Total | Amphibians | Birds | Fish | Mammals | Reptiles | Vascular Plants
Countries ranked by species count / biodiversity share
Note, this data was last updated May 26, 2025
| Country / territory | Amphibians (8885) | Mammals (6801) | Birds (11195) | Fish (34300) | Reptiles (12,386) | Plants (270,000) | Biodiversity share (land+sea) | Biodiversity share (land) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇧🇷 Brazil | 13.46% | 11.56% | 16.22% | 14.66% | 7.01% | 12.74% | 12.61% | 13.59% |
| 🇮🇩 Indonesia | 4.51% | 11.66% | 15.61% | 14.87% | 6.45% | 7.12% | 10.04% | 8.76% |
| 🇨🇳 China | 7.21% | 10.63% | 11.51% | 11.36% | 5.09% | 11.62% | 9.57% | 9.28% |
| 🇨🇴 Colombia | 9.42% | 7.85% | 16.73% | 6.44% | 5.30% | 8.90% | 9.11% | 8.95% |
| 🇵🇪 Peru | 7.64% | 8.50% | 16.62% | 4.90% | 4.38% | 7.34% | 8.23% | 8.31% |
| 🇲🇽 Mexico | 4.70% | 8.68% | 9.78% | 7.85% | 8.19% | 8.66% | 7.98% | 7.21% |
| 🇦🇺 Australia | 2.88% | 5.73% | 6.49% | 15.32% | 9.24% | 7.16% | 7.80% | 5.62% |
| 🇮🇳 India | 5.18% | 6.41% | 10.83% | 8.62% | 7.18% | 5.56% | 7.29% | 6.88% |
| 🇪🇨 Ecuador | 8.02% | 6.62% | 14.52% | 3.37% | 3.98% | 6.84% | 7.23% | 7.06% |
| 🇺🇸 United States (USA) | 3.88% | 7.15% | 7.32% | 14.66% | 4.51% | 5.74% | 7.21% | 5.69% |
| 🇻🇪 Venezuela | 4.14% | 6.09% | 12.38% | 5.27% | 3.38% | 5.70% | 6.16% | 6.20% |
| 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea | 4.88% | 4.35% | 6.62% | 8.77% | 3.31% | 4.06% | 5.33% | 4.21% |
| 🇿🇦 South Africa | 1.49% | 4.75% | 6.81% | 6.41% | 4.59% | 7.87% | 5.32% | 4.43% |
| 🇧🇴 Bolivia | 2.96% | 6.20% | 12.86% | 1.28% | 2.62% | 5.46% | 5.23% | 5.42% |
| 🇻🇳 Vietnam | 3.32% | 5.29% | 7.42% | 7.76% | 4.34% | 3.15% | 5.21% | 4.63% |
| 🇲🇾 Malaysia | 3.30% | 5.25% | 6.48% | 6.05% | 4.19% | 5.21% | 5.08% | 4.67% |
| 🇹🇿 Tanzania | 2.31% | 5.98% | 9.60% | 5.48% | 2.87% | 3.74% | 5.00% | 4.91% |
| 🇹🇭 Thailand | 1.85% | 5.09% | 8.37% | 6.98% | 4.00% | 2.44% | 4.79% | 4.44% |
| 🇲🇲 Myanmar | 1.60% | 5.25% | 9.30% | 3.43% | 3.01% | 5.93% | 4.75% | 4.69% |
| 🇨🇩 Congo (DRC) | 2.59% | 7.50% | 9.94% | 4.68% | 0.10% | 3.28% | 4.68% | 5.02% |
| 🇦🇷 Argentina | 2.00% | 6.07% | 8.93% | 3.31% | 3.83% | 3.79% | 4.66% | 4.68% |
| 🇵🇭 Philippines | 1.31% | 3.48% | 5.31% | 11.07% | 3.00% | 3.74% | 4.65% | 3.14% |
| 🇰🇪 Kenya | 1.31% | 6.01% | 9.46% | 3.27% | 2.29% | 2.51% | 4.14% | 3.93% |
| 🇵🇦 Panama | 2.59% | 3.78% | 7.96% | 4.30% | 2.29% | 3.87% | 4.13% | 3.63% |
| 🇨🇲 Cameroon | 2.52% | 5.44% | 7.96% | 3.23% | 2.33% | 2.55% | 4.01% | 4.02% |
| 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | 2.45% | 3.81% | 7.54% | 3.36% | 2.17% | 4.07% | 3.90% | 3.51% |
| 🇯🇵 Japan | 1.22% | 2.29% | 3.94% | 12.78% | 0.86% | 2.07% | 3.86% | 2.03% |
| 🇲🇬 Madagascar | 4.82% | 3.71% | 2.22% | 3.74% | 3.67% | 4.38% | 3.75% | 3.31% |
| 🇦🇴 Angola | 1.25% | 4.88% | 8.23% | 3.03% | 2.58% | 0.84% | 3.47% | 3.33% |
| 🇲🇿 Mozambique | 1.05% | 3.88% | 6.04% | 5.79% | 1.82% | 1.52% | 3.35% | 2.73% |
| 🇬🇹 Guatemala | 1.86% | 3.63% | 6.25% | 2.69% | 2.28% | 3.25% | 3.33% | 3.04% |
| 🇺🇬 Uganda | 1.15% | 5.40% | 8.95% | 0.87% | 1.67% | 1.83% | 3.31% | 3.44% |
| 🇬🇾 Guyana | 1.58% | 3.76% | 7.08% | 3.07% | 1.43% | 2.63% | 3.26% | 3.23% |
| 🇭🇳 Honduras | 1.68% | 3.50% | 6.34% | 3.09% | 2.28% | 2.66% | 3.26% | 2.84% |
| 🇬🇳 Guinea | 0.92% | 3.91% | 5.67% | 2.44% | 5.64% | 0.94% | 3.25% | 3.09% |
| 🇳🇬 Nigeria | 1.32% | 4.63% | 7.75% | 2.34% | 1.67% | 1.25% | 3.16% | 3.08% |
| 🇷🇺 Russia | 0.34% | 4.85% | 5.93% | 3.11% | 0.02% | 4.63% | 3.15% | 3.05% |
| 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | 0.86% | 4.68% | 7.34% | 0.52% | 1.77% | 2.48% | 2.94% | 3.02% |
| 🇹🇼 Taiwan | 0.52% | 1.56% | 3.33% | 9.42% | 0.95% | 1.65% | 2.90% | 1.52% |
| 🇳🇮 Nicaragua | 0.87% | 3.22% | 6.15% | 3.30% | 1.57% | 2.15% | 2.88% | 2.43% |
| 🇸🇷 Suriname | 1.33% | 3.40% | 6.20% | 3.17% | 1.28% | 1.85% | 2.87% | 2.69% |
| 🇬🇫 French Guiana | 1.33% | 3.22% | 6.26% | 2.98% | 1.39% | 2.00% | 2.86% | 2.72% |
| 🇱🇦 Laos | 1.25% | 3.82% | 6.31% | 1.76% | 1.77% | 2.22% | 2.85% | 3.12% |
| 🇸🇩 Sudan | 0.15% | 2.96% | 8.15% | 1.46% | 2.25% | 1.16% | 2.69% | 2.57% |
| 🇨🇬 Congo | 0.84% | 3.41% | 5.48% | 2.59% | 2.89% | 0.89% | 2.68% | 2.67% |
| 🇬🇭 Ghana | 1.01% | 4.04% | 6.09% | 2.10% | 1.51% | 1.10% | 2.64% | 2.29% |
| 🇨🇮 Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) | 0.95% | 4.09% | 6.00% | 2.02% | 1.30% | 1.37% | 2.62% | 2.47% |
| 🇮🇷 Iran | 0.26% | 3.21% | 4.23% | 2.11% | 3.08% | 2.78% | 2.61% | 2.55% |
| 🇿🇲 Zambia | 1.04% | 3.79% | 6.57% | 1.33% | 1.54% | 1.23% | 2.58% | 2.78% |
| 🇳🇦 Namibia | 0.52% | 3.16% | 5.34% | 2.14% | 2.28% | 1.61% | 2.51% | 2.30% |
| 🇬🇦 Gabon | 1.08% | 2.97% | 5.40% | 2.52% | 1.07% | 1.94% | 2.50% | 2.38% |
| 🇰🇭 Cambodia | 0.63% | 2.98% | 4.64% | 2.80% | 1.61% | 2.22% | 2.48% | 2.45% |
| 🇵🇰 Pakistan | 0.27% | 2.98% | 5.46% | 2.21% | 1.74% | 2.22% | 2.48% | 2.34% |
| 🇵🇾 Paraguay | 0.93% | 2.68% | 6.16% | 0.83% | 1.89% | 1.96% | 2.41% | 2.53% |
| 🇹🇷 Turkey | 0.43% | 2.59% | 3.51% | 2.81% | 1.24% | 3.70% | 2.38% | 2.32% |
| 🇳🇵 Nepal | 0.69% | 2.88% | 7.34% | 0.70% | 0.15% | 2.30% | 2.34% | 2.45% |
| 🇨🇫 Central African Republic | 0.65% | 3.84% | 6.45% | 0.62% | 1.28% | 0.95% | 2.30% | 2.39% |
| 🇨🇦 Canada | 0.52% | 3.31% | 4.43% | 3.38% | 0.41% | 1.44% | 2.25% | 1.91% |
| 🇸🇴 Somalia | 0.39% | 2.72% | 5.11% | 2.73% | 1.89% | 0.47% | 2.22% | 1.82% |
| 🇲🇼 Malawi | 0.88% | 3.06% | 5.66% | 1.43% | 1.03% | 1.24% | 2.22% | 2.43% |
| 🇸🇸 South Sudan | 0.41% | 3.57% | 7.22% | 0.30% | 0.67% | 1.11% | 2.21% | 2.26% |
| 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | 1.26% | 1.78% | 3.36% | 3.52% | 2.03% | 1.23% | 2.19% | 1.78% |
| 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | 0.50% | 2.23% | 5.37% | 1.82% | 1.17% | 1.85% | 2.16% | 2.09% |
| 🇹🇬 Togo | 0.37% | 2.96% | 5.11% | 1.68% | 1.28% | 1.14% | 2.09% | 1.92% |
| 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone | 0.68% | 2.97% | 5.21% | 2.06% | 0.81% | 0.70% | 2.07% | 1.88% |
| 🇨🇱 Chile | 0.65% | 2.38% | 3.81% | 2.39% | 1.20% | 1.91% | 2.06% | 1.72% |
| 🇸🇻 El Salvador | 0.34% | 2.38% | 4.39% | 1.74% | 1.24% | 2.14% | 2.04% | 1.80% |
| 🇸🇳 Senegal | 0.44% | 2.85% | 5.00% | 2.37% | 1.02% | 0.50% | 2.03% | 1.77% |
| 🇱🇷 Liberia | 0.70% | 3.07% | 4.79% | 1.83% | 0.87% | 0.89% | 2.03% | 1.87% |
| 🇧🇿 Belize | 0.42% | 2.29% | 4.75% | 2.01% | 1.12% | 1.55% | 2.02% | 1.77% |
| 🇧🇯 Benin | 0.44% | 2.98% | 4.91% | 1.79% | 1.08% | 0.91% | 2.02% | 1.87% |
| 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | 0.64% | 3.10% | 5.61% | 0.46% | 0.94% | 1.04% | 1.97% | 2.04% |
| 🇨🇺 Cuba | 0.80% | 0.99% | 2.63% | 3.39% | 1.45% | 2.42% | 1.95% | 1.44% |
| 🇳🇨 New Caledonia | 0.00% | 0.54% | 1.16% | 7.34% | 1.28% | 1.35% | 1.94% | 0.82% |
| 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea | 0.57% | 2.75% | 3.88% | 1.71% | 0.94% | 1.13% | 1.83% | 1.66% |
| 🇪🇸 Spain | 0.44% | 1.93% | 3.39% | 2.43% | 0.62% | 2.15% | 1.83% | 1.53% |
| 🇧🇹 Bhutan | 0.47% | 2.09% | 5.56% | 0.15% | 0.34% | 2.07% | 1.78% | 1.80% |
| 🇧🇳 Brunei | 0.14% | 2.69% | 3.71% | 1.48% | 0.34% | 2.22% | 1.76% | 1.62% |
| 🇧🇮 Burundi | 0.32% | 2.57% | 5.33% | 0.76% | 0.50% | 1.03% | 1.75% | 1.86% |
| 🇫🇷 France | 0.47% | 2.06% | 3.24% | 2.53% | 0.43% | 1.74% | 1.75% | 1.44% |
| 🇷🇼 Rwanda | 0.50% | 3.10% | 5.70% | 0.23% | 0.06% | 0.70% | 1.71% | 1.75% |
| 🇮🇹 Italy | 0.52% | 1.88% | 3.14% | 1.95% | 0.50% | 2.07% | 1.68% | 1.48% |
| 🇺🇾 Uruguay | 0.57% | 1.88% | 3.64% | 2.23% | 0.65% | 1.08% | 1.68% | 1.57% |
| 🇴🇲 Oman | 0.02% | 1.28% | 2.91% | 3.24% | 2.04% | 0.54% | 1.67% | 1.15% |
| 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | 0.45% | 1.84% | 3.52% | 3.04% | 0.24% | 0.84% | 1.65% | 1.24% |
| 🇪🇬 Egypt | 0.11% | 1.68% | 3.37% | 2.96% | 0.95% | 0.83% | 1.65% | 1.25% |
| 🇰🇷 South Korea | 0.24% | 1.35% | 3.20% | 3.50% | 0.19% | 1.35% | 1.64% | 1.24% |
| 🇬🇷 Greece | 0.30% | 1.71% | 3.08% | 2.06% | 0.62% | 2.04% | 1.63% | 1.45% |
| 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia | 0.08% | 1.41% | 3.51% | 2.65% | 0.98% | 0.85% | 1.58% | 1.17% |
| 🇲🇷 Mauritania | 0.14% | 1.74% | 4.22% | 2.17% | 0.79% | 0.41% | 1.58% | 1.26% |
| 🇲🇦 Morocco | 0.15% | 1.94% | 3.07% | 2.18% | 0.88% | 1.15% | 1.56% | 1.26% |
| 🇲🇱 Mali | 0.25% | 2.35% | 5.09% | 0.43% | 0.88% | 0.33% | 1.56% | 1.62% |
| 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan | 0.17% | 2.59% | 3.93% | 0.35% | 0.02% | 2.22% | 1.55% | 1.59% |
| 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau | 0.23% | 2.10% | 4.05% | 2.03% | 0.52% | 0.31% | 1.54% | 1.31% |
| 🇬🇳 Gambia | 0.30% | 2.00% | 4.13% | 1.73% | 0.72% | 0.36% | 1.54% | 1.35% |
| 🇮🇱 Israel | 0.11% | 1.71% | 3.44% | 2.19% | 0.77% | 0.88% | 1.52% | 1.21% |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore | 0.34% | 1.32% | 3.26% | 2.19% | 1.09% | 0.85% | 1.51% | 1.29% |
| 🇦🇫 Afghanistan | 0.14% | 2.00% | 3.51% | 0.37% | 1.09% | 1.85% | 1.49% | 1.55% |
| 🇹🇩 Chad | 0.23% | 2.22% | 4.73% | 0.43% | 0.41% | 0.85% | 1.48% | 1.54% |
| 🇸🇿 Eswatini (Swaziland) | 0.43% | 2.03% | 4.20% | 0.17% | 0.72% | 1.30% | 1.47% | 1.50% |
| 🇾🇪 Yemen | 0.07% | 1.34% | 3.07% | 2.32% | 0.94% | 0.99% | 1.46% | 1.09% |
| 🇩🇿 Algeria | 0.17% | 1.60% | 2.85% | 1.49% | 0.90% | 1.48% | 1.41% | 1.23% |
| 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands | 0.21% | 1.18% | 2.21% | 2.97% | 0.71% | 1.17% | 1.41% | 0.95% |
| 🇧🇼 Botswana | 0.43% | 2.51% | 4.81% | 0.26% | 0.07% | 0.34% | 1.41% | 1.44% |
| 🇺🇦 Ukraine | 0.25% | 1.66% | 2.83% | 0.72% | 1.01% | 1.89% | 1.39% | 1.40% |
| 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso | 0.26% | 2.06% | 4.04% | 0.36% | 1.30% | 0.33% | 1.39% | 1.45% |
| 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | 0.56% | 0.87% | 2.13% | 1.57% | 1.09% | 2.10% | 1.39% | 1.17% |
| 🇲🇳 Mongolia | 0.07% | 2.16% | 3.28% | 0.24% | 1.51% | 1.06% | 1.39% | 1.42% |
| 🇭🇹 Haiti | 0.64% | 0.82% | 2.19% | 1.56% | 1.01% | 1.94% | 1.36% | 1.14% |
| 🇳🇪 Niger | 0.12% | 2.00% | 3.96% | 0.32% | 0.94% | 0.79% | 1.35% | 1.40% |
| 🇭🇰 Hong Kong | 0.25% | 0.00% | 1.96% | 4.10% | 0.57% | 1.24% | 1.35% | 0.85% |
| 🇯🇴 Jordan | 0.06% | 1.38% | 2.98% | 1.73% | 0.97% | 0.97% | 1.35% | 1.09% |
| 🇪🇷 Eritrea | 0.19% | 1.85% | 4.86% | 1.12% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 1.34% | 1.15% |
Source: Plant data is from the World Conservation Monitoring Centre of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP-WCMC), 2004. Species Data. Fish: Fishbase; Birds: Birdlife International; Amphibians: AmphibiaWeb; Mammals: IUCN; Reptiles: the Reptile Database.