |
Argentina: |
67.53 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #22 |
Niger: |
58.7848 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #23 |
Algeria: |
57.3589 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #24 |
Sweden: |
57.2095 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #25 |
Sierra Leone: |
50.2812 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #26 |
Guatemala: |
41.8678 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #27 |
Cuba: |
39.8343 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #28 |
Togo: |
35.9259 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #29 |
Panama: |
35.3503 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #30 |
Brazil: |
34.0976 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #31 |
Romania: |
29.7806 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #32 |
Zambia: |
29.5685 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #33 |
Guinea-Bissau: |
27.6008 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #34 |
Suriname: |
27.3883 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #35 |
Finland: |
26.6131 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #36 |
Belize: |
24.9036 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #37 |
Honduras: |
23.9955 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #38 |
Burkina Faso: |
22.1613 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #39 |
Netherlands: |
19.9305 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #40 |
Belarus: |
19.8058 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #41 |
Latvia: |
18.7773 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #42 |
Benin: |
18.1723 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #43 |
Croatia: |
17.7936 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #44 |
Malawi: |
17.7068 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #45 |
Ireland: |
16.6833 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #46 |
Hungary: |
15.3892 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #47 |
Greece: |
15.3731 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #48 |
Norway: |
15.2406 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #49 |
Ukraine: |
15.235 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #50 |
Austria: |
14.4166 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #51 |
Mali: |
14.1919 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #52 |
United Kingdom: |
14.146 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #53 |
Lithuania: |
13.9005 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #54 |
Tajikistan: |
13.2607 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #55 |
France: |
13.1067 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #56 |
Azerbaijan: |
12.639 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #57 |
Gambia, The: |
12.5392 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #58 |
South Africa: |
11.2529 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #59 |
Mexico: |
10.8942 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #60 |
Venezuela: |
10.4039 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #61 |
Colombia: |
10.2202 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #62 |
Germany: |
10.0569 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #63 |
New Zealand: |
9.66543 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #64 |
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: |
9.29095 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #65 |
Senegal: |
8.54263 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #66 |
Ghana: |
8.11082 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #67 |
Georgia: |
7.26962 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #68 |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: |
7.22467 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #69 |
Slovakia: |
6.99687 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #70 |
Chile: |
6.25743 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #71 |
Portugal: |
6.24645 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #72 |
Albania: |
5.61325 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #73 |
Trinidad and Tobago: |
5.5814 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #74 |
Bangladesh: |
4.199 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #75 |
Czech Republic: |
4.10116 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #76 |
Cambodia: |
4.03344 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #77 |
United States: |
4.02389 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #78 |
Spain: |
3.91661 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #79 |
Serbia and Montenegro: |
3.69379 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #80 |
Madagascar: |
2.93792 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #81 |
Kenya: |
2.68992 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #82 |
Poland: |
2.33415 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #83 |
Turkey: |
2.28248 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #84 |
Jamaica: |
2.19298 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #85 |
Thailand: |
2.05652 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #86 |
China: |
1.95053 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #87 |
Pakistan: |
1.74855 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #88 |
Malaysia: |
1.58644 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #89 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina: |
1.58014 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #90 |
Egypt: |
1.36764 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #91 |
Tunisia: |
1.29032 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #92 |
Jordan: |
1.21528 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #93 |
Cote d'Ivoire: |
1.09839 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #94 |
Indonesia: |
1.00424 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #95 |
Italy: |
0.981016 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #96 |
Switzerland: |
0.934704 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #97 |
Philippines: |
0.773985 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #98 |
Belgium: |
0.771903 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #99 |
Japan: |
0.659253 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #100 |
Nepal: |
0.65036 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #101 |
Uganda: |
0.550075 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #102 |
Slovenia: |
0.497265 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #103 |
Nigeria: |
0.450429 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #104 |
Morocco: |
0.427794 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #105 |
Bulgaria: |
0.402685 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #106 |
Sri Lanka: |
0.398704 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #107 |
El Salvador: |
0.298285 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #108 |
Lebanon: |
0.26137 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #109 |
India: |
0.180511 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #110 |
Vietnam: |
0.143651 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #111 |
Burundi: |
0.128287 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| #112 |
Israel: |
0 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
| |
Weighted average: |
94.2 thousand hectares per 1 m |
|
DEFINITION: Wetlands of international importance 2002 Per capita figures expressed per 1 million
population.