Protected areas in Gibraltar
Protected areas covered 14.4% of the territory of Gibraltar in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2013.
Gibraltar, 2025
14.4%
Change from 2024
+13.9percentage points
World, 2025
17.0%
Position in 2025
93rd of 213
Protected areas in Gibraltar 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 | Gibraltar | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14.4% | 17.0% |
| 2024 | 0.5% | 15.3% |
| 2023 | 0.0% | 14.9% |
| 2022 | 0.0% | 14.9% |
| 2021 | 0.1% | 14.7% |
| 2020 | 0.1% | 14.8% |
| 2019 | 13.2% | 14.5% |
| 2018 | 13.2% | 14.1% |
| 2017 | 13.2% | 13.5% |
| 2016 | 13.2% | 13.2% |
| 2015 | 13.2% | 12.1% |
| 2014 | 13.2% | 11.9% |
| 2013 | 0.1% | 11.1% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +13.9 percentage points from 0.5% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 13.2%, the figure has changed by +1.2 percentage points.
- Among the 213 countries with data for 2025, Gibraltar has the 93rd highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 17.0%.