Protected areas in Paraguay
Protected areas covered 14.9% of the territory of Paraguay in 2025.
Paraguay, 2025
14.9%
Change from 2024
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World, 2025
17.0%
Position in 2025
87th of 213
Protected areas in Paraguay 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 | Paraguay | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14.9% | 17.0% |
| 2024 | 14.9% | 15.3% |
| 2023 | 14.3% | 14.9% |
| 2022 | 14.3% | 14.9% |
| 2021 | 14.3% | 14.7% |
| 2020 | 14.3% | 14.8% |
| 2019 | 14.3% | 14.5% |
| 2018 | 14.3% | 14.1% |
| 2017 | 6.5% | 13.5% |
| 2016 | 6.5% | 13.2% |
| 2015 | 6.5% | 12.1% |
| 2014 | 6.5% | 11.9% |
| 2013 | 6.5% | 11.1% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is unchanged from 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 6.5%, the figure has changed by +8.4 percentage points.
- Among the 213 countries with data for 2025, Paraguay has the 87th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 17.0%.