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Protected land and sea by country

% of territory · 2025 · World Bank · 192 countries

Highest
99.5%
Monaco
Median
11.9%
of 192 countries
Lowest
0.0%
Tuvalu
Protected land and sea by country, % of territory, 2025
# Flag Country % of territory
1 Monaco 99.5%
2 Palau 98.0%
3 Bhutan 51.6%
4 Liechtenstein 44.8%
5 United Kingdom 42.1%
6 Zambia 41.3%
7 Slovenia 40.1%
8 Germany 40.0%
9 Luxembourg 39.1%
10 Venezuela 39.0%
11 Armenia 38.9%
12 Poland 38.1%
13 Chile 37.9%
14 Slovakia 37.5%
15 France 36.7%
16 Bulgaria 35.6%
17 Republic of the Congo 34.2%
18 Australia 33.5%
19 Seychelles 32.6%
20 Tanzania 32.3%
21 Cambodia 31.8%
22 Bolivia 30.9%
23 New Zealand 30.6%
24 Netherlands 29.8%
25 Austria 29.6%
26 Guinea 29.6%
27 Brazil 29.4%
28 North Macedonia 29.0%
29 Benin 28.8%
30 Zimbabwe 28.3%
31 Costa Rica 28.2%
32 Botswana 27.6%
33 Andorra 27.3%
34 Panama 27.2%
35 Belize 26.8%
36 Colombia 26.5%
37 Gabon 24.4%
38 Namibia 24.4%
39 Romania 24.3%
40 Croatia 24.1%
41 Denmark 23.8%
42 Nepal 23.6%
43 Lesotho 23.4%
44 Malawi 23.1%
45 Tajikistan 22.6%
46 Hungary 22.3%
47 Spain 22.1%
48 Togo 22.1%
49 Czechia 21.9%
50 Chad 21.0%
51 Niger 21.0%
52 Oman 20.8%
53 Bahrain 20.6%
54 Estonia 20.5%
55 Ecuador 20.2%
56 Mexico 19.9%
57 Mongolia 19.8%
58 Laos 18.8%
59 Belgium 18.6%
60 Lithuania 18.4%
61 Latvia 18.1%
62 Albania 18.0%
63 Mozambique 18.0%
64 Ukraine 17.9%
65 Georgia 17.4%
66 Portugal 17.2%
67 Ethiopia 17.0%
68 Saudi Arabia 17.0%
69 Burkina Faso 16.8%
70 Senegal 16.6%
71 Peru 16.5%
72 Montenegro 16.3%
73 Uganda 16.1%
74 United Arab Emirates 16.1%
75 Sweden 15.9%
76 United States 15.8%
77 South Sudan 15.4%
78 Dominican Republic 15.3%
79 Pakistan 15.2%
80 Japan 15.1%
81 DR Congo 14.9%
82 Ivory Coast 14.9%
83 Paraguay 14.9%
84 Central African Republic 14.8%
85 Italy 14.8%
86 China 14.7%
87 Uzbekistan 14.1%
88 Serbia 14.0%
89 Finland 13.5%
90 Thailand 13.4%
91 Guinea-Bissau 13.2%
92 South Africa 12.9%
93 Switzerland 12.5%
94 Israel 12.2%
95 Azerbaijan 12.0%
96 Kiribati 11.9%
97 Kazakhstan 11.8%
98 Kenya 11.8%
99 Canada 11.6%
100 Egypt 11.6%
101 Nigeria 11.6%
102 Kuwait 11.5%
103 Moldova 11.5%
104 Greece 11.2%
105 Cyprus 11.1%
106 Honduras 11.1%
107 Cameroon 11.0%
108 Guatemala 10.2%
109 Nicaragua 10.1%
110 Argentina 9.7%
111 Bosnia and Herzegovina 9.5%
112 Belarus 9.2%
113 Rwanda 9.1%
114 Russia 8.6%
115 Suriname 8.6%
116 Malaysia 8.4%
117 Bahamas 8.3%
118 Malta 8.0%
119 Ghana 7.9%
120 Angola 7.7%
121 Burundi 7.6%
122 Brunei 7.5%
123 Mali 7.5%
124 Iran 7.0%
125 Cuba 6.9%
126 Kyrgyzstan 6.8%
127 Bangladesh 5.9%
128 South Korea 5.9%
129 Qatar 5.8%
130 Turkey 5.7%
131 Jordan 5.4%
132 Norway 5.4%
133 Indonesia 5.2%
134 Tunisia 5.2%
135 Guyana 5.1%
136 Madagascar 5.1%
137 Sierra Leone 5.1%
138 Saint Kitts and Nevis 4.8%
139 Lebanon 4.7%
140 Timor-Leste 4.7%
141 India 4.5%
142 Algeria 4.4%
143 Turkmenistan 4.3%
144 Eswatini 4.2%
145 Myanmar 4.1%
146 Ireland 4.0%
147 Sri Lanka 3.7%
148 Afghanistan 3.6%
149 Philippines 3.6%
150 Sudan 3.3%
151 Haiti 3.0%
152 Gambia 2.9%
153 Iceland 2.9%
154 Vietnam 2.9%
155 Uruguay 2.4%
156 El Salvador 2.1%
157 Singapore 2.1%
158 Trinidad and Tobago 2.0%
159 Equatorial Guinea 1.8%
160 Jamaica 1.6%
161 Iraq 1.5%
162 Morocco 1.4%
163 North Korea 1.3%
164 Djibouti 1.2%
165 Liberia 1.2%
166 Fiji 1.0%
167 Mauritania 1.0%
168 Saint Lucia 1.0%
169 Antigua and Barbuda 0.8%
170 Comoros 0.7%
171 Papua New Guinea 0.7%
172 Syria 0.7%
173 Yemen 0.7%
174 Dominica 0.6%
175 St. Vincent & Grenadines 0.5%
176 Marshall Islands 0.3%
177 Samoa 0.3%
178 Cabo Verde 0.2%
179 Grenada 0.2%
180 Libya 0.2%
181 Sao Tome and Principe 0.2%
182 Solomon Islands 0.2%
183 Barbados 0.1%
184 Maldives 0.1%
185 Tonga 0.1%
186 Vanuatu 0.1%
187 Eritrea 0.0%
188 Mauritius 0.0%
189 Micronesia 0.0%
190 Nauru 0.0%
191 Somalia 0.0%
192 Tuvalu 0.0%

About this data

  • Figures are for 2025. Each ranking uses the most recent year with wide country coverage, so the year differs between rankings.
  • 192 of the 193 UN member states have a value for 2025. The rest are not listed.
  • Source: World Bank (CC BY 4.0). Definitions and method are the publisher's.
  • Only the 193 UN member states are ranked. Territories and non-members are not included.

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