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DEFINITION
Wetlands of international importance 2002
Environment Statistics > Wetlands of intl importance > Area (most recent) by country
Showing latest available data.
| Rank |
Countries
|
Amount
(top to bottom)
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| #1 | Canada: | 13,052 thousand hectares | |
| #2 | Russia: | 10,324 thousand hectares | |
| #3 | Botswana: | 6,864 thousand hectares | |
| #4 | Peru: | 6,759 thousand hectares | |
| #5 | Brazil: | 6,346 thousand hectares | |
| #6 | Bolivia: | 5,504 thousand hectares | |
| #7 | Guinea: | 4,779 thousand hectares | |
| #8 | Argentina: | 2,670 thousand hectares | |
| #9 | China: | 2,548 thousand hectares | |
| #10 | Denmark: | 2,283 thousand hectares | |
| #11 | Algeria: | 1,866 thousand hectares | |
| #12 | Chad: | 1,843 thousand hectares | |
| #13 | Mauritania: | 1,231 thousand hectares | |
| #14 | United States: | 1,190 thousand hectares | |
| #15 | Mexico: | 1,157 thousand hectares | |
| #16 | Gabon: | 1,080 thousand hectares | |
| #17 | United Kingdom: | 855 thousand hectares | |
| #18 | Germany: | 829 thousand hectares | |
| #19 | France: | 795 thousand hectares | |
| #20 | Paraguay: | 775 thousand hectares | |
| #21 | Ukraine: | 716 thousand hectares | |
| #22 | Niger: | 715 thousand hectares | |
| #23 | Romania: | 665 thousand hectares | |
| #24 | Mongolia: | 631 thousand hectares | |
| #25 | Namibia: | 630 thousand hectares | |
| #26 | Bangladesh: | 606 thousand hectares | |
| #27 | Papua New Guinea: | 595 thousand hectares | |
| #28 | Sweden: | 515 thousand hectares | |
| #29 | Guatemala: | 503 thousand hectares | |
| #30 | South Africa: | 499 thousand hectares | |
| #31 | Armenia: | 492 thousand hectares | |
| #32 | Cuba: | 452 thousand hectares | |
| #33 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the: | 439 thousand hectares | |
| #34 | Colombia: | 439 thousand hectares | |
| #35 | Uruguay: | 407 thousand hectares | |
| #36 | Nicaragua: | 406 thousand hectares | |
| #37 | Zambia: | 333 thousand hectares | |
| #38 | Netherlands: | 327 thousand hectares | |
| #39 | Costa Rica: | 313 thousand hectares | |
| #40 | Burkina Faso: | 299 thousand hectares | |
| #41 | Sierra Leone: | 295 thousand hectares | |
| #42 | Pakistan: | 284 thousand hectares | |
| #43 | Venezuela: | 264 thousand hectares | |
| #44 | Indonesia: | 243 thousand hectares | |
| #45 | Malawi: | 225 thousand hectares | |
| #46 | Estonia: | 216 thousand hectares | |
| #47 | Belarus: | 204 thousand hectares | |
| #48 | India: | 195 thousand hectares | |
| #49 | Togo: | 194 thousand hectares | |
| #50 | Ghana: | 178 thousand hectares | |
| #51 | Honduras: | 172 thousand hectares | |
| #52 | Greece: | 164 thousand hectares | |
| #53 | Mali: | 162 thousand hectares | |
| #54 | Turkey: | 159 thousand hectares | |
| #55 | Spain: | 158 thousand hectares | |
| #56 | Hungary: | 154 thousand hectares | |
| #57 | Benin: | 139 thousand hectares | |
| #58 | Finland: | 139 thousand hectares | |
| #59 | Thailand: | 132 thousand hectares | |
| #60 | Austria: | 118 thousand hectares | |
| #61 | Panama: | 111 thousand hectares | |
| #62 | Egypt: | 106 thousand hectares | |
| #63 | Senegal: | 100 thousand hectares | |
| #64 | Chile: | 100 thousand hectares | |
| #65 | Azerbaijan: | 100 thousand hectares | |
| #66 | Tajikistan: | 95 thousand hectares | |
| #67 | Kenya: | 91 thousand hectares | |
| #68 | Poland: | 90 thousand hectares | |
| #69 | Japan: | 84 thousand hectares | |
| #70 | Croatia: | 80 thousand hectares | |
| #71 | Norway: | 70 thousand hectares | |
| #72 | Philippines: | 68 thousand hectares | |
| #73 | Ireland: | 67 thousand hectares | |
| #74 | Portugal: | 66 thousand hectares | |
| #75 | Iceland: | 59 thousand hectares | |
| #76 | Nigeria: | 58 thousand hectares | |
| #77 | Italy: | 57 thousand hectares | |
| #78 | Cambodia: | 55 thousand hectares | |
| #79 | Madagascar: | 53 thousand hectares | |
| #80 | Lithuania: | 50 thousand hectares | |
| #81 | Latvia: | 43 thousand hectares | |
| #82 | Czech Republic: | 42 thousand hectares | |
| #83 | Serbia and Montenegro: | 40 thousand hectares | |
| #84 | Guinea-Bissau: | 39 thousand hectares | |
| #85 | New Zealand: | 39 thousand hectares | |
| #86 | Slovakia: | 38 thousand hectares | |
| #87 | Malaysia: | 38 thousand hectares | |
| #88 | Georgia: | 34 thousand hectares | |
| #89 | Albania: | 20 thousand hectares | |
| #90 | Gambia, The: | 20 thousand hectares | |
| #91 | Cote d'Ivoire: | 19 thousand hectares | |
| #92 | Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: | 19 thousand hectares | |
| #93 | Nepal: | 18 thousand hectares | |
| #94 | Uganda: | 15 thousand hectares | |
| #95 | Morocco: | 14 thousand hectares | |
| #96 | Tunisia: | 13 thousand hectares | |
| #97 | Suriname: | 12 thousand hectares | |
| #98 | Vietnam: | 12 thousand hectares | |
| #99 | Sri Lanka: | 8 thousand hectares | |
| #100 | Belgium: | 8 thousand hectares | |
| #101 | Switzerland: | 7 thousand hectares | |
| #102 | Bosnia and Herzegovina: | 7 thousand hectares | |
| #103 | Belize: | 7 thousand hectares | |
| #104 | Jordan: | 7 thousand hectares | |
| #105 | Jamaica: | 6 thousand hectares | |
| #106 | Trinidad and Tobago: | 6 thousand hectares | |
| #107 | Bulgaria: | 3 thousand hectares | |
| #108 | El Salvador: | 2 thousand hectares | |
| #109 | Slovenia: | 1 thousand hectares | |
| #110 | Lebanon: | 1 thousand hectares | |
| #111 | Burundi: | 1 thousand hectares | |
| #112 | Israel: | 0 thousand hectares | |
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Total: |
88,626 thousand hectares |
| |
Weighted average: |
791.3 thousand hectares |
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DEFINITION: Wetlands of international importance 2002
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