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Terrestrial and marine protected areas (% of total territorial area) — series 2

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

15.4% (share) of total territorial area

Median: 11.6% (share) of total territorial area

Countries Covered

213

with available data

Highest

Monaco

99.5% (share) of total territorial area

Lowest

Virgin Islands, British

0.0% (share) of total territorial area

Top 5 Countries

1Monaco99.5% (share) of total territorial area

2Palau98.0% (share) of total territorial area

3New Caledonia96.0% (share) of total territorial area

4Saint Martin (French part)92.3% (share) of total territorial area

5French Polynesia87.3% (share) of total territorial area

By Region

Oceania32.1% (share) of total territorial area(2 countries)

Europe22.6% (share) of total territorial area(32 countries)

South America20.4% (share) of total territorial area(7 countries)

Other14.8% (share) of total territorial area(133 countries)

North America14.4% (share) of total territorial 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 total territorial area)High (99.5% (share) of total territorial area)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 15.4% (share) of total territorial area)

Oceania (2)

Europe (32)

South America (7)

Other (133)

North America (4)

Africa (9)

Asia (26)

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	Monaco	99.5% (share) of total territorial area
2	Palau	98.0% (share) of total territorial area
3	New Caledonia	96.0% (share) of total territorial area
4	Saint Martin (French part)	92.3% (share) of total territorial area
5	French Polynesia	87.3% (share) of total territorial area
6	Bhutan	51.6% (share) of total territorial area
7	Liechtenstein	44.8% (share) of total territorial area
8	United Kingdom	42.1% (share) of total territorial area
9	Hong Kong	42.0% (share) of total territorial area
10	Zambia	41.3% (share) of total territorial area
11	Slovenia	40.1% (share) of total territorial area
12	Germany	40.0% (share) of total territorial area
13	Luxembourg	39.1% (share) of total territorial area
14	Venezuela	39.0% (share) of total territorial area
15	Armenia	38.9% (share) of total territorial area
16	Poland	38.1% (share) of total territorial area
17	Chile	37.9% (share) of total territorial area
18	Slovakia	37.5% (share) of total territorial area
19	France	36.7% (share) of total territorial area
20	Bulgaria	35.6% (share) of total territorial area
21	Republic of the Congo	34.2% (share) of total territorial area
22	Australia	33.5% (share) of total territorial area
23	Seychelles	32.6% (share) of total territorial area
24	Northern Mariana Islands	32.4% (share) of total territorial area
25	United Republic of Tanzania	32.3% (share) of total territorial area
26	Cambodia	31.8% (share) of total territorial area
27	Bolivia	30.9% (share) of total territorial area
28	New Zealand	30.6% (share) of total territorial area
29	Netherlands	29.8% (share) of total territorial area
30	Guinea	29.6% (share) of total territorial area
31	Austria	29.6% (share) of total territorial area
32	Brazil	29.4% (share) of total territorial area
33	The Republic of North Macedonia	29.0% (share) of total territorial area
34	Benin	28.8% (share) of total territorial area
35	Zimbabwe	28.3% (share) of total territorial area
36	Costa Rica	28.2% (share) of total territorial area
37	Botswana	27.6% (share) of total territorial area
38	Andorra	27.3% (share) of total territorial area
39	Panama	27.2% (share) of total territorial area
40	Belize	26.8% (share) of total territorial area
41	Colombia	26.5% (share) of total territorial area
42	Gabon	24.4% (share) of total territorial area
43	Namibia	24.4% (share) of total territorial area
44	Romania	24.3% (share) of total territorial area
45	Croatia	24.1% (share) of total territorial area
46	Denmark	23.8% (share) of total territorial area
47	Nepal	23.6% (share) of total territorial area
48	Lesotho	23.4% (share) of total territorial area
49	Malawi	23.1% (share) of total territorial area
50	Greenland	22.6% (share) of total territorial area
51	Tajikistan	22.6% (share) of total territorial area
52	Hungary	22.3% (share) of total territorial area
53	Spain	22.1% (share) of total territorial area
54	Togo	22.1% (share) of total territorial area
55	Czech Republic	21.9% (share) of total territorial area
56	Chad	21.0% (share) of total territorial area
57	Niger	21.0% (share) of total territorial area
58	Oman	20.8% (share) of total territorial area
59	Bahrain	20.6% (share) of total territorial area
60	Estonia	20.5% (share) of total territorial area
61	Ecuador	20.2% (share) of total territorial area
62	Mexico	19.9% (share) of total territorial area
63	Mongolia	19.8% (share) of total territorial area
64	Lao People's Democratic Republic	18.8% (share) of total territorial area
65	Belgium	18.6% (share) of total territorial area
66	Lithuania	18.4% (share) of total territorial area
67	Latvia	18.1% (share) of total territorial area
68	Mozambique	18.0% (share) of total territorial area
69	Albania	18.0% (share) of total territorial area
70	Ukraine	17.9% (share) of total territorial area
71	Georgia	17.4% (share) of total territorial area
72	Portugal	17.2% (share) of total territorial area
73	Ethiopia	17.0% (share) of total territorial area
74	Saudi Arabia	17.0% (share) of total territorial area
75	Burkina Faso	16.8% (share) of total territorial area
76	Senegal	16.6% (share) of total territorial area
77	Peru	16.5% (share) of total territorial area
78	Montenegro	16.3% (share) of total territorial area
79	United Arab Emirates	16.1% (share) of total territorial area
80	Uganda	16.1% (share) of total territorial area
81	Sweden	15.9% (share) of total territorial area
82	United States of America	15.8% (share) of total territorial area
83	South Sudan	15.4% (share) of total territorial area
84	Dominican Republic	15.3% (share) of total territorial area
85	Pakistan	15.2% (share) of total territorial area
86	Japan	15.1% (share) of total territorial area
87	Democratic Republic of the Congo	14.9% (share) of total territorial area
88	Cote d'Ivoire	14.9% (share) of total territorial area
89	Paraguay	14.9% (share) of total territorial area
90	Central African Republic	14.8% (share) of total territorial area
91	Italy	14.8% (share) of total territorial area
92	People's Republic of China	14.7% (share) of total territorial area
93	Gibraltar	14.4% (share) of total territorial area
94	Uzbekistan	14.1% (share) of total territorial area
95	Serbia	14.0% (share) of total territorial area
96	Finland	13.5% (share) of total territorial area
97	Thailand	13.4% (share) of total territorial area
98	Guinea-Bissau	13.2% (share) of total territorial area
99	South Africa	12.9% (share) of total territorial area
100	Switzerland	12.5% (share) of total territorial area
101	Israel	12.2% (share) of total territorial area
102	Azerbaijan	12.0% (share) of total territorial area
103	Kiribati	11.9% (share) of total territorial area
104	Kazakhstan	11.8% (share) of total territorial area
105	Kenya	11.8% (share) of total territorial area
106	Canada	11.6% (share) of total territorial area
107	Nigeria	11.6% (share) of total territorial area
108	Egypt	11.6% (share) of total territorial area
109	Kuwait	11.5% (share) of total territorial area
110	Moldova, Republic of	11.5% (share) of total territorial area
111	Greece	11.2% (share) of total territorial area
112	Cyprus	11.1% (share) of total territorial area
113	Honduras	11.1% (share) of total territorial area
114	Cameroon	11.0% (share) of total territorial area
115	Guatemala	10.2% (share) of total territorial area
116	Nicaragua	10.1% (share) of total territorial area
117	State of Palestine	10.0% (share) of total territorial area
118	Argentina	9.7% (share) of total territorial area
119	Bosnia and Herzegovina	9.5% (share) of total territorial area
120	Belarus	9.2% (share) of total territorial area
121	Rwanda	9.1% (share) of total territorial area
122	American Samoa	8.7% (share) of total territorial area
123	Russian Federation	8.6% (share) of total territorial area
124	Suriname	8.6% (share) of total territorial area
125	Malaysia	8.4% (share) of total territorial area
126	Bahamas	8.3% (share) of total territorial area
127	Malta	8.0% (share) of total territorial area
128	Ghana	7.9% (share) of total territorial area
129	Angola	7.7% (share) of total territorial area
130	Burundi	7.6% (share) of total territorial area
131	Mali	7.5% (share) of total territorial area
132	Brunei Darussalam	7.5% (share) of total territorial area
133	Islamic Republic of Iran	7.0% (share) of total territorial area
134	Cuba	6.9% (share) of total territorial area
135	Kyrgyzstan	6.8% (share) of total territorial area
136	South Korea	5.9% (share) of total territorial area
137	Bangladesh	5.9% (share) of total territorial area
138	Qatar	5.8% (share) of total territorial area
139	Türkiye	5.7% (share) of total territorial area
140	Jordan	5.4% (share) of total territorial area
141	Norway	5.4% (share) of total territorial area
142	Indonesia	5.2% (share) of total territorial area
143	Tunisia	5.2% (share) of total territorial area
144	Guyana	5.1% (share) of total territorial area
145	Madagascar	5.1% (share) of total territorial area
146	Sierra Leone	5.1% (share) of total territorial area
147	Saint Kitts and Nevis	4.8% (share) of total territorial area
148	Lebanon	4.7% (share) of total territorial area
149	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	4.7% (share) of total territorial area
150	Timor-Leste	4.7% (share) of total territorial area
151	Isle of Man	4.6% (share) of total territorial area
152	India	4.5% (share) of total territorial area
153	Algeria	4.4% (share) of total territorial area
154	Turkmenistan	4.3% (share) of total territorial area
155	Eswatini	4.2% (share) of total territorial area
156	Myanmar	4.1% (share) of total territorial area
157	Ireland	4.0% (share) of total territorial area
158	Sri Lanka	3.7% (share) of total territorial area
159	Philippines	3.6% (share) of total territorial area
160	Afghanistan	3.6% (share) of total territorial area
161	Sudan	3.3% (share) of total territorial area
162	Haiti	3.0% (share) of total territorial area
163	Republic of The Gambia	2.9% (share) of total territorial area
164	Iceland	2.9% (share) of total territorial area
165	Vietnam	2.9% (share) of total territorial area
166	Uruguay	2.4% (share) of total territorial area
167	Puerto Rico	2.3% (share) of total territorial area
168	El Salvador	2.1% (share) of total territorial area
169	Singapore	2.1% (share) of total territorial area
170	Trinidad and Tobago	2.0% (share) of total territorial area
171	Equatorial Guinea	1.8% (share) of total territorial area
172	Jamaica	1.6% (share) of total territorial area
173	Iraq	1.5% (share) of total territorial area
174	Morocco	1.4% (share) of total territorial area
175	North Korea	1.3% (share) of total territorial area
176	Djibouti	1.2% (share) of total territorial area
177	Liberia	1.2% (share) of total territorial area
178	Fiji	1.0% (share) of total territorial area
179	Mauritania	1.0% (share) of total territorial area
180	Saint Lucia	1.0% (share) of total territorial area
181	Virgin Islands, U.S.	0.9% (share) of total territorial area
182	Antigua and Barbuda	0.8% (share) of total territorial area
183	Comoros	0.7% (share) of total territorial area
184	Papua New Guinea	0.7% (share) of total territorial area
185	Syrian Arab Republic	0.7% (share) of total territorial area
186	Yemen	0.7% (share) of total territorial area
187	Dominica	0.6% (share) of total territorial area
188	Aruba	0.6% (share) of total territorial area
189	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.5% (share) of total territorial area
190	Turks and Caicos Islands	0.5% (share) of total territorial area
191	Curaçao	0.3% (share) of total territorial area
192	Marshall Islands	0.3% (share) of total territorial area
193	Samoa	0.3% (share) of total territorial area
194	Cape Verde	0.2% (share) of total territorial area
195	Grenada	0.2% (share) of total territorial area
196	Libya	0.2% (share) of total territorial area
197	Sao Tome and Principe	0.2% (share) of total territorial area
198	Solomon Islands	0.2% (share) of total territorial area
199	Cayman Islands	0.1% (share) of total territorial area
200	Maldives	0.1% (share) of total territorial area
201	Vanuatu	0.1% (share) of total territorial area
202	Tonga	0.1% (share) of total territorial area
203	Barbados	0.1% (share) of total territorial area
204	Eritrea	0.0% (share) of total territorial area
205	Faroe Islands	0.0% (share) of total territorial area
206	Guam	0.0% (share) of total territorial area
207	Mauritius	0.0% (share) of total territorial area
208	Nauru	0.0% (share) of total territorial area
209	Micronesia, Federated States of	0.0% (share) of total territorial area
210	Somalia	0.0% (share) of total territorial area
211	Tuvalu	0.0% (share) of total territorial area
212	Bermuda	0.0% (share) of total territorial area
213	Virgin Islands, British	0.0% (share) of total territorial area

Showing 213 of 213 countries

Topics

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Data Source

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

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