Living Planet Index by region

The Living Planet Index (LPI) measures the average relative decline in monitored wildlife populations. The index value measures the change in abundance in 38,427populations across 5,268 species relative to the year 1970 (i.e. 1970 = 100%).

197020181980199020002010North AmericaEurope and Central AsiaLatin America and the CaribbeanWorldAsia and PacificAfrica

Source: Living Planet Report (2022). World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and Zoological Society of London.

Note: Some regions of the world are will have experienced significant biodiversity loss prior to 1970, this earlier loss will not captured in this metric.