SGI 2024 | Sustainable Policymaking | Environmental Sustainability | Effective Ecosystem and Biodiversity Preservation

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Values among 30 countries

Indicator metadata and score calculation

Definition:	Percentage of area designated as ‘Key Biodiversity Areas’ (KBA) within a country’s territory that is covered by protected areas (EPI-Variable TKP).
Year:	2024
Unit:	Percent
Direction:	High values translate into high scores
Source 1:	EPI
Data for:
Annotation:	Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy, Environmental Performance Index (EPI): Dataset: Terrestrial KBA protection (TKP). URL: https://epi.yale.edu/downloa… extracted 2023/09/14.

Calculation:	Long-term data series were used to set appropriate minimum and maximum values.
Maximum:	100
Minimum:	0
/	Above/Below IQR boundary value. See FAQ for further information.
Distance:	Distance=(value for calculation-minimum)/(maximum-minimum)
Score:	Score=1+relative distance*9

Top group

Score

Terrestrial KBA Protection

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Czechia

9.9

98.40

Estonia

9.6

95.64

Latvia

9.6

95.24

Slovakia

9.2

91.40

Poland

9.2

90.93

Upper middle group

Slovenia

8.9

87.29

Lithuania

8.8

86.90

Greece

8.7

85.18

Finland

8.6

84.04

Hungary

8.5

83.58

8.5

83.55

Portugal

8.2

79.98

Netherlands

7.9

76.80

Germany

7.9

76.66

Norway

7.6

73.38

Italy

7.5

71.86

Austria

7.4

70.63

Ireland

7.3

70.25

Sweden

7.2

69.35

France

7.2

68.45

Spain

6.8

64.29

Australia

6.2

58.14

Lower middle group

Denmark

5.7

52.42

Belgium

5.1

46.11

Canada

4.7

40.73

USA

4.3

36.89

Japan

3.4

26.94

Israel

3.1

23.25

Switzerland

3.0

21.74

Bottom group

New Zealand

2.5

16.80

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