Terrestrial protected areas in South Korea
Protected areas covered 17.7% of the land area of South Korea in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2013.
South Korea, 2025
17.7%
Change from 2024
+0.3percentage points
World, 2025
16.5%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025
21.8%
Position in 2025
102nd of 213
Terrestrial protected areas in South Korea 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 | South Korea | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17.7% | 16.5% |
| 2024 | 17.4% | 16.4% |
| 2023 | 17.0% | 16.1% |
| 2022 | 17.0% | 15.9% |
| 2021 | 17.0% | 15.8% |
| 2020 | 16.7% | 15.4% |
| 2019 | 15.7% | 15.1% |
| 2018 | 11.7% | 15.0% |
| 2017 | 11.2% | 15.1% |
| 2016 | 11.2% | 14.9% |
| 2015 | 7.6% | 15.0% |
| 2014 | 7.6% | 15.2% |
| 2013 | 6.6% | 15.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.3 percentage points from 17.4% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 7.6%, the figure has changed by +10.1 percentage points.
- Among the 213 countries with data for 2025, South Korea has the 102nd highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 16.5%.