Goal 15 · Planet
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.
- Canada’s rating
- Major
- Stagnating
- Canada’s goal score
- 62.5/ 100
- +5.8 points since 2015; 6th in the G7
- G7 countries improving
- 2 of 7
- None decreasing
- G7 achieved or with challenges remaining
- 3 of 7
- 1 significant, 3 major challenges
How the G7 compare
Goal 15 score, 2005–2025
Score out of 100 on the globally comparable indicators. Canada is the thick line. Dashed: OECD and all-country averages.
Indicator by indicator
The goal colour is driven by each country’s two worst indicators, so read the whole row before judging a country.
Goal 15 indicators for the G7
Latest value, with the rating colour and trend arrow. Hover a cell for the year of the data. ◆ marks indicators about effects on other countries (spillovers); † marks OECD dashboard indicators that are not in the SDG Index score.
| Indicator | Green threshold | Canada | France | Germany | Italy | Japan | United Kingdom | United States |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean area that is protected in terrestrial sites important to biodiversity (%) | 85 | 34.1 | 81.1 | 80 | 76.6 | 64.8 | 86.8 | 38.4 |
| Mean area that is protected in freshwater sites important to biodiversity (%) | 85 | 27.4 | 78 | 79.9 | 84.7 | 63.8 | 91 | 30.6 |
| Red List Index of species survival (worst 0-1 best) | 0.9 | 0.964 | 0.843 | 0.968 | 0.765 | 0.739 | 0.959 | 0.822 |
| Permanent deforestation (% of forest area, 3-year average) | 0.05 | 0.006 | 0.012 | 0.011 | 0.02 | 0.014 | 0.004 | 0.045 |
| Imported deforestation (m²/capita) ◆ | 10 | 19.8 | 14.4 | 19.6 | 12.2 | 19.9 | 16.1 | 18.6 |
Explore one indicator over time
Mean area that is protected in terrestrial sites important to biodiversity (%)
The mean percentage area of terrestrial Key Biodiversity Areas (sites that are important for the global persistence of biodiversity) that are protected.
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The rest of the world
Goal 15 score around the world, 2025
Goal score out of 100 (globally comparable indicators). G7 countries are outlined.
G7 countries are outlined; Canada has the thickest outline.
Workshop questions
Which G7 country has the highest Goal 15 score, and which has the lowest? Do their dashboard colours tell the same story as their scores?
Show a hint
Colours come from each country’s two worst indicators, while the score is the average of all indicators in the index.
Why is ‘mean area protected in sites important to biodiversity’ a better indicator than ‘total protected area’?
Which G7 country has the highest imported deforestation per person? Which commodities might drive it?
For Canada, find the oldest data point among this goal’s indicators. How might an old value change the colour or arrow you see?
Pick one indicator where Canada is stagnating. Use the Trend lab to calculate the annual change needed to reach the green threshold by 2030, and compare it with Canada’s pace since 2015.