Rankings · environment
Countries by protected areas
Terrestrial and marine protected areas as a share of total territorial area. 212 countries ranked for 2025 (%).
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| 1 |  Monaco | 99.5% | +33066.7% | ▲ 182 |
| 2 |  Palau | 98% | +32566.7% | ▲ 183 |
| 3 |  New Caledonia | 96% | +0.4% | ▼ 2 |
| 4 |  Saint Martin | 92.3% | +2784.4% | ▲ 128 |
| 5 |  French Polynesia | 87.3% | – | ▲ 202 |
| 6 |  Bhutan | 51.6% | +7.5% | ▼ 3 |
| 7 |  Liechtenstein | 44.8% | +6.2% | ▼ 3 |
| 8 |  United Kingdom | 42.1% | +153.6% | ▲ 48 |
| 9 |  Hong Kong S.A.R. | 42% | +0.2% | ▼ 4 |
| 10 |  Zambia | 41.3% | +8.7% | ▼ 3 |
| 11 |  Slovenia | 40.1% | -25.9% | ▼ 9 |
| 12 |  Germany | 40% | +3.9% | ▼ 6 |
| 13 |  Luxembourg | 39.1% | +20.3% | = |
| 14 |  Venezuela | 39% | +5.7% | ▼ 6 |
| 15 |  Armenia | 38.9% | +68.4% | ▲ 13 |
| 16 |  Poland | 38.1% | +30.0% | = |
| 17 |  Chile | 37.9% | +457.4% | ▲ 87 |
| 18 |  Slovakia | 37.5% | +1.9% | ▼ 9 |
| 19 |  France | 36.7% | +58.2% | ▲ 7 |
| 20 |  Bulgaria | 35.6% | +8.5% | ▼ 8 |
| 21 |  Republic of the Congo | 34.2% | +1.8% | ▼ 11 |
| 22 |  Australia | 33.5% | +16.7% | ▼ 4 |
| 23 |  Seychelles | 32.6% | +32500.0% | ▲ 172 |
| 24 |  Northern Mariana Islands | 32.4% | -2.4% | ▼ 13 |
| 25 |  United Republic of Tanzania | 32.3% | +24.2% | ▼ 3 |
| 26 |  Cambodia | 31.8% | +54.4% | ▲ 12 |
| 27 |  Bolivia | 30.9% | +0.0% | ▼ 13 |
| 28 |  New Zealand | 30.6% | +0.3% | ▼ 13 |
| 29 |  Netherlands | 29.8% | +66.5% | ▲ 20 |
| 30 |  Austria | 29.6% | +4.2% | ▼ 11 |
| 31 |  Guinea | 29.6% | +38.3% | ▲ 5 |
| 32 |  Brazil | 29.4% | +44.1% | ▲ 9 |
| 33 |  North Macedonia | 29% | +199.0% | ▲ 54 |
| 34 |  Benin | 28.8% | +25.8% | ▼ 5 |
| 35 |  Zimbabwe | 28.3% | +6.0% | ▼ 14 |
| 36 |  Costa Rica | 28.2% | +840.0% | ▲ 99 |
| 37 |  Botswana | 27.6% | -5.2% | ▼ 20 |
| 38 |  Andorra | 27.3% | +29.4% | ▼ 1 |
| 39 |  Panama | 27.2% | +423.1% | ▲ 75 |
| 40 |  Belize | 26.8% | +30.7% | ▼ 1 |
| 41 |  Colombia | 26.5% | +184.9% | ▲ 47 |
| 42 |  Gabon | 24.4% | +101.7% | ▲ 31 |
| 43 |  Namibia | 24.4% | +5.2% | ▼ 16 |
| 44 |  Romania | 24.3% | +7.5% | ▼ 13 |
| 45 |  Croatia | 24.1% | +1.7% | ▼ 21 |
| 46 |  Denmark | 23.8% | +16.1% | ▼ 6 |
| 47 |  Nepal | 23.6% | +0.9% | ▼ 22 |
| 48 |  Lesotho | 23.4% | +7700.0% | ▲ 134 |
| 49 |  Malawi | 23.1% | +36.7% | ▲ 5 |
| 50 |  Greenland | 22.6% | +0.9% | ▼ 18 |
| 51 |  Tajikistan | 22.6% | +1.3% | ▼ 18 |
| 52 |  Hungary | 22.3% | -1.3% | ▼ 22 |
| 53 |  Spain | 22.1% | +56.7% | ▲ 15 |
| 54 |  Togo | 22.1% | +1.4% | ▼ 20 |
| 55 |  Czechia | 21.9% | +0.9% | ▼ 20 |
| 56 |  Niger | 21% | +21.4% | ▼ 4 |
| 57 |  Chad | 21% | +12.9% | ▼ 12 |
| 58 |  Oman | 20.8% | +1980.0% | ▲ 105 |
| 59 |  Bahrain | 20.6% | +1111.8% | ▲ 91 |
| 60 |  Estonia | 20.5% | +5.7% | ▼ 17 |
| 61 |  Ecuador | 20.2% | +40.3% | ▲ 5 |
| 62 |  Mexico | 19.9% | +215.9% | ▲ 48 |
| 63 |  Mongolia | 19.8% | +13.8% | ▼ 12 |
| 64 |  Laos | 18.8% | +12.6% | ▼ 9 |
| 65 |  Belgium | 18.6% | -23.1% | ▼ 42 |
| 66 |  Lithuania | 18.4% | +8.9% | ▼ 13 |
| 67 |  Latvia | 18.1% | +1.7% | ▼ 17 |
| 68 |  Albania | 18% | +718.2% | ▲ 74 |
| 69 |  Mozambique | 18% | +48.8% | ▲ 5 |
| 70 |  Ukraine | 17.9% | +359.0% | ▲ 54 |
| 71 |  Georgia | 17.4% | +171.9% | ▲ 38 |
| 72 |  Portugal | 17.2% | +129.3% | ▲ 28 |
| 73 |  Ethiopia | 17% | -8.1% | ▼ 27 |
| 74 |  Saudi Arabia | 17% | -39.9% | ▼ 54 |
| 75 |  Burkina Faso | 16.8% | +6.3% | ▼ 15 |
| 76 |  Senegal | 16.6% | +14.5% | ▼ 11 |
| 77 |  Peru | 16.5% | -14.9% | ▼ 33 |
| 78 |  Montenegro | 16.3% | +526.9% | ▲ 61 |
| 79 |  United Arab Emirates | 16.1% | +1.3% | ▼ 21 |
| 80 |  Uganda | 16.1% | +0.0% | ▼ 23 |
| 81 |  Sweden | 15.9% | +21.4% | ▼ 12 |
| 82 |  United States | 15.8% | -21.4% | ▼ 40 |
| 83 |  South Sudan | 15.4% | -0.6% | ▼ 20 |
| 84 |  Dominican Republic | 15.3% | +36.6% | ▼ 3 |
| 85 |  Pakistan | 15.2% | +55.1% | = |
| 86 |  Japan | 15.1% | +619.0% | ▲ 59 |
| 87 |  Ivory Coast | 14.9% | +0.0% | ▼ 23 |
| 88 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo | 14.9% | +18.3% | ▼ 18 |
| 89 |  Paraguay | 14.9% | +129.2% | ▲ 19 |
| 90 |  Central African Republic | 14.8% | -18.2% | ▼ 42 |
| 91 |  Italy | 14.8% | +31.0% | ▼ 11 |
| 92 |  China | 14.7% | -7.5% | ▼ 33 |
| 93 |  Uzbekistan | 14.1% | +314.7% | ▲ 35 |
| 94 |  Republic of Serbia | 14% | +109.0% | ▲ 11 |
| 95 |  Finland | 13.5% | -4.9% | ▼ 28 |
| 96 |  Thailand | 13.4% | +7.2% | ▼ 25 |
| 97 |  Guinea-Bissau | 13.2% | +14.8% | ▼ 18 |
| 98 |  South Africa | 12.9% | +10.3% | ▼ 22 |
| 99 |  Switzerland | 12.5% | +28.9% | ▼ 13 |
| 100 |  Israel | 12.2% | +41.9% | ▼ 5 |
| 101 |  Azerbaijan | 12% | +118.2% | ▲ 11 |
| 102 |  Kiribati | 11.9% | +0.8% | ▼ 27 |
| 103 |  Kazakhstan | 11.8% | +268.8% | ▲ 28 |
| 104 |  Kenya | 11.8% | +14.6% | ▼ 20 |
| 105 |  Canada | 11.6% | +87.1% | ▲ 6 |
| 106 |  Egypt | 11.6% | +0.0% | ▼ 29 |
| 107 |  Nigeria | 11.6% | +0.0% | ▼ 29 |
| 108 |  Kuwait | 11.5% | +2.7% | ▼ 26 |
| 109 |  Moldova | 11.5% | +173.8% | ▲ 11 |
| 110 |  Greece | 11.2% | +30.2% | ▼ 16 |
| 111 |  Cyprus | 11.1% | +552.9% | ▲ 40 |
| 112 |  Honduras | 11.1% | -9.0% | ▼ 40 |
| 113 |  Cameroon | 11% | +3.8% | ▼ 30 |
| 114 |  Guatemala | 10.2% | -35.0% | ▼ 53 |
| 115 |  Nicaragua | 10.1% | -34.8% | ▼ 53 |
| 116 |  Palestine | 10% | – | – |
| 117 |  Argentina | 9.7% | +31.1% | ▼ 16 |
| 118 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 9.5% | +533.3% | ▲ 36 |
| 119 |  Belarus | 9.2% | +4.5% | ▼ 28 |
| 120 |  Rwanda | 9.1% | +3.4% | ▼ 28 |
| 121 |  American Samoa | 8.7% | +0.0% | ▼ 28 |
| 122 |  Russia | 8.6% | +13.2% | ▼ 23 |
| 123 |  Suriname | 8.6% | +1.2% | ▼ 27 |
| 124 |  Malaysia | 8.4% | -5.6% | ▼ 34 |
| 125 |  The Bahamas | 8.3% | +591.7% | ▲ 34 |
| 126 |  Malta | 8% | +1500.0% | ▲ 48 |
| 127 |  Ghana | 7.9% | +1.3% | ▼ 29 |
| 128 |  Angola | 7.7% | +54.0% | ▼ 12 |
| 129 |  Burundi | 7.6% | +8.6% | ▼ 26 |
| 130 |  Brunei | 7.5% | -16.7% | ▼ 41 |
| 131 |  Mali | 7.5% | -9.6% | ▼ 34 |
| 132 |  Iran | 7% | +7.7% | ▼ 26 |
| 133 |  Cuba | 6.9% | +40.8% | ▼ 15 |
| 134 |  Kyrgyzstan | 6.8% | +4.6% | ▼ 27 |
| 135 |  Bangladesh | 5.9% | +20.4% | ▼ 18 |
| 136 |  South Korea | 5.9% | +126.9% | ▲ 2 |
| 137 |  Qatar | 5.8% | +625.0% | ▲ 32 |
| 138 |  Turkey | 5.7% | +2750.0% | ▲ 52 |
| 139 |  Jordan | 5.4% | +217.6% | ▲ 13 |
| 140 |  Norway | 5.4% | +12.5% | ▼ 21 |
| 141 |  Indonesia | 5.2% | +2.0% | ▼ 26 |
| 142 |  Tunisia | 5.2% | +40.5% | ▼ 17 |
| 143 |  Guyana | 5.1% | -3.8% | ▼ 30 |
| 144 |  Madagascar | 5.1% | +168.4% | ▲ 4 |
| 145 |  Sierra Leone | 5.1% | +54.5% | ▼ 16 |
| 146 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis | 4.8% | +1500.0% | ▲ 34 |
| 147 |  Lebanon | 4.7% | +422.2% | ▲ 19 |
| 148 |  Sint Maarten | 4.7% | – | – |
| 149 |  Timor-Leste | 4.7% | +42.4% | ▼ 19 |
| 150 |  Isle of Man | 4.6% | +1433.3% | ▲ 29 |
| 151 |  India | 4.5% | +28.6% | ▼ 25 |
| 152 |  Algeria | 4.4% | -38.0% | ▼ 50 |
| 153 |  Turkmenistan | 4.3% | +34.4% | ▼ 20 |
| 154 |  Eswatini | 4.2% | +5.0% | ▼ 31 |
| 155 |  Myanmar | 4.1% | +0.0% | ▼ 34 |
| 156 |  Ireland | 4% | +0.0% | ▼ 34 |
| 157 |  Sri Lanka | 3.7% | +8.8% | ▼ 30 |
| 158 |  Afghanistan | 3.6% | +800.0% | ▲ 18 |
| 159 |  Philippines | 3.6% | +16.1% | ▼ 25 |
| 160 |  Sudan | 3.3% | +73.7% | ▼ 11 |
| 161 |  Haiti | 3% | – | ▲ 43 |
| 162 |  Gambia | 2.9% | +107.1% | ▼ 6 |
| 163 |  Iceland | 2.9% | +26.1% | ▼ 22 |
| 164 |  Vietnam | 2.9% | +0.0% | ▼ 27 |
| 165 |  Uruguay | 2.4% | +41.2% | ▼ 12 |
| 166 |  Puerto Rico | 2.3% | +15.0% | ▼ 20 |
| 167 |  Singapore | 2.1% | -16.0% | ▼ 27 |
| 168 |  El Salvador | 2.1% | -4.5% | ▼ 25 |
| 169 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 2% | +0.0% | ▼ 22 |
| 170 |  Equatorial Guinea | 1.8% | -14.3% | ▼ 26 |
| 171 |  Jamaica | 1.6% | +14.3% | ▼ 14 |
| 172 |  Iraq | 1.5% | +66.7% | ▼ 7 |
| 173 |  Morocco | 1.4% | -92.4% | ▼ 126 |
| 174 |  North Korea | 1.3% | +0.0% | ▼ 16 |
| 175 |  Djibouti | 1.2% | +0.0% | ▼ 15 |
| 176 |  Liberia | 1.2% | +50.0% | ▼ 8 |
| 177 |  Fiji | 1% | +0.0% | ▼ 15 |
| 178 |  Saint Lucia | 1% | +11.1% | ▼ 11 |
| 179 |  Mauritania | 1% | -9.1% | ▼ 18 |
| 180 |  United States Virgin Islands | 0.9% | -10.0% | ▼ 16 |
| 181 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 0.8% | +300.0% | ▲ 5 |
| 182 |  Comoros | 0.7% | +600.0% | ▲ 10 |
| 183 |  Papua New Guinea | 0.7% | +0.0% | ▼ 13 |
| 184 |  Syria | 0.7% | +0.0% | ▼ 13 |
| 185 |  Yemen | 0.7% | +16.7% | ▼ 12 |
| 186 |  Aruba | 0.6% | – | ▲ 12 |
| 187 |  Dominica | 0.6% | +0.0% | ▼ 15 |
| 188 |  Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.5% | +25.0% | ▼ 11 |
| 189 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.5% | +0.0% | ▼ 14 |
| 190 |  Curaçao | 0.3% | +0.0% | ▼ 12 |
| 191 |  Marshall Islands | 0.3% | +0.0% | ▼ 7 |
| 192 |  Samoa | 0.3% | +50.0% | ▼ 1 |
| 193 |  Cabo Verde | 0.2% | – | ▲ 8 |
| 194 |  Grenada | 0.2% | +0.0% | ▼ 7 |
| 195 |  Libya | 0.2% | -33.3% | ▼ 14 |
| 196 |  Solomon Islands | 0.2% | +0.0% | ▼ 8 |
| 197 |  São Tomé and Principe | 0.2% | +0.0% | ▼ 8 |
| 198 |  Barbados | 0.1% | – | ▲ 2 |
| 199 |  Cayman Islands | 0.1% | +0.0% | ▼ 6 |
| 200 |  Maldives | 0.1% | – | ▲ 5 |
| 201 |  Tonga | 0.1% | -93.3% | ▼ 46 |
| 202 |  Vanuatu | 0.1% | +0.0% | ▼ 5 |
| 203 |  Bermuda | 0% | – | ▼ 4 |
| 204 |  Eritrea | 0% | -100.0% | ▼ 68 |
| 205 |  Faroe Islands | 0% | – | ▼ 3 |
| 206 |  Federated States of Micronesia | 0% | – | ▼ 3 |
| 207 |  Guam | 0% | -100.0% | ▼ 13 |
| 208 |  Mauritius | 0% | – | ▼ 2 |
| 209 |  Nauru | 0% | – | – |
| 210 |  Somalia | 0% | – | – |
| 211 |  Tuvalu | 0% | – | ▼ 3 |
| 212 |  British Virgin Islands | 0% | -100.0% | ▼ 16 |
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