environmental2025

Proportion of forest area within legally established protected areas

Name: Proportion of forest area within legally established protected areas
Creator: United Nations SDG Global Database
Keywords: trend-research-200, un-sdg, environment-water-forests-biodiversity, proportion, forest, area, within, legally, established, protected

Compare proportion of forest area within legally established protected areas across 169 countries using official UN SDG Global Database observations for 2025.

Source: United Nations SDG Global Database•169 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

23.1%

Median: 18.5%

Countries Covered

169

with available data

Highest

Saudi Arabia

100.0%

Lowest

Oman

0.0%

Top 5 Countries

1Saudi Arabia100.0%

2Uzbekistan99.7%

3Zambia82.6%

4Venezuela78.3%

5Sri Lanka69.5%

By Region

Oceania27.2%(2 countries)

Asia24.5%(21 countries)

Europe24.5%(28 countries)

Other23.5%(98 countries)

North America20.9%(4 countries)

Key Findings

•169 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite fixed-year observation.
•Saudi Arabia has the highest published value (100 %).
•Comoros has the lowest published value (0 %).

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0%)High (100.0%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 23.1%)

Oceania (2)

Asia (21)

Europe (28)

Other (98)

North America (4)

Africa (9)

South America (7)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Proportion of forest area within legally established protected areas (%).

Values use UN SDG series AG_LND_FRSTPRCT, release 2026.Q2.G.01, one fixed 2025 reference year, unit Percentage, and the fixed selection Reporting Type: Global. Aggregates, missing/non-finite values, other dimensions, other attributes, and non-ISO geographies are excluded; MapTheory does not impute missing countries.

Methodology

UN SDG series AG_LND_FRSTPRCT; year 2025; unit PERCENT; dimensions {"Reporting Type": "G"}; attributes {"Nature": "C", "Units": "PERCENT"} Official UN SDG metadata for indicator 15.2.1.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Saudi Arabia	100.0%
2	Uzbekistan	99.7%
3	Zambia	82.6%
4	Venezuela	78.3%
5	Sri Lanka	69.5%
6	Netherlands	59.5%
7	Nepal	59.3%
8	Indonesia	54.5%
9	Belize	54.5%
10	Guinea	54.4%
11	Slovakia	54.3%
12	Uganda	53.9%
13	Sao Tome and Principe	53.6%
14	Guatemala	50.3%
15	Kenya	49.7%
16	Cape Verde	48.3%
17	Mozambique	47.1%
18	Panama	46.7%
19	Rwanda	45.8%
20	Chad	45.6%
21	Croatia	45.5%
22	Hungary	42.5%
23	Thailand	41.3%
24	Burundi	41.1%
25	Bhutan	41.1%
26	Sierra Leone	40.7%
27	Bahrain	39.4%
28	Mauritius	38.7%
29	Türkiye	37.8%
30	Romania	37.8%
31	Costa Rica	37.7%
32	Saint Kitts and Nevis	37.6%
33	Dominica	37.0%
34	Slovenia	36.3%
35	New Zealand	36.2%
36	Benin	36.0%
37	Kazakhstan	35.7%
38	Cuba	35.6%
39	Syrian Arab Republic	35.5%
40	Dominican Republic	35.2%
41	Cambodia	34.8%
42	United Republic of Tanzania	34.5%
43	Azerbaijan	34.4%
44	Madagascar	34.4%
45	Poland	33.9%
46	Honduras	32.8%
47	Lithuania	32.7%
48	Saint Lucia	32.6%
49	Timor-Leste	32.4%
50	Portugal	32.0%
51	Italy	31.8%
52	Liechtenstein	31.5%
53	Malawi	30.9%
54	Guinea-Bissau	30.4%
55	Georgia	29.4%
56	Malaysia	29.1%
57	Germany	28.9%
58	Belgium	26.6%
59	Peru	26.5%
60	Ecuador	25.8%
61	Lao People's Democratic Republic	25.7%
62	Paraguay	25.1%
63	Seychelles	24.4%
64	France	24.3%
65	Chile	24.0%
66	Equatorial Guinea	23.7%
67	Philippines	23.6%
68	Russian Federation	23.4%
69	Bolivia	23.4%
70	Jamaica	22.9%
71	Estonia	22.7%
72	Moldova, Republic of	22.4%
73	Nigeria	22.3%
74	Albania	21.7%
75	Zimbabwe	21.5%
76	Austria	21.5%
77	Colombia	21.0%
78	Mongolia	21.0%
79	Namibia	21.0%
80	Singapore	20.3%
81	Ghana	20.3%
82	Gabon	19.7%
83	Ireland	19.3%
84	Niger	19.3%
85	India	18.5%
86	Latvia	18.3%
87	Japan	18.3%
88	Cameroon	18.2%
89	Australia	18.1%
90	Ethiopia	17.7%
91	Serbia	17.2%
92	Bangladesh	16.7%
93	Micronesia, Federated States of	16.2%
94	Djibouti	15.9%
95	Cote d'Ivoire	15.9%
96	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	15.7%
97	South Africa	15.6%
98	Vietnam	15.6%
99	Bulgaria	15.6%
100	Finland	14.8%
101	Lesotho	14.5%
102	People's Republic of China	14.5%
103	Czech Republic	14.3%
104	Democratic Republic of the Congo	14.1%
105	Islamic Republic of Iran	14.1%
106	Mexico	13.6%
107	Denmark	13.2%
108	Grenada	13.1%
109	Republic of the Congo	13.0%
110	Iraq	12.8%
111	Bahamas	11.8%
112	Senegal	11.8%
113	Suriname	11.7%
114	Samoa	11.5%
115	Sudan	11.4%
116	Burkina Faso	11.3%
117	Botswana	10.9%
118	Angola	10.3%
119	Montenegro	10.2%
120	Cyprus	10.1%
121	United States of America	10.0%
122	Canada	9.8%
123	Nicaragua	9.4%
124	Tajikistan	9.3%
125	United Kingdom	9.2%
126	Tunisia	9.1%
127	Brazil	9.1%
128	Haiti	8.9%
129	Togo	8.7%
130	Trinidad and Tobago	8.5%
131	Sweden	8.4%
132	Republic of The Gambia	8.2%
133	Algeria	7.7%
134	Switzerland	7.7%
135	Kyrgyzstan	7.5%
136	South Korea	7.2%
137	Andorra	7.1%
138	Mali	6.7%
139	Lebanon	6.0%
140	Guyana	5.9%
141	Yemen	5.8%
142	Norway	5.8%
143	Eritrea	5.5%
144	Eswatini	5.1%
145	Brunei Darussalam	5.0%
146	Libya	4.9%
147	Liberia	4.9%
148	Jordan	4.8%
149	Barbados	4.8%
150	Morocco	4.6%
151	Papua New Guinea	4.0%
152	South Sudan	3.8%
153	Afghanistan	3.8%
154	Argentina	3.8%
155	Qatar	3.6%
156	Uruguay	3.0%
157	Iceland	3.0%
158	Fiji	2.6%
159	Marshall Islands	1.5%
160	Central African Republic	1.3%
161	Solomon Islands	1.0%
162	Tuvalu	1.0%
163	Maldives	0.8%
164	Egypt	0.7%
165	Somalia	0.6%
166	Vanuatu	0.3%
167	Mauritania	0.3%
168	Comoros	0.0%
169	Oman	0.0%

Showing 169 of 169 countries

Topics

#trend-research-200 #un-sdg #environment-water-forests-biodiversity #proportion #forest #area #within #legally #established #protected

Data Source

This data comes from United Nations SDG Global Database (2025).

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