Terrestrial protected areas in Curaçao

Protected areas covered 16.5% of the land area of Curaçao in 2025.

Measure: Terrestrial protected areas Unit: % of land area Data: 2013 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Curaçao, 2025 16.5% % of land area
Change from 2024 −0.2percentage points 2024: 16.7%
World, 2025 16.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 110th of 213 See the full ranking

Terrestrial protected areas in Curaçao 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.

Terrestrial protected areas (% of land area), 2013 to 2025
Period CuraçaoWorld
2025 16.5% 16.5%
2024 16.7% 16.4%
2023 15.7% 16.1%
2022 15.7% 15.9%
2021 15.7% 15.8%
2020 15.7% 15.4%
2019 15.7% 15.1%
2018 15.7% 15.0%
2017 15.5% 15.1%
2016 15.5% 14.9%
2015 15.5% 15.0%
2014 7.8% 15.2%
2013 7.8% 15.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.2 percentage points from 16.7% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 15.5%, the figure has changed by +1.0 percentage points.
  • Among the 213 countries with data for 2025, Curaçao has the 110th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 16.5%.

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 for Curaçao
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