Nationally protected areas (sq. km) - MDGs - Millenium Development Goals - African Development Indicators

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Nationally protected areas are totally or partially protected areas of at least 1,000 hectares that are designated as scientific reserves with limited public access, national parks, natural monuments, nature reserves or wildlife sanctuaries, and protected landscapes. Marine areas, unclassified areas, and litoral (intertidal) areas are not included. The data also do not include sites protected under local or provincial law. Source: United Nations Environmental Program and the World Conservation Monitoring Centre.
Nationally protected areas (sq. km) - MDGs - Millenium Development Goals - African Development Indicators (2006)

Rank

Country

Value
1Africa2,723,062
2Sub-Saharan Africa2,542,821
3Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa2,469,091
4Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria2,412,573
5Tanzania342,688
6Zambia300,548
7Democratic Republic of the Congo196,081
8Ethiopia186,198
9North Africa180,241
10Botswana174,413
11Angola125,478
12Algeria118,757
13Chad114,940
14Sudan114,085
15Central African Republic94,660
16Niger84,141
17South Africa73,730
18Kenya69,107
19Uganda62,893
20Zimbabwe57,236
21Nigeria56,518
22Egypt53,202
23Republic of the Congo48,740
24Mozambique45,291
25Namibia42,834
26Cameroon39,928
27Ivory Coast38,894
28Burkina Faso38,226
29Ghana36,251
30Gabon34,893
31Benin26,088
32Mali26,004
33Senegal21,570
34Malawi18,387
35Liberia15,231
36Madagascar15,226
37Guinea15,001
38Togo6,032
39Eritrea5,006
40Morocco4,701
41Equatorial Guinea4,550
42Sierra Leone2,923
43Guinea-Bissau2,857
44Tunisia2,352
45Rwanda2,008
46Somalia1,904
47Burundi1,548
48Libya1,229
49Swaziland539
50Mauritius68
51Lesotho68
52Seychelles38
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