Terrestrial protected areas (number) - 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 (number) - Biodiversity & protected areas - Environment - World Development Indicators (2008)
1	High income	75,375
2	High income: OECD	64,544
3	Low & middle income	36,980
4	Middle income	33,010
5	Euro area	28,025
6	Europe & Central Asia	21,825
7	Upper middle income	21,281
8	Germany	14,388
9	Lower middle income	11,729
10	Russia	11,181
11	High income: nonOECD	10,831
12	Estonia	9,617
13	United States	6,770
14	Finland	6,046
15	Sub-Saharan Africa	6,001
16	Australia	5,485
17	Ukraine	5,197
18	Canada	5,122
19	Sweden	4,622
20	East Asia & Pacific	4,044
21	Low income	3,970
22	New Zealand	3,878
23	Denmark	3,847
24	Latin America & Caribbean	3,801
25	Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)	3,645
26	Least developed countries: UN classification	3,078
27	Switzerland	2,146
28	China	1,981
29	Netherlands	1,948
30	Norway	1,795
31	Czech Republic	1,765
32	Poland	1,605
33	France	1,541
34	Brazil	1,444
35	Slovakia	1,126
36	Austria	1,087
37	South Asia	996
38	Nigeria	972
39	South Africa	931
40	Romania	923
41	Bulgaria	905
42	United Kingdom	778
43	Uganda	732
44	Malaysia	684
45	Zambia	625
46	India	556
47	Latvia	540
48	Tanzania	537
49	Belgium	502
50	Indonesia	469
51	Spain	468
52	Italy	456
53	Belarus	440
54	Middle East & North Africa	313
55	Argentina	307
56	Ghana	302
57	Kenya	284
58	Colombia	263
59	Lithuania	250
60	Ivory Coast	240
61	Zimbabwe	240
62	Turkey	236
63	Sri Lanka	234
64	Venezuela	231
65	Israel	222
66	Japan	216
67	Thailand	206
68	Philippines	204
69	Mexico	182
70	Croatia	177
71	Costa Rica	165
72	Guatemala	163
73	Pakistan	151
74	Iran	145
75	Hungary	136
76	Vietnam	116
77	Greece	111
78	Senegal	109
79	Ecuador	104
80	Guinea	102
81	Chile	102
82	Belize	99
83	Hong Kong	98
84	Malawi	96
85	Malta	91
86	Togo	90
87	Bermuda	90
88	Ireland	85
89	Albania	80
90	Kazakhstan	77
91	El Salvador	77
92	Honduras	77
93	Iceland	77
94	Nicaragua	74
95	Burkina Faso	72
96	Jamaica	71
97	Cuba	71
98	Serbia	68
99	Papua New Guinea	67
100	Democratic Republic of the Congo	66
101	Trinidad and Tobago	64
102	Moldova	63
103	Macedonia	61
104	Peru	61
105	Botswana	60
106	Dominican Republic	59
107	Portugal	59
108	Luxembourg	58
109	Madagascar	53
110	Bolivia	53
111	Panama	53
112	Mongolia	51
113	Puerto Rico	50
114	Benin	49
115	Burma	49
116	Mozambique	46
117	Brunei Darussalam	45
118	Bahamas	43
119	Azerbaijan	42
120	Ethiopia	42
121	Cameroon	39
122	Sierra Leone	39
123	New Caledonia	38
124	Tunisia	36
125	Cayman Islands	33
126	Paraguay	33
127	Georgia	33
128	Bosnia and Herzegovina	32
129	Central African Republic	32
130	Vanuatu	32
131	South Korea	32
132	North Korea	32
133	Namibia	31
134	Morocco	31
135	Saudi Arabia	30
136	Cambodia	30
137	Slovenia	30
138	Cyprus	29
139	Kyrgyzstan	29
140	St. Lucia	28
141	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	28
142	Egypt	26
143	Laos	25
144	Mauritius	23
145	Algeria	23
146	Fiji	23
147	Gabon	22
148	Sudan	20
149	Bangladesh	20
150	Uruguay	20
151	Nepal	19
152	Turkmenistan	18
153	Seychelles	18
154	Solomon Islands	17
155	Liberia	16
156	Angola	15
157	Suriname	15
158	Tajikistan	15
159	Burundi	15
160	Republic of the Congo	14
161	Kiribati	13
162	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	13
163	Uzbekistan	13
164	Equatorial Guinea	13
165	Antigua and Barbuda	12
166	Guam	12
167	Jordan	12
168	Lebanon	11
169	Netherlands Antilles	11
170	Samoa	11
171	Armenia	10
172	Liechtenstein	10
173	United Arab Emirates	10
174	Mali	10
175	Bhutan	9
176	Chad	9
177	Syria	9
178	Tonga	9
179	Guinea-Bissau	9
180	Iraq	8
181	Micronesia	8
182	Haiti	8
183	Libya	8
184	Somalia	7
185	Greenland	7
186	Swaziland	7
187	Barbados	7
188	Montenegro	7
189	Afghanistan	7
190	Singapore	7
191	French Polynesia	7
192	Timor-Leste	6
193	Palau	6
194	Gambia	6
195	Oman	6
196	Northern Mariana Islands	6
197	Niger	6
198	Dominica	6
199	Rwanda	5
200	Kuwait	5
201	Bahrain	4
202	American Samoa	4
203	Qatar	4
204	Mauritania	3
205	Guyana	3
206	Eritrea	3
207	Yemen	3
208	St. Kitts and Nevis	2
209	Grenada	2
210	Marshall Islands	2
211	Mayotte	2
212	Andorra	2
213	Cape Verde	1
214	Monaco	1
215	Djibouti	1
216	Lesotho	1
217	Aruba	1
218	Maldives	0
219	Comoros	0

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