Terrestrial protected areas are those officially documented by national authorities.
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seychelles | 42.1 | 42.1 | 42.1 | 42.1 | 42.1 | 42.1 | 49.6 | 61.5 | 61.5 | 61.5 | 61.5 | 68.1 |
| Zambia | 38.0 | 38.0 | 38.0 | 38.1 | 37.9 | 37.9 | 41.3 | 41.3 | 41.3 | 41.3 | 41.3 | 41.3 |
| Tanzania | 31.9 | 31.9 | 31.9 | 38.1 | 38.1 | 38.1 | 38.2 | 38.2 | 38.2 | 38.4 | 39.9 | 40.0 |
| Namibia | 44.0 | 37.9 | 37.9 | 37.9 | 37.9 | 37.9 | 37.9 | 37.9 | 37.9 | 37.9 | 39.9 | 39.9 |
| Guinea | 30.7 | 30.7 | 30.7 | 30.7 | 35.6 | 35.6 | 35.6 | 35.8 | 37.6 | 37.6 | 37.6 | 37.6 |
| Congo, Rep. | 36.4 | 37.1 | 37.1 | 40.6 | 40.6 | 40.7 | 40.7 | 36.8 | 36.8 | 36.8 | 36.8 | 36.8 |
| Comoros | 10.2 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 33.8 | 33.8 | 33.8 | 33.8 | 33.7 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0 | 0.0 | 29.3 | 29.2 | 29.3 | 29.3 | 29.3 | 29.3 | 29.3 | 29.3 | 29.3 | 31.7 |
| Benin | 29.6 | 29.6 | 28.9 | 28.9 | 29.6 | 29.6 | 29.6 | 29.6 | 29.6 | 29.6 | 29.6 | 29.7 |
| Mozambique | 18.0 | 17.2 | 19.3 | 21.6 | 21.6 | 21.6 | 21.6 | 29.5 | 29.5 | 29.5 | 29.5 | 29.5 |
| Botswana | 29.1 | 29.1 | 29.1 | 29.1 | 29.1 | 29.1 | 29.1 | 29.1 | 29.1 | 29.1 | 29.1 | 29.1 |
| Zimbabwe | 28.1 | 26.7 | 26.7 | 27.2 | 27.2 | 27.2 | 27.2 | 27.2 | 27.2 | 27.2 | 28.3 | 28.3 |
| Togo | 27.8 | 27.6 | 27.6 | 27.6 | 27.6 | 27.6 | 27.6 | 28.0 | 28.0 | 28.0 | 28.0 | 28.1 |
| Senegal | 25.2 | 25.2 | 25.2 | 25.2 | 25.2 | 25.4 | 25.4 | 25.4 | 26.4 | 26.4 | 26.4 | 26.3 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 16.2 | 16.2 | 16.2 | 16.7 | 16.7 | 16.7 | 16.7 | 26.3 | 26.3 | 27.1 | 27.1 | 26.2 |
| Lesotho | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 21.3 | 23.4 |
| Malawi | 16.9 | 16.9 | 16.9 | 16.9 | 17.4 | 22.9 | 22.9 | 22.9 | 22.9 | 22.9 | 22.9 | 23.1 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 22.9 | 22.9 | 22.9 | 22.9 | 22.9 | 22.9 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 22.8 |
| Gabon | 20.0 | 20.1 | 20.1 | 20.1 | 22.4 | 22.4 | 22.4 | 22.4 | 22.4 | 22.4 | 22.4 | 22.7 |
| Chad | 18.6 | 18.6 | 18.6 | 20.4 | 20.4 | 20.4 | 20.4 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 23.3 | 23.3 | 23.3 | 19.3 | 19.3 | 19.3 | 19.3 | 19.3 | 19.3 | 19.3 | 19.3 | 19.0 |
| Niger | 16.7 | 17.3 | 17.3 | 17.3 | 17.3 | 17.3 | 17.3 | 18.2 | 18.2 | 18.2 | 18.2 | 18.2 |
| Cabo Verde | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 17.6 |
| Ethiopia | 18.5 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 17.6 | 16.1 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Burkina Faso | 15.8 | 15.8 | 15.8 | 15.1 | 14.9 | 14.9 | 14.9 | 16.4 | 16.4 | 16.4 | 16.4 | 16.5 |
| Uganda | 16.1 | 16.1 | 16.1 | 16.1 | 16.1 | 16.1 | 16.1 | 16.1 | 16.1 | 16.1 | 16.1 | 16.1 |
| South Sudan | 20.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 15.4 |
| Congo, Dem. Rep. | 12.9 | 12.7 | 12.7 | 12.7 | 13.8 | 13.8 | 13.8 | 13.8 | 13.8 | 13.9 | 13.9 | 14.9 |
| Central African Republic | 18.1 | 18.1 | 18.1 | 18.1 | 18.1 | 18.1 | 18.1 | 18.1 | 18.1 | 18.1 | 18.1 | 14.8 |
| Ghana | 15.1 | 15.1 | 15.1 | 15.1 | 15.1 | 15.1 | 15.0 | 14.8 | 14.8 | 14.8 | 14.8 | 14.8 |
| Kenya | 14.3 | 12.2 | 12.2 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.2 | 12.2 | 14.0 |
| Nigeria | 13.9 | 13.9 | 13.9 | 13.9 | 13.9 | 13.9 | 13.9 | 13.9 | 13.9 | 13.9 | 13.9 | 13.9 |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | 13.1 | 13.1 | 13.1 | 13.1 | 13.1 | 13.1 | 13.1 | 13.1 | 13.1 | 13.1 | 13.1 | 13.2 |
| Madagascar | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 12.7 |
| Sierra Leone | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 12.7 | 12.7 | 12.7 | 12.6 |
| Cameroon | 11.0 | 11.0 | 10.9 | 10.6 | 10.6 | 10.6 | 10.9 | 10.9 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 |
| Angola | 12.4 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 10.7 | 10.8 |
| South Africa | 7.0 | 8.9 | 11.2 | 14.1 | 14.1 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 8.6 | 8.7 | 9.3 | 9.3 | 9.5 |
| Rwanda | 10.7 | 9.6 | 8.8 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 9.1 |
| Tunisia | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.9 |
| Burundi | 5.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.6 |
| Gambia, The | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.6 |
| Mali | 9.1 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 |
| Mauritius | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 5.0 |
| Algeria | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.7 |
| Eswatini | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.2 |
| Liberia | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.0 |
| Sudan | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
| Morocco | 2.5 | 100.0 | 30.8 | 30.8 | 30.8 | 30.8 | 30.8 | 4.3 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| Djibouti | 0.1 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| Mauritania | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Libya | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Eritrea | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Somalia | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |