Terrestrial protected areas
Protected land areas such as national parks and nature reserves, as a share of total land area. Marine areas are excluded.
Highest in 2025
68.1%
Seychelles
Lowest in 2025
0.0%
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
Euro area, 2025
27.5%
Official aggregate published by the source
Countries ranked for 2025
213
Updated by the source on 8 October 2026
213 countries have a value for 2025, the latest period in the data.
Trend 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 | Paraguay | Tuvalu |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14.9% | 20.2% |
| 2024 | 14.9% | 20.2% |
| 2023 | 14.3% | 13.2% |
| 2022 | 14.3% | 13.2% |
| 2021 | 14.3% | 13.2% |
| 2020 | 14.3% | 13.2% |
| 2019 | 14.3% | 13.2% |
| 2018 | 14.3% | 2.0% |
| 2017 | 6.5% | 2.0% |
| 2016 | 6.5% | 2.0% |
| 2015 | 6.5% | 2.0% |
| 2014 | 6.5% | 2.0% |
| 2013 | 6.5% | 2.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- Among the 213 countries with a value for 2025, the highest is Seychelles (68.1%) and the lowest Somalia, Fed. Rep. (0.0%).
- Half of the countries are above 17.0% and half below.
- From 2024 to 2025 the value rose in 41 countries and fell in 21.
- The figure for the world was 16.5% in 2025, against 15.4% in 2020 (+1.1 percentage points).
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All countries in 2025 Every value is for 2025, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 Seychelles 68.1%
- 2 New Caledonia 59.6%
- 3 Venezuela 56.8%
- 4 Bhutan 51.6%
- 5 Liechtenstein 44.8%
- 6 Bulgaria 44.3%
- 7 Turks and Caicos Islands 43.5%
- 8 Guinea 42.6%
- 9 Hong Kong SAR, China 42.0%
- 10 Greenland 41.9%
- 11 Zambia 41.3%
- 12 Slovenia 40.4%
- 13 Brunei 39.9%
- 14 Namibia 39.9%
- 15 Tanzania 39.9%
- 16 Cambodia 39.8%
- 17 Poland 39.6%
- 18 Germany 39.2%
- 19 Luxembourg 39.1%
- 20 Armenia 38.9%
- 21 Cyprus 38.6%
- 22 Croatia 38.4%
- 23 Slovakia 37.5%
- 24 Belize 37.3%
- 25 Republic of the Congo 36.6%
- 26 Benin 36.1%
- 27 Greece 35.0%
- 28 Bahamas 34.6%
- 29 Comoros 33.7%
- 30 New Zealand 33.4%
- 31 São Tomé and Príncipe 31.7%
- 32 Palau 31.4%
- 33 Panama 31.4%
- 34 Bolivia 30.9%
- 35 Sri Lanka 30.8%
- 36 Brazil 30.6%
- 37 Trinidad and Tobago 30.6%
- 38 Japan 29.7%
- 39 Austria 29.6%
- 40 Mozambique 29.5%
- 41 Malta 29.0%
- 42 North Macedonia 29.0%
- 43 Oman 28.9%
- 44 France 28.8%
- 45 United Kingdom 28.4%
- 46 Zimbabwe 28.3%
- 47 Spain 28.1%
- 48 Togo 27.9%
- 49 Botswana 27.6%
- 50 Israel 27.6%
- 51 Senegal 27.5%
- 52 Andorra 27.3%
- 53 Gibraltar 27.0%
- 54 Aruba 26.9%
- 55 Costa Rica 26.6%
- 56 Dominican Republic 26.3%
- 57 Guinea-Bissau 26.2%
- 58 Romania 24.6%
- 59 Ecuador 23.8%
- 60 Albania 23.6%
- 61 Nepal 23.6%
- 62 Lesotho 23.4%
- 63 Malawi 23.1%
- 64 Honduras 23.0%
- 65 Portugal 23.0%
- 66 Côte d'Ivoire 22.9%
- 67 Kiribati 22.9%
- 68 Netherlands 22.9%
- 69 Georgia 22.8%
- 70 Gabon 22.6%
- 71 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 22.6%
- 72 Tajikistan 22.6%
- 73 Hungary 22.3%
- 74 Montenegro 22.2%
- 75 Azerbaijan 22.1%
- 76 Peru 22.1%
- 77 Australia 22.0%
- 78 Czechia 21.9%
- 79 Chile 21.6%
- 80 Estonia 21.6%
- 81 Italy 21.5%
- 82 Dominica 21.4%
- 83 Nicaragua 21.2%
- 84 Chad 21.0%
- 85 Niger 21.0%
- 86 Iceland 20.9%
- 87 Monaco 20.9%
- 88 Tuvalu 20.2%
- 89 Guatemala 20.1%
- 90 Jamaica 19.9%
- 91 Mongolia 19.8%
- 92 United Arab Emirates 19.2%
- 93 Pakistan 19.1%
- 94 Equatorial Guinea 19.0%
- 95 Laos 18.8%
- 96 Latvia 18.8%
- 97 Saudi Arabia 18.5%
- 98 Thailand 18.4%
- 99 Saint Lucia 18.2%
- 100 Lithuania 18.0%
- 101 Norway 17.8%
- 102 South Korea 17.7%
- 103 Cabo Verde 17.6%
- 104 Colombia 17.2%
- 105 Kuwait 17.1%
- 106 Ukraine 17.1%
- 107 Ethiopia 17.0%
- 108 Saint Kitts and Nevis 16.9%
- 109 Burkina Faso 16.8%
- 110 Antigua and Barbuda 16.5%
- 111 Curaçao 16.5%
- 112 American Samoa 16.4%
- 113 Belgium 16.4%
- 114 Denmark 16.4%
- 115 Marshall Islands 16.1%
- 116 Timor-Leste 16.1%
- 117 Uganda 16.1%
- 118 Philippines 16.0%
- 119 Sweden 15.8%
- 120 China 15.6%
- 121 Cuba 15.6%
- 122 Qatar 15.6%
- 123 South Sudan 15.4%
- 124 Ghana 15.3%
- 125 Mexico 15.3%
- 126 Democratic Republic of the Congo 14.9%
- 127 Paraguay 14.9%
- 128 Central African Republic 14.8%
- 129 Suriname 14.8%
- 130 Ireland 14.2%
- 131 Uzbekistan 14.1%
- 132 Serbia 14.0%
- 133 Finland 13.9%
- 134 Kenya 13.9%
- 135 Nigeria 13.9%
- 136 Malaysia 13.3%
- 137 Tonga 13.3%
- 138 US Virgin Islands 13.3%
- 139 Egypt 13.1%
- 140 Lebanon 13.0%
- 141 Canada 12.9%
- 142 United States 12.9%
- 143 Madagascar 12.8%
- 144 Sierra Leone 12.6%
- 145 Switzerland 12.5%
- 146 Indonesia 12.0%
- 147 Bahrain 11.7%
- 148 Moldova 11.5%
- 149 Russia 11.5%
- 150 Cameroon 11.0%
- 151 Angola 10.8%
- 152 British Virgin Islands 10.5%
- 153 Kazakhstan 10.1%
- 154 West Bank and Gaza 10.0%
- 155 South Africa 9.6%
- 156 Bosnia and Herzegovina 9.5%
- 157 Saint Martin (French part) 9.3%
- 158 Belarus 9.2%
- 159 Rwanda 9.1%
- 160 Argentina 8.8%
- 161 Cayman Islands 8.8%
- 162 Grenada 8.8%
- 163 Haiti 8.6%
- 164 Guyana 8.4%
- 165 El Salvador 8.3%
- 166 Samoa 7.9%
- 167 Tunisia 7.9%
- 168 Iran 7.8%
- 169 Gambia 7.7%
- 170 India 7.7%
- 171 Burundi 7.6%
- 172 Viet Nam 7.6%
- 173 Mali 7.5%
- 174 Türkiye 7.0%
- 175 Kyrgyzstan 6.8%
- 176 Myanmar 6.7%
- 177 Puerto Rico (US) 6.6%
- 178 French Polynesia 5.6%
- 179 Jordan 5.4%
- 180 Mauritius 5.0%
- 181 Vanuatu 4.8%
- 182 Algeria 4.7%
- 183 Isle of Man 4.6%
- 184 Singapore 4.6%
- 185 Turkmenistan 4.3%
- 186 Bangladesh 4.2%
- 187 Eswatini 4.2%
- 188 Guam 4.2%
- 189 Liberia 4.0%
- 190 Fiji 3.9%
- 191 Papua New Guinea 3.7%
- 192 Afghanistan 3.6%
- 193 Uruguay 3.1%
- 194 Maldives 3.0%
- 195 Northern Mariana Islands 2.8%
- 196 Sudan 2.8%
- 197 Faroe Islands 2.4%
- 198 North Korea 2.4%
- 199 Solomon Islands 2.4%
- 200 Bermuda 2.3%
- 201 Morocco 2.1%
- 202 Djibouti 1.6%
- 203 Iraq 1.5%
- 204 Barbados 1.1%
- 205 Yemen 1.1%
- 206 Syria 0.7%
- 207 Mauritania 0.6%
- 208 Libya 0.1%
- 209 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.1%
- 210 Eritrea 0.0%
- 211 Micronesia 0.0%
- 212 Naoero 0.0%
- 213 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 0.0%
- East Asia and Pacific 17.6%
- Euro area 27.5%
- Europe and Central Asia 15.9%
- European Union 26.6%
- Latin America and Caribbean 24.4%
- Middle East and North Africa 8.7%
- North America 12.9%
- OECD members 17.0%
- South Asia 9.2%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 17.3%
- World 16.5%
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