Living Planet Index

National, subnational and regional indicators

The data and the methodology used to calculate the LPI have been increasingly used in a variety of scientific outputs to look at population trends at different scales. To see how the indicators below correspond to biodiversity and sustainable development targets and other multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs), see Ledger et al. 2023. See below national and regional indicators the LPI has collaborated on the production of.

Examples of applying the LPI at different scales

Data from the LPI portal can be accessed by countries and supplemented with their own data if appropriate. Data are available for 199 countries and dependencies (161 are Parties to the CBD) and the amount of data varies for each country – see LPI National Portal for more details

The second version of guidelines for national applications of the Living Planet Index has been produced (Marconi and McRae 2021). This technical document provides detailed steps to collecting and analysing data through to interpretation and diagnostics and is available here. A manuscript outlining the national application of the LPI using the example for Canada has recently been published (Marconi et al., 2021).

The map below shows the national, subnational, and regional indices produced by or related to the LPI, along with their geographic distribution.