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
Liechtenstein	42.2	42.2	42.2	42.2	11.9	11.9	42.2	42.6	42.6	42.6	42.6	44.8
United Kingdom	11.3	19.7	16.6	23.3	28.9	28.8	29.0	40.3	39.9	39.9	39.9	42.1
Hong Kong SAR, China	42.1	42.1	41.9	41.9	41.9	41.9	41.9	41.9	41.9	41.9	41.9	42.0
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
Slovenia	55.3	54.1	54.1	54.1	54.0	54.0	54.0	40.0	40.1	40.1	40.1	40.2
Germany	38.9	38.5	38.5	38.8	38.8	38.8	38.5	38.8	38.5	38.7	38.7	40.1
Venezuela, RB	36.9	36.9	36.9	36.9	36.9	36.9	36.9	39.0	39.0	39.0	39.0	39.0
Armenia	23.3	23.1	23.1	23.1	23.1	23.1	24.3	24.3	24.3	24.7	24.7	38.9
Luxembourg	37.3	34.9	32.5	42.0	40.9	40.9	51.2	51.2	51.3	55.8	55.8	38.7
Poland	34.2	29.3	29.3	38.0	38.1	38.1	38.1	38.0	38.0	38.0	38.0	38.2
Chile	6.8	6.8	6.8	13.6	13.9	27.0	37.6	37.8	37.8	37.9	37.9	37.9
Slovak Republic	35.9	36.8	36.8	37.3	37.3	37.6	37.6	37.6	37.6	37.6	37.6	37.5
France	23.5	23.4	23.2	25.9	27.8	33.2	35.0	36.2	36.4	36.6	36.6	36.8
Bulgaria	35.0	31.5	32.8	28.3	28.3	28.3	32.8	33.1	33.1	33.1	33.1	35.6
Australia	28.1	29.0	28.7	28.6	29.7	29.7	29.9	30.4	32.1	32.1	32.1	33.5
Congo, Rep.	33.0	33.6	33.6	36.7	36.7	36.8	36.8	33.3	33.3	33.3	33.3	33.3
Seychelles	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	15.7	32.8	32.8	32.8	32.8	32.6
Tanzania	26.0	26.0	26.0	30.8	30.9	31.0	31.0	31.0	31.0	31.2	32.4	32.3
Cambodia	20.9	20.6	20.6	20.6	20.6	20.6	20.6	31.8	31.8	31.8	31.8	31.8
Bolivia	21.4	25.3	30.9	30.9	30.9	30.9	30.9	30.9	30.9	30.9	30.9	30.9
New Zealand	27.9	30.5	30.5	30.5	30.5	30.6	30.6	30.6	30.6	30.6	30.6	30.6
Netherlands	20.2	18.0	17.9	17.9	21.2	21.2	25.3	25.3	25.3	25.3	25.3	29.8
Austria	24.0	28.3	28.4	27.6	28.4	28.4	28.4	29.1	29.3	29.5	29.5	29.6
Brazil	18.9	20.4	20.4	20.7	20.7	28.6	29.2	29.2	29.3	29.3	29.5	29.4
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
North Macedonia	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	10.6	9.0	12.5	15.4	15.4	28.2
Costa Rica	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	4.7	4.8	4.8	28.8	28.8	28.2
Panama	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	15.3	27.7	27.7	27.7	27.2
Belize	18.3	20.5	20.5	20.6	20.6	20.6	20.6	21.1	21.1	21.1	21.1	26.8
Colombia	18.1	18.1	9.3	9.4	12.7	15.7	15.7	17.0	17.0	16.7	16.7	26.4
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
Gabon	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.1	25.1	25.1	25.1	25.1	25.1	25.1	25.1	24.5
Namibia	26.9	23.2	23.2	23.2	23.3	23.2	23.2	23.2	23.2	23.2	24.5	24.4
Romania	18.1	22.5	22.6	22.6	24.3	24.3	24.4	24.4	24.4	24.4	24.4	24.3
Croatia	8.0	23.7	23.7	23.5	23.6	23.6	23.6	23.9	23.9	23.9	23.9	24.1
Nepal	17.2	23.5	23.4	23.6	23.6	23.6	23.6	23.6	23.6	23.6	23.6	23.6
Benin	23.5	23.5	22.9	23.5	23.5	23.5	23.5	23.5	23.5	23.5	23.5	23.5
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
Hungary	23.2	22.6	22.6	22.6	22.6	22.6	22.6	22.6	22.6	22.6	22.6	22.6
Tajikistan	19.7	22.3	22.3	22.3	22.3	22.3	22.3	22.3	22.3	22.3	22.3	22.6
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
Czechia	21.9	21.8	21.7	22.1	22.2	22.2	22.2	22.2	22.2	22.2	22.2	21.9
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
Estonia	19.4	19.4	19.4	19.5	19.5	19.5	19.7	20.1	20.2	20.2	20.2	20.8
Bahrain	7.3	7.3	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	20.5	20.5	20.6
Ecuador	15.4	15.4	14.4	14.4	14.4	15.0	15.0	15.1	15.3	20.0	20.0	20.1
Mexico	6.0	6.3	6.3	19.1	19.1	18.9	18.9	18.9	18.9	19.0	19.0	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
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
Belgium	24.3	24.2	24.2	24.6	24.7	24.6	26.1	17.6	17.8	17.8	17.8	18.5
Lithuania	16.4	16.4	16.9	17.3	17.7	17.8	17.8	17.8	17.8	17.8	17.8	18.3
Oman	4.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.5	1.5	1.7	18.3
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
Albania	7.7	1.8	2.2	13.1	13.5	13.5	14.2	14.2	14.2	14.2	14.2	18.0
Mozambique	10.5	10.9	12.1	13.4	13.5	13.4	13.4	18.0	18.0	18.0	18.0	18.0
Latvia	17.8	17.8	17.8	17.5	17.5	17.5	17.5	17.5	17.5	17.5	17.5	17.9
Spain	11.1	10.1	14.1	15.0	14.9	15.0	17.9	17.9	17.9	17.9	17.9	17.9
Denmark	17.6	20.5	20.5	17.9	20.7	17.9	17.7	17.9	17.9	17.9	17.9	17.7
Ukraine	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.2	12.3	12.3	12.3	17.7
Georgia	6.1	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	7.2	7.2	7.2	8.5	8.5	17.4
Portugal	7.4	7.4	7.5	9.1	16.5	16.9	16.9	17.1	17.1	17.2	17.2	17.1
Saudi Arabia	28.3	28.3	28.3	4.0	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	14.2	17.0
Peru	19.2	19.4	19.4	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.3	13.3	13.7	16.8	16.8	16.8
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
Montenegro	9.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	4.2	4.2	6.9	9.0	9.0	9.2	9.2	16.1
United Arab Emirates	15.9	15.9	15.9	9.2	11.6	15.0	15.0	15.9	15.9	15.9	15.9	16.1
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
United States	13.5	12.0	20.1	26.3	26.6	26.3	26.3	23.9	15.9	15.9	15.9	15.8
Sweden	12.6	13.0	13.1	12.9	15.0	15.0	14.6	14.7	14.8	15.5	15.5	15.6
Senegal	14.5	14.5	14.5	14.5	14.5	14.6	14.6	14.6	15.5	15.5	15.5	15.6
Dominican Republic	11.0	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	19.2	19.2	19.2	19.2	18.7	18.7	15.3
Pakistan	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	15.3
Japan	1.9	2.1	2.1	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	15.2	15.2	15.2	15.1
Paraguay	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	14.3	14.3	14.3	14.3	14.3	14.3	14.9
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
China	15.8	15.9	15.9	15.9	16.0	14.7	14.7	14.7	14.7	14.7	14.7	14.7
Italy	11.2	11.3	11.3	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.3	14.0	14.5	14.5	14.5	14.6
Thailand	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4
Finland	13.9	14.2	14.2	14.3	14.1	14.2	13.1	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.3
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
South Africa	9.8	10.6	11.7	13.0	13.0	10.3	11.8	12.4	12.5	12.7	12.7	12.8
Switzerland	24.8	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	10.0	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.5
Israel	8.6	8.6	8.6	8.6	8.6	8.6	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	12.2
Kazakhstan	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.9
Kenya	12.1	10.3	10.3	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.3	10.3	11.8
Canada	6.3	6.3	6.2	6.5	6.5	7.2	8.1	9.5	10.8	11.4	11.5	11.6
Nigeria	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6
Moldova	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.5
Egypt, Arab Rep.	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.5
Kuwait	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.0	11.0	11.0	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	11.4	11.5
Greece	8.6	8.6	8.6	8.6	8.6	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.2
Honduras	7.5	12.2	12.2	12.4	12.4	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.2
Cyprus	1.9	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	3.3	3.4	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.1
Cameroon	10.8	10.8	10.6	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0
Guatemala	15.7	15.7	15.7	15.7	15.7	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.2
Nicaragua	15.5	15.5	15.5	15.5	15.5	15.5	15.5	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.1
Argentina	5.0	7.3	7.4	7.5	7.5	7.2	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.6	9.6	9.7
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
Russian Federation	8.8	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.6	8.6	8.6	8.6	8.6	8.6
Suriname	8.5	8.5	8.5	8.5	8.5	8.5	8.5	8.5	8.5	8.5	8.5	8.6
Malaysia	8.9	8.9	8.9	8.9	8.9	9.0	9.0	7.5	8.8	8.8	8.8	8.4
Malta	0.5	0.5	0.5	6.4	6.4	6.4	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.6	8.0
Angola	8.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	7.7	7.7
Ghana	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7
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
Brunei Darussalam	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.0	7.5
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
Cuba	4.9	4.9	4.9	7.2	7.2	7.2	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.9
Kyrgyz Republic	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.8
Korea, Rep.	2.3	2.6	2.6	3.9	3.9	4.0	5.5	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.8
Qatar	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	4.7	4.7	4.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8
Turkiye	2.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7
Bangladesh	3.5	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.9	5.6
Norway	4.7	4.8	4.8	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.7	15.1	15.2	5.6	5.4
Jordan	1.5	1.7	1.7	1.8	1.8	1.8	3.1	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	5.4
Indonesia	6.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2
Tunisia	3.7	3.7	3.7	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2
Guyana	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1
Madagascar	1.9	1.9	1.9	2.0	2.4	2.3	2.3	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	5.1
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
St. Kitts and Nevis	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.8
India	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5
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
Ireland	3.3	3.4	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1
Myanmar	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.6	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0
Philippines	2.4	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.6
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
Sri Lanka	2.5	2.6	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4
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
Vietnam	2.6	2.6	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9
Iceland	2.7	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9	2.9
Gambia, The	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9
Uruguay	1.7	1.7	1.7	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4
Singapore	3.0	3.2	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.1
El Salvador	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1
Trinidad and Tobago	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
Jamaica	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.6	1.6	1.6
Morocco	1.7	59.7	18.5	18.5	18.5	18.4	18.4	2.8	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.4
Djibouti	0.1	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.3	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2
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
Fiji	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
St. Lucia	0.7	0.7	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	1.0
Mauritania	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.0
Antigua and Barbuda	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.8
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
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	0.2	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
Samoa	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
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
Grenada	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2
Cabo Verde	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2
Tonga	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Vanuatu	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Barbados	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1
Maldives		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Mauritius	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	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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