Environment > Biodiversity > GEF benefits index for biodiversity > 0 = no biodiversity potential to 100 = maximum per million: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: GEF benefits index for biodiversity (0 = no biodiversity potential to 100 = maximum). GEF benefits index for biodiversity is a composite index of relative biodiversity potential for each country based on the species represented in each country, their threat status, and the diversity of habitat types in each country. The index has been normalized so that values run from 0 (no biodiversity potential) to 100 (maximum biodiversity potential). Figures expressed per million population for the same year.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Palau	61.76	2008
2	Seychelles	40.49	2008
3	Northern Mariana Islands	39.11	2008
4	New Caledonia	35.03	2008
5	Tuvalu	27.56	2008
6	Marshall Islands	25.27	2008
7	Federated States of Micronesia	25	2008
8	Bermuda	18.7	2008
9	Greenland	18.65	2008
10	French Polynesia	17.39	2008
11	Sao Tome and Principe	15.78	2008
12	Dominica	12.42	2008
13	Cayman Islands	11.81	2008
14	Kiribati	11.38	2008
15	The Bahamas	10.23	2008
16	Tonga	9.38	2008
17	Vanuatu	9.26	2008
18	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	9.23	2008
19	Samoa	8.9	2008
20	Solomon Islands	8.68	2008
21	Antigua and Barbuda	8.32	2008
22	Saint Lucia	7.89	2008
	East Asia and Pacific average (profile)	7.25	2008
23	Faeroe Islands	6.87	2008
	Tourist destinations average (profile)	5.95	2008
24	Belize	5.8	2008
25	Grenada	5.33	2008
26	Suriname	5.21	2008
27	Cape Verde	4.98	2008
28	New Zealand	4.74	2008
29	American Samoa	4.73	2008
30	Fiji	4.58	2008
31	Maldives	4.43	2008
32	Australia	4.1	2008
33	Papua New Guinea	3.88	2008
34	Guyana	3.81	2008
	Catholic countries average (profile)	3.61	2008
35	Comoros	3.54	2008
	Latin America and Caribbean average (profile)	3.54	2008
36	Aruba	3.22	2008
	Hot countries average (profile)	3.14	2008
37	Panama	3.08	2008
	Heavily indebted countries average (profile)	2.84	2008
	Sparsely populated countries average (profile)	2.83	2008
	Christian countries average (profile)	2.83	2008
38	Mauritius	2.59	2008
39	Namibia	2.44	2008
40	Equatorial Guinea	2.29	2008
	Former British colonies average (profile)	2.27	2008
41	Iceland	2.19	2008
42	Costa Rica	2.15	2008
43	Gabon	2.05	2008
44	Ecuador	2.02	2008
	Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile)	1.79	2008
45	Trinidad and Tobago	1.7	2008
46	Jamaica	1.65	2008
47	Bhutan	1.62	2008
48	Mongolia	1.58	2008
49	Madagascar	1.47	2008
50	Oman	1.43	2008
51	Guam	1.35	2008
52	Barbados	1.33	2008
53	Bolivia	1.28	2008
54	Peru	1.17	2008
55	Colombia	1.14	2008
56	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.11	2008
57	Cuba	1.11	2008
58	Puerto Rico	1.08	2008
	Former Spanish colonies average (profile)	1.06	2008
59	Honduras	0.987	2008
60	Republic of the Congo	0.934	2008
61	Chile	0.91	2008
62	Venezuela	0.901	2008
63	Laos	0.816	2008
64	Botswana	0.727	2008
65	Liberia	0.696	2008
	Cold countries average (profile)	0.672	2008
66	Somalia	0.665	2008
67	Canada	0.646	2008
68	Cameroon	0.638	2008
69	Dominican Republic	0.612	2008
	South and Central Asia average (profile)	0.597	2008
70	Mexico	0.597	2008
71	Djibouti	0.596	2008
72	East Timor	0.593	2008
73	Guatemala	0.588	2008
74	Nicaragua	0.576	2008
75	Haiti	0.542	2008
76	Brazil	0.521	2008
77	Portugal	0.52	2008
78	Malaysia	0.507	2008
	High income OECD countries average (profile)	0.49	2008
	Non-religious countries average (profile)	0.465	2008
79	Angola	0.451	2008
80	Argentina	0.447	2008
81	Paraguay	0.442	2008
82	South Africa	0.425	2008
	Religious countries average (profile)	0.424	2008
83	Cyprus	0.422	2008
84	Mauritania	0.39	2008
85	Sri Lanka	0.389	2008
	Former French colonies average (profile)	0.376	2008
86	Turkmenistan	0.375	2008
87	Guinea-Bissau	0.374	2008
88	Uruguay	0.373	2008
	Potential Future EU Members average (profile)	0.366	2008
	South Asia average (profile)	0.364	2008
89	Central African Republic	0.363	2008
90	Philippines	0.358	2008
	Muslim countries average (profile)	0.351	2008
91	Tanzania	0.349	2008
92	Indonesia	0.346	2008
93	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.339	2008
94	Brunei	0.329	2008
95	Kazakhstan	0.328	2008
	Emerging markets average (profile)	0.325	2008
96	Mozambique	0.316	2008
97	United States	0.31	2008
98	Zambia	0.302	2008
99	Japan	0.282	2008
100	Norway	0.274	2008
101	Libya	0.271	2008
102	Malawi	0.25	2008
103	Cambodia	0.249	2008
104	Greece	0.249	2008
	Landlocked countries average (profile)	0.246	2008
105	Russia	0.24	2008
	failed states average (profile)	0.239	2008
106	Sierra Leone	0.234	2008
107	Kenya	0.227	2008
108	Guinea	0.219	2008
	Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile)	0.207	2008
109	Kyrgyzstan	0.206	2008
110	Chad	0.197	2008
111	Burma	0.196	2008
	OPEC countries average (profile)	0.195	2008
112	Cote d'Ivoire	0.188	2008
	NATO countries average (profile)	0.182	2008
113	Lesotho	0.158	2008
	Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile)	0.157	2008
114	Eritrea	0.156	2008
115	Zimbabwe	0.151	2008
116	Sudan	0.151	2008
117	Spain	0.15	2008
118	Yemen	0.149	2008
119	Georgia	0.146	2008
120	El Salvador	0.145	2008
121	Vietnam	0.142	2008
122	Croatia	0.141	2008
123	Afghanistan	0.126	2008
124	Ireland	0.125	2008
125	Saudi Arabia	0.122	2008
	Europe average (profile)	0.121	2008
126	Thailand	0.121	2008
127	Mali	0.115	2008
128	Morocco	0.112	2008
	Former Soviet republics average (profile)	0.112	2008
129	Swaziland	0.111	2008
130	Israel	0.111	2008
	Eurozone average (profile)	0.108	2008
131	Bulgaria	0.106	2008
132	Ethiopia	0.101	2008
133	Iran	0.101	2008
134	Tajikistan	0.0956	2008
135	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.0956	2008
136	Republic of Macedonia	0.0947	2008
137	Azerbaijan	0.0907	2008
138	Turkey	0.0886	2008
139	Uganda	0.0871	2008
	European Union average (profile)	0.0852	2008
140	Slovenia	0.0843	2008
141	Senegal	0.0835	2008
142	Rwanda	0.0833	2008
143	France	0.0823	2008
144	Nepal	0.0817	2008
145	Ghana	0.0805	2008
146	Algeria	0.0799	2008
147	Armenia	0.0763	2008
148	Malta	0.0689	2008
149	Jordan	0.0687	2008
150	Italy	0.0643	2008
151	The Gambia	0.063	2008
152	Niger	0.0626	2008
	Eastern Europe average (profile)	0.0622	2008
153	Albania	0.0585	2008
154	United Kingdom	0.0578	2008
155	Iraq	0.0531	2008
156	Qatar	0.0522	2008
157	Togo	0.0522	2008
158	China	0.0503	2008
159	Tunisia	0.0481	2008
160	Kuwait	0.0473	2008
161	Syria	0.0426	2008
162	Estonia	0.0424	2008
163	Lebanon	0.0407	2008
164	Uzbekistan	0.04	2008
165	Nigeria	0.0397	2008
166	Austria	0.0392	2008
167	Egypt	0.0386	2008
168	Burundi	0.0379	2008
169	South Korea	0.0351	2008
170	India	0.034	2008
171	Serbia	0.0328	2008
172	Sweden	0.0323	2008
173	Finland	0.0321	2008
174	United Arab Emirates	0.0313	2008
175	Romania	0.0304	2008
176	Switzerland	0.0297	2008
177	Pakistan	0.0292	2008
178	Denmark	0.0284	2008
179	North Korea	0.0269	2008
180	Singapore	0.0264	2008
181	Bahrain	0.0254	2008
182	Benin	0.0253	2008
	Western Europe average (profile)	0.0253	2008
183	Slovakia	0.0236	2008
184	Latvia	0.0188	2008
185	Burkina Faso	0.0184	2008
186	Hungary	0.0156	2008
187	Poland	0.0138	2008
188	Czech Republic	0.0109	2008
189	Netherlands	0.0104	2008
190	Ukraine	0.0101	2008
191	Bangladesh	0.00979	2008
192	Lithuania	0.00846	2008
193	Germany	0.00778	2008
194	Moldova	0.00398	2008
195	Belarus	0.00298	2008
196	Belgium	0.00133	2008
=197	Monaco	0.0	2008
=197	Montenegro	0.0	2008
=197	Liechtenstein	0.0	2008
=197	Isle of Man	0.0	2008
=197	Luxembourg	0.0	2008
=197	Andorra	0.0	2008
=197	Channel Islands	0.0	2008
=197	San Marino	0.0	2008

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