Terrestrial protected areas (% of total surface area) - Biodiversity & protected areas - Environment - World Development Indicators

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Terrestrial protected areas are those officially documented by national authorities.

Rank	Country	Value
Terrestrial protected areas (% of total surface area) - Biodiversity & protected areas - Environment - World Development Indicators (2008)
1	Venezuela	71.35
2	Brunei Darussalam	59.32
3	Cayman Islands	58
4	Germany	56.19
5	Seychelles	55.60
6	Kiribati	55.01
7	High income: nonOECD	54.31
8	Estonia	46.78
9	Belize	44.53
10	Hong Kong	44.14
11	Zambia	41.06
12	Liechtenstein	40.05
13	Greenland	39.73
14	Tanzania	38.77
15	Saudi Arabia	38.35
16	Trinidad and Tobago	35
17	Israel	34.45
18	Guatemala	32.73
19	Costa Rica	31.01
20	Botswana	30.14
21	Brazil	29.64
22	New Zealand	29.48
23	Switzerland	28.58
24	Dominican Republic	28.46
25	Panama	28.08
26	Austria	27.99
27	United States	27.08
28	Dominica	26.69
29	Bhutan	26.40
30	Colombia	26.20
31	Uganda	26.09
32	Tonga	25.53
33	Ecuador	25.44
34	Senegal	25.01
35	Poland	24.29
36	Cambodia	23.97
37	Benin	23.16
38	Latin America & Caribbean	22.78
39	United Kingdom	22.35
40	Marshall Islands	21.78
41	Bolivia	21.21
42	Ivory Coast	21.14
43	Honduras	20.99
44	Jamaica	20.90
45	Guam	20.86
46	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	20.69
47	Sri Lanka	20.60
48	Thailand	20.36
49	Malaysia	20.30
50	Netherlands	19.77
51	Slovakia	19.62
52	High income	19.07
53	Chile	18.83
54	Cuba	18.79
55	St. Lucia	18.53
56	Equatorial Guinea	18.45
57	Guinea-Bissau	18.22
58	Central African Republic	18.19
59	Ethiopia	17.54
60	Philippines	17.15
61	Euro area	17.13
62	Nicaragua	16.93
63	American Samoa	16.84
64	Luxembourg	16.64
65	Ghana	16.64
66	Nepal	16.63
67	Gabon	16.54
68	Malta	16.43
69	Latvia	16.37
70	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	16.34
71	Nigeria	15.96
72	Laos	15.86
73	Czech Republic	15.79
74	Zimbabwe	15.77
75	Indonesia	15.75
76	Mozambique	15.67
77	Malawi	15.52
78	High income: OECD	15.48
79	France	15.37
80	China	15.14
81	Liberia	15.01
82	Namibia	14.97
83	East Asia & Pacific	14.66
84	Timor-Leste	14.62
85	Bermuda	14.43
86	Burkina Faso	14.35
87	Japan	14.12
88	Upper middle income	14.01
89	Mongolia	13.93
90	Peru	13.79
91	Tajikistan	13.68
92	Middle income	12.88
93	Low & middle income	12.68
94	Suriname	12.65
95	Sub-Saharan Africa	12.42
96	Kenya	12.30
97	Democratic Republic of the Congo	12.21
98	Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)	12.14
99	Low income	11.85
100	Bahamas	11.37
101	Lower middle income	11.24
102	Togo	11.10
103	Least developed countries: UN classification	11.05
104	Cyprus	10.80
105	Romania	10.66
106	Jordan	10.48
107	Sweden	10.45
108	Republic of the Congo	10.29
109	Antigua and Barbuda	10.25
110	Cameroon	10.11
111	Bulgaria	10.11
112	Micronesia	10.08
113	Papua New Guinea	9.70
114	Spain	9.47
115	Oman	9.44
116	Finland	9.30
117	Iceland	9.26
118	Russia	9.03
119	Pakistan	8.96
120	Chad	8.95
121	Bahrain	8.39
122	Angola	8.27
123	Canada	8.23
124	Armenia	8.19
125	Albania	7.98
126	Mexico	7.97
127	Netherlands Antilles	7.92
128	Europe & Central Asia	7.78
129	Egypt	7.71
130	Rwanda	7.62
131	Croatia	7.55
132	New Caledonia	7.39
133	Azerbaijan	7.31
134	Italy	7.06
135	Iran	6.99
136	Andorra	6.94
137	Puerto Rico	6.80
138	Montenegro	6.74
139	Burma	6.65
140	Niger	6.64
141	Slovenia	6.62
142	Portugal	6.60
143	Guinea	6.57
144	Belarus	6.54
145	Argentina	6.48
146	South Africa	6.05
147	Lithuania	6.03
148	Paraguay	5.97
149	Denmark	5.74
150	Vietnam	5.61
151	Hungary	5.60
152	Burundi	5.56
153	Mauritius	5.54
154	South Asia	5.51
155	Norway	5.22
156	Singapore	5.17
157	St. Kitts and Nevis	5.06
158	Algeria	5.02
159	India	4.77
160	Sudan	4.55
161	Vanuatu	4.46
162	Northern Mariana Islands	4.39
163	Eritrea	4.26
164	South Korea	4.25
165	North Korea	4.25
166	Sierra Leone	4.15
167	Georgia	3.90
168	Middle East & North Africa	3.81
169	Samoa	3.62
170	Greece	3.45
171	Ukraine	3.44
172	Belgium	3.20
173	Kyrgyzstan	3.11
174	Swaziland	3.10
175	Madagascar	3.09
176	Kazakhstan	2.80
177	Serbia	2.75
178	Turkmenistan	2.64
179	Guyana	2.26
180	Bangladesh	2.18
181	Fiji	2.16
182	Mali	2.10
183	Mayotte	2.03
184	Grenada	1.96
185	Gambia	1.95
186	Turkey	1.94
187	Uzbekistan	1.94
188	Tunisia	1.51
189	Moldova	1.40
190	El Salvador	1.33
191	Palau	1.30
192	Morocco	1.22
193	Ireland	1.12
194	French Polynesia	1.07
195	Mauritania	0.87
196	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.81
197	Kuwait	0.78
198	Solomon Islands	0.76
199	Syria	0.66
200	Qatar	0.62
201	Somalia	0.56
202	Lebanon	0.45
203	Uruguay	0.37
204	Yemen	0.34
205	United Arab Emirates	0.28
206	Haiti	0.26
207	Monaco	0.25
208	Lesotho	0.23
209	Afghanistan	0.17
210	Barbados	0.11
211	Libya	0.10
212	Australia	0.10
213	Aruba	0.06
214	Cape Verde	0.01
215	Iraq	0
216	Djibouti	0

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