🦌 Most Protected Land
Share of land area set aside as national parks, reserves and other protected areas.
1
🇸🇨Seychelles
68.1%
2
🇳🇨New Caledonia
59.6%
3
🇻🇪Venezuela
56.8%
4
🇧🇹Bhutan
51.6%
5
🇱🇮Liechtenstein
44.8%
6
🇧🇬Bulgaria
44.3%
7
🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands
43.5%
8
🇬🇳Guinea
42.6%
9
🇭🇰Hong Kong
42.0%
10
🇬🇱Greenland
41.9%
11
🇿🇲Zambia
41.3%
12
🇸🇮Slovenia
40.4%
13
🇧🇳Brunei
39.9%
14
🇳🇦Namibia
39.9%
15
🇹🇿Tanzania
39.9%
16
🇰🇭Cambodia
39.8%
17
🇵🇱Poland
39.6%
18
🇩🇪Germany
39.2%
19
🇱🇺Luxembourg
39.1%
20
🇦🇲Armenia
38.9%
21
🇨🇾Cyprus
38.6%
22
🇭🇷Croatia
38.4%
23
🇸🇰Slovakia
37.5%
24
🇧🇿Belize
37.3%
25
🇨🇬Congo
36.6%
26
🇧🇯Benin
36.1%
27
🇬🇷Greece
35.0%
28
🇧🇸Bahamas
34.6%
29
🇰🇲Comoros
33.7%
30
🇳🇿New Zealand
33.4%
31
🇸🇹São Tomé and Príncipe
31.7%
32
🇵🇼Palau
31.4%
33
🇵🇦Panama
31.4%
34
🇧🇴Bolivia
30.9%
35
🇱🇰Sri Lanka
30.8%
36
🇧🇷Brazil
30.6%
37
🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago
30.6%
38
🇯🇵Japan
29.7%
39
🇦🇹Austria
29.6%
40
🇲🇿Mozambique
29.5%
41
🇲🇹Malta
29.0%
42
🇲🇰North Macedonia
29.0%
43
🇴🇲Oman
28.9%
44
🇫🇷France
28.8%
45
🇬🇧United Kingdom
28.4%
46
🇿🇼Zimbabwe
28.3%
47
🇪🇸Spain
28.1%
48
🇹🇬Togo
27.9%
49
🇧🇼Botswana
27.6%
50
🇮🇱Israel
27.6%
Highlights
As of 2025, Seychelles ranks first with 68.1%, followed by New Caledonia (59.6%) and Venezuela (56.8%).
Across 213 countries and territories, values run from 68.1% (Seychelles) to 0.0% (Somalia), with a median of 17.0%.
By region, the top 10 is made up of 3 from the Americas, 2 from Africa, 2 from Asia, 2 from Europe and 1 from Oceania.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area), 2025. Unit: % of land.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 13, 2026