Protected areas in Venezuela
Protected areas covered 39.0% of the territory of Venezuela in 2025.
Venezuela, 2025
39.0%
Change from 2024
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World, 2025
17.0%
Position in 2025
14th of 213
Protected areas in Venezuela 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 | Venezuela | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39.0% | 17.0% |
| 2024 | 39.0% | 15.3% |
| 2023 | 39.0% | 14.9% |
| 2022 | 39.0% | 14.9% |
| 2021 | 39.0% | 14.7% |
| 2020 | 39.0% | 14.8% |
| 2019 | 36.9% | 14.5% |
| 2018 | 36.9% | 14.1% |
| 2017 | 36.9% | 13.5% |
| 2016 | 36.9% | 13.2% |
| 2015 | 36.9% | 12.1% |
| 2014 | 36.9% | 11.9% |
| 2013 | 36.9% | 11.1% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is unchanged from 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 36.9%, the figure has changed by +2.1 percentage points.
- Among the 213 countries with data for 2025, Venezuela has the 14th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 17.0%.