GEF benefits index for biodiversity (0 = no biodiversity potential to 100 = maximum) - Biodiversity & protected areas - Environment - World Development Indicators

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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).

Rank	Country	Value
GEF benefits index for biodiversity (0 = no biodiversity potential to 100 = maximum) - Biodiversity & protected areas - Environment - World Development Indicators (2008)
1	Brazil	100
2	United States	94.22
3	Australia	87.69
4	Indonesia	80.96
5	Mexico	68.68
6	China	66.61
7	Colombia	51.52
8	India	39.93
9	Japan	35.96
10	Russia	34.13
11	Peru	33.36
12	Philippines	32.33
13	Ecuador	29.34
14	Madagascar	29.22
15	Papua New Guinea	25.43
16	Venezuela	25.33
17	Canada	21.51
18	South Africa	20.74
19	New Zealand	20.23
20	Democratic Republic of the Congo	19.95
21	Argentina	17.72
22	Chile	15.32
23	Tanzania	14.76
24	Malaysia	13.86
25	Bolivia	12.55
26	Cuba	12.54
27	Cameroon	12.51
28	Vietnam	12.05
29	Panama	10.95
30	Burma	10.02
31	Costa Rica	9.72
32	Kenya	8.82
33	New Caledonia	8.55
34	Ethiopia	8.38
35	Angola	8.26
36	Thailand	8.02
37	Guatemala	8.02
38	Sri Lanka	7.86
39	Iran	7.31
40	Honduras	7.23
41	Mozambique	7.18
42	Spain	6.84
43	Turkey	6.23
44	Somalia	6.08
45	Nigeria	6.01
46	Dominican Republic	5.96
47	Portugal	5.52
48	France	5.30
49	Haiti	5.22
50	Namibia	5.15
51	Sudan	5.14
52	Kazakhstan	5.14
53	Laos	5.01
54	Pakistan	4.88
55	French Polynesia	4.57
56	Jamaica	4.43
57	Solomon Islands	4.37
58	Mongolia	4.16
59	Puerto Rico	4.05
60	Fiji	3.86
61	Italy	3.85
62	Zambia	3.76
63	Oman	3.71
64	Republic of the Congo	3.62
65	Bahamas	3.56
66	United Kingdom	3.55
67	Malawi	3.53
68	Seychelles	3.52
69	Cambodia	3.48
70	Morocco	3.48
71	Ivory Coast	3.44
72	Afghanistan	3.41
73	Mauritius	3.28
74	Nicaragua	3.27
75	Yemen	3.24
76	Saudi Arabia	3.21
77	Gabon	3.04
78	Guyana	2.95
79	Egypt	2.91
80	Algeria	2.85
81	Greece	2.80
82	Uganda	2.77
83	Paraguay	2.75
84	Suriname	2.68
85	Sao Tome and Principe	2.65
86	Micronesia	2.61
87	Liberia	2.56
88	Cape Verde	2.41
89	Comoros	2.30
90	Guinea	2.26
91	Northern Mariana Islands	2.24
92	Trinidad and Tobago	2.24
93	Chad	2.17
94	Nepal	2.14
95	Vanuatu	2.09
96	Zimbabwe	1.93
97	Ghana	1.86
98	Turkmenistan	1.85
99	North Korea	1.72
100	South Korea	1.72
101	Belize	1.70
102	Samoa	1.63
103	Libya	1.59
104	Iraq	1.56
105	Central African Republic	1.52
106	Mali	1.50
107	Equatorial Guinea	1.50
108	Bangladesh	1.45
109	Botswana	1.41
110	Maldives	1.39
111	St. Lucia	1.36
112	Mauritania	1.33
113	Marshall Islands	1.32
114	Norway	1.31
115	Sierra Leone	1.29
116	Palau	1.25
117	Uruguay	1.25
118	Bermuda	1.22
119	Bhutan	1.12
120	Kyrgyzstan	1.09
121	Uzbekistan	1.09
122	Kiribati	1.08
123	Greenland	1.05
124	Senegal	1.02
125	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	1.01
126	Tonga	0.97
127	Niger	0.92
128	El Salvador	0.89
129	Dominica	0.88
130	Syria	0.87
131	Rwanda	0.85
132	Eritrea	0.84
133	Bulgaria	0.81
134	Israel	0.81
135	Azerbaijan	0.80
136	Antigua and Barbuda	0.71
137	Iceland	0.70
138	Tajikistan	0.70
139	Romania	0.65
140	Timor-Leste	0.64
141	Georgia	0.64
142	Germany	0.64
143	Croatia	0.62
144	Cayman Islands	0.62
145	Guinea-Bissau	0.57
146	Ireland	0.55
147	Grenada	0.55
148	Poland	0.53
149	Tunisia	0.50
150	Djibouti	0.48
151	Ukraine	0.47
152	Cyprus	0.45
153	Jordan	0.40
154	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.37
155	Barbados	0.37
156	Faroe Islands	0.34
157	Austria	0.33
158	Burundi	0.33
159	Aruba	0.33
160	Lesotho	0.31
161	Togo	0.31
162	Mayotte	0.30
163	Sweden	0.30
164	Burkina Faso	0.27
165	American Samoa	0.27
166	Serbia	0.24
167	Benin	0.23
168	Switzerland	0.23
169	Armenia	0.23
170	Guam	0.21
171	United Arab Emirates	0.21
172	Netherlands Antilles	0.20
173	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	0.20
174	Macedonia	0.20
175	Albania	0.18
176	Lebanon	0.17
177	Finland	0.17
178	Netherlands	0.17
179	Slovenia	0.17
180	Denmark	0.16
181	Hungary	0.16
182	Singapore	0.13
183	Kuwait	0.13
184	Slovakia	0.13
185	Swaziland	0.13
186	Brunei Darussalam	0.13
187	Czech Republic	0.11
188	Gambia	0.10
189	Qatar	0.07
190	Estonia	0.06
191	St. Kitts and Nevis	0.06
192	Latvia	0.04
193	Bahrain	0.03
194	Lithuania	0.03
195	Malta	0.03
196	Belarus	0.03
197	Moldova	0.01
198	Belgium	0.01
199	Isle of Man	0
200	Channel Islands	0
201	Luxembourg	0
202	Monaco	0
203	Liechtenstein	0
204	Montenegro	0
205	Andorra	0
206	San Marino	0

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GEF benefits index for biodiversity (0 = no biodiversity potential to 100 = maximum) - Biodiversity & protected areas - Environment - World Development Indicators

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