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Protected

Macro Region Area
Africa 146 timeseries
Asia 55 timeseries
Central America and the Caribbean 63 timeseries
Europe 114 timeseries
Middle East 47 timeseries
North America 12.79 % in 2021 WB
Oceania 42 timeseries
South America 34 timeseries
Southeast Asia 35 timeseries
Country Area (% in 2022)

Palau is the top country by protected area in the world. As of 2022, protected area in Palau was 100 %. The top 5 countries also includes Monaco, Luxembourg, Kazakhstan, and France.

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Palau 100 WB
Monaco 99.71 WB
Luxembourg 55.8 WB
Kazakhstan 50.73 WB
France 49.82 WB
Bhutan 49.67 WB
Germany 45.46 WB
Australia 44.34 WB
United Kingdom 44.06 WB
Liechtenstein 42.63 WB
Chile 41.35 WB
Zambia 41.26 WB
Belgium 38.06 WB
Slovakia 37.59 WB
Seychelles 32.82 WB
Bolivia 30.87 WB
New Zealand 30.42 WB
Austria 29.5 WB
Botswana 29.14 WB
Costa Rica 28.95 WB
Gabon 28.83 WB
Zimbabwe 27.21 WB
Netherlands 26.86 WB
Andorra 26.86 WB
Panama 26.84 WB
Brazil 26.82 WB
Lithuania 25.59 WB
Armenia 24.68 WB
Nepal 23.63 WB
Romania 23.1 WB
Malawi 22.88 WB
Hungary 22.6 WB
Poland 22.57 WB
Tajikistan 22.28 WB
Czech Republic 22.17 WB
Mexico 21.56 WB
Bahrain 21.13 WB
Chad 20.97 WB
Mongolia 19.8 WB
Ecuador 19.15 WB
United States of America 19.05 WB
Estonia 18.78 WB
Lao People’s Democratic Republic 18.69 WB
Denmark 18.32 WB
Niger 18.2 WB
Central African Republic 18.06 WB
Dominican Republic 17.28 WB
Colombia 17.09 WB
Ethiopia 17.01 WB
Portugal 16.9 WB
Burkina Faso 16.43 WB
Uganda 16.06 WB
Latvia 16.04 WB
Sudan 15.96 WB
Sweden 15.82 WB
South Sudan 15.5 WB
South Africa 15.5 WB
North Macedonia 15.39 WB
Paraguay 14.31 WB
Japan 13.89 WB
Belarus 13.84 WB
Spain 12.79 WB
Switzerland 12.14 WB
Finland 11.99 WB
Kiribati 11.82 WB
Argentina 11.77 WB
United Arab Emirates 11.48 WB
Republic of Moldova 11.43 WB
Belize 11.02 WB
Cameroon 10.89 WB
Italy 10.61 WB
Norway 9.81 WB
Ukraine 9.24 WB
Rwanda 9.11 WB
Canada 9.06 WB
Guinea Bissau 8.99 WB
Croatia 8.99 WB
Cyprus 8.62 WB
Palestine 8.36 WB
Serbia 8.14 WB
Bulgaria 8.11 WB
Peru 7.96 WB
Bahamas 7.92 WB
Burundi 7.59 WB
Mali 7.53 WB
Malta 7.44 WB
Kyrgyzstan 6.71 WB
Uzbekistan 5.77 WB
Malaysia 5.56 WB
China 5.48 WB
Bangladesh 5.36 WB
Egypt 4.95 WB
Honduras 4.58 WB
Greece 4.52 WB
Thailand 4.44 WB
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 4.35 WB
Eswatini 4.26 WB
Mauritania 4.15 WB
Saint Kitts and Nevis 3.98 WB
Cuba 3.85 WB
Afghanistan 3.64 WB
Nicaragua 3.39 WB
Indonesia 3.06 WB
United Republic of Tanzania 3.02 WB
Congo 3.01 WB
Turkmenistan 2.99 WB
Albania 2.84 WB
Saudi Arabia 2.49 WB
Republic of Korea 2.46 WB
Ireland 2.33 WB
Slovenia 2.32 WB
Qatar 2.29 WB
Russian Federation 2.24 WB
Mozambique 2.15 WB
Senegal 1.85 WB
Puerto Rico 1.82 WB
Turkey 1.76 WB
Philippines 1.74 WB
Namibia 1.71 WB
Sierra Leone 1.63 WB
Suriname 1.54 WB
Haiti 1.47 WB
Cambodia 1.44 WB
Timor-Leste 1.37 WB
Kuwait 1.36 WB
Tunisia 1.04 WB
Jordan 0.98 WB
Fiji 0.92 WB
Madagascar 0.91 WB
Guatemala 0.81 WB
Iran 0.8 WB
Jamaica 0.77 WB
Pakistan 0.77 WB
Uruguay 0.75 WB
Kenya 0.73 WB
El Salvador 0.71 WB
Morocco 0.68 WB
Georgia 0.67 WB
Libya 0.63 WB
Gambia 0.6 WB
Montenegro 0.58 WB
Viet Nam 0.56 WB
Guinea 0.53 WB
Lesotho 0.5 WB
Myanmar 0.48 WB
Yemen 0.47 WB
Azerbaijan 0.44 WB
Iceland 0.43 WB
Comoros 0.37 WB
Oman 0.33 WB
Antigua and Barbuda 0.3 WB
Marshall Islands 0.27 WB
Syrian Arab Republic 0.25 WB
India 0.24 WB
Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.24 WB
Equatorial Guinea 0.24 WB
Lebanon 0.23 WB
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.22 WB
Saint Lucia 0.22 WB
Brunei Darussalam 0.2 WB
Togo 0.2 WB
Djibouti 0.17 WB
Samoa 0.14 WB
Papua New Guinea 0.14 WB
Solomon Islands 0.12 WB
Liberia 0.1 WB
Grenada 0.1 WB
Ghana 0.1 WB
Sri Lanka 0.07 WB
Côte d'Ivoire 0.07 WB
Algeria 0.07 WB
Maldives 0.07 WB
Tonga 0.06 WB
Trinidad and Tobago 0.05 WB
Israel 0.04 WB
Dominica 0.03 WB
Tuvalu 0.03 WB
Sao Tome and Principe 0.03 WB
Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0.02 WB
Guyana 0.02 WB
Nigeria 0.02 WB
Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.02 WB
Singapore 0.01 WB
Vanuatu 0.01 WB
Barbados 0.01 WB
Angola 0 WB
Mauritius 0 WB
Cabo Verde 0 WB
Benin 0 WB
Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 WB
Eritrea 0 WB
Hong Kong 0 in 2020 WB
Iraq 0 WB
Nauru 0 WB
Somalia 0 WB
Land Use
Biodiversity