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Sustainable Development Goal 15

Goal 15 of 17

Life on Land

Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss

57.8 world score, 2022
66.3 median country score, 2023
66.6 average across the countries assessed
166 countries assessed on this goal

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 166 scores are spread

  • 0 0
  • 0 10
  • 2 20
  • 2 30
  • 18 40
  • 29 50
  • 52 60
  • 32 70
  • 23 80
  • 8 90

Biggest gains on this goal

Change in goal score, 2015–2022.

  1. 1 Afghanistan 53.0 → 73.2 +20.2
  2. 2 Haiti 48.3 → 65.0 +16.7
  3. 3 Niger 58.1 → 73.8 +15.7
  4. 4 Cambodia 38.0 → 48.8 +10.8
  5. 5 Morocco 69.7 → 76.7 +7.0

Largest falls on this goal

Where the score is lower than it was in 2015.

  1. 1 Singapore 36.9 → 26.5 -10.4
  2. 2 Bolivia 70.8 → 61.6 -9.2
  3. 3 Nicaragua 71.2 → 64.1 -7.1
  4. 4 Algeria 73.3 → 67.1 -6.2
  5. 5 Honduras 74.9 → 69.4 -5.5

Every country on Goal 15

2023 scores, highest first. Ties share a rank.

RankCountryRegionScore
1 Latvia OECD 97.8
2 Estonia OECD 96.1
3 Lithuania OECD 95.3
4 Belarus Eastern Europe & Central Asia 94.3
5 Bulgaria Eastern Europe & Central Asia 94.1
6 Poland OECD 92.9
7 Denmark OECD 92.8
8 Czechia OECD 92.5
9 Namibia Sub-Saharan Africa 89.9
10 Central African Republic Sub-Saharan Africa 89.7
11 Moldova Eastern Europe & Central Asia 89.3
12 Slovak Republic OECD 89.2
13 Ireland OECD 88.6
14 Croatia Eastern Europe & Central Asia 88.2
15 Burkina Faso Sub-Saharan Africa 87.9
16 Mali Sub-Saharan Africa 86.8
17 Hungary OECD 86.5
18 United Kingdom OECD 86.2
19 Finland OECD 85.1
20 Slovenia OECD 83.6
21 Congo, Rep. Sub-Saharan Africa 83.5
22 Gabon Sub-Saharan Africa 83.2
23 Gambia, The Sub-Saharan Africa 83.0
24 Malta Eastern Europe & Central Asia 82.7
25 Belgium OECD 81.8
26 Bosnia and Herzegovina Eastern Europe & Central Asia 81.3
27 North Macedonia Eastern Europe & Central Asia 81.2
28 Greece OECD 81.2
29 Sao Tome and Principe Sub-Saharan Africa 81.1
30 Venezuela, RB Latin America & the Caribbean 80.7
31 Sweden OECD 80.2
32 Italy OECD 79.9
33 Ukraine Eastern Europe & Central Asia 79.6
34 Albania Eastern Europe & Central Asia 79.6
35 Romania Eastern Europe & Central Asia 79.5
36 Germany OECD 79.2
37 Cyprus Eastern Europe & Central Asia 79.0
38 Suriname Latin America & the Caribbean 78.1
39 Zimbabwe Sub-Saharan Africa 77.9
40 Netherlands OECD 77.9
41 Togo Sub-Saharan Africa 77.7
42 Morocco Middle East & North Africa 76.7
43 Nigeria Sub-Saharan Africa 76.4
44 Chad Sub-Saharan Africa 76.2
45 Dominican Republic Latin America & the Caribbean 75.1
46 Mongolia East & South Asia 74.9
47 South Sudan Sub-Saharan Africa 74.7
48 Botswana Sub-Saharan Africa 74.4
49 Lesotho Sub-Saharan Africa 74.2
50 Norway OECD 74.1
51 Portugal OECD 73.9
52 Niger Sub-Saharan Africa 73.8
53 Austria OECD 73.6
54 Afghanistan Eastern Europe & Central Asia 73.2
55 Guyana Latin America & the Caribbean 73.1
56 Cote d'Ivoire Sub-Saharan Africa 72.9
57 Burundi Sub-Saharan Africa 72.2
58 Cuba Latin America & the Caribbean 71.7
59 Cabo Verde Sub-Saharan Africa 71.6
60 Comoros Sub-Saharan Africa 71.2
61 Tunisia Middle East & North Africa 70.9
62 Kyrgyz Republic Eastern Europe & Central Asia 70.9
63 El Salvador Latin America & the Caribbean 70.1
64 Congo, Dem. Rep. Sub-Saharan Africa 69.8
65 Ghana Sub-Saharan Africa 69.4
66 Honduras Latin America & the Caribbean 69.4
67 Georgia Eastern Europe & Central Asia 69.3
68 Guinea Sub-Saharan Africa 69.0
69 Nepal East & South Asia 68.9
70 France OECD 68.8
71 Zambia Sub-Saharan Africa 68.4
72 Egypt, Arab Rep. Middle East & North Africa 68.3
73 Brunei Darussalam East & South Asia 68.2
74 Luxembourg OECD 67.7
75 Qatar Middle East & North Africa 67.6
76 Iran, Islamic Rep. Middle East & North Africa 67.4
77 Rwanda Sub-Saharan Africa 67.3
78 Algeria Middle East & North Africa 67.1
79 Panama Latin America & the Caribbean 66.6
80 Spain OECD 66.4
81 Benin Sub-Saharan Africa 66.4
82 Switzerland OECD 66.3
83 Senegal Sub-Saharan Africa 66.3
84 Angola Sub-Saharan Africa 66.3
85 Russian Federation Eastern Europe & Central Asia 66.1
86 Pakistan East & South Asia 65.8
87 Azerbaijan Eastern Europe & Central Asia 65.7
88 Bhutan East & South Asia 65.7
89 Costa Rica OECD 65.1
90 Colombia OECD 65.0
91 Haiti Latin America & the Caribbean 65.0
92 Uzbekistan Eastern Europe & Central Asia 64.7
93 Nicaragua Latin America & the Caribbean 64.1
94 Papua New Guinea Oceania 64.1
95 Uganda Sub-Saharan Africa 64.1
96 Turkmenistan Eastern Europe & Central Asia 63.8
97 Sierra Leone Sub-Saharan Africa 63.7
98 Cameroon Sub-Saharan Africa 63.5
99 Japan OECD 63.1
100 Mozambique Sub-Saharan Africa 63.1
101 Barbados Latin America & the Caribbean 63.0
102 Australia OECD 62.6
103 Kazakhstan Eastern Europe & Central Asia 62.5
104 Oman Middle East & North Africa 62.2
105 Armenia Eastern Europe & Central Asia 61.9
106 Brazil Latin America & the Caribbean 61.7
107 Bolivia Latin America & the Caribbean 61.6
108 Chile OECD 61.1
109 Tajikistan Eastern Europe & Central Asia 61.0
110 Canada OECD 60.8
111 Serbia Eastern Europe & Central Asia 60.8
112 United States OECD 60.4
113 Malawi Sub-Saharan Africa 60.4
114 Thailand East & South Asia 60.2
115 Argentina Latin America & the Caribbean 60.0
116 Tanzania Sub-Saharan Africa 59.6
117 Uruguay Latin America & the Caribbean 59.1
118 Kenya Sub-Saharan Africa 58.7
119 Philippines East & South Asia 58.6
120 Ecuador Latin America & the Caribbean 57.9
121 Ethiopia Sub-Saharan Africa 57.8
122 South Africa Sub-Saharan Africa 57.8
123 Lebanon Middle East & North Africa 57.0
124 Sri Lanka East & South Asia 56.9
125 Syrian Arab Republic Middle East & North Africa 56.5
126 Jamaica Latin America & the Caribbean 56.2
127 United Arab Emirates Middle East & North Africa 55.5
128 Mexico OECD 55.4
129 Peru Latin America & the Caribbean 55.3
130 Jordan Middle East & North Africa 55.1
131 Iceland OECD 54.4
132 Montenegro Eastern Europe & Central Asia 54.3
133 Korea, Rep. OECD 54.1
134 Trinidad and Tobago Latin America & the Caribbean 54.1
135 Türkiye OECD 53.9
136 Bangladesh East & South Asia 53.6
137 Somalia Sub-Saharan Africa 53.4
138 Kuwait Middle East & North Africa 52.1
139 Paraguay Latin America & the Caribbean 51.9
140 Myanmar East & South Asia 51.6
141 Maldives East & South Asia 51.5
142 Indonesia East & South Asia 51.4
143 Mauritania Sub-Saharan Africa 51.1
144 Eswatini Sub-Saharan Africa 50.6
145 Madagascar Sub-Saharan Africa 49.5
146 Israel OECD 49.4
147 Sudan Sub-Saharan Africa 49.2
148 Saudi Arabia Middle East & North Africa 49.0
149 New Zealand OECD 49.0
150 China East & South Asia 48.9
151 Cambodia East & South Asia 48.8
152 Yemen, Rep. Middle East & North Africa 48.4
153 Liberia Sub-Saharan Africa 48.2
154 Belize Latin America & the Caribbean 48.0
155 Lao PDR East & South Asia 46.5
156 Guatemala Latin America & the Caribbean 46.0
157 Fiji Oceania 45.8
158 India East & South Asia 45.6
159 Bahrain Middle East & North Africa 45.3
160 Vietnam East & South Asia 44.6
161 Bahamas, The Latin America & the Caribbean 44.5
162 Iraq Middle East & North Africa 40.4
163 Malaysia East & South Asia 38.4
164 Djibouti Sub-Saharan Africa 37.6
165 Mauritius Sub-Saharan Africa 27.4
166 Singapore East & South Asia 26.5