Terrestrial protected areas are totally or partially protected areas of at least 1,000 hectares that are designated by national authorities as scientific reserves with limited public access, national parks, natural monuments, nature reserves or wildlife sanctuaries, protected landscapes, and areas managed mainly for sustainable use. Marine protected areas are areas of intertidal or subtidal terrain--and overlying water and associated flora and fauna and historical and cultural features--that have been reserved by law or other effective means to protect part or all of the enclosed environment. Sites protected under local or provincial law are excluded.
Last Updated on : November 23, 2016
Countries with Terrestrial and Marine Protected Areas (% of Total Territorial Area)
Country Name | Country Code | 2014 |
---|---|---|
Afghanistan | AFG | 0.46 |
Albania | ALB | 1.91 |
Algeria | DZA | 7.46 |
American Samoa | ASM | 8.62 |
Andorra | AND | 19.5 |
Angola | AGO | 4.98 |
Antigua and Barbuda | ATG | 0.15 |
Argentina | ARG | 5.37 |
Armenia | ARM | 24.75 |
Aruba | ABW | 0.48 |
Australia | AUS | 29.03 |
Austria | AUT | 28.35 |
Azerbaijan | AZE | 13.97 |
Bahamas, The | BHS | 0.51 |
Bahrain | BHR | 4.41 |
Bangladesh | BGD | 3.41 |
Barbados | BRB | 0 |
Belarus | BLR | 8.57 |
Belgium | BEL | 24.25 |
Belize | BLZ | 18.55 |
Benin | BEN | 22.25 |
Bermuda | BMU | 5.07 |
Bhutan | BTN | 47.30 |
Bolivia | BOL | 24.83 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | BIH | 1.28 |
Botswana | BWA | 29.15 |
Brazil | BRA | 20.37 |
British Virgin Islands | VGB | 0.08 |
Brunei Darussalam | BRN | 29.68 |
Bulgaria | BGR | 31.46 |
Burkina Faso | BFA | 15.47 |
Burundi | BDI | 6.89 |
Cabo Verde | CPV | 0.01 |
Cambodia | KHM | 20.61 |
Cameroon | CMR | 10.65 |
Canada | CAN | 6.24 |
Cayman Islands | CYM | 1.54 |
Chad | TCD | 17.78 |
Channel Islands | CHI | N/A |
Chile | CHL | 6.85 |
China | CHN | 15.61 |
Colombia | COL | 17.37 |
Comoros | COM | 2.38 |
Congo, Dem. Rep. | COD | 12.07 |
Congo, Rep. | COG | 31.81 |
Costa Rica | CRI | 3.05 |
Cote d'Ivoire | CIV | 14.93 |
Croatia | HRV | 23.69 |
Cuba | CUB | 5.03 |
Curacao | CUW | N/A |
Cyprus | CYP | 2.03 |
Czech Republic | CZE | 21.11 |
Denmark | DNK | 17.95 |
Djibouti | DJI | 1.05 |
Dominica | DMA | 0.55 |
Dominican Republic | DOM | 11.2 |
Ecuador | ECU | 15.43 |
Egypt, Arab Rep. | EGY | 9.58 |
El Salvador | SLV | 2.05 |
Equatorial Guinea | GNQ | 2.12 |
Eritrea | ERI | 3.06 |
Estonia | EST | 19.85 |
Ethiopia | ETH | 18.40 |
Faroe Islands | FRO | 0 |
Fiji | FJI | 0.97 |
Finland | FIN | 14.07 |
France | FRA | 25.73 |
French Polynesia | PYF | 0.01 |
Gabon | GAB | 12.28 |
Gambia, The | GMB | 1.41 |
Georgia | GEO | 6.45 |
Germany | DEU | 38.46 |
Ghana | GHA | 7.79 |
Gibraltar | GIB | N/A |
Greece | GRC | 8.56 |
Greenland | GRL | 22.38 |
Grenada | GRD | 0.05 |
Guam | GUM | 5.19 |
Guatemala | GTM | 15.72 |
Guinea | GIN | 20.34 |
Guinea-Bissau | GNB | 10.38 |
Guyana | GUY | 5.28 |
Haiti | HTI | 0.06 |
High income | HIC | 16.38 |
Honduras | HND | 7.78 |
Hong Kong SAR, China | HKG | 41.84 |
Hungary | HUN | 22.55 |
IBRD only | IBD | 11.01 |
Iceland | ISL | 2.32 |
India | IND | 3.13 |
Indonesia | IDN | 6.01 |
Iran, Islamic Rep. | IRN | 6.69 |
Iraq | IRQ | 0.38 |
Ireland | IRL | 3.48 |
Isle of Man | IMN | N/A |
Israel | ISR | 8.62 |
Italy | ITA | 13.32 |
Jamaica | JAM | 1.40 |
Japan | JPN | 2.09 |
Jordan | JOR | 2.13 |
Kazakhstan | KAZ | 3.29 |
Kenya | KEN | 10.57 |
Kiribati | KIR | 11.81 |
Korea, Dem. People's Rep. | PRK | 1.30 |
Korea, Rep. | KOR | 2.61 |
Kosovo | KSV | N/A |
Kuwait | KWT | 10.97 |
Kyrgyz Republic | KGZ | 6.94 |
Lao PDR | LAO | 16.66 |
Late-demographic dividend | LTE | 12.74 |
Latvia | LVA | 17.78 |
Lebanon | LBN | 0.93 |
Lesotho | LSO | 0.54 |
Liberia | LBR | 0.78 |
Libya | LBY | 0.32 |
Liechtenstein | LIE | 44.29 |
Lithuania | LTU | 16.30 |
Low income | LIC | 13.89 |
Luxembourg | LUX | 34.61 |
Macao SAR, China | MAC | 0.00 |
Macedonia, FYR | MKD | 9.70 |
Madagascar | MDG | 1.98 |
Malawi | MWI | 16.81 |
Malaysia | MYS | 8.04 |
Maldives | MDV | 0.07 |
Mali | MLI | 8.38 |
Malta | MLT | 0.47 |
Marshall Islands | MHL | 0.19 |
Mauritania | MRT | 1.38 |
Mauritius | MUS | 0.01 |
Mexico | MEX | 6.02 |
Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | FSM | 0 |
Moldova | MDA | 3.82 |
Monaco | MCO | 99.72 |
Mongolia | MNG | 17.21 |
Montenegro | MNE | 2.69 |
Morocco | MAR | 20.14 |
Mozambique | MOZ | 10.90 |
Myanmar | MMR | 4.07 |
Namibia | NAM | 23.23 |
Nauru | NRU | 0.00 |
Nepal | NPL | 22.93 |
Netherlands | NLD | 18.06 |
New Caledonia | NCL | 91.03 |
New Zealand | NZL | 29.82 |
Nicaragua | NIC | 21.96 |
Niger | NER | 17.61 |
Nigeria | NGA | 11.82 |
Northern Mariana Islands | MNP | 26.34 |
Norway | NOR | 9.08 |
Not classified | INX | N/A |
Oman | OMN | 3.99 |
Pakistan | PAK | 8.60 |
Palau | PLW | 0.24 |
Panama | PAN | 5.18 |
Papua New Guinea | PNG | 0.66 |
Paraguay | PRY | 6.50 |
Peru | PER | 19.37 |
Philippines | PHL | 2.44 |
Poland | POL | 29.31 |
Portugal | PRT | 1.89 |
Puerto Rico | PRI | 0.59 |
Qatar | QAT | 1.24 |
Romania | ROU | 22.09 |
Russian Federation | RUS | 8.75 |
Rwanda | RWA | 9.43 |
Samoa | WSM | 0.23 |
San Marino | SMR | 0.00 |
Sao Tome and Principe | STP | 0.00 |
Saudi Arabia | SAU | 28.24 |
Senegal | SEN | 14.48 |
Serbia | SRB | 6.76 |
Seychelles | SYC | 0.05 |
Sierra Leone | SLE | 3.77 |
Singapore | SGP | 3.39 |
Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | SXM | N/A |
Slovak Republic | SVK | 36.63 |
Slovenia | SVN | 53.95 |
Solomon Islands | SLB | 0.16 |
Somalia | SOM | 0.26 |
South Africa | ZAF | 10.24 |
South Sudan | SSD | 20.80 |
Spain | ESP | 10.18 |
Sri Lanka | LKA | 2.64 |
St. Kitts and Nevis | KNA | 0.26 |
St. Lucia | LCA | 0.69 |
St. Martin (French part) | MAF | N/A |
St. Vincent and the Grenadines | VCT | 0.46 |
Sudan | SDN | 1.68 |
Suriname | SUR | 8.58 |
Eswatini(Swaziland) | SWZ | 4.02 |
Sweden | SWE | 13.03 |
Switzerland | CHE | 9.93 |
Syrian Arab Republic | SYR | 0.67 |
Tajikistan | TJK | 21.92 |
Tanzania | TZA | 26.05 |
Thailand | THA | 12.49 |
Timor-Leste | TLS | 2.09 |
Togo | TGO | 19.75 |
Tonga | TON | 1.52 |
Trinidad and Tobago | TTO | 2.63 |
Tunisia | TUN | 3.68 |
Turkey | TUR | 0.20 |
Turkmenistan | TKM | 3.15 |
Turks and Caicos Islands | TCA | 3.58 |
Tuvalu | TUV | 0.01 |
Uganda | UGA | 16.00 |
Ukraine | UKR | 3.93 |
United Arab Emirates | ARE | 16.09 |
United Kingdom | GBR | 13.77 |
United States | USA | 14.82 |
Uruguay | URY | 1.67 |
Uzbekistan | UZB | 3.44 |
Vanuatu | VUT | 2.31 |
Venezuela, RB | VEN | 36.69 |
Vietnam | VNM | 2.54 |
Virgin Islands (U.S.) | VIR | 2.81 |
West Bank and Gaza | PSE | N/A |
World | WLD | 12.81 |
Yemen, Rep. | YEM | 0.61 |
Zambia | ZMB | 37.85 |
Zimbabwe | ZWE | 26.61 |
Last Updated on : November 23, 2016