Countries that have legislative, administrative and policy framework or measures reported to the Access and Benefit-Sharing Clearing-House (1 = YES; 0 = NO) by country
Countries reporting
194
Highest
1
Albania
Lowest
0
Micronesia (Federated States of)
Median
0
Years covered
12
2014β2025
Data points
1,278
What the numbers show
Countries that have legislative, administrative and policy framework or measures reported to the Access and Benefit-Sharing Clearing-House (1 = YES; 0 = NO) is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 1 in Albania; the lowest is 0 in Micronesia (Federated States of).
The median across all reporting countries is 0, and the mean is 0.4175.
Countries that have legislative, administrative and policy framework: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Albania | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 1 | 2025 | β | volatile |
| 1 | Argentina | 1 | 2025 | β | volatile |
| 1 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Austria | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Burundi | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Belgium | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Benin | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Burkina Faso | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bulgaria | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Belarus | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Brazil | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bhutan | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Canada | 1 | 2025 | β | volatile |
| 1 | Switzerland | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Cameroon | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Congo | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Colombia | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Comoros | 1 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 1 | Costa Rica | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Czechia | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Germany | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Denmark | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Dominican Republic | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Algeria | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Ecuador | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Eritrea | 1 | 2025 | β | volatile |
| 1 | Spain | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Estonia | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Ethiopia | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Finland | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | France | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Greece | 1 | 2025 | β | volatile |
| 1 | Guatemala | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Guyana | 1 | 2025 | β | volatile |
| 1 | Honduras | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Croatia | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Hungary | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | India | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Ireland | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Japan | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Kenya | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Cambodia | 1 | 2025 | β | volatile |
| 1 | Latvia | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Morocco | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Madagascar | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Mexico | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Malta | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Mauritania | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Malawi | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Malaysia | 1 | 2025 | β | volatile |
| 1 | Namibia | 1 | 2025 | β | volatile |
| 1 | Niger | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Nigeria | 1 | 2025 | β | volatile |
| 1 | Norway | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Panama | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Peru | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Philippines | 1 | 2025 | β | volatile |
| 1 | Poland | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Portugal | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Qatar | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Romania | 1 | 2025 | β | volatile |
| 1 | Sudan | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Senegal | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Serbia | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Slovakia | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Sweden | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Eswatini | 1 | 2025 | β | volatile |
| 1 | Togo | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Uganda | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Uruguay | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Zambia | 1 | 2025 | β | volatile |
| 1 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Republic of Korea | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Republic of Moldova | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Viet Nam | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | CΓ΄te d'Ivoire | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | United Republic of Tanzania | 1 | 2025 | β | volatile |
| 1 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 82 | Afghanistan | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Angola | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Andorra | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Armenia | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Australia | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Azerbaijan | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Bangladesh | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Bahrain | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Bahamas | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Belize | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Barbados | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Botswana | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Chile | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | China | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Cuba | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Cyprus | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Djibouti | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Dominica | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Egypt | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Fiji | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Gabon | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Georgia | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Ghana | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Guinea | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Gambia | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Equatorial Guinea | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Grenada | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Haiti | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Indonesia | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Iraq | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Iceland | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Israel | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Italy | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Jamaica | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Jordan | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Kiribati | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Kuwait | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Lebanon | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Liberia | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Libya | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Saint Lucia | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Liechtenstein | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Sri Lanka | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Lesotho | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Lithuania | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Luxembourg | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Monaco | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Maldives | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Marshall Islands | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | North Macedonia | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Mali | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Myanmar | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Montenegro | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Mongolia | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Mozambique | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Mauritius | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Nicaragua | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Nepal | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Nauru | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | New Zealand | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Oman | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Pakistan | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Palau | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Papua New Guinea | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Paraguay | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Rwanda | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Saudi Arabia | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Singapore | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Solomon Islands | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Sierra Leone | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | El Salvador | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | San Marino | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Somalia | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | South Sudan | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Suriname | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Slovenia | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Seychelles | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Chad | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Thailand | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Tajikistan | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Turkmenistan | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Tonga | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Tunisia | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Tuvalu | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Ukraine | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Uzbekistan | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Vanuatu | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Samoa | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Yemen | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Zimbabwe | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Cook Islands | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Niue | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Timor-Leste | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Cabo Verde | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Russian Federation | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | State of Palestine | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | TΓΌrkiye | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Holy See | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Australia and New Zealand | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Brunei Darussalam | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
| 82 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 0 | 2025 | β | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 79
- Europe and Northern America 28
- Europe 27
- Sub-Saharan Africa 24
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 19
- Latin America and the Caribbean 14
- Landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) 12
- Eastern and South-Eastern Asia 6
- Northern Africa and Western Asia 5
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 4
- South-Eastern Asia 4
- Northern Africa 3