Terrestrial protected areas in Albania
Protected areas covered 23.6% of the land area of Albania in 2025.
Albania, 2025
23.6%
Change from 2024
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World, 2025
16.5%
Position in 2025
60th of 213
Terrestrial protected areas in Albania over time
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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.
| Period | Albania | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23.6% | 16.5% |
| 2024 | 23.6% | 16.4% |
| 2023 | 18.6% | 16.1% |
| 2022 | 18.6% | 15.9% |
| 2021 | 18.6% | 15.8% |
| 2020 | 18.6% | 15.4% |
| 2019 | 18.6% | 15.1% |
| 2018 | 17.7% | 15.0% |
| 2017 | 17.7% | 15.1% |
| 2016 | 17.2% | 14.9% |
| 2015 | 2.6% | 15.0% |
| 2014 | 2.1% | 15.2% |
| 2013 | 10.1% | 15.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is unchanged from 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 2.6%, the figure has changed by +21.0 percentage points.
- Among the 213 countries with data for 2025, Albania has the 60th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 16.5%.