NationMaster - Areas under protection (most recent) by country

Rank	Countries	Amount (top to bottom)
#1	Russia:	10,863
#2	Germany:	7,315
#3	Ukraine:	5,182
#4	Canada:	3,822
#5	Sweden:	3,632
#6	New Zealand:	3,515
#7	United States:	3,481
#8	Switzerland:	2,177
#9	Czech Republic:	1,789
#10	France:	1,325
#11	Indonesia:	1,080
#12	Slovakia:	1,040
#13	Belarus:	903
#14	China:	809
#15	Brazil:	802
#16	Austria:	719
#17	Poland:	579
#18	United Kingdom:	579
#19	South Africa:	542
#20	India:	497
#21	Italy:	427
#22	Spain:	328
#23	Cuba:	321
#24	Argentina:	320
#25	Finland:	270
#26	Denmark:	255
#27	Mexico:	224
#28	Estonia:	219
#29	Latvia:	209
#30	Venezuela:	195
#31	Croatia:	195
#32	Malaysia:	190
#33	Israel:	188
#34	Hungary:	186
#35	Norway:	178
#36	Thailand:	158
#37	Romania:	157
#38	Jamaica:	143
#39	Costa Rica:	130
#40	Bulgaria:	127
#41	Sri Lanka:	110
#42	Vietnam:	107
#43	Serbia and Montenegro:	104
#44	Colombia:	101
#45	Japan:	96
#46	Greece:	88
#47	Chile:	87
#48	Netherlands:	86
#49	Pakistan:	83
#50	Iceland:	79
#51	Lithuania:	79
#52	Kyrgyzstan:	78
#53	Turkey:	78
#54	Saudi Arabia:	78
#55	Zambia:	77
#56	Nicaragua:	73
#57	Kazakhstan:	73
#58	Ireland:	73
#59	Belgium:	73
#60	Honduras:	72
#61	Zimbabwe:	68
#62	Kenya:	68
#63	Madagascar:	62
#64	Portugal:	58
#65	Uganda:	54
#66	Belize:	53
#67	Albania:	52
#68	Philippines:	43
#69	Mongolia:	42
#70	Guatemala:	42
#71	Ethiopia:	39
#72	Peru:	36
#73	Azerbaijan:	35
#74	Egypt:	35
#75	Panama:	33
#76	Slovenia:	32
#77	Korea, North:	31
#78	Papua New Guinea:	29
#79	Nigeria:	27
#80	Sudan:	27
#81	Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:	26
#82	Trinidad and Tobago:	25
#83	Bolivia:	23
#84	Cambodia:	23
#85	Turkmenistan:	23
#86	Bosnia and Herzegovina:	21
#87	Namibia:	21
#88	Laos:	20
#89	Paraguay:	20
#90	Tajikistan:	19
#91	Cameroon:	18
#92	Suriname:	18
#93	Algeria:	18
#94	Georgia:	17
#95	Ghana:	16
#96	Fiji:	15
#97	Nepal:	15
#98	Senegal:	14
#99	Central African Republic:	14
#100	Angola:	14
#101	Uruguay:	13
#102	Mali:	13
#103	Burundi:	13
#104	Burkina Faso:	13
#105	Cote d'Ivoire:	12
#106	Mozambique:	12
#107	Morocco:	12
#108	Botswana:	12
#109	Congo, Democratic Republic of the:	12
#110	Uzbekistan:	11
#111	Jordan:	11
#112	Bangladesh:	10
#113	Somalia:	10
#114	Bhutan:	10
#115	Togo:	9
#116	Malawi:	9
#117	Chad:	9
#118	Mauritania:	9
#119	Libya:	8
#120	Haiti:	8
#121	Iraq:	8
#122	Afghanistan:	7
#123	Tunisia:	7
#124	Oman:	6
#125	Gambia, The:	6
#126	Rwanda:	6
#127	Sierra Leone:	6
#128	Niger:	6
#129	Benin:	5
#130	Armenia:	5
#131	Kuwait:	5
#132	Singapore:	5
#133	Burma:	4
#134	El Salvador:	3
#135	Gabon:	3
#136	Lebanon:	3
#137	Guinea:	3
#138	Eritrea:	3
#139	Liberia:	2
#140	United Arab Emirates:	2
#141	Guyana:	1
#142	Lesotho:	1
#143	Solomon Islands:	1
#144	Equatorial Guinea:	0
#145	Yemen:	0
#146	Guinea-Bissau:	0
	Total:	58,326
	Weighted average:	399.5

DEFINITION: Protected Areas under IUCN management categories I - VI (1992-2003)

SOURCE: World Resources Institute

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COMMENTARY

Sarah HARVEY (arizona)
19th November 2006

The units are in number of areas protected. For example if a country has the number 0 after it, it means that that country has no areas protected. If it has a 1 after it, it means that it has one area protected regardless of the area being protected's size.

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