Biodiversity & Protected Areas - Terrestrial and marine protected areas as a share of total territorial area

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United Nations Environmental Program and the World Conservation Monitoring Centre, as compiled by the World Resources Institute, based on data from national authorities, national legislation and international agreements.

Terrestrial and marine protected areas as a share of total territorial area (%)

	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Guinea	21.4	21.4	21.4	21.4	24.8	24.8	24.8	24.9	26.1	26.1	26.1	26.2
Togo	21.9	21.8	21.8	21.8	21.8	21.8	21.8	22.1	22.1	22.1	22.1	22.3
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
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
Cote d'Ivoire	14.9	14.9	14.9	14.9	14.9	14.9	14.9	14.9	14.9	14.9	14.9	14.9
Congo, Dem. Rep.	12.8	12.6	12.6	12.6	13.7	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	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
Guinea-Bissau	10.3	10.3	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	13.2	13.2	13.4	13.4	13.2
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
Sierra Leone	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1
Timor-Leste	3.3	3.3	3.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	4.7
Afghanistan	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6
Haiti	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.4	2.5	2.5	2.8	2.8	2.8	3.0
Liberia	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2
Papua New Guinea	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7
Yemen, Rep.	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.7
Comoros	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7
Solomon Islands	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2
Sao Tome and Principe	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2
Somalia				0.8			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Terrestrial and marine protected areas as a share of total territorial area (%)

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