0
10
20
30
40
50
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Date
Number of species (in thousands)
Kingdom
Unknown
Other
Plantae
Animalia
Number of species from observation records accessible through GBIF over time