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Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area) — series 2

Name: Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area) — series 2
Creator: World Bank World Development Indicators
Keywords: social, % (share) of land area, terrestrial, protected, areas, total, land, area, series

Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2025. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave.

Source: World Bank World Development Indicators•213 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

18.9% (share) of land area

Median: 17.0% (share) of land area

Countries Covered

213

with available data

Highest

Seychelles

68.1% (share) of land area

Lowest

Somalia

0.0% (share) of land area

Top 5 Countries

1Seychelles68.1% (share) of land area

2New Caledonia59.6% (share) of land area

3Venezuela56.8% (share) of land area

4Bhutan51.6% (share) of land area

5Liechtenstein44.8% (share) of land area

By Region

Oceania27.7% (share) of land area(2 countries)

Europe25.6% (share) of land area(32 countries)

Other18.6% (share) of land area(133 countries)

South America18.2% (share) of land area(7 countries)

North America15.3% (share) of land area(4 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0% (share) of land area)High (68.1% (share) of land area)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 18.9% (share) of land area)

Oceania (2)

Europe (32)

Other (133)

South America (7)

North America (4)

Asia (26)

Africa (9)

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

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Seychelles	68.1% (share) of land area
2	New Caledonia	59.6% (share) of land area
3	Venezuela	56.8% (share) of land area
4	Bhutan	51.6% (share) of land area
5	Liechtenstein	44.8% (share) of land area
6	Bulgaria	44.3% (share) of land area
7	Turks and Caicos Islands	43.5% (share) of land area
8	Guinea	42.6% (share) of land area
9	Hong Kong	42.0% (share) of land area
10	Greenland	41.9% (share) of land area
11	Zambia	41.3% (share) of land area
12	Slovenia	40.4% (share) of land area
13	Namibia	39.9% (share) of land area
14	United Republic of Tanzania	39.9% (share) of land area
15	Brunei Darussalam	39.9% (share) of land area
16	Cambodia	39.8% (share) of land area
17	Poland	39.6% (share) of land area
18	Germany	39.2% (share) of land area
19	Luxembourg	39.1% (share) of land area
20	Armenia	38.9% (share) of land area
21	Cyprus	38.6% (share) of land area
22	Croatia	38.4% (share) of land area
23	Slovakia	37.5% (share) of land area
24	Belize	37.3% (share) of land area
25	Republic of the Congo	36.6% (share) of land area
26	Benin	36.1% (share) of land area
27	Greece	35.0% (share) of land area
28	Bahamas	34.6% (share) of land area
29	Comoros	33.7% (share) of land area
30	New Zealand	33.4% (share) of land area
31	Sao Tome and Principe	31.7% (share) of land area
32	Palau	31.4% (share) of land area
33	Panama	31.4% (share) of land area
34	Bolivia	30.9% (share) of land area
35	Sri Lanka	30.8% (share) of land area
36	Trinidad and Tobago	30.6% (share) of land area
37	Brazil	30.6% (share) of land area
38	Japan	29.7% (share) of land area
39	Austria	29.6% (share) of land area
40	Mozambique	29.5% (share) of land area
41	Malta	29.0% (share) of land area
42	The Republic of North Macedonia	29.0% (share) of land area
43	Oman	28.9% (share) of land area
44	France	28.8% (share) of land area
45	United Kingdom	28.4% (share) of land area
46	Zimbabwe	28.3% (share) of land area
47	Spain	28.1% (share) of land area
48	Togo	27.9% (share) of land area
49	Israel	27.6% (share) of land area
50	Botswana	27.6% (share) of land area
51	Senegal	27.5% (share) of land area
52	Andorra	27.3% (share) of land area
53	Gibraltar	27.0% (share) of land area
54	Aruba	26.9% (share) of land area
55	Costa Rica	26.6% (share) of land area
56	Dominican Republic	26.3% (share) of land area
57	Guinea-Bissau	26.2% (share) of land area
58	Romania	24.6% (share) of land area
59	Ecuador	23.8% (share) of land area
60	Nepal	23.6% (share) of land area
61	Albania	23.6% (share) of land area
62	Lesotho	23.4% (share) of land area
63	Malawi	23.1% (share) of land area
64	Honduras	23.0% (share) of land area
65	Portugal	23.0% (share) of land area
66	Kiribati	22.9% (share) of land area
67	Cote d'Ivoire	22.9% (share) of land area
68	Netherlands	22.9% (share) of land area
69	Georgia	22.8% (share) of land area
70	Gabon	22.6% (share) of land area
71	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	22.6% (share) of land area
72	Tajikistan	22.6% (share) of land area
73	Hungary	22.3% (share) of land area
74	Montenegro	22.2% (share) of land area
75	Peru	22.1% (share) of land area
76	Azerbaijan	22.1% (share) of land area
77	Australia	22.0% (share) of land area
78	Czech Republic	21.9% (share) of land area
79	Chile	21.6% (share) of land area
80	Estonia	21.6% (share) of land area
81	Italy	21.5% (share) of land area
82	Dominica	21.4% (share) of land area
83	Nicaragua	21.2% (share) of land area
84	Chad	21.0% (share) of land area
85	Niger	21.0% (share) of land area
86	Iceland	20.9% (share) of land area
87	Monaco	20.9% (share) of land area
88	Tuvalu	20.2% (share) of land area
89	Guatemala	20.1% (share) of land area
90	Jamaica	19.9% (share) of land area
91	Mongolia	19.8% (share) of land area
92	United Arab Emirates	19.2% (share) of land area
93	Pakistan	19.1% (share) of land area
94	Equatorial Guinea	19.0% (share) of land area
95	Lao People's Democratic Republic	18.8% (share) of land area
96	Latvia	18.8% (share) of land area
97	Saudi Arabia	18.5% (share) of land area
98	Thailand	18.4% (share) of land area
99	Saint Lucia	18.2% (share) of land area
100	Lithuania	18.0% (share) of land area
101	Norway	17.8% (share) of land area
102	South Korea	17.7% (share) of land area
103	Cape Verde	17.6% (share) of land area
104	Colombia	17.2% (share) of land area
105	Kuwait	17.1% (share) of land area
106	Ukraine	17.1% (share) of land area
107	Ethiopia	17.0% (share) of land area
108	Saint Kitts and Nevis	16.9% (share) of land area
109	Burkina Faso	16.8% (share) of land area
110	Curaçao	16.5% (share) of land area
111	Antigua and Barbuda	16.5% (share) of land area
112	Denmark	16.4% (share) of land area
113	American Samoa	16.4% (share) of land area
114	Belgium	16.4% (share) of land area
115	Marshall Islands	16.1% (share) of land area
116	Timor-Leste	16.1% (share) of land area
117	Uganda	16.1% (share) of land area
118	Philippines	16.0% (share) of land area
119	Sweden	15.8% (share) of land area
120	People's Republic of China	15.6% (share) of land area
121	Cuba	15.6% (share) of land area
122	Qatar	15.6% (share) of land area
123	South Sudan	15.4% (share) of land area
124	Ghana	15.3% (share) of land area
125	Mexico	15.3% (share) of land area
126	Democratic Republic of the Congo	14.9% (share) of land area
127	Paraguay	14.9% (share) of land area
128	Central African Republic	14.8% (share) of land area
129	Suriname	14.8% (share) of land area
130	Ireland	14.2% (share) of land area
131	Uzbekistan	14.1% (share) of land area
132	Serbia	14.0% (share) of land area
133	Finland	13.9% (share) of land area
134	Kenya	13.9% (share) of land area
135	Nigeria	13.9% (share) of land area
136	Malaysia	13.3% (share) of land area
137	Tonga	13.3% (share) of land area
138	Virgin Islands, U.S.	13.3% (share) of land area
139	Egypt	13.1% (share) of land area
140	Lebanon	13.0% (share) of land area
141	Canada	12.9% (share) of land area
142	United States of America	12.9% (share) of land area
143	Madagascar	12.8% (share) of land area
144	Sierra Leone	12.6% (share) of land area
145	Switzerland	12.5% (share) of land area
146	Indonesia	12.0% (share) of land area
147	Bahrain	11.7% (share) of land area
148	Moldova, Republic of	11.5% (share) of land area
149	Russian Federation	11.5% (share) of land area
150	Cameroon	11.0% (share) of land area
151	Angola	10.8% (share) of land area
152	Virgin Islands, British	10.5% (share) of land area
153	Kazakhstan	10.1% (share) of land area
154	State of Palestine	10.0% (share) of land area
155	South Africa	9.6% (share) of land area
156	Bosnia and Herzegovina	9.5% (share) of land area
157	Saint Martin (French part)	9.3% (share) of land area
158	Belarus	9.2% (share) of land area
159	Rwanda	9.1% (share) of land area
160	Cayman Islands	8.8% (share) of land area
161	Grenada	8.8% (share) of land area
162	Argentina	8.8% (share) of land area
163	Haiti	8.6% (share) of land area
164	Guyana	8.4% (share) of land area
165	El Salvador	8.3% (share) of land area
166	Tunisia	7.9% (share) of land area
167	Samoa	7.9% (share) of land area
168	Islamic Republic of Iran	7.8% (share) of land area
169	Republic of The Gambia	7.7% (share) of land area
170	India	7.7% (share) of land area
171	Burundi	7.6% (share) of land area
172	Vietnam	7.6% (share) of land area
173	Mali	7.5% (share) of land area
174	Türkiye	7.0% (share) of land area
175	Kyrgyzstan	6.8% (share) of land area
176	Myanmar	6.7% (share) of land area
177	Puerto Rico	6.6% (share) of land area
178	French Polynesia	5.6% (share) of land area
179	Jordan	5.4% (share) of land area
180	Mauritius	5.0% (share) of land area
181	Vanuatu	4.8% (share) of land area
182	Algeria	4.7% (share) of land area
183	Singapore	4.6% (share) of land area
184	Isle of Man	4.6% (share) of land area
185	Turkmenistan	4.3% (share) of land area
186	Guam	4.2% (share) of land area
187	Eswatini	4.2% (share) of land area
188	Bangladesh	4.2% (share) of land area
189	Liberia	4.0% (share) of land area
190	Fiji	3.9% (share) of land area
191	Papua New Guinea	3.7% (share) of land area
192	Afghanistan	3.6% (share) of land area
193	Uruguay	3.1% (share) of land area
194	Maldives	3.0% (share) of land area
195	Northern Mariana Islands	2.8% (share) of land area
196	Sudan	2.8% (share) of land area
197	Faroe Islands	2.4% (share) of land area
198	North Korea	2.4% (share) of land area
199	Solomon Islands	2.4% (share) of land area
200	Bermuda	2.3% (share) of land area
201	Morocco	2.1% (share) of land area
202	Djibouti	1.6% (share) of land area
203	Iraq	1.5% (share) of land area
204	Yemen	1.1% (share) of land area
205	Barbados	1.1% (share) of land area
206	Syrian Arab Republic	0.7% (share) of land area
207	Mauritania	0.6% (share) of land area
208	Libya	0.1% (share) of land area
209	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	0.1% (share) of land area
210	Eritrea	0.0% (share) of land area
211	Nauru	0.0% (share) of land area
212	Micronesia, Federated States of	0.0% (share) of land area
213	Somalia	0.0% (share) of land area

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Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2025).

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