Protected areas in Namibia
Protected areas covered 24.4% of the territory of Namibia in 2025.
Namibia, 2025
24.4%
Change from 2024
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World, 2025
17.0%
Position in 2025
43rd of 213
Protected areas in Namibia 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 | Namibia |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 24.4% |
| 2024 | 24.4% |
| 2023 | 24.5% |
| 2022 | 23.2% |
| 2021 | 23.2% |
| 2020 | 23.2% |
| 2019 | 23.2% |
| 2018 | 23.2% |
| 2017 | 23.3% |
| 2016 | 23.2% |
| 2015 | 23.2% |
| 2014 | 23.2% |
| 2013 | 26.9% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is unchanged from 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 23.2%, the figure has changed by +1.2 percentage points.
- Among the 213 countries with data for 2025, Namibia has the 43rd highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 17.0%.