Terrestrial protected areas in Ecuador
Protected areas covered 23.8% of the land area of Ecuador in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 2014.
Ecuador, 2025
23.8%
Change from 2024
+0.2percentage points
World, 2025
16.5%
Position in 2025
59th of 213
Terrestrial protected areas in Ecuador 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 | Ecuador | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23.8% | 16.5% |
| 2024 | 23.6% | 16.4% |
| 2023 | 23.5% | 16.1% |
| 2022 | 23.4% | 15.9% |
| 2021 | 23.2% | 15.8% |
| 2020 | 22.4% | 15.4% |
| 2019 | 21.7% | 15.1% |
| 2018 | 21.7% | 15.0% |
| 2017 | 20.0% | 15.1% |
| 2016 | 20.0% | 14.9% |
| 2015 | 20.0% | 15.0% |
| 2014 | 25.7% | 15.2% |
| 2013 | 25.6% | 15.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 23.6% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 20.0%, the figure has changed by +3.8 percentage points.
- Among the 213 countries with data for 2025, Ecuador has the 59th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 16.5%.