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DEFINITION:
Terrestrial and marine areas protected to total territorial area, percentage.
CONTENTS
# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Monaco | 98.4% | 2012 | ||
2 | Slovenia | 54.86% | 2012 | ||
3 | Gibraltar | 53.93% | 2012 | ||
4 | Venezuela | 49.54% | 2012 | ||
5 | Germany | 49.04% | 2012 | ||
6 | French Guiana | 44.78% | 2012 | ||
7 | Liechtenstein | 43.11% | 2012 | ||
8 | Namibia | 42.58% | 2012 | ||
9 | Hong Kong | 41.88% | 2012 | ||
10 | Greenland | 40.59% | 2012 | ||
11 | Luxembourg | 39.65% | 2012 | ||
12 | Zambia | 37.78% | 2012 | ||
13 | Botswana | 37.19% | 2012 | ||
14 | Ecuador | 37.04% | 2012 | ||
15 | Slovakia | 36.09% | 2012 | ||
16 | Bulgaria | 35.44% | 2012 | ||
17 | Poland | 34.81% | 2012 | ||
18 | Nicaragua | 32.47% | 2012 | ||
19 | Tanzania | 31.66% | 2012 | ||
20 | Netherlands | 31.48% | 2012 | ||
21 | Saint Helena | 31.11% | 2012 | ||
22 | New Caledonia | 30.5% | 2012 | ||
23 | Saudi Arabia | 29.95% | 2012 | ||
24 | Guatemala | 29.82% | 2012 | ||
25 | Brunei | 29.58% | 2012 | ||
26 | France | 28.7% | 2012 | ||
27 | Bhutan | 28.35% | 2012 | ||
28 | Palau | 28.2% | 2012 | ||
29 | Zimbabwe | 27.17% | 2012 | ||
30 | Guinea-Bissau | 27.12% | 2012 | ||
31 | Guinea | 26.81% | 2012 | ||
32 | Belize | 26.39% | 2012 | ||
33 | Switzerland | 26.3% | 2012 | ||
34 | Brazil | 25.97% | 2012 | ||
35 | Benin | 25.51% | 2012 | ||
36 | Spain | 25.32% | 2012 | ||
37 | Belgium | 24.47% | 2012 | ||
38 | Senegal | 24.2% | 2012 | ||
39 | Togo | 24.19% | 2012 | ||
40 | Cambodia | 23.76% | 2012 | ||
41 | Austria | 23.59% | 2012 | ||
42 | Denmark | 23.56% | 2012 | ||
43 | Reunion | 23.5% | 2012 | ||
44 | United Kingdom | 23.37% | 2012 | ||
45 | Estonia | 23.24% | 2012 | ||
46 | Hungary | 23.14% | 2012 | ||
47 | Costa Rica | 22.6% | 2012 | ||
48 | Czech Republic | 22.37% | 2012 | ||
49 | Cote d'Ivoire | 22.17% | 2012 | ||
50 | Greece | 21.48% | 2012 | ||
51 | New Zealand | 21.32% | 2012 | ||
52 | Italy | 21.03% | 2012 | ||
53 | Bolivia | 20.83% | 2012 | ||
54 | Colombia | 20.83% | 2012 | ||
55 | Dominican Republic | 20.83% | 2012 | ||
56 | Kiribati | 20.22% | 2012 | ||
57 | Northern Mariana Islands | 19.95% | 2012 | ||
58 | Morocco | 19.92% | 2012 | ||
59 | Romania | 19.23% | 2012 | ||
60 | Gabon | 19.15% | 2012 | ||
61 | Ethiopia | 18.41% | 2012 | ||
62 | Peru | 18.3% | 2012 | ||
63 | Malawi | 18.25% | 2012 | ||
64 | Central African Republic | 17.98% | 2012 | ||
65 | Latvia | 17.58% | 2012 | ||
66 | Lithuania | 17.25% | 2012 | ||
67 | Cyprus | 17.15% | 2012 | ||
68 | American Samoa | 16.84% | 2012 | ||
69 | Niger | 16.72% | 2012 | ||
70 | Laos | 16.68% | 2012 | ||
71 | Chad | 16.62% | 2012 | ||
72 | Thailand | 16.41% | 2012 | ||
73 | Mozambique | 16.4% | 2012 | ||
74 | Nepal | 16.38% | 2012 | ||
75 | Honduras | 16.22% | 2012 | ||
76 | China | 16.12% | 2012 | ||
77 | Guadeloupe | 15.95% | 2012 | ||
78 | United Arab Emirates | 15.47% | 2012 | ||
79 | Sri Lanka | 15.4% | 2012 | ||
80 | Burkina Faso | 15.19% | 2012 | ||
81 | Suriname | 15.17% | 2012 | ||
82 | Finland | 15.17% | 2012 | ||
83 | United States | 15.14% | 2012 | ||
84 | Equatorial Guinea | 15.09% | 2012 | ||
85 | Australia | 15.05% | 2012 | ||
86 | Chile | 15.04% | 2012 | ||
87 | Israel | 14.74% | 2012 | ||
88 | Portugal | 14.73% | 2012 | ||
89 | Ghana | 14.41% | 2012 | ||
90 | Panama | 14.11% | 2012 | ||
91 | Malaysia | 13.93% | 2012 | ||
92 | Sweden | 13.87% | 2012 | ||
93 | Nigeria | 13.82% | 2012 | ||
94 | Mongolia | 13.78% | 2012 | ||
95 | Mexico | 13.69% | 2012 | ||
96 | Iceland | 13.27% | 2012 | ||
97 | Kuwait | 12.92% | 2012 | ||
98 | Ireland | 12.8% | 2012 | ||
99 | Montenegro | 12.79% | 2012 | ||
100 | Norway | 12.23% | 2012 | ||
101 | Angola | 12.06% | 2012 | ||
102 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 12.04% | 2012 | ||
103 | Kenya | 11.59% | 2012 | ||
104 | Uganda | 11.45% | 2012 | ||
105 | Russia | 11.35% | 2012 | ||
106 | Egypt | 11.34% | 2012 | ||
107 | Japan | 10.97% | 2012 | ||
108 | Cameroon | 10.91% | 2012 | ||
109 | Pakistan | 10.56% | 2012 | ||
110 | Rwanda | 10.55% | 2012 | ||
111 | Martinique | 10.4% | 2012 | ||
112 | Croatia | 10.32% | 2012 | ||
113 | Sierra Leone | 10.25% | 2012 | ||
114 | Trinidad and Tobago | 10.06% | 2012 | ||
115 | Cuba | 9.91% | 2012 | ||
116 | Andorra | 9.83% | 2012 | ||
117 | Albania | 9.48% | 2012 | ||
118 | Tonga | 9.45% | 2012 | ||
119 | Oman | 9.31% | 2012 | ||
120 | Indonesia | 9.05% | 2012 | ||
121 | El Salvador | 8.69% | 2012 | ||
122 | Belarus | 8.28% | 2012 | ||
123 | Armenia | 8.1% | 2012 | ||
124 | Algeria | 7.38% | 2012 | ||
125 | Azerbaijan | 7.36% | 2012 | ||
126 | Republic of Macedonia | 7.27% | 2012 | ||
127 | Jamaica | 7.06% | 2012 | ||
128 | Canada | 7.02% | 2012 | ||
129 | Anguilla | 6.98% | 2012 | ||
130 | Iran | 6.96% | 2012 | ||
131 | Bahrain | 6.82% | 2012 | ||
132 | Western Sahara | 6.71% | 2012 | ||
133 | Argentina | 6.65% | 2012 | ||
134 | South Africa | 6.56% | 2012 | ||
135 | Paraguay | 6.4% | 2012 | ||
136 | Kyrgyzstan | 6.33% | 2012 | ||
137 | Serbia | 6.3% | 2012 | ||
138 | East Timor | 6.25% | 2012 | ||
139 | Mali | 6.05% | 2012 | ||
140 | Fiji | 5.99% | 2012 | ||
141 | Burma | 5.97% | 2012 | ||
142 | Guam | 5.27% | 2012 | ||
143 | South Korea | 5.26% | 2012 | ||
144 | Bermuda | 5.07% | 2012 | ||
145 | Philippines | 5.06% | 2012 | ||
146 | India | 5% | 2012 | ||
147 | Guyana | 4.96% | 2012 | ||
148 | Burundi | 4.89% | 2012 | ||
149 | Tunisia | 4.82% | 2012 | ||
150 | Tajikistan | 4.77% | 2012 | ||
151 | Vietnam | 4.72% | 2012 | ||
152 | Madagascar | 4.72% | 2012 | ||
153 | Puerto Rico | 4.59% | 2012 | ||
154 | Ukraine | 4.49% | 2012 | ||
155 | Gambia | 4.39% | 2012 | ||
156 | Bangladesh | 4.24% | 2012 | ||
157 | Comoros | 3.99% | 2012 | ||
158 | Moldova | 3.82% | 2012 | ||
159 | Eritrea | 3.75% | 2012 | ||
160 | Dominica | 3.7% | 2012 | ||
161 | Georgia | 3.68% | 2012 | ||
162 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 3.58% | 2012 | ||
163 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 3.49% | 2012 | ||
164 | Singapore | 3.39% | 2012 | ||
165 | Uzbekistan | 3.35% | 2012 | ||
166 | Kazakhstan | 3.32% | 2012 | ||
167 | Turkmenistan | 3.18% | 2012 | ||
168 | Swaziland | 3.02% | 2012 | ||
169 | Virgin Islands | 2.78% | 2012 | ||
170 | British Virgin Islands | 2.68% | 2012 | ||
171 | Uruguay | 2.57% | 2012 | ||
172 | Saint Lucia | 2.49% | 2012 | ||
173 | Montserrat | 2.45% | 2012 | ||
174 | Liberia | 2.44% | 2012 | ||
175 | Qatar | 2.42% | 2012 | ||
176 | Samoa | 2.34% | 2012 | ||
177 | Malta | 2.2% | 2012 | ||
178 | Turkey | 2.11% | 2012 | ||
179 | Niue | 1.87% | 2012 | ||
180 | Netherlands Antilles | 1.59% | 2012 | ||
181 | Cayman Islands | 1.54% | 2012 | ||
182 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.51% | 2012 | ||
183 | Papua New Guinea | 1.41% | 2012 | ||
184 | Mayotte | 1.27% | 2012 | ||
185 | Seychelles | 1.26% | 2012 | ||
186 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.23% | 2012 | ||
187 | Mauritania | 1.2% | 2012 | ||
188 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.2% | 2012 | ||
189 | Yemen | 1.13% | 2012 | ||
190 | Solomon Islands | 1.05% | 2012 | ||
191 | The Bahamas | 1.01% | 2012 | ||
192 | Faeroe Islands | 0.97% | 2012 | ||
193 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.769% | 2012 | ||
194 | Mauritius | 0.733% | 2012 | ||
195 | Marshall Islands | 0.707% | 2012 | ||
196 | Syria | 0.688% | 2012 | ||
197 | Somalia | 0.527% | 2012 | ||
198 | Lesotho | 0.506% | 2012 | ||
199 | Lebanon | 0.478% | 2012 | ||
200 | Vanuatu | 0.453% | 2012 | ||
201 | Iraq | 0.38% | 2012 | ||
202 | Afghanistan | 0.372% | 2012 | ||
203 | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | 0.348% | 2012 | ||
204 | Tuvalu | 0.331% | 2012 | ||
205 | Grenada | 0.25% | 2012 | ||
206 | Palestine | 0.215% | 2012 | ||
207 | Cape Verde | 0.16% | 2012 | ||
208 | Djibouti | 0.158% | 2012 | ||
209 | Tokelau | 0.153% | 2012 | ||
210 | Libya | 0.143% | 2012 | ||
211 | Haiti | 0.123% | 2012 | ||
212 | French Polynesia | 0.11% | 2012 | ||
213 | Federated States of Micronesia | 0.0912% | 2012 | ||
214 | Barbados | 0.0799% | 2012 | ||
215 | Cook Islands | 0.0564% | 2012 | ||
216 | Jordan | 0.0322% | 2012 | ||
217 | Aruba | 0.0303% | 2012 | ||
218 | Wallis and Futuna | 0.00496% | 2012 | ||
219 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.00139% | 2012 |