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
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
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
Liechtenstein	42.2	42.2	42.2	42.5	11.9	11.9	42.2	42.6	42.6	42.6	42.6	44.8
Bulgaria	45.2	40.6	40.6	34.7	34.7	34.7	40.6	41.0	41.0	41.0	41.0	44.3
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	38.1	37.9	37.9	41.3	41.3	41.3	41.3	41.3	41.3
Slovenia	54.9	53.6	53.6	53.6	53.6	53.6	53.6	40.4	40.4	40.4	40.4	40.5
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
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
Cambodia	26.3	26.0	26.0	26.0	26.0	26.0	26.0	39.7	39.7	39.7	39.7	39.8
Poland	35.4	30.0	30.0	39.6	39.7	39.7	39.7	39.5	39.5	39.6	39.6	39.6
Germany	37.9	37.4	37.4	37.7	37.8	37.8	37.4	37.8	37.5	37.6	37.6	39.3
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	32.3	40.9	40.9	51.2	51.2	51.3	55.8	55.8	38.7
Cyprus	20.6	18.4	18.4	18.7	18.7	18.7	38.5	38.6	38.7	38.7	38.7	38.6
Croatia	13.8	38.0	38.0	38.1	38.3	38.3	38.3	38.4	38.4	38.5	38.5	38.4
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
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
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
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
Greece	35.1	35.0	35.0	35.0	35.0	35.2	35.2	35.2	35.2	35.2	35.2	35.0
New Zealand	27.3	32.5	32.5	32.6	32.5	32.5	32.8	33.4	33.4	33.4	33.4	33.4
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
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
Brazil	26.4	28.5	28.5	28.9	28.9	29.4	30.3	30.3	30.3	30.3	30.6	30.6
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	28.9	29.6	29.6	29.6	29.6	29.6	29.6	29.6	29.7
Austria	24.0	28.3	28.4	28.4	28.4	28.4	28.4	29.1	29.3	29.5	29.5	29.6
Japan	16.4	19.4	19.4	19.4	29.4	29.4	29.4	29.4	29.7	29.7	29.7	29.5
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	23.7	30.3	30.3	30.2	30.6	30.6	30.6	30.6	28.9
France	25.4	25.6	25.6	26.0	26.0	25.8	26.3	27.3	28.0	28.4	28.4	28.6
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
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
Spain	29.8	27.9	28.0	28.0	28.0	28.1	28.1	28.1	28.1	28.1	28.1	28.1
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
Israel	19.9	19.9	19.9	19.9	19.9	19.9	24.5	24.5	24.5	24.5	24.5	27.6
Costa Rica	27.6	27.6	27.6	27.6	27.6	27.6	28.3	28.4	28.4	26.6	26.6	26.5
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
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
Romania	19.4	24.2	24.4	24.4	24.5	24.5	24.5	24.5	24.5	24.5	24.5	24.6
Albania	10.1	2.1	2.6	17.2	17.7	17.7	18.6	18.6	18.6	18.6	18.6	23.6
Ecuador	25.6	25.7	20.0	20.0	20.0	21.7	21.7	22.4	23.2	23.4	23.5	23.6
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
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
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
Netherlands	17.6	11.4	11.3	11.3	11.2	11.2	22.5	22.5	22.5	22.5	22.5	22.9
Georgia	7.8	8.3	8.3	8.3	8.3	8.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	11.1	11.1	22.8
Portugal	23.1	22.2	22.7	23.0	22.9	22.9	22.9	22.9	22.9	22.9	22.9	22.8
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
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
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
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
Estonia	20.1	20.1	20.1	20.2	20.2	20.2	20.6	21.2	21.3	21.4	21.4	22.0
Oman	10.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	3.6	3.6	3.9	22.0
Czechia	21.9	21.8	21.7	21.7	22.2	22.2	22.2	22.2	22.2	22.2	22.2	21.9
Montenegro	14.6	4.1	4.1	4.1	6.4	6.4	10.5	13.8	13.8	13.9	13.9	21.7
Italy	21.4	21.5	21.5	21.5	21.5	21.5	21.5	21.5	21.5	21.6	21.6	21.6
Chile	18.3	18.3	18.3	18.4	18.4	18.5	20.4	20.9	20.9	21.0	21.0	21.6
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
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
Iceland	20.2	16.7	16.7	17.4	18.2	18.2	19.5	19.9	20.3	20.8	20.8	20.9
Guatemala	31.7	31.7	31.7	31.8	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
United Arab Emirates	18.6	18.6	18.6	13.1	17.3	18.0	18.0	19.4	19.4	19.4	19.4	19.2
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
Latvia	18.2	18.2	18.2	18.2	18.2	18.2	18.2	18.2	18.2	18.2	18.2	18.5
Saudi Arabia	31.3	31.3	31.3	4.3	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	15.6	18.5
Thailand	18.9	18.8	18.8	18.8	18.8	18.8	18.8	18.5	18.5	18.5	18.5	18.4
St. Lucia	16.9	16.8	18.7	18.8	18.7	18.7	18.7	18.7	18.7	18.7	18.7	18.2
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
Lithuania	16.9	16.9	16.9	16.9	17.0	17.0	17.0	17.0	17.1	17.1	17.1	17.8
Norway	16.8	16.9	16.9	17.0	17.1	17.1	16.8	17.6	29.9	30.5	17.7	17.8
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
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
Kuwait	18.8	18.8	18.8	17.5	17.5	17.5	17.1	17.1	17.1	17.1	17.0	17.1
Colombia	23.1	23.2	13.9	14.2	14.2	14.8	14.8	16.9	16.9	16.4	16.4	17.0
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
Ukraine	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.3	13.0	13.0	13.0	16.8
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
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
Belgium	22.9	22.8	22.8	23.2	23.3	23.3	24.9	15.4	15.5	15.6	15.6	16.3
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
Denmark	17.5	25.6	25.6	17.6	26.1	18.1	17.2	17.0	17.0	17.0	17.0	15.8
China	17.0	17.1	17.1	17.1	17.1	15.4	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
Qatar	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.5	13.2	13.2	13.2	15.8	15.8	15.8	15.8	15.6
Sweden	14.6	14.8	14.9	14.5	14.9	14.9	14.4	14.5	14.5	15.4	15.4	15.5
Mexico	12.9	13.7	13.7	14.3	14.5	14.5	14.5	14.5	14.5	14.6	14.6	15.3
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
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
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
Ireland	14.3	14.4	14.4	14.4	14.4	14.4	14.4	14.4	14.4	14.4	14.4	14.4
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
Finland	14.9	15.0	15.0	14.9	15.0	15.0	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.6
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
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
Canada	9.4	9.4	9.3	9.7	9.7	9.7	11.0	9.9	11.9	12.7	12.8	12.9
United States	13.6	13.1	13.1	13.0	13.5	13.0	13.0	11.8	13.0	13.0	12.9	12.9
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
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
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
Bahrain	17.8	17.8	6.6	6.7	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	13.0	13.0	11.7
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
Russian Federation	11.4	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.4	11.5
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
Kazakhstan	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.1
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
Argentina	6.8	8.6	8.7	8.9	8.9	8.8	8.5	8.5	8.5	8.7	8.7	8.8
Grenada	2.2	2.2	9.3	9.4	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
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
El Salvador	8.4	8.4	8.8	8.8	8.8	8.8	8.8	8.6	8.6	8.6	8.6	8.3
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
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
Vietnam	6.5	6.5	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.6
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
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
Kyrgyz Republic	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.8
Myanmar	7.2	7.1	7.1	7.2	7.2	6.4	6.4	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6
Jordan	1.5	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.8	1.8	3.1	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	5.4
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
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
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
Fiji	4.4	4.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	3.9
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
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
Uruguay	2.7	2.7	2.7	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.1
Maldives		0.7	1.1	1.0	1.2	1.2	1.2	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	3.0
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
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
Barbados	0.1	0.1	1.3	1.4	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.1
Yemen, Rep.	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	1.1
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

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