GOAL 15: Life on Land (5 year moving average) by country
SDG Goal 15 data availability. Source: UN Global SDG Indicators Database
Countries reporting
214
Highest
0.833 5 year moving average
Argentina
Lowest
0.417 5 year moving average
United States Virgin Islands
Median
0.75 5 year moving average
Years covered
20
2004–2023
Data points
4,300
What the numbers show
GOAL 15: Life on Land (5 year moving average) is currently reported for 214 countries. The highest value is 0.833 5 year moving average in Argentina; the lowest is 0.417 5 year moving average in United States Virgin Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.75 5 year moving average, and the mean is 0.7324 5 year moving average.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 13 countries rose and 192 fell. The largest increase was in Gibraltar (up 100.0%), and the largest decrease in Croatia (down 34.4%).
GOAL 15: Life on Land: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Argentina | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 1 | Armenia | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 1 | Australia | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 1 | Azerbaijan | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 1 | Burundi | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 1 | Burkina Faso | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 1 | Bangladesh | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 1 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 1 | Belize | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 1 | Bolivia | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 1 | Bhutan | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 1 | Botswana | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 1 | Central African Republic | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 1 | Canada | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 1 | China | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 1 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 1 | Cameroon | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 1 | Colombia | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 1 | Costa Rica | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 1 | Czechia | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 1 | Germany | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 1 | Dominican Republic | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 1 | Algeria | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 1 | Ecuador | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 1 | Eritrea | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 1 | Spain | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 1 | Ethiopia | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 1 | Finland | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 1 | Georgia | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 1 | Ghana | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 1 | Guinea | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 1 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 1 | Greece | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 1 | Haiti | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 1 | Hungary | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 1 | Indonesia | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 1 | India | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 1 | Iraq | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 1 | Iceland | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 1 | Italy | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 1 | Jamaica | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 1 | Jordan | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 1 | Kazakhstan | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 1 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 1 | Cambodia | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 1 | Lebanon | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 1 | Liberia | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 1 | Libya | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 1 | Saint Lucia | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 1 | Sri Lanka | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 1 | Lesotho | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 1 | Morocco | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 1 | Moldova | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 1 | Madagascar | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 1 | Mexico | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 1 | Montenegro | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 1 | Mongolia | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 1 | Mauritania | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 1 | Mauritius | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 1 | Malawi | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 1 | Malaysia | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 1 | Namibia | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 1 | Nigeria | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 1 | Nepal | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 1 | Pakistan | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 1 | Panama | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 1 | Peru | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 1 | Philippines | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 1 | Poland | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 1 | Portugal | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 1 | Paraguay | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 1 | Palestine | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 1 | Rwanda | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 1 | Sudan | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 1 | Senegal | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 1 | Sierra Leone | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 1 | Somalia | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 1 | Serbia | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 1 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 1 | Suriname | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 1 | Slovakia | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 1 | Slovenia | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 1 | Eswatini | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 1 | Syria | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 1 | Chad | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 1 | Togo | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 1 | Turkmenistan | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 1 | Tunisia | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 1 | Turkey | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 1 | Ukraine | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 1 | United States | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 1 | Uzbekistan | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 1 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 1 | Venezuela | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 1 | Vietnam | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 1 | Yemen | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 1 | South Africa | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 1 | Zimbabwe | 0.833 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 99 | Afghanistan | 0.75 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 99 | Angola | 0.75 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 99 | Albania | 0.75 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 99 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.75 5 year moving average | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 99 | Austria | 0.75 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 99 | Belgium | 0.75 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 99 | Benin | 0.75 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 99 | Brazil | 0.75 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 99 | Switzerland | 0.75 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 99 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.75 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 99 | Congo | 0.75 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 99 | Comoros | 0.75 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 14.3% | flat |
| 99 | Cape Verde | 0.75 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 99 | Cuba | 0.75 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 99 | Dominica | 0.75 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 99 | Egypt | 0.75 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 99 | Estonia | 0.75 5 year moving average | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 99 | Fiji | 0.75 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 99 | France | 0.75 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 99 | Micronesia (country) | 0.75 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 99 | Gabon | 0.75 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 99 | United Kingdom | 0.75 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 99 | Gambia | 0.75 5 year moving average | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 99 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.75 5 year moving average | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 99 | Grenada | 0.75 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 99 | Guatemala | 0.75 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 99 | Guyana | 0.75 5 year moving average | 2023 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 99 | Honduras | 0.75 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 99 | Ireland | 0.75 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 99 | Iran | 0.75 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 99 | Japan | 0.75 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 99 | Kenya | 0.75 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 99 | South Korea | 0.75 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 15.6% | rising |
| 99 | Laos | 0.75 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 99 | Lithuania | 0.75 5 year moving average | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 99 | North Macedonia | 0.75 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 99 | Mali | 0.75 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 99 | Myanmar | 0.75 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 99 | Mozambique | 0.75 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 99 | Niger | 0.75 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 99 | Nicaragua | 0.75 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 99 | Norway | 0.75 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 99 | New Zealand | 0.75 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 99 | Palau | 0.75 5 year moving average | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 99 | Papua New Guinea | 0.75 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 99 | North Korea | 0.75 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 99 | Solomon Islands | 0.75 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 99 | El Salvador | 0.75 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 99 | South Sudan | 0.75 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 15.6% | rising |
| 99 | Sweden | 0.75 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 99 | Thailand | 0.75 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 99 | Tajikistan | 0.75 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 99 | East Timor | 0.75 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 99 | Tonga | 0.75 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 99 | Tanzania | 0.75 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 99 | Uganda | 0.75 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 99 | Vanuatu | 0.75 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 99 | Samoa | 0.75 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 99 | Zambia | 0.75 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 158 | United Arab Emirates | 0.667 5 year moving average | 2023 | up 50.2% | rising |
| 158 | Bulgaria | 0.667 5 year moving average | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 158 | Belarus | 0.667 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 11.1% | flat |
| 158 | Chile | 0.667 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 158 | Denmark | 0.667 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 11.1% | flat |
| 158 | Kiribati | 0.667 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 11.1% | flat |
| 158 | Luxembourg | 0.667 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 158 | Latvia | 0.667 5 year moving average | 2023 | up 33.4% | rising |
| 158 | Maldives | 0.667 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 158 | Marshall Islands | 0.667 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 158 | Netherlands | 0.667 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 11.1% | flat |
| 158 | Nauru | 0.667 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 158 | Oman | 0.667 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 158 | Saudi Arabia | 0.667 5 year moving average | 2023 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 158 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.667 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 173 | Andorra | 0.583 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 12.6% | flat |
| 173 | Brunei | 0.583 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 12.6% | flat |
| 173 | Cyprus | 0.583 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 12.6% | flat |
| 173 | Croatia | 0.583 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 34.4% | falling |
| 173 | Israel | 0.583 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 173 | Kuwait | 0.583 5 year moving average | 2023 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 173 | Liechtenstein | 0.583 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 12.6% | flat |
| 173 | Qatar | 0.583 5 year moving average | 2023 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 173 | Romania | 0.583 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 12.6% | flat |
| 173 | Russia | 0.583 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 12.6% | flat |
| 173 | Seychelles | 0.583 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 34.4% | falling |
| 173 | Tuvalu | 0.583 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 185 | American Samoa | 0.5 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 185 | Bahrain | 0.5 5 year moving average | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 185 | Bahamas | 0.5 5 year moving average | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 185 | Barbados | 0.5 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 185 | Gibraltar | 0.5 5 year moving average | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 185 | Greenland | 0.5 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 185 | Hong Kong | 0.5 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 185 | Isle of Man | 0.5 5 year moving average | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 185 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.5 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 33.3% | rising |
| 185 | Malta | 0.5 5 year moving average | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 185 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.5 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 185 | New Caledonia | 0.5 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 185 | Puerto Rico | 0.5 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 185 | French Polynesia | 0.5 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 185 | Singapore | 0.5 5 year moving average | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 185 | Uruguay | 0.5 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 201 | Aruba | 0.417 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 16.6% | rising |
| 201 | Bermuda | 0.417 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 16.6% | rising |
| 201 | Curacao | 0.417 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 16.6% | rising |
| 201 | Cayman Islands | 0.417 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 16.6% | rising |
| 201 | Faroe Islands | 0.417 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 16.6% | rising |
| 201 | Guam | 0.417 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 16.6% | rising |
| 201 | Macao | 0.417 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 201 | Saint Martin (French part) | 0.417 5 year moving average | 2023 | up 66.8% | volatile |
| 201 | Monaco | 0.417 5 year moving average | 2023 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 201 | San Marino | 0.417 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 201 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0.417 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 16.6% | rising |
| 201 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.417 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 16.6% | rising |
| 201 | British Virgin Islands | 0.417 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 16.6% | rising |
| 201 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.417 5 year moving average | 2023 | down 16.6% | rising |
About this data
SDG Goal 15 data availability. Source: UN Global SDG Indicators Database