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DEFINITION:
Percent of land area having very low anthropogenic impact
Units: Percent of Land Area
Units: Global grids for population (GPW), land use (USGS AVHRR based classification from EROS data center), VMAP roads, VMAP railways, VMAP coastlines, VMAP major rivers and the stable lights data were all scored for "wildness". The scores were aggregated and normalized.
Units: Percent of Land Area
Units: Global grids for population (GPW), land use (USGS AVHRR based classification from EROS data center), VMAP roads, VMAP railways, VMAP coastlines, VMAP major rivers and the stable lights data were all scored for "wildness". The scores were aggregated and normalized.
CONTENTS
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Libya | 89.9% | 1990 | |
| 2 | Canada | 81.87% | 1990 | |
| 3 | Algeria | 80.82% | 1990 | |
| 4 | Iceland | 80.08% | 1990 | |
| 5 | Mauritania | 79.46% | 1990 | |
| 6 | Australia | 74% | 1990 | |
| 7 | Niger | 73.54% | 1990 | |
| 8 | Gabon | 72.79% | 1990 | |
| 9 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 71.62% | 1990 | |
| 10 | Egypt | 70.06% | 1990 | |
| 11 | Mongolia | 69.99% | 1990 | |
| 12 | Botswana | 67.41% | 1990 | |
| 13 | Namibia | 66.23% | 1990 | |
| 14 | Russia | 65.8% | 1990 | |
| 15 | Bolivia | 60.93% | 1990 | |
| 16 | Mali | 59.81% | 1990 | |
| 17 | Chad | 59.45% | 1990 | |
| 18 | Oman | 53.97% | 1990 | |
| 19 | Central African Republic | 51.5% | 1990 | |
| 20 | Venezuela | 50.77% | 1990 | |
| 21 | Brazil | 50.41% | 1990 | |
| 22 | Colombia | 48.26% | 1990 | |
| 23 | Peru | 45.56% | 1990 | |
| 24 | Saudi Arabia | 44.34% | 1990 | |
| 25 | Paraguay | 44.12% | 1990 | |
| 26 | Angola | 43.63% | 1990 | |
| 27 | Sudan | 41.36% | 1990 | |
| 28 | Chile | 40.46% | 1990 | |
| 29 | Kazakhstan | 39.45% | 1990 | |
| 30 | Kenya | 39.01% | 1990 | |
| 31 | Argentina | 35.99% | 1990 | |
| 32 | United States | 35.89% | 1990 | |
| 33 | Papua New Guinea | 35.28% | 1990 | |
| 34 | Uzbekistan | 34.4% | 1990 | |
| OPEC countries average (profile) | 31.65% | 1990 | ||
| 35 | New Zealand | 31.51% | 1990 | |
| 36 | China | 31.49% | 1990 | |
| 37 | Sweden | 31.41% | 1990 | |
| 38 | Finland | 30.04% | 1990 | |
| 39 | Norway | 28.71% | 1990 | |
| 40 | Malaysia | 27.45% | 1990 | |
| 41 | Tunisia | 26.2% | 1990 | |
| Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 26.14% | 1990 | ||
| 42 | Tajikistan | 25.63% | 1990 | |
| Former French colonies average (profile) | 25.16% | 1990 | ||
| 43 | Ecuador | 24.93% | 1990 | |
| Muslim countries average (profile) | 24.03% | 1990 | ||
| 44 | Zambia | 23.98% | 1990 | |
| Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 23.67% | 1990 | ||
| 45 | Turkmenistan | 22.28% | 1990 | |
| 46 | Mozambique | 21.79% | 1990 | |
| 47 | South Africa | 19.78% | 1990 | |
| failed states average (profile) | 19.57% | 1990 | ||
| Non-religious countries average (profile) | 18.41% | 1990 | ||
| Emerging markets average (profile) | 18.36% | 1990 | ||
| 48 | Somalia | 17.7% | 1990 | |
| 49 | Mexico | 17.65% | 1990 | |
| 50 | Morocco | 17.54% | 1990 | |
| 51 | Madagascar | 17.48% | 1990 | |
| Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 16.88% | 1990 | ||
| 52 | Malawi | 16.1% | 1990 | |
| 53 | Indonesia | 15.95% | 1990 | |
| Cold countries average (profile) | 15.92% | 1990 | ||
| 54 | Burma | 15.66% | 1990 | |
| 55 | Guatemala | 15.1% | 1990 | |
| 56 | Kyrgyzstan | 14.97% | 1990 | |
| 57 | Ethiopia | 14.91% | 1990 | |
| Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 14.87% | 1990 | ||
| 58 | Panama | 14.83% | 1990 | |
| High income OECD countries average (profile) | 14.82% | 1990 | ||
| South and Central Asia average (profile) | 13.24% | 1990 | ||
| 59 | Nicaragua | 12.9% | 1990 | |
| 60 | Uganda | 12.55% | 1990 | |
| 61 | Cambodia | 12.16% | 1990 | |
| 62 | Honduras | 10.65% | 1990 | |
| 63 | Cameroon | 10.46% | 1990 | |
| 64 | Tanzania | 9.3% | 1990 | |
| 65 | Liberia | 8.96% | 1990 | |
| NATO countries average (profile) | 7.66% | 1990 | ||
| 66 | Laos | 6.21% | 1990 | |
| 67 | Burundi | 5.13% | 1990 | |
| 68 | Cote d'Ivoire | 4.38% | 1990 | |
| 69 | Senegal | 4.13% | 1990 | |
| 70 | Iraq | 3.68% | 1990 | |
| 71 | Spain | 3.43% | 1990 | |
| 72 | Benin | 3.08% | 1990 | |
| 73 | Estonia | 2.86% | 1990 | |
| European Union average (profile) | 2.76% | 1990 | ||
| 74 | Nepal | 2.62% | 1990 | |
| 75 | Iran | 2.53% | 1990 | |
| 76 | Pakistan | 2.51% | 1990 | |
| 77 | Armenia | 2.5% | 1990 | |
| Eurozone average (profile) | 2.49% | 1990 | ||
| 78 | Switzerland | 2.43% | 1990 | |
| 79 | Rwanda | 2.42% | 1990 | |
| 80 | Uruguay | 2.39% | 1990 | |
| 81 | Jordan | 2.08% | 1990 | |
| 82 | India | 1.94% | 1990 | |
| 83 | Burkina Faso | 1.81% | 1990 | |
| 84 | Bhutan | 1.76% | 1990 | |
| South Asia average (profile) | 1.57% | 1990 | ||
| 85 | Vietnam | 1.05% | 1990 | |
| 86 | Zimbabwe | 1.04% | 1990 | |
| 87 | Cuba | 0.91% | 1990 | |
| 88 | Thailand | 0.9% | 1990 | |
| 89 | Portugal | 0.78% | 1990 | |
| 90 | Republic of Macedonia | 0.7% | 1990 | |
| 91 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.65% | 1990 | |
| 92 | Turkey | 0.64% | 1990 | |
| 93 | Israel | 0.61% | 1990 | |
| 94 | Ghana | 0.58% | 1990 | |
| 95 | Nigeria | 0.55% | 1990 | |
| 96 | Philippines | 0.52% | 1990 | |
| 97 | Albania | 0.32% | 1990 | |
| 98 | Azerbaijan | 0.28% | 1990 | |
| 99 | United Kingdom | 0.21% | 1990 | |
| 100 | United Arab Emirates | 0.16% | 1990 | |
| =101 | Syria | 0.11% | 1990 | |
| =101 | Kuwait | 0.11% | 1990 | |
| 103 | Hungary | 0.07% | 1990 | |
| =104 | Bangladesh | 0.06% | 1990 | |
| =104 | Japan | 0.06% | 1990 | |
| =106 | France | 0.04% | 1990 | |
| =106 | Italy | 0.04% | 1990 | |
| =106 | Austria | 0.04% | 1990 | |
| =109 | Guinea | 0.02% | 1990 | |
| =109 | Costa Rica | 0.02% | 1990 | |
| =109 | Latvia | 0.02% | 1990 | |
| =109 | Germany | 0.02% | 1990 | |
| =113 | Dominica | 0.01% | 1990 | |
| =113 | Ireland | 0.01% | 1990 | |
| =113 | Greece | 0.01% | 1990 | |
| =116 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0 | 1990 | |
| =116 | Netherlands | 0.0 | 1990 | |
| =116 | South Korea | 0.0 | 1990 | |
| =116 | Slovakia | 0.0 | 1990 | |
| =116 | El Salvador | 0.0 | 1990 | |
| =116 | Sierra Leone | 0.0 | 1990 | |
| =116 | Denmark | 0.0 | 1990 | |
| =116 | Moldova | 0.0 | 1990 | |
| =116 | Lebanon | 0.0 | 1990 | |
| =116 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0 | 1990 | |
| =116 | Lithuania | 0.0 | 1990 | |
| =116 | The Gambia | 0.0 | 1990 | |
| =116 | Slovenia | 0.0 | 1990 | |
| =116 | Jamaica | 0.0 | 1990 | |
| =116 | Czech Republic | 0.0 | 1990 | |
| =116 | Togo | 0.0 | 1990 | |
| =116 | Ukraine | 0.0 | 1990 | |
| =116 | Bulgaria | 0.0 | 1990 | |
| =116 | Romania | 0.0 | 1990 | |
| =116 | Belarus | 0.0 | 1990 | |
| =116 | Belgium | 0.0 | 1990 | |
| =116 | Haiti | 0.0 | 1990 | |
| =116 | Croatia | 0.0 | 1990 | |
| =116 | Poland | 0.0 | 1990 | |
| =116 | North Korea | 0.0 | 1990 | |
| =116 | Sri Lanka | 0.0 | 1990 |
