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GOAL 15: Life on Land (5 year moving average) by country

SDG Goal 15 data availability. Source: UN Global SDG Indicators Database

Countries reporting
215
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 215 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 14 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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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 Djibouti 0.75 5 year moving average 2023 up 12.4% rising
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
159 United Arab Emirates 0.667 5 year moving average 2023 up 50.2% rising
159 Bulgaria 0.667 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged flat
159 Belarus 0.667 5 year moving average 2023 down 11.1% flat
159 Chile 0.667 5 year moving average 2023 down 25.0% falling
159 Denmark 0.667 5 year moving average 2023 down 11.1% flat
159 Kiribati 0.667 5 year moving average 2023 down 11.1% flat
159 Luxembourg 0.667 5 year moving average 2023 down 14.3% rising
159 Latvia 0.667 5 year moving average 2023 up 33.4% rising
159 Maldives 0.667 5 year moving average 2023 down 11.1% falling
159 Marshall Islands 0.667 5 year moving average 2023 down 11.1% falling
159 Netherlands 0.667 5 year moving average 2023 down 11.1% flat
159 Nauru 0.667 5 year moving average 2023 down 11.1% rising
159 Oman 0.667 5 year moving average 2023 down 25.0% falling
159 Saudi Arabia 0.667 5 year moving average 2023 up 6.7% falling
159 Trinidad and Tobago 0.667 5 year moving average 2023 down 25.0% falling
174 Andorra 0.583 5 year moving average 2023 down 12.6% flat
174 Brunei 0.583 5 year moving average 2023 down 12.6% flat
174 Cyprus 0.583 5 year moving average 2023 down 12.6% flat
174 Croatia 0.583 5 year moving average 2023 down 34.4% falling
174 Israel 0.583 5 year moving average 2023 down 6.7% rising
174 Kuwait 0.583 5 year moving average 2023 up 16.6% rising
174 Liechtenstein 0.583 5 year moving average 2023 down 12.6% flat
174 Qatar 0.583 5 year moving average 2023 up 16.6% rising
174 Romania 0.583 5 year moving average 2023 down 12.6% flat
174 Russia 0.583 5 year moving average 2023 down 12.6% flat
174 Seychelles 0.583 5 year moving average 2023 down 34.4% falling
174 Tuvalu 0.583 5 year moving average 2023 down 6.7% falling
186 American Samoa 0.5 5 year moving average 2023 down 20.0% falling
186 Bahrain 0.5 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged rising
186 Bahamas 0.5 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged rising
186 Barbados 0.5 5 year moving average 2023 down 33.3% falling
186 Gibraltar 0.5 5 year moving average 2023 up 100.0% volatile
186 Greenland 0.5 5 year moving average 2023 down 20.0% falling
186 Hong Kong 0.5 5 year moving average 2023 down 12.4% falling
186 Isle of Man 0.5 5 year moving average 2023 up 100.0% rising
186 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.5 5 year moving average 2023 down 33.3% rising
186 Malta 0.5 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged rising
186 Northern Mariana Islands 0.5 5 year moving average 2023 down 20.0% falling
186 New Caledonia 0.5 5 year moving average 2023 down 20.0% falling
186 Puerto Rico 0.5 5 year moving average 2023 down 20.0% falling
186 French Polynesia 0.5 5 year moving average 2023 down 20.0% falling
186 Singapore 0.5 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged rising
186 Uruguay 0.5 5 year moving average 2023 down 33.3% falling
202 Aruba 0.417 5 year moving average 2023 down 16.6% rising
202 Bermuda 0.417 5 year moving average 2023 down 16.6% rising
202 Curacao 0.417 5 year moving average 2023 down 16.6% rising
202 Cayman Islands 0.417 5 year moving average 2023 down 16.6% rising
202 Faroe Islands 0.417 5 year moving average 2023 down 16.6% rising
202 Guam 0.417 5 year moving average 2023 down 16.6% rising
202 Macao 0.417 5 year moving average 2023 down 2.8% rising
202 Saint Martin (French Part) 0.417 5 year moving average 2023 up 66.8% volatile
202 Monaco 0.417 5 year moving average 2023 up 11.2% rising
202 San Marino 0.417 5 year moving average 2023 down 6.1% rising
202 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.417 5 year moving average 2023 down 16.6% rising
202 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.417 5 year moving average 2023 down 16.6% rising
202 British Virgin Islands 0.417 5 year moving average 2023 down 16.6% rising
202 United States Virgin Islands 0.417 5 year moving average 2023 down 16.6% rising

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Indicator
GOAL 15: Life on Land (5 year moving average)
Unit
5 year moving average
Source
Statistical Performance Indicators, The World Bank (https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/dataset/statistical-performance-indicators)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
215 places, 4,300 data points, 2004–2023
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SDG Goal 15 data availability. Source: UN Global SDG Indicators Database