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 | 38.0 | 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 |
| Brunei Darussalam | 46.9 | 46.9 | 46.9 | 46.9 | 46.9 | 46.9 | 46.9 | 46.9 | 46.9 | 46.9 | 46.9 | 39.9 |
| 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 |
| Cyprus | 20.6 | 18.4 | 18.4 | 18.7 | 18.7 | 37.4 | 38.5 | 38.6 | 38.7 | 38.7 | 38.7 | 38.6 |
| 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 |
| Bahamas, The | 13.3 | 13.3 | 31.2 | 31.2 | 36.6 | 36.6 | 36.6 | 36.6 | 36.6 | 36.6 | 36.6 | 34.6 |
| New Zealand | 27.3 | 32.5 | 32.5 | 32.5 | 32.5 | 32.8 | 32.8 | 33.4 | 33.4 | 33.4 | 33.4 | 33.4 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Malta | 23.0 | 23.2 | 23.2 | 24.1 | 30.3 | 30.3 | 30.2 | 30.6 | 30.6 | 30.6 | 30.6 | 28.9 |
| United Kingdom | 28.0 | 28.8 | 28.7 | 28.2 | 28.7 | 28.7 | 28.7 | 28.7 | 27.8 | 27.8 | 27.8 | 28.4 |
| 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 |
| Kiribati | 22.2 | 22.2 | 22.2 | 22.4 | 22.4 | 22.4 | 22.4 | 22.4 | 22.4 | 22.4 | 22.4 | 22.9 |
| 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 |
| Australia | 12.9 | 14.6 | 14.7 | 17.0 | 19.3 | 19.3 | 19.4 | 20.3 | 20.4 | 20.4 | 20.4 | 22.0 |
| Dominica | 21.6 | 21.6 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 21.4 |
| Tuvalu | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 13.2 | 13.2 | 13.2 | 13.2 | 13.2 | 20.2 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Ghana | 15.1 | 15.1 | 15.1 | 15.1 | 15.1 | 15.0 | 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 |
| Malaysia | 19.1 | 19.1 | 19.1 | 19.1 | 19.1 | 19.1 | 19.1 | 13.3 | 13.3 | 13.3 | 13.3 | 13.3 |
| Tonga | 15.9 | 15.9 | 15.9 | 15.9 | 15.9 | 15.9 | 12.6 | 12.6 | 12.6 | 12.6 | 12.6 | 13.3 |
| Canada | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.3 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 9.6 | 11.0 | 9.9 | 11.9 | 12.7 | 12.8 | 12.9 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Guyana | 8.7 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.4 |
| Samoa | 6.8 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 7.8 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Singapore | 5.4 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 4.6 |
| Vanuatu | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
| Bangladesh | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.2 |
| 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 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
| Solomon Islands | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.4 |
| 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 |
| Nauru | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |