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Biodiversity by country

Protected areas, forests, species: rankings of 236 countries and territories using the latest available data.

Protected areas, % of territory by country

#CountryProtected areas, % of territoryYear
1Monaco99.5%2025
2Palau98.0%2025
3New Caledonia96.0%2025
4Saint Martin92.3%2025
5French Polynesia87.3%2025
6Bhutan51.6%2025
7Liechtenstein44.8%2025
8United Kingdom42.1%2025
9Hong Kong42.0%2025
10Zambia41.3%2025
11Slovenia40.1%2025
12Germany40.0%2025
13Luxembourg39.1%2025
14Venezuela39.0%2025
15Armenia38.9%2025
16Poland38.1%2025
17Chile37.9%2025
18Slovakia37.5%2025
19France36.7%2025
20Bulgaria35.6%2025
21Republic of the Congo34.2%2025
22Australia33.5%2025
23Seychelles32.6%2025
24Northern Mariana Islands32.4%2025
25Tanzania32.3%2025
26Cambodia31.8%2025
27Bolivia30.9%2025
28New Zealand30.6%2025
29Netherlands29.8%2025
30Guinea29.6%2025
31Austria29.6%2025
32Brazil29.4%2025
33North Macedonia29.0%2025
34Benin28.8%2025
35Zimbabwe28.3%2025
36Costa Rica28.2%2025
37Botswana27.6%2025
38Andorra27.3%2025
39Panama27.2%2025
40Belize26.8%2025
41Colombia26.5%2025
42Namibia24.4%2025
43Gabon24.4%2025
44Romania24.3%2025
45Croatia24.1%2025
46Denmark23.8%2025
47Nepal23.6%2025
48Lesotho23.4%2025
49Malawi23.1%2025
50Tajikistan22.6%2025
51Greenland22.6%2025
52Hungary22.3%2025
53Spain22.1%2025
54Togo22.1%2025
55Czechia21.9%2025
56Niger21.0%2025
57Chad21.0%2025
58Oman20.8%2025
59Bahrain20.6%2025
60Estonia20.5%2025
61Ecuador20.2%2025
62Mexico19.9%2025
63Mongolia19.8%2025
64Laos18.8%2025
65Belgium18.6%2025
66Lithuania18.4%2025
67Latvia18.1%2025
68Mozambique18.0%2025
69Albania18.0%2025
70Ukraine17.9%2025
71Georgia17.4%2025
72Portugal17.2%2025
73Ethiopia17.0%2025
74Saudi Arabia17.0%2025
75Burkina Faso16.8%2025
76Senegal16.6%2025
77Peru16.5%2025
78Montenegro16.3%2025
79Uganda16.1%2025
80United Arab Emirates16.1%2025
81Sweden15.9%2025
82United States15.8%2025
83South Sudan15.4%2025
84Dominican Republic15.3%2025
85Pakistan15.2%2025
86Japan15.1%2025
87DR Congo14.9%2025
88Côte d'Ivoire14.9%2025
89Paraguay14.9%2025
90Italy14.8%2025
91Central African Republic14.8%2025
92China14.7%2025
93Gibraltar14.4%2025
94Uzbekistan14.1%2025
95Serbia14.0%2025
96Finland13.5%2025
97Thailand13.4%2025
98Guinea-Bissau13.2%2025
99South Africa12.9%2025
100Switzerland12.5%2025
101Israel12.2%2025
102Azerbaijan12.0%2025
103Kiribati11.9%2025
104Kenya11.8%2025
105Kazakhstan11.8%2025
106Nigeria11.6%2025
107Egypt11.6%2025
108Canada11.6%2025
109Kuwait11.5%2025
110Moldova11.5%2025
111Greece11.2%2025
112Honduras11.1%2025
113Cyprus11.1%2025
114Cameroon11.0%2025
115Guatemala10.2%2025
116Nicaragua10.1%2025
117Palestine10.0%2025
118Argentina9.7%2025
119Bosnia and Herzegovina9.5%2025
120Belarus9.2%2025
121Rwanda9.1%2025
122American Samoa8.7%2025
123Russia8.6%2025
124Suriname8.6%2025
125Malaysia8.4%2025
126Bahamas8.3%2025
127Malta8.0%2025
128Ghana7.9%2025
129Angola7.7%2025
130Burundi7.6%2025
131Mali7.5%2025
132Brunei7.5%2025
133Iran7.0%2025
134Cuba6.9%2025
135Kyrgyzstan6.8%2025
136Bangladesh5.9%2025
137South Korea5.9%2025
138Qatar5.8%2025
139Türkiye5.7%2025
140Jordan5.4%2025
141Norway5.4%2025
142Indonesia5.2%2025
143Tunisia5.2%2025
144Madagascar5.1%2025
145Sierra Leone5.1%2025
146Guyana5.1%2025
147Saint Kitts and Nevis4.8%2025
148Lebanon4.7%2025
149Timor-Leste4.7%2025
150Sint Maarten4.7%2025
151India4.5%2025
152Algeria4.4%2025
153Turkmenistan4.3%2025
154Eswatini4.2%2025
155Myanmar4.1%2025
156Ireland4.0%2025
157Sri Lanka3.7%2025
158Philippines3.6%2025
159Afghanistan3.6%2025
160Sudan3.3%2025
161Haiti3.0%2025
162Vietnam2.9%2025
163Gambia2.9%2025
164Iceland2.9%2025
165Uruguay2.4%2025
166El Salvador2.1%2025
167Singapore2.1%2025
168Trinidad and Tobago2.0%2025
169Equatorial Guinea1.8%2025
170Jamaica1.6%2025
171Iraq1.5%2025
172Morocco1.4%2025
173North Korea1.3%2025
174Liberia1.2%2025
175Djibouti1.2%2025
176Mauritania1.0%2025
177Fiji1.0%2025
178Saint Lucia1.0%2025
179Antigua and Barbuda0.8%2025
180Yemen0.7%2025
181Syria0.7%2025
182Papua New Guinea0.7%2025
183Comoros0.7%2025
184Aruba0.6%2025
185Dominica0.6%2025
186Saint Vincent and the Grenadines0.5%2025
187Turks and Caicos Islands0.5%2025
188Samoa0.3%2025
189Marshall Islands0.3%2025
190Libya0.2%2025
191Solomon Islands0.2%2025
192Cape Verde0.2%2025
193São Tomé and Príncipe0.2%2025
194Grenada0.2%2025
195Maldives0.1%2025
196Vanuatu0.1%2025
197Barbados0.1%2025
198Tonga0.1%2025
199Cayman Islands0.1%2025
200Somalia0.0%2025
201Eritrea0.0%2025
202Mauritius0.0%2025
203Guam0.0%2025
204Micronesia0.0%2025
205Bermuda0.0%2025
206Faroe Islands0.0%2025
207British Virgin Islands0.0%2025
208Nauru0.0%2025
209Tuvalu0.0%2025

Forest cover, % of land by country

#CountryForest cover, % of landYear
1Micronesia92.1%2024
2Suriname91.5%2024
3Gabon91.4%2024
4Palau90.8%2024
5Solomon Islands89.8%2024
6Guyana87.1%2024
7Equatorial Guinea86.1%2024
8American Samoa79.6%2024
9Dominica76.4%2024
10Papua New Guinea75.2%2024
11Guinea-Bissau74.8%2024
12Vanuatu74.6%2024
13Finland74.2%2024
14Saint Vincent and the Grenadines73.4%2024
15Central African Republic72.5%2024
16Brunei72.1%2024
17Timor-Leste71.0%2024
18Bhutan70.4%2024
19Sweden68.6%2024
20Japan68.3%2024
21Liberia66.1%2024
22British Virgin Islands66.0%2024
23South Korea64.4%2024
24North Korea64.1%2024
25Republic of the Congo64.0%2024
26Panama62.2%2024
27Slovenia61.8%2024
28Fiji61.7%2024
29DR Congo61.5%2024
30Montenegro61.5%2024
31Zambia60.5%2024
32Costa Rica59.1%2024
33Brazil58.5%2024
34Seychelles58.5%2024
35Belize58.0%2024
36Malaysia57.7%2024
37Samoa57.6%2024
38São Tomé and Príncipe57.6%2024
39Estonia57.2%2024
40Laos56.6%2024
41Jamaica56.5%2024
42Latvia55.6%2024
43Saint Lucia53.8%2024
44Colombia53.7%2024
45Marshall Islands53.6%2024
46Venezuela53.4%2024
47Northern Mariana Islands53.3%2024
48Cayman Islands53.0%2024
49Honduras52.8%2024
50Peru52.7%2024
51Guam52.3%2024
52Grenada51.5%2024
53Angola51.2%2024
54Bahamas50.9%2024
55Russia50.8%2024
56Indonesia50.7%2024
57Bolivia50.2%2024
58Ecuador49.7%2024
59Tanzania49.6%2024
60New Caledonia48.1%2024
61Austria47.3%2024
62Vietnam47.1%2024
63Dominican Republic46.7%2024
64Senegal45.0%2024
65Georgia44.6%2024
66Trinidad and Tobago44.2%2024
67Belarus44.1%2024
68Nepal43.6%2024
69French Polynesia42.4%2024
70Bosnia and Herzegovina42.2%2024
71Saint Kitts and Nevis42.1%2024
72Canada42.0%2024
73Myanmar42.0%2024
74Mozambique41.3%2024
75North Macedonia40.8%2024
76Cameroon40.7%2024
77Slovakia40.3%2024
78Tuvalu39.6%2024
79Serbia39.2%2024
80Andorra38.9%2024
81New Zealand38.9%2024
82Thailand38.7%2024
83Czechia38.4%2024
84Spain38.2%2024
85Cambodia37.6%2024
86Greece36.9%2024
87Liechtenstein36.8%2024
88Portugal36.6%2024
89Paraguay36.5%2024
90Bulgaria36.4%2024
91Zimbabwe35.7%2024
92Lithuania35.4%2024
93Cuba34.9%2024
94Croatia34.8%2024
95Luxembourg34.5%2024
96Sri Lanka34.4%2024
97Albania34.3%2024
98Mexico34.2%2024
99Sierra Leone34.0%2024
100United States33.8%2024
101Norway33.2%2024
102Guatemala33.1%2024
103El Salvador33.0%2024
104France32.9%2024
105Germany32.8%2024
106Switzerland32.0%2024
107Italy31.8%2024
108Poland31.0%2024
109Ghana30.9%2024
110Romania30.2%2024
111Türkiye29.5%2024
112Benin28.1%2024
113Botswana27.8%2024
114Rwanda26.1%2024
115Nicaragua25.8%2023
116Eswatini25.3%2024
117Philippines24.8%2024
118Chile24.5%2024
119India24.4%2024
120China24.0%2024
121Ethiopia23.8%2024
122Saint Martin23.4%2024
123Hungary22.8%2024
124Togo22.5%2024
125Malawi22.0%2024
126Belgium22.0%2024
127Singapore21.8%2024
128Gambia21.3%2024
129Guinea20.0%2024
130Mauritius19.1%2024
131Nigeria18.9%2024
132South Africa18.8%2024
133Cyprus18.6%2024
134Antigua and Barbuda17.9%2024
135Comoros17.8%2024
136Australia17.4%2024
137Ukraine17.3%2024
138Madagascar17.3%2024
139Argentina17.1%2024
140San Marino16.3%2024
141Denmark16.0%2024
142Barbados14.6%2024
143Azerbaijan14.6%2024
144Bermuda14.4%2024
145Bangladesh14.4%2024
146Lebanon13.8%2024
147United Kingdom13.5%2024
148Haiti13.5%2024
149Morocco12.8%2024
150Cape Verde12.5%2024
151Maldives12.5%2024
152Burkina Faso12.3%2024
153Tonga12.1%2024
154Côte d'Ivoire12.1%2024
155Eritrea12.0%2024
156Ireland12.0%2024
157Uganda11.9%2024
158Sudan11.9%2024
159Armenia11.8%2024
160Uruguay11.5%2024
161South Sudan11.3%2024
162Moldova11.3%2024
163Turks and Caicos Islands11.1%2024
164Netherlands11.0%2024
165Burundi10.9%2024
166Namibia9.8%2024
167Mongolia9.1%2024
168Sint Maarten8.8%2024
169Uzbekistan8.8%2024
170Mali8.7%2024
171Somalia7.8%2024
172Israel6.8%2024
173Kenya6.6%2024
174Iran6.6%2024
175Kyrgyzstan6.5%2024
176Turkmenistan5.0%2024
177Bahrain4.9%2024
178United Arab Emirates4.6%2024
179Tunisia4.4%2024
180Pakistan4.1%2024
181Tajikistan3.1%2024
182Chad3.0%2024
183Syria2.9%2024
184Aruba2.7%2024
185Afghanistan1.9%2024
186Palestine1.8%2024
187Iraq1.6%2024
188Malta1.5%2024
189Kiribati1.3%2024
190Kazakhstan1.3%2024
191Saudi Arabia1.3%2024
192Lesotho1.1%2024
193Yemen1.0%2024
194Mauritania1.0%2024
195Niger0.8%2024
196Jordan0.8%2024
197Algeria0.7%2024
198Iceland0.6%2024
199Kuwait0.4%2024
200Djibouti0.3%2024
201Qatar0.1%2024
202Libya0.1%2024
203Faroe Islands0.1%2024
204Oman0.0%2024
205Egypt0.0%2024
206Greenland0.0%2024
207Gibraltar0.0%2023
208Monaco0.0%2023
209Nauru0.0%2023

Marine protected areas by country

#CountryMarine protected areasYear
1Monaco100.0%2025
2Palau98.0%2025
3Saint Martin97.0%2025
4New Caledonia96.5%2025
5French Polynesia87.4%2025
6Kazakhstan52.5%2025
7France49.2%2025
8United Kingdom46.8%2025
9Australia45.4%2025
10Germany45.3%2025
11Chile41.2%2025
12Colombia41.1%2025
13Belgium38.3%2025
14Netherlands33.5%2025
15Seychelles32.6%2025
16Northern Mariana Islands32.4%2025
17New Zealand30.4%2025
18Costa Rica28.4%2025
19Denmark27.1%2025
20Gabon26.8%2025
21Brazil26.6%2025
22Panama26.3%2025
23Poland24.0%2025
24Lithuania23.2%2025
25Mexico22.6%2025
26Ukraine21.6%2025
27Romania21.5%2025
28Bahrain21.4%2025
29Belize20.4%2025
30Ecuador19.3%2025
31Estonia19.2%2025
32United States19.0%2025
33Spain19.0%2025
34Sudan17.0%2025
35Portugal16.9%2025
36Latvia16.4%2025
37Oman16.2%2025
38Sweden16.1%2025
39South Africa15.4%2025
40Gibraltar14.2%2025
41Republic of the Congo14.1%2025
42Japan13.8%2025
43Dominican Republic13.3%2025
44Argentina12.0%2025
45United Arab Emirates12.0%2025
46Kiribati11.9%2025
47Finland11.8%2025
48Cameroon11.4%2025
49Italy11.0%2025
50Croatia9.3%2025
51Canada9.2%2025
52Guinea-Bissau9.1%2025
53American Samoa8.7%2025
54Bangladesh8.6%2025
55Cyprus8.6%2025
56Bulgaria8.2%2025
57Peru7.9%2025
58Malta7.8%2025
59Bahamas7.7%2025
60Montenegro5.3%2025
61Egypt5.1%2025
62Sint Maarten5.1%2025
63Thailand5.0%2025
64Honduras4.9%2025
65China4.8%2025
66Malaysia4.8%2025
67Greece4.7%2025
68Saint Kitts and Nevis4.5%2025
69Venezuela4.4%2025
70Cuba4.2%2025
71Turkmenistan4.2%2025
72Greenland4.2%2025
73Mauritania3.7%2025
74Nicaragua3.6%2025
75Saudi Arabia3.5%2025
76Albania3.4%2025
77Kuwait3.2%2025
78Senegal3.1%2025
79Indonesia3.0%2025
80Slovenia2.9%2025
81Jordan2.8%2025
82Ireland2.4%2025
83Tanzania2.3%2025
84South Korea2.3%2025
85Qatar2.3%2025
86Russia2.2%2025
87Mozambique2.1%2025
88Haiti1.8%2025
89Türkiye1.7%2025
90Sierra Leone1.7%2025
91Namibia1.7%2025
92Philippines1.6%2025
93Cambodia1.5%2025
94Uruguay1.5%2025
95Suriname1.5%2025
96Madagascar1.4%2025
97Pakistan1.2%2025
98Tunisia1.1%2025
99Azerbaijan1.0%2025
100Norway1.0%2025
101Iran0.9%2025
102Guatemala0.9%2025
103Fiji0.9%2025
104Benin0.8%2025
105El Salvador0.8%2025
106Georgia0.8%2025
107Kenya0.7%2025
108Togo0.7%2025
109Gambia0.7%2025
110Jamaica0.7%2025
111Timor-Leste0.7%2025
112Antigua and Barbuda0.7%2025
113Myanmar0.6%2025
114Guinea0.6%2025
115Israel0.6%2025
116Libya0.6%2025
117DR Congo0.5%2025
118Vietnam0.5%2025
119Iceland0.5%2025
120Yemen0.4%2025
121Comoros0.4%2025
122Aruba0.4%2025
123India0.3%2025
124Morocco0.3%2025
125Sri Lanka0.3%2025
126Equatorial Guinea0.3%2025
127Saint Lucia0.3%2025
128Marshall Islands0.3%2025
129Côte d'Ivoire0.2%2025
130Syria0.2%2025
131Lebanon0.2%2025
132Djibouti0.2%2025
133Samoa0.2%2025
134Saint Vincent and the Grenadines0.2%2025
135Turks and Caicos Islands0.2%2025
136Algeria0.1%2025
137Papua New Guinea0.1%2025
138Liberia0.1%2025
139Trinidad and Tobago0.1%2025
140Solomon Islands0.1%2025
141Maldives0.1%2025
142Cape Verde0.1%2025
143Grenada0.1%2025
144Tonga0.1%2025
145Cayman Islands0.1%2025
146Dominica0.1%2025
147Nigeria0.0%2025
148Iraq0.0%2025
149Angola0.0%2025
150Ghana0.0%2025
151North Korea0.0%2025
152Somalia0.0%2025
153Hong Kong0.0%2025
154Singapore0.0%2025
155Palestine0.0%2025
156Eritrea0.0%2025
157Bosnia and Herzegovina0.0%2025
158Mauritius0.0%2025
159Guyana0.0%2025
160Brunei0.0%2025
161Vanuatu0.0%2025
162Barbados0.0%2025
163São Tomé and Príncipe0.0%2025
164Guam0.0%2025
165Micronesia0.0%2025
166Bermuda0.0%2025
167Faroe Islands0.0%2025
168British Virgin Islands0.0%2025
169Nauru0.0%2025
170Tuvalu0.0%2025