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Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area) by country

% of land area · 213 countries ranked · 2025

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Rank 1 = best (higher is better for this indicator).25 of 213
  1. 1SeychellesWorld rank 1st of 213
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  2. 2New CaledoniaWorld rank 2nd of 213
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  3. 3VenezuelaWorld rank 3rd of 213
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  4. 4BhutanWorld rank 4th of 213
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  5. 5LiechtensteinWorld rank 5th of 213
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  6. 6BulgariaWorld rank 6th of 213
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  7. 7Turks and Caicos IslandsWorld rank 7th of 213
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  8. 8GuineaWorld rank 8th of 213
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  9. 9Hong KongWorld rank 9th of 213
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  10. 10GreenlandWorld rank 10th of 213
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  11. 11ZambiaWorld rank 11th of 213
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  12. 12SloveniaWorld rank 12th of 213
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  13. 13BruneiWorld rank 13th of 213
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  14. 14NamibiaWorld rank 13th of 213
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  15. 15TanzaniaWorld rank 13th of 213
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  16. 16CambodiaWorld rank 16th of 213
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  17. 17PolandWorld rank 17th of 213
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  18. 18GermanyWorld rank 18th of 213
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  19. 19LuxembourgWorld rank 19th of 213
    up +0.4 pts
  20. 20ArmeniaWorld rank 20th of 213
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  21. 21CyprusWorld rank 21st of 213
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  22. 22CroatiaWorld rank 22nd of 213
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  23. 23SlovakiaWorld rank 23rd of 213
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  24. 24BelizeWorld rank 24th of 213
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  25. 25Republic of the CongoWorld rank 25th of 213
    down −0.2 pts

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Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area), 2025. Quantile classes; hatched = no data.

Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area), 2025World map of Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area) (2025) for 213 countries, from 0.0 % to 68.1 %.Fiji: 3.9 %Tanzania: 39.9 %W. Sahara: —Canada: 12.9 %United States: 12.9 %Kazakhstan: 10.1 %Uzbekistan: 14.1 %Papua New Guinea: 3.7 %Indonesia: 12.0 %Argentina: 8.8 %Chile: 21.6 %DR Congo: 14.9 %Somalia: 0.0 %Kenya: 13.9 %Sudan: 2.8 %Chad: 21.0 %Haiti: 8.6 %Dominican Republic: 26.3 %Russia: 11.5 %Bahamas: 34.6 %Falkland Is.: —Norway: 17.8 %Greenland: 41.9 %Fr. S. Antarctic Lands: —Timor-Leste: 16.1 %South Africa: 9.6 %Lesotho: 23.4 %Mexico: 15.3 %Uruguay: 3.1 %Brazil: 30.6 %Bolivia: 30.9 %Peru: 22.1 %Colombia: 17.2 %Panama: 31.4 %Costa Rica: 26.6 %Nicaragua: 21.2 %Honduras: 23.0 %El Salvador: 8.3 %Guatemala: 20.1 %Belize: 37.3 %Venezuela: 56.8 %Guyana: 8.4 %Suriname: 14.8 %France: 28.8 %Ecuador: 23.8 %Puerto Rico: 6.6 %Jamaica: 19.9 %Cuba: 15.6 %Zimbabwe: 28.3 %Botswana: 27.6 %Namibia: 39.9 %Senegal: 27.5 %Mali: 7.5 %Mauritania: 0.6 %Benin: 36.1 %Niger: 21.0 %Nigeria: 13.9 %Cameroon: 11.0 %Togo: 27.9 %Ghana: 15.3 %Côte d'Ivoire: 22.9 %Guinea: 42.6 %Guinea-Bissau: 26.2 %Liberia: 4.0 %Sierra Leone: 12.6 %Burkina Faso: 16.8 %Central African Republic: 14.8 %Republic of the Congo: 36.6 %Gabon: 22.6 %Equatorial Guinea: 19.0 %Zambia: 41.3 %Malawi: 23.1 %Mozambique: 29.5 %Eswatini: 4.2 %Angola: 10.8 %Burundi: 7.6 %Israel: 27.6 %Lebanon: 13.0 %Madagascar: 12.8 %Palestine: 10.0 %Gambia: 7.7 %Tunisia: 7.9 %Algeria: 4.7 %Jordan: 5.4 %United Arab Emirates: 19.2 %Qatar: 15.6 %Kuwait: 17.1 %Iraq: 1.5 %Oman: 28.9 %Vanuatu: 4.8 %Cambodia: 39.8 %Thailand: 18.4 %Laos: 18.8 %Myanmar: 6.7 %Vietnam: 7.6 %North Korea: 2.4 %South Korea: 17.7 %Mongolia: 19.8 %India: 7.7 %Bangladesh: 4.2 %Bhutan: 51.6 %Nepal: 23.6 %Pakistan: 19.1 %Afghanistan: 3.6 %Tajikistan: 22.6 %Kyrgyzstan: 6.8 %Turkmenistan: 4.3 %Iran: 7.8 %Syria: 0.7 %Armenia: 38.9 %Sweden: 15.8 %Belarus: 9.2 %Ukraine: 17.1 %Poland: 39.6 %Austria: 29.6 %Hungary: 22.3 %Moldova: 11.5 %Romania: 24.6 %Lithuania: 18.0 %Latvia: 18.8 %Estonia: 21.6 %Germany: 39.2 %Bulgaria: 44.3 %Greece: 35.0 %Türkiye: 7.0 %Albania: 23.6 %Croatia: 38.4 %Switzerland: 12.5 %Luxembourg: 39.1 %Belgium: 16.4 %Netherlands: 22.9 %Portugal: 23.0 %Spain: 28.1 %Ireland: 14.2 %New Caledonia: 59.6 %Solomon Islands: 2.4 %New Zealand: 33.4 %Australia: 22.0 %Sri Lanka: 30.8 %China: 15.6 %Taiwan: —Italy: 21.5 %Denmark: 16.4 %United Kingdom: 28.4 %Iceland: 20.9 %Azerbaijan: 22.1 %Georgia: 22.8 %Philippines: 16.0 %Malaysia: 13.3 %Brunei: 39.9 %Slovenia: 40.4 %Finland: 13.9 %Slovakia: 37.5 %Czechia: 21.9 %Eritrea: 0.0 %Japan: 29.7 %Paraguay: 14.9 %Yemen: 1.1 %Saudi Arabia: 18.5 %N. Cyprus: —Cyprus: 38.6 %Morocco: 2.1 %Egypt: 13.1 %Libya: 0.1 %Ethiopia: 17.0 %Djibouti: 1.6 %Somaliland: —Uganda: 16.1 %Rwanda: 9.1 %Bosnia and Herzegovina: 9.5 %North Macedonia: 29.0 %Serbia: 14.0 %Montenegro: 22.2 %Kosovo: —Trinidad and Tobago: 30.6 %South Sudan: 15.4 %
  • 0.0 % – 5.9 %
  • 5.9 % – 12.9 %
  • 12.9 % – 17.0 %
  • 17.0 % – 22.6 %
  • 22.6 % – 30.6 %
  • 30.6 % – 68.1 %
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Rank over time

Position in the world ranking by year, up to 5 countries. Rank 1 is at the top.

SeychellesNew CaledoniaVenezuela
Rank over timeRank by year for Seychelles, New Caledonia, Venezuela, 2013–2025.2014201620182020202220241246810RankSeychelles · 1New Caledonia · 2Venezuela · 3

Rank by year for Seychelles, New Caledonia, Venezuela, 2013–2025.