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Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area)

Name: Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area) by country, 2025
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Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area) league table
#	Country		Region	Income
1	Seychelles	68.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
2	New Caledonia	59.6	East Asia & Pacific	High income
3	Venezuela, RB	56.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
4	Bhutan	51.6	South Asia	Lower middle income
5	Liechtenstein	44.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
6	Bulgaria	44.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
7	Turks and Caicos Islands	43.5	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
8	Guinea	42.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
9	Hong Kong SAR, China	42	East Asia & Pacific	High income
10	Greenland	41.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
11	Zambia	41.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
12	Slovenia	40.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
13	Namibia	39.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
14	Brunei Darussalam	39.9	East Asia & Pacific	High income
15	Tanzania	39.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
16	Cambodia	39.8	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
17	Poland	39.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
18	Germany	39.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
19	Luxembourg	39.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
20	Armenia	38.9	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
21	Cyprus	38.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
22	Croatia	38.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
23	Slovak Republic	37.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
24	Belize	37.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
25	Congo, Rep.	36.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
26	Benin	36.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
27	Greece	35	Europe & Central Asia	High income
28	Bahamas, The	34.6	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
29	Comoros	33.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
30	New Zealand	33.4	East Asia & Pacific	High income
31	Sao Tome and Principe	31.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
32	Palau	31.4	East Asia & Pacific	High income
33	Panama	31.4	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
34	Bolivia	30.9	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
35	Sri Lanka	30.8	South Asia	Upper middle income
36	Trinidad and Tobago	30.6	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
37	Brazil	30.6	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
38	Japan	29.7	East Asia & Pacific	High income
39	Austria	29.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
40	Mozambique	29.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
41	North Macedonia	29	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
42	Malta	29	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
43	Oman	28.9	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
44	France	28.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
45	United Kingdom	28.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
46	Zimbabwe	28.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
47	Spain	28.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
48	Togo	27.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
49	Israel	27.6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
50	Botswana	27.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
51	Senegal	27.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
52	Andorra	27.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
53	Gibraltar	27	Europe & Central Asia	High income
54	Aruba	26.9	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
55	Costa Rica	26.6	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
56	Dominican Republic	26.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
57	Guinea-Bissau	26.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
58	Romania	24.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
59	Ecuador	23.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
60	Albania	23.6	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
61	Nepal	23.6	South Asia	Lower middle income
62	Lesotho	23.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
63	Malawi	23.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
64	Portugal	23	Europe & Central Asia	High income
65	Honduras	23	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
66	Netherlands	22.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
67	Kiribati	22.9	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
68	Cote d'Ivoire	22.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
69	Georgia	22.8	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
70	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	22.6	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
71	Tajikistan	22.6	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
72	Gabon	22.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
73	Hungary	22.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
74	Montenegro	22.2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
75	Azerbaijan	22.1	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
76	Peru	22.1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
77	Australia	22	East Asia & Pacific	High income
78	Czechia	21.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
79	Estonia	21.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
80	Chile	21.6	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
81	Italy	21.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
82	Dominica	21.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
83	Nicaragua	21.2	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
84	Chad	21	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
85	Niger	21	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
86	Monaco	20.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
87	Iceland	20.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
88	Tuvalu	20.2	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
89	Guatemala	20.1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
90	Jamaica	19.9	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
91	Mongolia	19.8	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
92	United Arab Emirates	19.2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
93	Pakistan	19.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
94	Equatorial Guinea	19	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
95	Lao PDR	18.8	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
96	Latvia	18.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
97	Saudi Arabia	18.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
98	Thailand	18.4	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
99	St. Lucia	18.2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
100	Lithuania	18	Europe & Central Asia	High income
101	Norway	17.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
102	Korea, Rep.	17.7	East Asia & Pacific	High income
103	Cabo Verde	17.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
104	Colombia	17.2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
105	Ukraine	17.1	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
106	Kuwait	17.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
107	Ethiopia	17	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
108	St. Kitts and Nevis	16.9	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
109	Burkina Faso	16.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
110	Antigua and Barbuda	16.5	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
111	Curacao	16.5	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
112	Denmark	16.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
113	American Samoa	16.4	East Asia & Pacific	High income
114	Belgium	16.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
115	Timor-Leste	16.1	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
116	Marshall Islands	16.1	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
117	Uganda	16.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
118	Philippines	16	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
119	Sweden	15.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
120	China	15.6	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
121	Qatar	15.6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
122	Cuba	15.6	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
123	South Sudan	15.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
124	Mexico	15.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
125	Ghana	15.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
126	Congo, Dem. Rep.	14.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
127	Paraguay	14.9	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
128	Suriname	14.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
129	Central African Republic	14.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
130	Ireland	14.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
131	Uzbekistan	14.1	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
132	Serbia	14	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
133	Nigeria	13.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
134	Kenya	13.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
135	Finland	13.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
136	Tonga	13.3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
137	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	13.3	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
138	Malaysia	13.3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
139	Egypt, Arab Rep.	13.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
140	Lebanon	13	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
141	United States	12.9	North America	High income
142	Canada	12.9	North America	High income
143	Madagascar	12.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
144	Sierra Leone	12.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
145	Switzerland	12.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
146	Indonesia	12	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
147	Bahrain	11.7	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
148	Russian Federation	11.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
149	Moldova	11.5	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
150	Cameroon	11	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
151	Angola	10.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
152	British Virgin Islands	10.5	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
153	Kazakhstan	10.1	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
154	West Bank and Gaza	10	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
155	South Africa	9.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
156	Bosnia and Herzegovina	9.5	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
157	St. Martin (French part)	9.3	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
158	Belarus	9.2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
159	Rwanda	9.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
160	Cayman Islands	8.8	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
161	Argentina	8.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
162	Grenada	8.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
163	Haiti	8.6	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
164	Guyana	8.4	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
165	El Salvador	8.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
166	Samoa	7.9	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
167	Tunisia	7.9	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
168	Iran, Islamic Rep.	7.8	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
169	Gambia, The	7.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
170	India	7.7	South Asia	Lower middle income
171	Burundi	7.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
172	Viet Nam	7.6	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
173	Mali	7.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
174	Turkiye	7	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
175	Kyrgyz Republic	6.8	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
176	Myanmar	6.7	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
177	Puerto Rico (US)	6.6	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
178	French Polynesia	5.6	East Asia & Pacific	High income
179	Jordan	5.4	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
180	Mauritius	5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
181	Vanuatu	4.8	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
182	Algeria	4.7	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
183	Singapore	4.6	East Asia & Pacific	High income
184	Isle of Man	4.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
185	Turkmenistan	4.3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
186	Eswatini	4.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
187	Guam	4.2	East Asia & Pacific	High income
188	Bangladesh	4.2	South Asia	Lower middle income
189	Liberia	4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
190	Fiji	3.9	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
191	Papua New Guinea	3.7	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
192	Afghanistan	3.6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
193	Uruguay	3.1	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
194	Maldives	3	South Asia	Upper middle income
195	Sudan	2.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
196	Northern Mariana Islands	2.8	East Asia & Pacific	High income
197	Faroe Islands	2.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
198	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	2.4	East Asia & Pacific	Low income
199	Solomon Islands	2.4	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
200	Bermuda	2.3	North America	High income
201	Morocco	2.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
202	Djibouti	1.6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
203	Iraq	1.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
204	Barbados	1.1	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
205	Yemen, Rep.	1.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
206	Syrian Arab Republic	0.7	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
207	Mauritania	0.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
208	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	0.1	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
209	Libya	0.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
210	Naoero	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
211	Eritrea	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
212	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
213	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	0	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income

Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area)