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% of land area. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Terrestrial protected areas (% of land area), 2013 to 2025
Period PortugalSpainEuropean Union
2025 23.0% 28.1% 26.6%
2024 22.8% 28.1% 26.6%
2023 22.9% 28.1% 26.3%
2022 22.9% 28.1% 26.3%
2021 22.9% 28.1% 26.1%
2020 22.9% 28.1% 26.0%
2019 22.9% 28.1% 26.0%
2018 22.9% 28.1% 25.8%
2017 22.9% 28.0% 25.9%
2016 23.0% 28.0% 25.7%
2015 22.7% 28.0% 25.2%
2014 22.2% 27.9% 25.1%
2013 23.1% 29.8% 25.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNEP-WCMC and IUCN, World Database on Protected Areas
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
ER.LND.PTLD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2013 to 2025
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UNEP-WCMC and IUCN, World Database on Protected Areas