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Countries Ranked by Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area)

Showing every country with available data for 2025 • World Bank: ER.LND.PTLD.ZS

The indicator page shows only the leaders and the laggards — useful for headlines, but it leaves out the middle of the distribution, which is where most countries actually sit. This page lists every country with reported terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area) data for 2025, ranked from highest to lowest, so you can find any country's exact position rather than guessing whether it falls inside the top or bottom ten.

Of the 213 countries reporting, the median value is 17.00, meaning half the world sits above this line and half below. Use the search box below to jump straight to a country, or scroll the full table. Each country name links through to its detailed country × indicator page with the 20-year trend.

Top Country in Each Region

East Asia & Pacific

New Caledonia

59.60

Europe & Central Asia

Liechtenstein

44.80

Latin America & Caribbean

Venezuela, RB

56.80

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Malta

29.00

North America

Canada

12.90

South Asia

Bhutan

51.60

Sub-Saharan Africa

Seychelles

68.10

Rank Country Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area)
1 Seychelles 68.10
2 New Caledonia 59.60
3 Venezuela, RB 56.80
4 Bhutan 51.60
5 Liechtenstein 44.80
6 Bulgaria 44.30
7 Turks and Caicos Islands 43.50
8 Guinea 42.60
9 Hong Kong SAR, China 42.00
10 Greenland 41.90
11 Zambia 41.30
12 Slovenia 40.40
13 Brunei Darussalam 39.90
14 Namibia 39.90
15 Tanzania 39.90
16 Cambodia 39.80
17 Poland 39.60
18 Germany 39.20
19 Luxembourg 39.10
20 Armenia 38.90
21 Cyprus 38.60
22 Croatia 38.40
23 Slovak Republic 37.50
24 Belize 37.30
25 Congo, Rep. 36.60
26 Benin 36.10
27 Greece 35.00
28 Bahamas, The 34.60
29 Comoros 33.70
30 New Zealand 33.40
31 Sao Tome and Principe 31.70
32 Palau 31.40
33 Panama 31.40
34 Bolivia 30.90
35 Sri Lanka 30.80
36 Trinidad and Tobago 30.60
37 Brazil 30.60
38 Japan 29.70
39 Austria 29.60
40 Mozambique 29.50
41 Malta 29.00
42 North Macedonia 29.00
43 Oman 28.90
44 France 28.80
45 United Kingdom 28.40
46 Zimbabwe 28.30
47 Spain 28.10
48 Togo 27.90
49 Israel 27.60
50 Botswana 27.60
51 Senegal 27.50
52 Andorra 27.30
53 Gibraltar 27.00
54 Aruba 26.90
55 Costa Rica 26.60
56 Dominican Republic 26.30
57 Guinea-Bissau 26.20
58 Romania 24.60
59 Ecuador 23.80
60 Albania 23.60
61 Nepal 23.60
62 Lesotho 23.40
63 Malawi 23.10
64 Portugal 23.00
65 Honduras 23.00
66 Cote d'Ivoire 22.90
67 Netherlands 22.90
68 Kiribati 22.90
69 Georgia 22.80
70 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 22.60
71 Gabon 22.60
72 Tajikistan 22.60
73 Hungary 22.30
74 Montenegro 22.20
75 Azerbaijan 22.10
76 Peru 22.10
77 Australia 22.00
78 Czechia 21.90
79 Estonia 21.60
80 Chile 21.60
81 Italy 21.50
82 Dominica 21.40
83 Nicaragua 21.20
84 Niger 21.00
85 Chad 21.00
86 Monaco 20.90
87 Iceland 20.90
88 Tuvalu 20.20
89 Guatemala 20.10
90 Jamaica 19.90
91 Mongolia 19.80
92 United Arab Emirates 19.20
93 Pakistan 19.10
94 Equatorial Guinea 19.00
95 Lao PDR 18.80
96 Latvia 18.80
97 Saudi Arabia 18.50
98 Thailand 18.40
99 St. Lucia 18.20
100 Lithuania 18.00
101 Norway 17.80
102 Korea, Rep. 17.70
103 Cabo Verde 17.60
104 Colombia 17.20
105 Kuwait 17.10
106 Ukraine 17.10
107 Ethiopia 17.00
108 St. Kitts and Nevis 16.90
109 Burkina Faso 16.80
110 Antigua and Barbuda 16.50
111 Curacao 16.50
112 Denmark 16.40
113 American Samoa 16.40
114 Belgium 16.40
115 Timor-Leste 16.10
116 Uganda 16.10
117 Marshall Islands 16.10
118 Philippines 16.00
119 Sweden 15.80
120 China 15.60
121 Cuba 15.60
122 Qatar 15.60
123 South Sudan 15.40
124 Ghana 15.30
125 Mexico 15.30
126 Congo, Dem. Rep. 14.90
127 Paraguay 14.90
128 Central African Republic 14.80
129 Suriname 14.80
130 Ireland 14.20
131 Uzbekistan 14.10
132 Serbia 14.00
133 Kenya 13.90
134 Nigeria 13.90
135 Finland 13.90
136 Virgin Islands (U.S.) 13.30
137 Tonga 13.30
138 Malaysia 13.30
139 Egypt, Arab Rep. 13.10
140 Lebanon 13.00
141 Canada 12.90
142 United States 12.90
143 Madagascar 12.80
144 Sierra Leone 12.60
145 Switzerland 12.50
146 Indonesia 12.00
147 Bahrain 11.70
148 Moldova 11.50
149 Russian Federation 11.50
150 Cameroon 11.00
151 Angola 10.80
152 British Virgin Islands 10.50
153 Kazakhstan 10.10
154 West Bank and Gaza 10.00
155 South Africa 9.60
156 Bosnia and Herzegovina 9.50
157 St. Martin (French part) 9.30
158 Belarus 9.20
159 Rwanda 9.10
160 Cayman Islands 8.80
161 Argentina 8.80
162 Grenada 8.80
163 Haiti 8.60
164 Guyana 8.40
165 El Salvador 8.30
166 Tunisia 7.90
167 Samoa 7.90
168 Iran, Islamic Rep. 7.80
169 India 7.70
170 Gambia, The 7.70
171 Burundi 7.60
172 Viet Nam 7.60
173 Mali 7.50
174 Turkiye 7.00
175 Kyrgyz Republic 6.80
176 Myanmar 6.70
177 Puerto Rico (US) 6.60
178 French Polynesia 5.60
179 Jordan 5.40
180 Mauritius 5.00
181 Vanuatu 4.80
182 Algeria 4.70
183 Isle of Man 4.60
184 Singapore 4.60
185 Turkmenistan 4.30
186 Eswatini 4.20
187 Guam 4.20
188 Bangladesh 4.20
189 Liberia 4.00
190 Fiji 3.90
191 Papua New Guinea 3.70
192 Afghanistan 3.60
193 Uruguay 3.10
194 Maldives 3.00
195 Northern Mariana Islands 2.80
196 Sudan 2.80
197 Solomon Islands 2.40
198 Faroe Islands 2.40
199 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 2.40
200 Bermuda 2.30
201 Morocco 2.10
202 Djibouti 1.60
203 Iraq 1.50
204 Yemen, Rep. 1.10
205 Barbados 1.10
206 Syrian Arab Republic 0.70
207 Mauritania 0.60
208 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.10
209 Libya 0.10
210 Nauru 0.00
211 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 0.00
212 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 0.00
213 Eritrea 0.00

Source: World Bank Open Data (ER.LND.PTLD.ZS), CC BY 4.0. Rankings include only countries with reported values for 2025; countries with suppressed or unavailable data are omitted.

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