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Protected land

Macro Region Area
Africa 54 timeseries
Asia 21 timeseries
Central America and the Caribbean 21 timeseries
Europe 42 timeseries
Middle East 16 timeseries
North America 12.34 % in 2021 WB
Oceania 14 timeseries
South America 12 timeseries
Southeast Asia 12 timeseries
Country Area (% in 2022)

Seychelles is the top country by the area of protected land in the world. As of 2022, the area of protected land in Seychelles was 61.52 %. The top 5 countries also includes Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Luxembourg, Bhutan, and Brunei Darussalam.

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Seychelles 61.52 WB
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 56.88 WB
Luxembourg 55.8 WB
Bhutan 49.67 WB
Brunei Darussalam 46.87 WB
Palau 44.18 WB
Liechtenstein 42.63 WB
Hong Kong 41.88 WB
Zambia 41.26 WB
Bulgaria 41.04 WB
Slovenia 40.44 WB
Cambodia 39.74 WB
Poland 39.57 WB
Cyprus 38.72 WB
Croatia 38.51 WB
United Republic of Tanzania 38.38 WB
Namibia 37.89 WB
Germany 37.59 WB
Slovakia 37.59 WB
Guinea 37.57 WB
Belize 37.55 WB
Congo 36.79 WB
Bahamas 36.63 WB
Greece 35.22 WB
Comoros 33.75 WB
New Zealand 33.4 WB
Panama 31.37 WB
Bolivia 30.87 WB
Malta 30.64 WB
Trinidad and Tobago 30.59 WB
Norway 30.52 WB
Brazil 30.3 WB
Sri Lanka 29.86 WB
Japan 29.75 WB
Benin 29.64 WB
Austria 29.5 WB
Mozambique 29.48 WB
Sao Tome and Principe 29.26 WB
Botswana 29.14 WB
France 28.4 WB
Spain 28.12 WB
Togo 27.98 WB
United Kingdom 27.77 WB
Zimbabwe 27.21 WB
Guinea Bissau 27.11 WB
Andorra 26.86 WB
Costa Rica 26.59 WB
Senegal 26.39 WB
Dominican Republic 26.39 WB
Armenia 24.68 WB
Romania 24.52 WB
Israel 24.49 WB
Nepal 23.63 WB
Honduras 23.45 WB
Ecuador 23.42 WB
Côte d'Ivoire 22.96 WB
Portugal 22.91 WB
Saint Kitts and Nevis 22.9 WB
Malawi 22.88 WB
Hungary 22.6 WB
Peru 22.52 WB
Netherlands 22.47 WB
Gabon 22.44 WB
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 22.42 WB
Kiribati 22.36 WB
Tajikistan 22.28 WB
Czech Republic 22.17 WB
Dominica 21.96 WB
Italy 21.58 WB
Estonia 21.41 WB
Nicaragua 21.35 WB
Chile 21.05 WB
Chad 20.97 WB
Iceland 20.78 WB
Australia 20.36 WB
Guatemala 20.12 WB
Jamaica 20 WB
Antigua and Barbuda 19.94 WB
Mongolia 19.8 WB
United Arab Emirates 19.35 WB
Equatorial Guinea 19.27 WB
Saint Lucia 18.75 WB
Lao People’s Democratic Republic 18.69 WB
Albania 18.59 WB
Thailand 18.55 WB
Niger 18.2 WB
Latvia 18.18 WB
Central African Republic 18.06 WB
Kuwait 17.1 WB
Lithuania 17.08 WB
Ethiopia 17.01 WB
Denmark 16.97 WB
Republic of Korea 16.97 WB
Burkina Faso 16.43 WB
Colombia 16.4 WB
Cuba 16.23 WB
Uganda 16.06 WB
Timor-Leste 16 WB
Philippines 15.87 WB
Qatar 15.78 WB
China 15.62 WB
Belgium 15.55 WB
South Sudan 15.5 WB
Sweden 15.43 WB
North Macedonia 15.39 WB
Ghana 14.84 WB
Mexico 14.6 WB
Suriname 14.52 WB
Ireland 14.43 WB
Paraguay 14.31 WB
Nigeria 13.93 WB
Democratic Republic of the Congo 13.85 WB
Montenegro 13.85 WB
Belarus 13.84 WB
Finland 13.4 WB
Malaysia 13.33 WB
Tuvalu 13.24 WB
Egypt 13.14 WB
United States of America 13.02 WB
Ukraine 12.96 WB
Bahrain 12.96 WB
Sierra Leone 12.75 WB
Canada 12.71 WB
Tonga 12.59 WB
Pakistan 12.31 WB
Kenya 12.19 WB
Indonesia 12.17 WB
Switzerland 12.14 WB
Marshall Islands 11.92 WB
Russian Federation 11.45 WB
Republic of Moldova 11.43 WB
Georgia 11.11 WB
Cameroon 10.98 WB
Monaco 10.18 WB
Azerbaijan 10.16 WB
Kazakhstan 10.03 WB
Grenada 9.54 WB
South Africa 9.26 WB
Rwanda 9.11 WB
Argentina 8.69 WB
El Salvador 8.64 WB
Iran 8.61 WB
Haiti 8.61 WB
Guyana 8.5 WB
Palestine 8.36 WB
Samoa 8.22 WB
Serbia 8.14 WB
Tunisia 7.91 WB
Gambia 7.72 WB
Burundi 7.59 WB
Viet Nam 7.58 WB
Mali 7.53 WB
India 7.52 WB
Madagascar 7.49 WB
Puerto Rico 7.38 WB
Angola 6.97 WB
Turkey 6.95 WB
Kyrgyzstan 6.71 WB
Myanmar 6.58 WB
Uzbekistan 5.77 WB
Singapore 5.55 WB
Fiji 5.41 WB
Saudi Arabia 4.76 WB
Mauritius 4.73 WB
Algeria 4.64 WB
Bangladesh 4.61 WB
Jordan 4.48 WB
Eswatini 4.26 WB
Vanuatu 4.2 WB
Bosnia and Herzegovina 4.06 WB
Liberia 4.05 WB
Papua New Guinea 3.69 WB
Uruguay 3.68 WB
Afghanistan 3.64 WB
Oman 3.58 WB
Turkmenistan 3.25 WB
Cabo Verde 2.9 WB
Democratic People's Republic of Korea 2.44 WB
Maldives 2.3 WB
Sudan 2.28 WB
Morocco 2.2 WB
Solomon Islands 2 WB
Lebanon 1.89 WB
Djibouti 1.57 WB
Iraq 1.53 WB
Barbados 1.27 WB
Yemen 0.77 WB
Syrian Arab Republic 0.69 WB
Mauritania 0.62 WB
Lesotho 0.5 WB
Libya 0.13 WB
Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.05 WB
Eritrea 0 WB
Nauru 0 WB
Somalia 0 WB
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