| Indicators by Countries (Source: United Nations) |
| Protected area ratio to surface area (UNSD calculated from UNEP) |
 |
|
| country |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
Palau |
2.52 |
2.52 |
2.53 |
2.53 |
2.58 |
2.93 |
2.93 |
2.93 |
2.93 |
.. |
Greenland |
2.88 |
2.88 |
2.88 |
2.88 |
2.88 |
2.88 |
2.88 |
2.88 |
2.88 |
.. |
Turks and Caicos Islands |
1.67 |
1.67 |
1.67 |
1.67 |
1.67 |
1.67 |
1.67 |
1.67 |
1.67 |
.. |
Tuvalu |
1.10 |
1.10 |
1.10 |
1.10 |
1.10 |
1.10 |
1.10 |
1.10 |
1.10 |
.. |
Cayman Islands |
.38 |
.39 |
.39 |
.39 |
.39 |
.39 |
.93 |
.93 |
.93 |
.. |
Venezuela |
.63 |
.63 |
.63 |
.63 |
.63 |
.63 |
.63 |
.63 |
.63 |
.. |
Ecuador |
.53 |
.53 |
.53 |
.53 |
.53 |
.53 |
.53 |
.53 |
.53 |
.. |
China; Hong Kong Special Administrative Region |
.51 |
.51 |
.51 |
.51 |
.51 |
.51 |
.51 |
.52 |
.52 |
.. |
Monaco |
.50 |
.50 |
.50 |
.50 |
.50 |
.50 |
.50 |
.50 |
.50 |
.. |
Zambia |
.41 |
.41 |
.41 |
.41 |
.41 |
.41 |
.41 |
.41 |
.41 |
.. |
Liechtenstein |
.40 |
.40 |
.40 |
.40 |
.40 |
.40 |
.40 |
.40 |
.40 |
.. |
United Republic of Tanzania |
.38 |
.38 |
.38 |
.38 |
.38 |
.38 |
.38 |
.38 |
.38 |
.. |
Brunei Darussalam |
.38 |
.38 |
.38 |
.38 |
.38 |
.38 |
.38 |
.38 |
.38 |
.. |
Saudi Arabia |
.37 |
.37 |
.37 |
.37 |
.37 |
.37 |
.37 |
.37 |
.37 |
.. |
British Virgin Islands |
.35 |
.35 |
.35 |
.35 |
.35 |
.35 |
.35 |
.35 |
.35 |
.. |
Dominican Republic |
.32 |
.33 |
.33 |
.33 |
.33 |
.33 |
.33 |
.33 |
.33 |
.. |
Colombia |
.31 |
.31 |
.31 |
.31 |
.31 |
.31 |
.31 |
.32 |
.32 |
.. |
Germany |
.28 |
.29 |
.30 |
.30 |
.30 |
.30 |
.30 |
.30 |
.30 |
.. |
Botswana |
.30 |
.30 |
.30 |
.30 |
.30 |
.30 |
.30 |
.30 |
.30 |
.. |
American Samoa |
.29 |
.29 |
.29 |
.29 |
.29 |
.29 |
.29 |
.29 |
.29 |
.. |
Switzerland |
.27 |
.27 |
.29 |
.29 |
.29 |
.29 |
.29 |
.29 |
.29 |
.. |
Tonga |
.28 |
.28 |
.28 |
.28 |
.28 |
.28 |
.28 |
.28 |
.28 |
.. |
Austria |
.25 |
.27 |
.27 |
.28 |
.28 |
.28 |
.28 |
.28 |
.28 |
.. |
Guam |
.27 |
.27 |
.27 |
.27 |
.27 |
.27 |
.27 |
.27 |
.27 |
.. |
Poland |
.26 |
.26 |
.27 |
.27 |
.27 |
.27 |
.27 |
.27 |
.27 |
.. |
Belize |
.23 |
.22 |
.24 |
.24 |
.25 |
.26 |
.26 |
.26 |
.26 |
.. |
Bhutan |
.25 |
.25 |
.26 |
.26 |
.26 |
.26 |
.26 |
.26 |
.26 |
.. |
Uganda |
.26 |
.26 |
.26 |
.26 |
.26 |
.26 |
.26 |
.26 |
.26 |
.. |
Slovakia |
.24 |
.25 |
.25 |
.25 |
.25 |
.25 |
.25 |
.25 |
.25 |
.. |
Malaysia |
.23 |
.23 |
.23 |
.24 |
.24 |
.24 |
.24 |
.24 |
.24 |
.. |
United States |
.20 |
.20 |
.20 |
.20 |
.23 |
.23 |
.23 |
.23 |
.23 |
.. |
Costa Rica |
.23 |
.23 |
.23 |
.23 |
.23 |
.23 |
.23 |
.23 |
.23 |
.. |
Benin |
.23 |
.23 |
.23 |
.23 |
.23 |
.23 |
.23 |
.23 |
.23 |
.. |
Panama |
.23 |
.23 |
.23 |
.23 |
.23 |
.23 |
.23 |
.23 |
.23 |
.. |
Guatemala |
.08 |
.08 |
.08 |
.08 |
.08 |
.08 |
.08 |
.22 |
.22 |
.. |
Cambodia |
.17 |
.17 |
.17 |
.22 |
.22 |
.22 |
.22 |
.22 |
.22 |
.. |
Niue |
.21 |
.21 |
.21 |
.21 |
.21 |
.21 |
.21 |
.21 |
.21 |
.. |
New Zealand |
.11 |
.11 |
.11 |
.11 |
.11 |
.13 |
.13 |
.20 |
.20 |
.. |
Bolivia |
.17 |
.17 |
.17 |
.17 |
.17 |
.17 |
.17 |
.19 |
.19 |
.. |
Thailand |
.18 |
.18 |
.18 |
.19 |
.19 |
.19 |
.19 |
.19 |
.19 |
.. |
Tajikistan |
.18 |
.18 |
.18 |
.18 |
.18 |
.18 |
.18 |
.18 |
.18 |
.. |
United Kingdom |
.18 |
.18 |
.18 |
.18 |
.18 |
.18 |
.18 |
.18 |
.18 |
.. |
Nicaragua |
.18 |
.18 |
.18 |
.18 |
.18 |
.18 |
.18 |
.18 |
.18 |
.. |
Brazil |
.18 |
.18 |
.18 |
.18 |
.18 |
.18 |
.18 |
.18 |
.18 |
.. |
Honduras |
.18 |
.18 |
.18 |
.18 |
.18 |
.18 |
.18 |
.18 |
.18 |
.. |
Australia |
.12 |
.12 |
.13 |
.15 |
.15 |
.15 |
.17 |
.17 |
.17 |
.. |
Ethiopia |
.17 |
.17 |
.17 |
.17 |
.17 |
.17 |
.17 |
.17 |
.17 |
.. |
Central African Republic |
.17 |
.17 |
.17 |
.17 |
.17 |
.17 |
.17 |
.17 |
.17 |
.. |
Luxembourg |
.17 |
.17 |
.17 |
.17 |
.17 |
.17 |
.17 |
.17 |
.17 |
.. |
Nepal |
.14 |
.15 |
.17 |
.17 |
.17 |
.17 |
.17 |
.17 |
.17 |
.. |
Peru |
.16 |
.16 |
.16 |
.16 |
.16 |
.16 |
.16 |
.16 |
.16 |
.. |
Malawi |
.16 |
.16 |
.16 |
.16 |
.16 |
.16 |
.16 |
.16 |
.16 |
.. |
Israel |
.16 |
.16 |
.16 |
.16 |
.16 |
.16 |
.16 |
.16 |
.16 |
.. |
Ivory Coast |
.16 |
.16 |
.16 |
.16 |
.16 |
.16 |
.16 |
.16 |
.16 |
.. |
Lao People`s Democratic Republic |
.15 |
.15 |
.15 |
.15 |
.16 |
.16 |
.16 |
.16 |
.16 |
.. |
Czech Republic |
.16 |
.16 |
.16 |
.16 |
.16 |
.16 |
.16 |
.16 |
.16 |
.. |
Gabon |
.16 |
.16 |
.16 |
.16 |
.16 |
.16 |
.16 |
.16 |
.16 |
.. |
Estonia |
.08 |
.08 |
.08 |
.08 |
.08 |
.08 |
.08 |
.15 |
.15 |
.. |
Zimbabwe |
.15 |
.15 |
.15 |
.15 |
.15 |
.15 |
.15 |
.15 |
.15 |
.. |
Ghana |
.15 |
.15 |
.15 |
.15 |
.15 |
.15 |
.15 |
.15 |
.15 |
.. |
China |
.09 |
.09 |
.09 |
.09 |
.10 |
.11 |
.11 |
.15 |
.15 |
.. |
Sri Lanka |
.15 |
.15 |
.15 |
.15 |
.15 |
.15 |
.15 |
.15 |
.15 |
.. |
Burkina Faso |
.15 |
.15 |
.15 |
.15 |
.15 |
.15 |
.15 |
.15 |
.15 |
.. |
Namibia |
.15 |
.15 |
.15 |
.15 |
.15 |
.15 |
.15 |
.15 |
.15 |
.. |
Cuba |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.14 |
.14 |
.15 |
.. |
Equatorial Guinea |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.14 |
.14 |
.14 |
.14 |
.14 |
.. |
Latvia |
.06 |
.13 |
.13 |
.14 |
.14 |
.14 |
.14 |
.14 |
.14 |
.. |
Jamaica |
.07 |
.07 |
.07 |
.14 |
.14 |
.14 |
.14 |
.14 |
.14 |
.. |
Congo |
.09 |
.09 |
.11 |
.11 |
.11 |
.14 |
.14 |
.14 |
.14 |
.. |
Chile |
.14 |
.14 |
.14 |
.14 |
.14 |
.14 |
.14 |
.14 |
.14 |
.. |
Mongolia |
.11 |
.12 |
.12 |
.12 |
.14 |
.14 |
.14 |
.14 |
.14 |
.. |
Netherlands |
.14 |
.14 |
.14 |
.14 |
.14 |
.14 |
.14 |
.14 |
.14 |
.. |
Liberia |
.13 |
.13 |
.13 |
.13 |
.13 |
.13 |
.13 |
.13 |
.13 |
.. |
Kenya |
.13 |
.13 |
.13 |
.13 |
.13 |
.13 |
.13 |
.13 |
.13 |
.. |
Italy |
.12 |
.12 |
.12 |
.12 |
.13 |
.13 |
.13 |
.13 |
.13 |
.. |
Egypt |
.12 |
.12 |
.12 |
.12 |
.12 |
.12 |
.13 |
.13 |
.13 |
.. |
Suriname |
.14 |
.14 |
.11 |
.11 |
.11 |
.11 |
.11 |
.12 |
.12 |
.. |
France |
.11 |
.11 |
.12 |
.12 |
.12 |
.12 |
.12 |
.12 |
.12 |
.. |
Angola |
.12 |
.12 |
.12 |
.12 |
.12 |
.12 |
.12 |
.12 |
.12 |
.. |
Togo |
.11 |
.11 |
.11 |
.11 |
.11 |
.11 |
.11 |
.11 |
.11 |
.. |
Montserrat |
.11 |
.11 |
.11 |
.11 |
.11 |
.11 |
.11 |
.11 |
.11 |
.. |
Martinique |
.10 |
.10 |
.10 |
.10 |
.11 |
.11 |
.11 |
.11 |
.11 |
.. |
Lithuania |
.11 |
.11 |
.11 |
.11 |
.11 |
.11 |
.11 |
.11 |
.11 |
.. |
Jordan |
.11 |
.11 |
.11 |
.11 |
.11 |
.11 |
.11 |
.11 |
.11 |
.. |
Senegal |
.11 |
.11 |
.11 |
.11 |
.11 |
.11 |
.11 |
.11 |
.11 |
.. |
Oman |
.10 |
.11 |
.11 |
.11 |
.11 |
.11 |
.11 |
.11 |
.11 |
.. |
Saint Kitts and Nevis |
.10 |
.10 |
.10 |
.10 |
.10 |
.10 |
.10 |
.10 |
.10 |
.. |
Bulgaria |
.09 |
.09 |
.09 |
.09 |
.09 |
.09 |
.10 |
.10 |
.10 |
.. |
Cook Islands |
.10 |
.10 |
.10 |
.10 |
.10 |
.10 |
.10 |
.10 |
.10 |
.. |
Armenia |
.09 |
.09 |
.09 |
.09 |
.09 |
.09 |
.10 |
.10 |
.10 |
.. |
Japan |
.09 |
.09 |
.09 |
.09 |
.09 |
.09 |
.09 |
.09 |
.09 |
.. |
Mozambique |
.08 |
.08 |
.08 |
.08 |
.08 |
.09 |
.09 |
.09 |
.09 |
.. |
Indonesia |
.08 |
.08 |
.08 |
.09 |
.09 |
.09 |
.09 |
.09 |
.09 |
.. |
Hungary |
.06 |
.08 |
.08 |
.08 |
.08 |
.08 |
.09 |
.09 |
.09 |
.. |
Pakistan |
.09 |
.09 |
.09 |
.09 |
.09 |
.09 |
.09 |
.09 |
.09 |
.. |
Russian Federation |
.09 |
.09 |
.09 |
.09 |
.09 |
.09 |
.09 |
.09 |
.09 |
.. |
Cameroon |
.07 |
.07 |
.07 |
.07 |
.07 |
.09 |
.09 |
.09 |
.09 |
.. |
Chad |
.09 |
.09 |
.09 |
.09 |
.09 |
.09 |
.09 |
.09 |
.09 |
.. |
Sweden |
.07 |
.07 |
.07 |
.07 |
.09 |
.09 |
.09 |
.09 |
.09 |
.. |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
.08 |
.08 |
.08 |
.08 |
.08 |
.08 |
.08 |
.08 |
.08 |
.. |
Finland |
.08 |
.08 |
.08 |
.08 |
.08 |
.08 |
.08 |
.08 |
.08 |
.. |
Spain |
.08 |
.08 |
.08 |
.08 |
.08 |
.08 |
.08 |
.08 |
.08 |
.. |
Rwanda |
.08 |
.08 |
.08 |
.08 |
.08 |
.08 |
.08 |
.08 |
.08 |
.. |
Mexico |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.07 |
.08 |
.08 |
.08 |
.08 |
.. |
Denmark |
.07 |
.07 |
.07 |
.07 |
.07 |
.07 |
.07 |
.07 |
.07 |
.. |
Niger |
.07 |
.07 |
.07 |
.07 |
.07 |
.07 |
.07 |
.07 |
.07 |
.. |
Slovenia |
.07 |
.07 |
.07 |
.07 |
.07 |
.07 |
.07 |
.07 |
.07 |
.. |
Canada |
.06 |
.06 |
.06 |
.06 |
.06 |
.07 |
.07 |
.07 |
.07 |
.. |
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia |
.07 |
.07 |
.07 |
.07 |
.07 |
.07 |
.07 |
.07 |
.07 |
.. |
Iran (Islamic Republic of) |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.06 |
.07 |
.07 |
.07 |
.. |
Argentina |
.06 |
.06 |
.06 |
.06 |
.06 |
.06 |
.06 |
.06 |
.06 |
.. |
Nigeria |
.06 |
.06 |
.06 |
.06 |
.06 |
.06 |
.06 |
.06 |
.06 |
.. |
Northern Mariana Islands |
.06 |
.06 |
.06 |
.06 |
.06 |
.06 |
.06 |
.06 |
.06 |
.. |
Paraguay |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.05 |
.06 |
.06 |
.. |
Burundi |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.06 |
.06 |
.06 |
.06 |
.06 |
.. |
South Africa |
.06 |
.06 |
.06 |
.06 |
.06 |
.06 |
.06 |
.06 |
.06 |
.. |
Croatia |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.06 |
.06 |
.06 |
.06 |
.06 |
.06 |
.. |
Azerbaijan |
.06 |
.06 |
.06 |
.06 |
.06 |
.06 |
.06 |
.06 |
.06 |
.. |
Guinea |
.06 |
.06 |
.06 |
.06 |
.06 |
.06 |
.06 |
.06 |
.06 |
.. |
Iceland |
.06 |
.06 |
.06 |
.06 |
.06 |
.06 |
.06 |
.06 |
.06 |
.. |
Belarus |
.06 |
.06 |
.06 |
.06 |
.06 |
.06 |
.06 |
.06 |
.06 |
.. |
Algeria |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.. |
India |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.. |
Norway |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.. |
Myanmar |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.. |
Sudan |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.. |
French Guiana |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.. |
Bermuda |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.. |
Romania |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.. |
Uzbekistan |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.. |
Portugal |
.04 |
.04 |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.05 |
.. |
Serbia and Montenegro |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.. |
Turkmenistan |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.. |
Cyprus |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.. |
Dominica |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.. |
Turkey |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.. |
Sierra Leone |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.. |
Papua New Guinea |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.. |
Korea; Republic of |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.. |
Philippines |
.03 |
.03 |
.03 |
.03 |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.. |
Kyrgyzstan |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.. |
Georgia |
.03 |
.03 |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.. |
Gambia |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.04 |
.. |
Swaziland |
.03 |
.03 |
.03 |
.03 |
.03 |
.03 |
.03 |
.03 |
.03 |
.. |
Viet Nam |
.03 |
.03 |
.03 |
.03 |
.03 |
.03 |
.03 |
.03 |
.03 |
.. |
United States Virgin Islands |
.01 |
.01 |
.01 |
.02 |
.02 |
.03 |
.03 |
.03 |
.03 |
.. |
Belgium |
.03 |
.03 |
.03 |
.03 |
.03 |
.03 |
.03 |
.03 |
.03 |
.. |
Ukraine |
.03 |
.03 |
.03 |
.03 |
.03 |
.03 |
.03 |
.03 |
.03 |
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Guadeloupe |
.03 |
.03 |
.03 |
.03 |
.03 |
.03 |
.03 |
.03 |
.03 |
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Greece |
.03 |
.03 |
.03 |
.03 |
.03 |
.03 |
.03 |
.03 |
.03 |
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Reunion |
.02 |
.02 |
.02 |
.03 |
.03 |
.03 |
.03 |
.03 |
.03 |
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Kazakhstan |
.03 |
.03 |
.03 |
.03 |
.03 |
.03 |
.03 |
.03 |
.03 |
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Madagascar |
.02 |
.03 |
.03 |
.03 |
.03 |
.03 |
.03 |
.0 |