Plant species (higher), threatened - Biodiversity & protected areas - Environment - World Development Indicators

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Higher plants are native vascular plant species. Threatened species are the number of species classified by the IUCN as endangered, vulnerable, rare, indeterminate, out of danger, or insufficiently known.

Rank	Country	Value
Plant species (higher), threatened - Biodiversity & protected areas - Environment - World Development Indicators (2008)
1	Ecuador	1,839
2	Malaysia	686
3	China	446
4	Indonesia	386
5	Brazil	382
6	Cameroon	355
7	Madagascar	281
8	Sri Lanka	280
9	Peru	275
10	Mexico	261
11	India	246
12	United States	244
13	Tanzania	240
14	Colombia	223
15	New Caledonia	218
16	Philippines	216
17	Jamaica	209
18	Panama	194
19	Nigeria	171
20	Cuba	163
21	Yemen	159
22	Vietnam	147
23	Papua New Guinea	142
24	Ghana	117
25	Costa Rica	111
26	Honduras	110
27	Gabon	108
28	Ivory Coast	105
29	Kenya	103
30	Brunei Darussalam	99
31	Mauritius	88
32	Thailand	86
33	Guatemala	83
34	South Africa	74
35	Bolivia	71
36	Venezuela	69
37	Fiji	66
38	Democratic Republic of the Congo	65
39	Equatorial Guinea	63
40	Australia	55
41	Singapore	54
42	Puerto Rico	53
43	Spain	49
44	French Polynesia	47
45	Sierra Leone	47
46	Liberia	46
47	Mozambique	46
48	Seychelles	45
49	Argentina	44
50	Chile	40
51	Nicaragua	39
52	Uganda	38
53	Burma	38
54	Sao Tome and Principe	35
55	Republic of the Congo	35
56	Cambodia	31
57	Belize	30
58	Dominican Republic	30
59	Haiti	29
60	Angola	26
61	Suriname	26
62	El Salvador	26
63	Namibia	24
64	Guyana	22
65	Ethiopia	22
66	Guinea	22
67	New Zealand	21
68	Laos	21
69	Italy	19
70	Zimbabwe	17
71	Somalia	17
72	Sudan	17
73	Portugal	16
74	Kazakhstan	16
75	Solomon Islands	16
76	Central African Republic	15
77	Uzbekistan	15
78	Tajikistan	14
79	Kyrgyzstan	14
80	Benin	14
81	United Kingdom	14
82	Malawi	14
83	Germany	12
84	Japan	12
85	Bangladesh	12
86	Swaziland	11
87	Dominica	11
88	Greece	11
89	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	11
90	Togo	10
91	Paraguay	10
92	Vanuatu	10
93	France	8
94	Zambia	8
95	Nepal	7
96	Russia	7
97	Bhutan	7
98	Senegal	7
99	Cyprus	7
100	St. Lucia	6
101	Mali	6
102	Hong Kong	6
103	Oman	6
104	Micronesia	5
105	Northern Mariana Islands	5
106	Comoros	5
107	Bahamas	5
108	Antigua and Barbuda	4
109	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	4
110	Austria	4
111	Czech Republic	4
112	Gambia	4
113	Guinea-Bissau	4
114	Guam	4
115	Bermuda	4
116	Palau	4
117	Poland	4
118	Tonga	4
119	Algeria	3
120	Denmark	3
121	Sweden	3
122	Malta	3
123	Switzerland	3
124	Saudi Arabia	3
125	Rwanda	3
126	Grenada	3
127	Turkey	3
128	Turkmenistan	3
129	Eritrea	3
130	Chad	2
131	Djibouti	2
132	Slovakia	2
133	Cayman Islands	2
134	Cape Verde	2
135	Canada	2
136	Barbados	2
137	Burundi	2
138	Morocco	2
139	Samoa	2
140	Burkina Faso	2
141	Afghanistan	2
142	Niger	2
143	St. Kitts and Nevis	2
144	Norway	2
145	Netherlands Antilles	2
146	Egypt	2
147	Pakistan	2
148	Iran	1
149	Belgium	1
150	Serbia	1
151	American Samoa	1
152	Armenia	1
153	Trinidad and Tobago	1
154	Ukraine	1
155	Uruguay	1
156	Libya	1
157	Lesotho	1
158	Ireland	1
159	Hungary	1
160	Croatia	1
161	Greenland	1
162	Romania	1
163	Finland	1
164	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1
165	Jordan	0
166	Maldives	0
167	Israel	0
168	Marshall Islands	0
169	Macedonia	0
170	Iceland	0
171	Iraq	0
172	Montenegro	0
173	Mongolia	0
174	Lebanon	0
175	Slovenia	0
176	South Korea	0
177	Bulgaria	0
178	Botswana	0
179	Syria	0
180	Aruba	0
181	United Arab Emirates	0
182	Kuwait	0
183	Estonia	0
184	Netherlands	0
185	Moldova	0
186	North Korea	0
187	San Marino	0
188	Tunisia	0
189	Georgia	0
190	Albania	0
191	Mayotte	0
192	Belarus	0
193	Bahrain	0
194	Andorra	0
195	Qatar	0
196	Timor-Leste	0
197	Liechtenstein	0
198	Kiribati	0
199	Azerbaijan	0
200	Lithuania	0
201	West Bank and Gaza	0
202	Isle of Man	0
203	Luxembourg	0
204	Latvia	0
205	Macau	0
206	Mauritania	0
207	Monaco	0

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