SDG Country Profiles Sustainable Development Goals, country by country
Sustainable Development Goal 14

Goal 14 of 17

Life Below Water

Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development

62.1 world score, 2022
65.4 median country score, 2023
65.5 average across the countries assessed
126 countries assessed on this goal
40 countries not assessed

World score since 2000

The world aggregate for this goal only.

Regional averages

Unweighted mean across the countries of each region assessed on this goal, 2023.

How the 126 scores are spread

  • 0 0
  • 0 10
  • 0 20
  • 2 30
  • 12 40
  • 23 50
  • 43 60
  • 33 70
  • 12 80
  • 1 90

Every country on Goal 14

2023 scores, highest first. Ties share a rank.

RankCountryRegionScore
1 Jordan Middle East & North Africa 90.4
2 Finland OECD 87.9
3 Estonia OECD 87.5
4 Romania Eastern Europe & Central Asia 86.7
5 Croatia Eastern Europe & Central Asia 84.6
6 Latvia OECD 84.0
7 Dominican Republic Latin America & the Caribbean 83.9
8 Bosnia and Herzegovina Eastern Europe & Central Asia 83.7
9 Liberia Sub-Saharan Africa 83.5
10 Lithuania OECD 82.0
11 Venezuela, RB Latin America & the Caribbean 81.3
12 Ecuador Latin America & the Caribbean 80.3
13 Chile OECD 80.2
14 Sao Tome and Principe Sub-Saharan Africa 79.9
15 Qatar Middle East & North Africa 79.7
16 Iran, Islamic Rep. Middle East & North Africa 79.4
17 Namibia Sub-Saharan Africa 79.4
18 Cote d'Ivoire Sub-Saharan Africa 79.3
19 Peru Latin America & the Caribbean 78.7
20 Sierra Leone Sub-Saharan Africa 78.5
21 Oman Middle East & North Africa 77.9
22 Congo, Dem. Rep. Sub-Saharan Africa 77.9
23 Suriname Latin America & the Caribbean 77.0
24 Denmark OECD 76.3
25 United Kingdom OECD 76.1
26 Cuba Latin America & the Caribbean 75.2
27 Yemen, Rep. Middle East & North Africa 74.9
28 Philippines East & South Asia 74.9
29 Norway OECD 74.6
30 Germany OECD 74.0
31 Cameroon Sub-Saharan Africa 73.7
32 Fiji Oceania 73.1
33 Sri Lanka East & South Asia 72.7
34 United Arab Emirates Middle East & North Africa 72.7
35 Ireland OECD 72.6
36 Poland OECD 72.1
37 Papua New Guinea Oceania 72.1
38 Mozambique Sub-Saharan Africa 72.0
39 Congo, Rep. Sub-Saharan Africa 72.0
40 Morocco Middle East & North Africa 71.9
41 Mauritania Sub-Saharan Africa 71.5
42 Slovenia OECD 71.3
43 South Africa Sub-Saharan Africa 70.9
44 Togo Sub-Saharan Africa 70.9
45 Panama Latin America & the Caribbean 70.3
46 Belize Latin America & the Caribbean 70.1
47 Kenya Sub-Saharan Africa 69.8
48 Tanzania Sub-Saharan Africa 69.8
49 Indonesia East & South Asia 69.8
50 Iraq Middle East & North Africa 69.5
51 Malta Eastern Europe & Central Asia 69.4
52 Sweden OECD 69.3
53 Senegal Sub-Saharan Africa 68.4
54 Malaysia East & South Asia 68.2
55 Angola Sub-Saharan Africa 67.4
56 Australia OECD 65.9
57 Madagascar Sub-Saharan Africa 65.9
58 Gabon Sub-Saharan Africa 65.8
59 Greece OECD 65.8
60 Lebanon Middle East & North Africa 65.8
61 France OECD 65.7
62 Bulgaria Eastern Europe & Central Asia 65.7
63 United States OECD 65.7
64 Bangladesh East & South Asia 65.2
65 Haiti Latin America & the Caribbean 65.0
66 Algeria Middle East & North Africa 64.8
67 Saudi Arabia Middle East & North Africa 64.8
68 Thailand East & South Asia 64.2
69 Barbados Latin America & the Caribbean 63.9
70 Brazil Latin America & the Caribbean 63.8
71 Gambia, The Sub-Saharan Africa 63.7
72 Tunisia Middle East & North Africa 63.3
73 Pakistan East & South Asia 63.3
74 Maldives East & South Asia 63.2
75 Iceland OECD 62.8
76 Italy OECD 62.6
77 Mexico OECD 62.6
78 Honduras Latin America & the Caribbean 62.5
79 India East & South Asia 62.3
80 Jamaica Latin America & the Caribbean 62.2
81 Canada OECD 62.1
82 Nigeria Sub-Saharan Africa 62.1
83 Nicaragua Latin America & the Caribbean 61.9
84 Argentina Latin America & the Caribbean 61.7
85 Sudan Sub-Saharan Africa 61.7
86 Ukraine Eastern Europe & Central Asia 61.4
87 Georgia Eastern Europe & Central Asia 61.1
88 Bahamas, The Latin America & the Caribbean 60.1
89 Uruguay Latin America & the Caribbean 60.0
90 Benin Sub-Saharan Africa 60.0
91 Cambodia East & South Asia 60.0
92 Spain OECD 59.5
93 Türkiye OECD 58.6
94 Guinea Sub-Saharan Africa 57.8
95 Djibouti Sub-Saharan Africa 57.6
96 Colombia OECD 57.3
97 Cabo Verde Sub-Saharan Africa 57.0
98 Belgium OECD 56.7
99 Costa Rica OECD 56.3
100 Guatemala Latin America & the Caribbean 55.9
101 Japan OECD 55.8
102 China East & South Asia 55.7
103 Korea, Rep. OECD 55.4
104 Netherlands OECD 55.3
105 Russian Federation Eastern Europe & Central Asia 53.4
106 New Zealand OECD 53.2
107 Montenegro Eastern Europe & Central Asia 52.1
108 Trinidad and Tobago Latin America & the Caribbean 51.5
109 Egypt, Arab Rep. Middle East & North Africa 51.5
110 Somalia Sub-Saharan Africa 50.3
111 Cyprus Eastern Europe & Central Asia 50.2
112 Albania Eastern Europe & Central Asia 50.2
113 Syrian Arab Republic Middle East & North Africa 49.9
114 Brunei Darussalam East & South Asia 49.6
115 Portugal OECD 49.4
116 Mauritius Sub-Saharan Africa 49.0
117 Bahrain Middle East & North Africa 48.0
118 Vietnam East & South Asia 47.7
119 Myanmar East & South Asia 47.6
120 Singapore East & South Asia 47.2
121 Kuwait Middle East & North Africa 47.0
122 Ghana Sub-Saharan Africa 44.9
123 El Salvador Latin America & the Caribbean 43.6
124 Comoros Sub-Saharan Africa 43.1
125 Israel OECD 37.5
126 Guyana Latin America & the Caribbean 36.6
40 countries are not assessed on this goal

These countries have no score for Goal 14 in the dataset. That is not the same as a score of zero, and they are excluded from the ranking and the averages above. This goal is not assessed for landlocked countries, so the absence has a plain explanation rather than being a data gap.

Afghanistan, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Czechia, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Lao PDR, Lesotho, Luxembourg, Malawi, Mali, Moldova, Mongolia, Nepal, Niger, North Macedonia, Paraguay, Rwanda, Serbia, Slovak Republic, South Sudan, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Zambia, Zimbabwe