Chlorophyll-a deviations, remote sensing (%) by country

Countries reporting
197
Highest
20.6%
Trinidad and Tobago
Lowest
0.0%
Christmas Island
Median
1.5%
Years covered
18
2005–2022
Data points
4,092

What the numbers show

Chlorophyll-a deviations, remote sensing (%) is currently reported for 197 countries. The highest value is 20.6% in Trinidad and Tobago; the lowest is 0.0% in Christmas Island.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.5%, and the mean is 3.3%.

Over the past decade 75 countries rose and 122 fell. The largest increase was in Guadeloupe (up 8,413.5%), and the largest decrease in Belgium (down 100.0%).

Chlorophyll-a deviations, remote sensing: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Trinidad and Tobago 20.6% 2022 up 193.8% volatile
2 Barbados 18.2% 2022 up 702.5% volatile
3 Congo 17.8% 2022 up 36.4% falling
4 Grenada 16.8% 2022 up 143.8% volatile
5 French Guiana 15.7% 2022 up 15.1% flat
6 Canada 15.6% 2022 up 69.9% rising
7 Suriname 15.6% 2022 up 108.8% rising
8 Democratic Republic of the Congo 14.4% 2022 up 57.4% falling
9 Greenland 14.4% 2022 up 94.8% rising
10 Guyana 13.4% 2022 up 295.6% volatile
11 Russian Federation 13.3% 2022 up 22.9% rising
12 Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands 13.1% 2021 up 25.1% rising
13 Sri Lanka 13.1% 2022 up 260.7% volatile
14 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 12.9% 2022 down 14.1% rising
15 Gabon 12.4% 2022 up 81.2% falling
16 Norway 11.1% 2022 down 24.0% rising
17 Bulgaria 11.1% 2022 up 2,198.2% volatile
18 Nauru 11.0% 2022 up 378.8% volatile
19 Iceland 10.2% 2022 down 7.2% rising
20 French Southern Territories 10.1% 2021 up 97.4% rising
21 Cameroon 10.1% 2022 up 27.4% rising
22 Ukraine 9.2% 2022 up 975.3% volatile
23 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 9.0% 2022 down 46.4% flat
24 Peru 8.8% 2022 up 46.1% rising
25 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 8.8% 2022 up 1,036.6% volatile
26 Chile 8.7% 2022 up 76.4% rising
27 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 8.4% 2022 down 10.5% volatile
28 Saint Lucia 8.3% 2022 up 796.7% volatile
29 Martinique 8.1% 2022 up 775.4% volatile
30 Guatemala 7.9% 2022 up 45.6% volatile
31 Romania 7.9% 2022 up 402.0% volatile
32 Türkiye 7.5% 2022 up 1,889.2% volatile
33 Equatorial Guinea 7.4% 2022 up 91.8% falling
34 Uruguay 7.3% 2022 up 36.9% volatile
35 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 7.3% 2022 up 71.7% rising
36 Ireland 7.2% 2022 down 37.3% rising
37 New Zealand 6.9% 2022 up 94.4% rising
38 Argentina 6.6% 2022 down 40.3% rising
39 Nigeria 6.1% 2022 up 60.7% rising
40 Djibouti 5.9% 2022 up 16.7% volatile
41 Faroe Islands 5.8% 2022 up 58.2% falling
42 India 5.7% 2022 up 131.1% rising
43 Eritrea 5.4% 2022 up 38.4% falling
44 Kazakhstan 5.4% 2022 down 29.3% volatile
45 Vanuatu 5.4% 2022 up 394.2% falling
46 Guadeloupe 5.3% 2022 up 8,413.5% volatile
47 Dominica 5.1% 2022 up 675.7% volatile
48 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 5.0% 2022 up 55.7% volatile
49 Western Sahara 4.9% 2022 down 33.5% falling
50 Yemen 4.8% 2022 up 125.0% flat
51 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 4.7% 2022 up 59.7% volatile
52 Angola 4.6% 2022 up 5.2% falling
53 Namibia 4.4% 2022 down 65.2% falling
54 Australia and New Zealand 4.1% 2022 up 75.0% rising
55 Brunei Darussalam 4.0% 2022 up 24.9% volatile
56 France 3.7% 2022 up 51.8% rising
57 Australia 3.5% 2022 up 90.1% rising
58 Oman 3.4% 2022 down 5.9% falling
59 Gambia 3.4% 2022 down 35.0% volatile
60 El Salvador 3.3% 2022 down 73.8% volatile
61 Heard Island and McDonald Islands 3.3% 2022 down 3.2% volatile
62 Benin 3.2% 2022 down 14.2% volatile
63 Republic of Korea 3.1% 2022 up 23.1% falling
64 Bangladesh 3.0% 2022 down 48.7% falling
65 Guinea 3.0% 2022 down 25.2% volatile
66 Guinea-Bissau 3.0% 2022 down 50.7% volatile
67 Côte d'Ivoire 2.9% 2022 up 6.9% volatile
68 Denmark 2.8% 2022 down 28.9% falling
69 Finland 2.7% 2022 down 57.0% volatile
70 China 2.6% 2022 down 44.2% falling
71 Senegal 2.4% 2022 down 45.8% falling
72 Gibraltar 2.4% 2022 down 44.7% volatile
73 Micronesia 2.4% 2022 up 148.2% volatile
74 Mexico 2.4% 2022 down 44.6% volatile
75 Spain 2.3% 2022 down 49.9% falling
76 Maldives 2.3% 2022 up 597.1% volatile
77 Somalia 2.2% 2022 up 68.4% falling
78 Nicaragua 2.2% 2022 down 60.1% volatile
79 Saint Martin (French Part) 2.2% 2022 down 75.5% volatile
80 Belize 2.2% 2022 down 12.3% volatile
81 Saint Barthélemy 2.2% 2022 up 344.0% volatile
82 Micronesia (Federated States of) 2.2% 2022 up 2.6% volatile
83 Papua New Guinea 2.2% 2022 down 39.8% volatile
84 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 2.1% 2022 down 28.5% volatile
85 Melanesia 2.0% 2022 down 32.5% volatile
86 Georgia 2.0% 2022 up 2,741.2% volatile
87 Latvia 2.0% 2022 down 35.3% volatile
88 Cabo Verde 2.0% 2022 down 15.6% volatile
89 Sudan 1.9% 2022 down 52.4% volatile
90 Mauritania 1.9% 2022 down 70.1% volatile
91 Montenegro 1.9% 2022 up 19.4% volatile
92 Brazil 1.7% 2022 up 18.4% flat
93 Togo 1.7% 2022 down 31.5% volatile
94 Sierra Leone 1.7% 2022 up 6.6% volatile
95 Liberia 1.6% 2022 up 21.3% volatile
96 Germany 1.6% 2022 down 34.7% falling
97 Malaysia 1.6% 2022 up 13.4% volatile
98 Morocco 1.5% 2022 down 85.1% volatile
99 Ghana 1.5% 2022 up 34.5% volatile
100 United States Minor Outlying Islands 1.4% 2021 down 15.4% volatile
101 Marshall Islands 1.4% 2022 down 42.5% volatile
102 Fiji 1.4% 2022 up 71.3% rising
103 Costa Rica 1.3% 2022 down 57.6% volatile
104 Saudi Arabia 1.3% 2022 down 33.1% volatile
105 Panama 1.2% 2022 down 65.1% falling
106 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1.2% 2022 down 98.8% volatile
107 Sao Tome and Principe 1.2% 2022 down 21.7% volatile
108 Viet Nam 1.2% 2022 down 59.1% falling
109 Antigua and Barbuda 1.2% 2022 up 3,162.5% volatile
110 Sweden 1.2% 2022 down 73.6% volatile
111 Pakistan 1.2% 2022 down 72.4% volatile
112 Pitcairn 1.1% 2022 down 70.0% volatile
113 Honduras 1.1% 2022 up 46.3% volatile
114 Indonesia 1.1% 2022 down 38.2% volatile
115 Madagascar 1.1% 2022 down 23.7% volatile
116 Ecuador 1.1% 2022 down 70.4% volatile
117 Estonia 1.0% 2022 down 73.4% volatile
118 State of Palestine 1.0% 2022 down 44.1% volatile
119 Colombia 0.9% 2022 down 43.3% falling
120 Albania 0.6% 2022 down 83.0% volatile
121 Portugal 0.6% 2022 down 17.0% volatile
122 Thailand 0.6% 2022 down 23.5% volatile
123 Tonga 0.6% 2022 up 197.1% volatile
124 Cambodia 0.5% 2022 down 42.7% volatile
125 Montserrat 0.5% 2022 up 9.4% volatile
126 Lithuania 0.5% 2022 down 77.5% volatile
127 Kenya 0.5% 2022 down 48.3% volatile
128 Solomon Islands 0.5% 2022 down 36.6% volatile
129 Palau 0.5% 2022 up 139.7% volatile
130 Guernsey 0.5% 2022 up 2.9% volatile
131 Mozambique 0.5% 2022 down 55.5% volatile
132 Tunisia 0.5% 2022 down 56.1% volatile
133 Israel 0.5% 2022 up 183.4% volatile
134 Greece 0.4% 2022 down 3.7% volatile
135 Myanmar 0.4% 2022 down 81.6% volatile
136 Philippines 0.3% 2022 down 61.8% falling
137 Jersey 0.3% 2022 down 98.1% volatile
138 Kuwait 0.3% 2022 down 34.6% volatile
139 Egypt 0.3% 2022 down 65.6% volatile
140 French Polynesia 0.3% 2022 down 91.9% volatile
141 Azerbaijan 0.3% 2022 down 78.7% volatile
142 Cuba 0.3% 2022 down 87.4% volatile
143 Saint Helena 0.2% 2022 down 86.2% volatile
144 Polynesia 0.2% 2022 down 88.6% volatile
145 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.2% 2022 up 9.1% volatile
146 United Republic of Tanzania 0.2% 2022 down 59.6% volatile
147 New Caledonia 0.2% 2022 up 16.7% volatile
148 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.2% 2022 down 75.3% falling
149 Seychelles 0.2% 2022 down 11.1% volatile
150 Niue 0.2% 2022 up 91.7% volatile
151 Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.2% 2022 down 80.1% volatile
152 Réunion 0.2% 2022 up 9.5% volatile
153 Turkmenistan 0.2% 2022 down 79.1% volatile
154 Iraq 0.2% 2022 down 97.9% volatile
154 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.2% 2022 down 55.5% volatile
156 Algeria 0.2% 2022 down 87.2% volatile
157 Timor-Leste 0.2% 2022 down 81.8% volatile
158 Bahamas 0.1% 2022 down 70.5% falling
159 Syrian Arab Republic 0.1% 2022 down 94.3% volatile
160 Curaçao 0.1% 2022 down 85.1% volatile
161 Aruba 0.1% 2022 down 79.7% volatile
162 Italy 0.1% 2022 down 71.1% volatile
163 Poland 0.1% 2022 down 96.5% volatile
164 Puerto Rico 0.1% 2022 down 89.4% volatile
165 Cook Islands 0.1% 2022 down 82.0% volatile
166 Dominican Republic 0.1% 2022 down 83.0% volatile
167 Qatar 0.1% 2022 down 54.5% volatile
168 Libya 0.1% 2022 down 53.5% volatile
169 Kiribati 0.1% 2022 down 89.4% volatile
170 Mauritius 0.1% 2022 down 64.9% volatile
171 Malta 0.1% 2022 down 81.8% volatile
172 Samoa 0.1% 2022 down 95.9% volatile
173 Haiti 0.1% 2022 down 93.9% volatile
174 Mayotte 0.1% 2022 down 76.8% volatile
175 Tuvalu 0.1% 2022 down 39.6% volatile
176 Bahrain 0.1% 2022 down 89.2% volatile
177 Cayman Islands 0.0% 2022 down 39.8% volatile
178 Norfolk Island 0.0% 2022 down 48.4% volatile
179 Jamaica 0.0% 2022 down 49.1% volatile
180 Croatia 0.0% 2022 down 87.9% volatile
181 Tokelau 0.0% 2022 down 88.0% volatile
182 Anguilla 0.0% 2022 up 90.7% volatile
183 Cocos (Keeling) Islands 0.0% 2022 down 61.7% volatile
184 Northern Mariana Islands 0.0% 2022 up 334.6% volatile
185 United States Virgin Islands 0.0% 2022 down 95.5% volatile
186 Lebanon 0.0% 2022 down 96.8% volatile
187 Wallis and Futuna Islands 0.0% 2022 down 82.1% volatile
188 British Virgin Islands 0.0% 2022 down 31.6% volatile
189 Cyprus 0.0% 2022 down 72.7% volatile
190 Guam 0.0% 2022 down 37.1% volatile
191 Bermuda 0.0% 2022 down 70.7% volatile
192 Comoros 0.0% 2022 down 97.6% volatile
193 Belgium 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% volatile
193 Monaco 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% volatile
193 Singapore 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% volatile
193 Slovenia 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% volatile
193 Christmas Island 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% volatile

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Chlorophyll-a deviations, remote sensing (%)
Unit
%
Source
United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database
Licence
UN SDG Global Database (open, attribution requested)
Coverage
231 places, 4,092 data points, 2005–2022
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