Protected Land (%) by Country

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Rank	Country	Value	Percentile
#1	Seychelles	68.1	100%
#2	New Caledonia	59.6	100%
#3	Venezuela	56.8	99%
#4	Bhutan	51.6	99%
#5	Liechtenstein	44.8	98%
#6	Bulgaria	44.3	98%
#7	Turks and Caicos Islands	43.5	97%
#8	Hong Kong	42	97%
#9	Greenland	41.9	96%
#10	Zambia	41.3	96%
#11	Slovenia	40.5	95%
#12	Tanzania	40	95%
#13	Brunei	39.9	94%
#14	Namibia	39.9	94%
#15	Cambodia	39.8	93%
#16	Poland	39.6	93%
#17	Germany	39.3	92%
#18	Armenia	38.9	92%
#19	Luxembourg	38.7	92%
#20	Cyprus	38.6	91%
#21	Croatia	38.4	91%
#22	Guinea	37.6	90%
#23	Slovakia	37.5	90%
#24	Belize	37.3	89%
#25	Congo	36.8	89%
#26	Greece	35	88%
#27	Bahamas	34.6	88%
#28	Comoros	33.7	87%
#29	New Zealand	33.4	87%
#30	Sao Tome and Principe	31.7	86%
#31	Panama	31.4	86%
#32	Palau	31.4	85%
#33	Bolivia	30.9	85%
#34	Brazil	30.6	85%
#35	Trinidad and Tobago	30.6	84%
#36	Sri Lanka	30	84%
#37	Benin	29.7	83%
#38	Austria	29.6	83%
#39	Japan	29.5	82%
#40	Mozambique	29.5	82%
#41	Botswana	29.1	81%
#42	Malta	28.9	81%
#43	France	28.6	80%
#44	United Kingdom	28.4	80%
#45	Zimbabwe	28.3	79%
#46	North Macedonia	28.2	79%
#47	Spain	28.1	78%
#48	Togo	28.1	78%
#49	Israel	27.6	77%
#50	Andorra	27.3	77%
#51	Costa Rica	26.5	77%
#52	Gibraltar	26.4	76%
#53	Senegal	26.3	76%
#54	Dominican Republic	26.2	75%
#55	Guinea-Bissau	26.2	75%
#56	Romania	24.6	74%
#57	Albania	23.6	74%
#58	Ecuador	23.6	73%
#59	Nepal	23.6	73%
#60	Honduras	23.4	72%
#61	Lesotho	23.4	72%
#62	Malawi	23.1	71%
#63	Kiribati	22.9	71%
#64	Netherlands	22.9	70%
#65	Côte d'Ivoire	22.8	70%
#66	Georgia	22.8	69%
#67	Portugal	22.8	69%
#68	Gabon	22.7	69%
#69	Hungary	22.6	68%
#70	Tajikistan	22.6	68%
#71	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	22.6	67%
#72	Peru	22.5	67%
#73	Azerbaijan	22.1	66%
#74	Australia	22	66%
#75	Estonia	22	65%
#76	Oman	22	65%
#77	Czechia	21.9	64%
#78	Montenegro	21.7	64%
#79	Chile	21.6	63%
#80	Italy	21.6	63%
#81	Dominica	21.4	62%
#82	Nicaragua	21.2	62%
#83	Chad	21	62%
#84	Iceland	20.9	61%
#85	Monaco	20.9	61%
#86	Tuvalu	20.2	60%
#87	Guatemala	20.1	60%
#88	Jamaica	19.9	59%
#89	Mongolia	19.8	59%
#90	Aruba	19.7	58%
#91	United Arab Emirates	19.2	58%
#92	Pakistan	19.2	57%
#93	Equatorial Guinea	19	57%
#94	Laos	18.8	56%
#95	Latvia	18.5	56%
#96	Saudi Arabia	18.5	55%
#97	Thailand	18.4	55%
#98	Saint Lucia	18.2	54%
#99	Niger	18.2	54%
#100	Lithuania	17.8	54%
#101	Norway	17.8	53%
#102	Cabo Verde	17.6	53%
#103	South Korea	17.4	52%
#104	Kuwait	17.1	52%
#105	Colombia	17	51%
#106	Ethiopia	17	51%
#107	Saint Kitts and Nevis	16.9	50%
#108	Ukraine	16.8	50%
#109	Curaçao	16.7	49%
#110	Marshall Islands	16.6	49%
#111	Antigua and Barbuda	16.5	48%
#112	Burkina Faso	16.5	48%
#113	American Samoa	16.4	47%
#114	Belgium	16.3	47%
#115	Timor-Leste	16.1	46%
#116	Uganda	16.1	46%
#117	Philippines	16	46%
#118	Denmark	15.8	45%
#119	China	15.6	45%
#120	Cuba	15.6	44%
#121	Qatar	15.6	44%
#122	Sweden	15.5	43%
#123	South Sudan	15.4	43%
#124	Mexico	15.3	42%
#125	Congo, Democratic Republic	14.9	42%
#126	Paraguay	14.9	41%
#127	Central African Republic	14.8	41%
#128	Ghana	14.8	40%
#129	Suriname	14.8	40%
#130	Ireland	14.4	39%
#131	Kenya	14	39%
#132	Nigeria	13.9	38%
#133	Finland	13.6	38%
#134	Serbia	13.4	38%
#135	Malaysia	13.3	37%
#136	Tonga	13.3	37%
#137	U.S. Virgin Islands	13.3	36%
#138	Egypt	13.2	36%
#139	Canada	12.9	35%
#140	United States	12.9	35%
#141	Madagascar	12.7	34%
#142	Sierra Leone	12.6	34%
#143	Switzerland	12.5	33%
#144	Indonesia	12	33%
#145	Bahrain	11.7	32%
#146	Moldova	11.5	32%
#147	Russia	11.5	31%
#148	Cameroon	11	31%
#149	Angola	10.8	31%
#150	British Virgin Islands	10.5	30%
#151	Kazakhstan	10.1	30%
#152	Palestine	10	29%
#153	Bosnia and Herzegovina	9.5	29%
#154	Uzbekistan	9.5	28%
#155	South Africa	9.5	28%
#156	Belarus	9.4	27%
#157	Saint Martin	9.3	27%
#158	Rwanda	9.1	26%
#159	Argentina	8.8	26%
#160	Grenada	8.8	25%
#161	Cayman Islands	8.8	25%
#162	Haiti	8.6	24%
#163	Iran	8.6	24%
#164	Guyana	8.4	23%
#165	El Salvador	8.3	23%
#166	Lebanon	7.9	23%
#167	Tunisia	7.9	22%
#168	Samoa	7.8	22%
#169	India	7.7	21%
#170	Burundi	7.6	21%
#171	Gambia	7.6	20%
#172	Vietnam	7.6	20%
#173	Mali	7.5	19%
#174	Turkey	7	19%
#175	Kyrgyzstan	6.8	18%
#176	Myanmar	6.6	18%
#177	Puerto Rico	6.6	17%
#178	Jordan	5.4	17%
#179	Mauritius	5	16%
#180	Algeria	4.7	16%
#181	Isle of Man	4.6	15%
#182	Singapore	4.6	15%
#183	Turkmenistan	4.3	15%
#184	Bangladesh	4.2	14%
#185	Guam	4.2	14%
#186	Eswatini	4.2	13%
#187	Vanuatu	4.2	13%
#188	Liberia	4	12%
#189	Fiji	3.9	12%
#190	Papua New Guinea	3.7	11%
#191	Afghanistan	3.6	11%
#192	Uruguay	3.1	10%
#193	Maldives	3	10%
#194	Northern Mariana Islands	2.8	9%
#195	Faroe Islands	2.4	9%
#196	North Korea	2.4	8%
#197	Solomon Islands	2.4	8%
#198	Bermuda	2.3	8%
#199	Sudan	2.3	7%
#200	Morocco	2.1	7%
#201	French Polynesia	1.8	6%
#202	Djibouti	1.6	6%
#203	Iraq	1.5	5%
#204	Barbados	1.1	5%
#205	Yemen	1.1	4%
#206	Sint Maarten	0.8	4%
#207	Syria	0.7	3%
#208	Mauritania	0.6	3%
#209	Libya	0.1	2%
#210	Eritrea	0	2%
#211	Micronesia	0	1%
#212	Nauru	0	1%
#213	Somalia	0	0%