Biodiversity & Protected Areas - Terrestrial protected areas as a share of total land area

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Terrestrial protected areas are those officially documented by national authorities.

Terrestrial protected areas as a share of total land area (%)

	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Venezuela, RB	54.1	54.1	54.1	54.1	54.1	54.1	54.1	56.9	56.9	56.9	56.9	56.8
Zambia	38.0	38.0	38.0	38.0	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	38.2	38.2	38.2	38.2	38.4	39.9	40.0
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
Belize	36.8	37.5	37.5	37.7	37.7	37.7	37.7	37.5	37.5	37.5	37.5	37.3
Panama	20.9	20.9	20.9	20.9	20.9	20.9	20.9	31.9	31.4	31.4	31.4	31.4
Trinidad and Tobago	32.1	32.1	30.6	30.6	30.6	30.6	30.6	30.6	30.6	30.6	30.6	30.6
Sri Lanka	22.0	23.2	29.9	29.9	29.9	29.9	29.9	29.9	29.9	29.9	29.9	30.0
Benin	29.6	29.6	28.9	29.6	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
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
Dominican Republic	22.3	23.0	23.0	23.0	23.0	26.2	26.2	26.2	26.2	26.4	26.4	26.2
Honduras	21.2	27.9	28.0	28.4	28.4	23.9	23.9	23.5	23.5	23.5	23.5	23.4
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	10.9	22.4	22.4	22.4	22.4	22.4	22.4	22.4	22.4	22.4	22.4	22.6
Peru	31.3	31.5	31.5	21.3	21.3	21.3	21.5	21.6	22.3	22.5	22.5	22.5
Nicaragua	37.2	37.2	37.2	37.2	37.2	37.2	37.2	21.3	21.3	21.3	21.3	21.2
Guatemala	31.7	31.7	31.7	31.7	31.7	20.0	20.0	20.1	20.1	20.1	20.1	20.1
Jamaica	15.9	15.9	15.9	15.9	15.9	15.9	15.9	15.9	16.2	20.0	20.0	19.9
Mongolia	13.8	17.4	17.4	17.4	17.7	17.7	17.7	19.8	19.8	19.8	19.8	19.8
Pakistan	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	19.2
Lao PDR	16.7	16.7	16.7	16.7	16.7	16.7	16.7	18.7	18.7	18.7	19.0	18.8
St. Lucia	16.9	16.8	18.7	18.7	18.7	18.7	18.7	18.7	18.7	18.7	18.7	18.2
Korea, Rep.	6.6	7.6	7.6	11.2	11.2	11.7	15.7	16.7	17.0	17.0	17.0	17.4
St. Kitts and Nevis	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	22.9	22.9	22.9	22.9	22.9	16.9
Antigua and Barbuda	10.0	19.3	19.3	19.3	18.6	18.6	18.6	21.0	19.9	19.9	19.9	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
Philippines	10.9	15.3	15.3	15.3	15.3	15.3	15.4	15.4	15.9	15.9	15.9	16.0
China	17.0	17.1	17.1	17.1	17.1	15.6	15.6	15.6	15.6	15.6	15.6	15.6
Cuba	12.4	12.4	12.4	16.6	16.6	16.6	16.2	16.2	16.2	16.2	16.2	15.6
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
Suriname	14.5	14.5	14.5	14.5	14.5	14.5	14.5	14.5	14.5	14.5	14.5	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
Madagascar	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.2	5.6	5.6	5.6	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	12.7
Indonesia	14.8	11.8	11.9	11.9	11.9	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.0
Grenada	2.2	2.2	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.8	9.8	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	8.8
Haiti	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	1.9	1.9	7.1	7.1	8.6	8.6	8.6	8.6
India	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.7
Turkiye	2.5	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0
Mauritius	4.5	4.5	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	5.0
Barbados	0.1	0.1	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.1

Terrestrial protected areas as a share of total land area (%)

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