Terrestrial and marine protected areas
Terrestrial protected areas are totally or partially protected areas of at least 1,000 hectares that are designated by national authorities as scientific reserves with limited public access, national parks, natural monuments, nature reserves or wildlife sanctuaries, protected landscapes, and areas managed mainly for sustainable use. Marine protected areas are areas of intertidal or subtidal terrain--and overlying water and associated flora and fauna and historical and cultural features--that have been reserved by law or other effective means to protect part or all of the enclosed environment. Sites protected under local or provincial law are excluded.
- Publisher
- World Bank
- Unit
- —
- Cadence
- Annual
- Series
- 213
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- Updated
- 2026-09-06
Provenance
Who produced these figures, as World Bank declares it — not inferred, and each line says which published field it was read from.
Produced by
UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre
Protected Planet: The World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) and World Database on Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures (WD-OECM), UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), uri: https://www.protectedplanet.net/en, publisher: Protected Planet, date accessed: 20240516, date published: 202405
declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization
International Union for Conservation of Nature
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), uri: https://www.protectedplanet.net/en, publisher: Protected Planet, date accessed: 20240516
declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization
Read from
World Bank
World Development Indicators
declared by worldbank in source
Latest observations
| Country | Period | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 2025 | 3.60 | percent |
| Albania | 2025 | 18 | percent |
| Algeria | 2025 | 4.40 | percent |
| American Samoa | 2025 | 8.70 | percent |
| Andorra | 2025 | 27.30 | percent |
| Angola | 2025 | 7.70 | percent |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 2025 | 0.80 | percent |
| Argentina | 2025 | 9.70 | percent |
| Armenia | 2025 | 38.90 | percent |
| Aruba | 2025 | 0.60 | percent |
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