Protected areas in Chile
Protected areas covered 37.9% of the territory of Chile in 2025.
Chile, 2025
37.9%
Change from 2024
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World, 2025
17.0%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025
20.2%
Position in 2025
17th of 213
Protected areas in Chile over time
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% of total territorial area. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Chile | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37.9% | 17.0% |
| 2024 | 37.9% | 15.3% |
| 2023 | 37.9% | 14.9% |
| 2022 | 37.9% | 14.9% |
| 2021 | 37.8% | 14.7% |
| 2020 | 37.8% | 14.8% |
| 2019 | 37.6% | 14.5% |
| 2018 | 27.0% | 14.1% |
| 2017 | 13.9% | 13.5% |
| 2016 | 13.6% | 13.2% |
| 2015 | 6.8% | 12.1% |
| 2014 | 6.8% | 11.9% |
| 2013 | 6.8% | 11.1% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is unchanged from 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 6.8%, the figure has changed by +31.1 percentage points.
- Among the 213 countries with data for 2025, Chile has the 17th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 17.0%.