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

% · higher is better · 159 countries

Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-DemCC BY 4.0updated 2020
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  1. 1Uzbekistan99.7%
  2. 2Venezuela, RB97.7%
  3. 3Senegal90.8%
  4. 4Rwanda78.2%
  5. 5Benin74.5%
  6. 6Zambia69.6%
  7. 7Netherlands59.5%
  8. 8Tanzania59.3%
  9. 9Sri Lanka59.1%
  10. 10Belize56.8%
  11. 11Indonesia54.5%
  12. 12Sao Tome and Principe53.6%
  13. 13Guatemala51.5%
  14. 14Panama47.3%
  15. 15Guinea47.1%
  16. 16St. Vincent and the Grenadines46%
  17. 17St. Lucia44.8%
  18. 18Dominica44.7%
  19. 19Costa Rica44.1%
  20. 20Burundi41.1%
  21. 21Bhutan40.7%
  22. 22Mozambique40.1%
  23. 23Madagascar39.8%
  24. 24Mauritius38.7%
  25. 25Cote d'Ivoire38.3%
  26. 26Romania37.8%
  27. 27New Zealand36.2%
  28. 28Cambodia35.5%
  29. 29Chad35.5%
  30. 30Italy35.1%
  31. 31Azerbaijan34.4%
  32. 32Turkiye34.3%
  33. 33Nicaragua34.3%
  34. 34Kazakhstan33.9%
  35. 35Kenya33.5%
  36. 36Bangladesh32.8%
  37. 37Poland32.8%
  38. 38Honduras31.8%
  39. 39Lithuania31.3%
  40. 40Peru31.2%
  41. 41Malawi30.9%
  42. 42Slovak Republic29.8%
  43. 43Brazil29.7%
  44. 44Germany29%
  45. 45Philippines28.9%
  46. 46Liechtenstein26.1%
  47. 47Ecuador25.4%
  48. 48Sudan24.5%
  49. 49Namibia24.1%
  50. 50Bolivia23.9%
  51. 51France23.3%
  52. 52Jamaica22.9%
  53. 53Austria22.6%
  54. 54Hungary22.5%
  55. 55Mali22.2%
  56. 56Estonia22%
  57. 57Chile21.6%
  58. 58Mongolia21%
  59. 59Colombia20.7%
  60. 60Cuba20.4%
  61. 61Singapore20.3%
  62. 62India19.8%
  63. 63Moldova19.6%
  64. 64Slovenia19.6%
  65. 65Niger19.3%
  66. 66Ireland19.2%
  67. 67Cameroon19.1%
  68. 68Congo, Dem. Rep.18.5%
  69. 69Serbia18.4%
  70. 70Bulgaria18.4%
  71. 71Israel18.2%
  72. 72Australia18.1%
  73. 73Ghana18.1%
  74. 74Congo, Rep.17.8%
  75. 75Switzerland17.7%
  76. 76Malaysia17.7%
  77. 77Myanmar17.5%
  78. 78Zimbabwe17.4%
  79. 79Nepal17.3%
  80. 80Latvia16.5%
  81. 81Djibouti16.1%
  82. 82Togo16%
  83. 83Belarus15.8%
  84. 84Viet Nam15.5%
  85. 85Burkina Faso15.1%
  86. 86American Samoa15%
  87. 87Mauritania14.7%
  88. 88Ukraine14.6%
  89. 89Lesotho14.5%
  90. 90China14.4%
  91. 91Gabon14.4%
  92. 92Iran, Islamic Rep.14.1%
  93. 93Grenada13.1%
  94. 94Nigeria12.9%
  95. 95Finland12.6%
  96. 96Suriname12.4%
  97. 97Cayman Islands12.3%
  98. 98Malta11.4%
  99. 99St. Martin (French part)11.3%
  100. 100Georgia11.2%
  101. 101Equatorial Guinea11%
  102. 102Tunisia10.8%
  103. 103New Caledonia10.8%
  104. 103Botswana10.8%
  105. 104United States10.2%
  106. 105Montenegro10.2%
  107. 106Cyprus10.1%
  108. 107Eritrea10%
  109. 108United Kingdom9.2%
  110. 109Sierra Leone9.1%
  111. 110Haiti8.7%
  112. 111Canada8.5%
  113. 112Trinidad and Tobago8.5%
  114. 113Denmark8.4%
  115. 114Kyrgyz Republic8.3%
  116. 115Gambia, The8.2%
  117. 116Cabo Verde7.8%
  118. 117Sweden7.7%
  119. 118Korea, Rep.6.9%
  120. 119Argentina6.6%
  121. 120Algeria6.1%
  122. 121Yemen, Rep.5.7%
  123. 122Czechia5.5%
  124. 123Guyana5.4%
  125. 124Norway5%
  126. 125Brunei Darussalam5%
  127. 126French Polynesia5%
  128. 127Barbados4.8%
  129. 128Eswatini4.7%
  130. 129Morocco4.6%
  131. 130Papua New Guinea3.8%
  132. 131Croatia2.9%
  133. 132El Salvador2.8%
  134. 133Angola2.7%
  135. 134Russian Federation2.3%
  136. 135Uruguay2%
  137. 136South Africa1.3%
  138. 137Guinea-Bissau1.3%
  139. 138Central African Republic0.74%
  140. 139Vanuatu0.69%
  141. 140Saudi Arabia0.31%
  142. 141Iraq0%
  143. 141Faroe Islands0%
  144. 141Comoros0%
  145. 141Greenland0%
  146. 141Sint Maarten (Dutch part)0%

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