DEFINITION
Wetlands of international importance 2002 Per capita figures expressed per 1 million
population.
| Rank |
Countries
|
Amount
|
|
# 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 |
|
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# 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 |
|
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# 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 |
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Weighted average: |
94.2 thousand hectares per 1 m |
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DEFINITION: Wetlands of international importance 2002 Per capita figures expressed per 1 million
population.