Biodiversity & Protected Areas - Terrestrial protected areas as a share of total land area

विषय वातावरण Biodiversity & Protected Areas

Terrestrial protected areas are those officially documented by national authorities.

Terrestrial protected areas as a share of total land area (%)

	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Australia	17.0	19.3	19.3	19.3	20.3	20.4	20.4
Brunei Darussalam	46.9	46.9	46.9	46.9	46.9	46.9	46.9
Cambodia	26.0	26.0	26.0	26.0	39.7	39.7	39.7
China	17.1	15.4	15.4	15.6	15.6	15.6	15.6
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4
Fiji	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4
हांगकांग	41.9	41.9	41.9	41.9	41.9	41.9	41.9
Indonesia	11.9	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2
Japan	19.4	29.4	29.4	29.4	29.4	29.7	29.7
Kiribati	22.4	22.4	22.4	22.4	22.4	22.4	22.4
Republic of Korea	11.2	11.7	11.7	15.7	16.7	17.0	17.0
Lao People’s Democratic Republic	16.7	16.7	16.7	16.7	18.7	18.7	18.7
Malaysia	19.1	19.1	19.1	19.1	13.3	13.3	13.3
Marshall Islands	12.1	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9
Micronesia (Federated States of)	4.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Mongolia	17.4	17.7	17.7	17.7	19.8	19.8	19.8
Myanmar	7.2	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.6	6.6	6.6
Nauru						0.0	0.0
New Zealand	32.6	32.5	32.5	32.8	33.4	33.4	33.4
Palau	27.9	28.0	28.0	44.2	44.2	44.2	44.2
Papua New Guinea	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7
Philippines	15.3	15.3	15.3	15.4	15.4	15.9	15.9
Samoa	6.8	7.3	7.3	7.3	8.2	8.2	8.2
Singapore	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6
Solomon Islands	2.2	2.2	2.2	1.8	1.8	1.8	2.0
Thailand	18.8	18.8	18.8	18.8	18.5	18.5	18.5
Timor-Leste	13.1	13.1	13.1	16.0	16.0	16.0	16.0
Tonga	15.9	15.9	15.9	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6
Tuvalu	2.4	2.0	2.0	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2
Vanuatu	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2
Viet Nam	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.6
Albania	17.2	17.7	17.7	18.6	18.6	18.6	18.6
Andorra	21.2	26.7	26.7	26.7	26.7	26.9	26.9
Armenia	23.1	23.1	23.1	24.3	24.3	24.3	24.7
Austria	28.4	28.4	28.4	28.4	29.1	29.3	29.5
Azerbaijan	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2
Belarus	9.5	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	13.8	13.8
Belgium	23.2	23.3	23.3	24.9	15.4	15.5	15.6
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.5	1.4	1.4	1.4	3.6	4.0	4.1
Bulgaria	34.7	34.7	34.7	40.6	41.0	41.0	41.0
Croatia	38.1	38.3	38.3	38.3	38.4	38.4	38.5
Cyprus	18.7	18.7	18.7	38.5	38.6	38.6	38.7
Czech Republic	21.7	22.2	22.2	22.2	22.2	22.2	22.2
Denmark	17.6	18.1	18.1	17.2	17.0	17.0	17.0
Estonia	20.2	20.2	20.2	20.6	21.2	21.3	21.4
Finland	14.9	15.0	15.0	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.4
France	26.0	25.8	25.8	26.3	27.3	28.0	28.4
Georgia	8.3	8.3	8.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	11.1
Germany	37.7	37.8	37.8	37.4	37.8	37.5	37.6
Greece	35.0	35.2	35.2	35.2	35.2	35.2	35.2
Hungary	22.6	22.6	22.6	22.6	22.6	22.6	22.6
Iceland	17.4	18.2	18.2	19.5	19.9	20.3	20.8
Ireland	14.4	14.4	14.4	14.4	14.4	14.4	14.4
Italy	21.5	21.5	21.5	21.5	21.5	21.5	21.6
Kazakhstan	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	10.0	10.0	10.0
Kyrgyzstan	6.5	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7
Latvia	18.2	18.2	18.2	18.2	18.2	18.2	18.2
Liechtenstein	42.5	11.9	11.9	42.2	42.6	42.6	42.6
Lithuania	16.9	17.0	17.0	17.0	17.0	17.0	17.1
Luxembourg	32.3	40.9	40.9	51.2	51.2	51.3	55.8
North Macedonia	9.7	9.7	9.7	10.6	9.0	12.5	15.4
Republic of Moldova	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	11.4	11.4
Monaco	62.5	33.2	33.2	33.2	33.2	10.2	10.2
Montenegro	4.1	6.4	6.4	10.5	13.8	13.8	13.9
Netherlands	11.3	11.2	11.2	22.5	22.5	22.5	22.5
Norway	17.0	17.1	17.1	16.8	17.6	29.9	30.5
Poland	39.6	39.7	39.7	39.7	39.5	39.5	39.6
Portugal	23.0	22.9	22.9	22.9	22.9	22.9	22.9
Romania	24.4	24.5	24.5	24.5	24.5	24.5	24.5
Russian Federation	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	11.5	11.5
Serbia	6.2	6.6	6.6	7.6	7.6	7.6	8.1
Slovakia	37.3	37.6	37.6	37.6	37.6	37.6	37.6
Slovenia	53.6	53.6	53.6	53.6	40.4	40.4	40.4
Spain	28.0	28.1	28.1	28.1	28.1	28.1	28.1
Sweden	14.5	14.9	14.9	14.4	14.5	14.5	15.4
Switzerland	9.7	9.7	9.7	10.0	12.0	12.1	12.1
Tajikistan	22.3	22.3	22.3	22.3	22.3	22.3	22.3
Turkey	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	7.0	7.0
Turkmenistan	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2
Ukraine	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.3	13.0	13.0
United Kingdom	28.2	28.7	28.7	28.7	28.7	28.7	27.8
Uzbekistan	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	5.8	5.8	5.8
Antigua and Barbuda	19.3	18.6	18.6	18.6	21.0	19.9	19.9
Argentina	8.9	8.8	8.8	8.5	8.5	8.5	8.7
Barbados	1.4	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3
Belize	37.7	37.7	37.7	37.7	37.5	37.5	37.5
Bolivia	30.9	30.9	30.9	30.9	30.9	30.9	30.9
Brazil	28.9	29.4	29.4	29.4	30.3	30.3	30.3
Chile	18.4	18.5	18.5	20.4	20.9	20.9	21.0
Colombia	14.2	14.8	14.8	14.8	16.9	16.9	16.4
Costa Rica	27.6	27.6	27.6	28.3	28.4	28.4	26.6
Cuba	16.6	16.6	16.6	16.2	16.2	16.2	16.2
Dominica	22.1	22.0	22.0	22.0	22.0	22.0	22.0
Dominican Republic	23.0	26.2	26.2	26.2	26.2	26.2	26.4
Ecuador	20.0	21.7	21.7	21.7	22.4	23.2	23.4
El Salvador	8.8	8.8	8.8	8.8	8.6	8.6	8.6
Grenada	9.4	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.5	9.5	9.5
Guatemala	31.8	20.0	20.0	20.0	20.1	20.1	20.1
Guyana	8.7	8.7	8.7	8.5	8.5	8.5	8.5
Haiti	0.3	1.9	1.9	7.1	7.1	8.6	8.6
Honduras	28.4	23.9	23.9	23.9	23.5	23.5	23.5
Jamaica	15.9	15.9	15.9	15.9	15.9	16.2	20.0
Mexico	14.3	14.5	14.5	14.5	14.5	14.5	14.6
Nicaragua	37.2	37.2	37.2	37.2	21.3	21.3	21.3
Panama	20.9	20.9	20.9	20.9	31.9	31.4	31.4
Paraguay	6.5	14.3	14.3	14.3	14.3	14.3	14.3
Peru	21.3	21.3	21.3	21.5	21.6	22.3	22.5
Puerto Rico	7.4	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.2	7.4	7.4
Saint Kitts and Nevis	3.3	3.3	3.3	22.9	22.9	22.9	22.9
Saint Lucia	18.8	18.7	18.7	18.7	18.7	18.7	18.7
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	22.4	22.4	22.4	22.4	22.4	22.4	22.4
Suriname	14.5	14.5	14.5	14.5	14.5	14.5	14.5
Bahamas	31.2	36.6	36.6	36.6	36.6	36.6	36.6
Trinidad and Tobago	30.6	30.6	30.6	30.6	30.6	30.6	30.6
Uruguay	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.7	3.7	3.7
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	54.1	54.1	54.1	54.1	56.9	56.9	56.9
Algeria	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	4.6	4.6	4.6
Bahrain	6.7	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	13.0
Djibouti	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6
Egypt	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1
Iran	8.6	8.6	8.6	8.6	8.6	8.6	8.6
Iraq	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5
Israel	19.9	19.9	19.9	19.9	24.5	24.5	24.5
Jordan	1.7	1.8	1.8	3.1	4.5	4.5	4.5
Kuwait	17.5	17.5	17.5	17.1	17.1	17.1	17.1
Lebanon	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	1.9	1.9
Libya	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1
Malta	23.7	30.3	30.3	30.2	30.6	30.6	30.6
Morocco	30.8	30.8	30.8	30.8	4.3	2.2	2.2
Oman	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	3.6	3.6
Qatar	2.5	13.2	13.2	13.2	15.8	15.8	15.8
Saudi Arabia	4.3	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8
Syrian Arab Republic	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7
Tunisia	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9
United Arab Emirates	13.1	18.0	18.0	18.0	19.4	19.4	19.4
फिलिस्तीन		8.4	8.4	8.4	8.4	8.4	8.4
Yemen	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8
Canada	9.7	9.7	9.7	10.7	9.9	11.9	12.7
United States of America	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	11.8	13.0	13.0
Afghanistan	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	3.6	3.6	3.6
Bangladesh	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6
Bhutan	48.0	48.0	48.0	48.0	49.7	49.7	49.7
India	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	7.5	7.5
Maldives	1.0	1.2	1.2	1.2	2.3	2.3	2.3
Nepal	23.6	23.6	23.6	23.6	23.6	23.6	23.6
Pakistan	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3
Sri Lanka	29.9	29.9	29.9	29.9	29.9	29.9	29.9
Angola	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0
Benin	28.9	29.6	29.6	29.6	29.6	29.6	29.6
Botswana	29.1	29.1	29.1	29.1	29.1	29.1	29.1
Burkina Faso	15.1	14.9	14.9	14.9	16.4	16.4	16.4
Burundi	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.6
केप वर्दे	2.6	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9
Cameroon	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0
Central African Republic	18.1	18.1	18.1	18.1	18.1	18.1	18.1
Chad	20.4	20.4	20.4	20.4	21.0	21.0	21.0
Comoros	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	33.8	33.8	33.8
Congo	40.6	40.7	40.7	40.7	36.8	36.8	36.8
Côte d'Ivoire	22.9	22.9	22.9	22.9	23.0	23.0	23.0
Democratic Republic of the Congo	12.7	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.9
Equatorial Guinea	19.3	19.3	19.3	19.3	19.3	19.3	19.3
Eritrea	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	0.0	0.0
Ethiopia	18.5	18.5	18.5	17.6	16.1	17.0	17.0
Gabon	20.1	22.4	22.4	22.4	22.4	22.4	22.4
Ghana	15.1	15.1	15.1	15.0	14.8	14.8	14.8
Guinea	30.7	35.6	35.6	35.6	35.8	37.6	37.6
Guinea Bissau	16.7	16.7	16.7	16.7	26.3	26.3	27.1
Kenya	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.2
Lesotho	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.5
Liberia	2.5	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1
Madagascar	5.3	5.6	5.6	5.6	7.5	7.5	7.5
Malawi	16.9	22.9	22.9	22.9	22.9	22.9	22.9
Mali	8.2	8.2	8.2	8.2	7.5	7.5	7.5
Mauritania	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6
Mauritius	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7
Mozambique	21.6	21.6	21.6	21.6	29.5	29.5	29.5
Namibia	37.9	37.9	37.9	37.9	37.9	37.9	37.9
Niger	17.3	17.3	17.3	17.3	18.2	18.2	18.2
Nigeria	13.9	13.9	13.9	13.9	13.9	13.9	13.9
Rwanda	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.1
Sao Tome and Principe	29.2	29.3	29.3	29.3	29.3	29.3	29.3
Senegal	25.2	25.4	25.4	25.4	25.4	26.4	26.4
Seychelles	42.1	42.1	42.1	49.6	61.5	61.5	61.5
Sierra Leone	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	12.7	12.7
Somalia	0.8				0.0	0.0	0.0
South Africa	14.1	8.0	8.0	8.3	8.6	8.7	9.3
South Sudan	15.5	15.5	15.5	15.5	15.5	15.5	15.5
Sudan	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3
इस्वातिनी	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3
United Republic of Tanzania	38.1	38.1	38.1	38.2	38.2	38.2	38.4
Gambia	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	7.7	7.7	7.7
Togo	27.6	27.6	27.6	27.6	28.0	28.0	28.0
Uganda	16.1	16.1	16.1	16.1	16.1	16.1	16.1
Zambia	38.1	37.9	37.9	41.3	41.3	41.3	41.3
Zimbabwe	27.2	27.2	27.2	27.2	27.2	27.2	27.2

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