Environment
Unit: % of land
All 213 reporting countries — sort by value or name
213 countries · latest reported year each · Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area)
Terrestrial protected areas, IUCN categories I-VI. Source data from UNEP-WCMC World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA, https://www.protectedplanet.net/). Redistributed via World Bank Open Data Terms (CC-BY 4.0).
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Source: World Bank (data: UNEP-WCMC World Database on Protected Areas)Latest non-null value per country (213 reporting)
Across the 213 countries reporting, the world median is 17.0% of land. Both columns are sorted purely by value — interpretation (whether higher is "better") depends on the indicator.
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