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Rank   Countries  Amount 
# 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 
= 17   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   Croatia: 195 
= 30   Venezuela: 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   Lithuania: 79 
= 50   Iceland: 79 
= 52   Kyrgyzstan: 78 
= 52   Saudi Arabia: 78 
= 52   Turkey: 78 
# 55   Zambia: 77 
= 56   Belgium: 73 
= 56   Ireland: 73 
= 56   Kazakhstan: 73 
= 56   Nicaragua: 73 
# 60   Honduras: 72 
= 61   Zimbabwe: 68 
= 61   Kenya: 68 
# 63   Madagascar: 62 
# 64   Portugal: 58 
# 65   Uganda: 54 
# 66   Belize: 53 
# 67   Albania: 52 
# 68   Philippines: 43 
= 69   Mongolia: 42 
= 69   Guatemala: 42 
# 71   Ethiopia: 39 
# 72   Peru: 36 
= 73   Egypt: 35 
= 73   Azerbaijan: 35 
# 75   Panama: 33 
# 76   Slovenia: 32 
# 77   Korea, North: 31 
# 78   Papua New Guinea: 29 
= 79   Sudan: 27 
= 79   Nigeria: 27 
# 81   Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: 26 
# 82   Trinidad and Tobago: 25 
= 83   Turkmenistan: 23 
= 83   Cambodia: 23 
= 83   Bolivia: 23 
= 86   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 21 
= 86   Namibia: 21 
= 88   Laos: 20 
= 88   Paraguay: 20 
# 90   Tajikistan: 19 
= 91   Algeria: 18 
= 91   Suriname: 18 
= 91   Cameroon: 18 
# 94   Georgia: 17 
# 95   Ghana: 16 
= 96   Fiji: 15 
= 96   Nepal: 15 
= 98   Senegal: 14 
= 98   Central African Republic: 14 
= 98   Angola: 14 
= 101   Burundi: 13 
= 101   Uruguay: 13 
= 101   Burkina Faso: 13 
= 101   Mali: 13 
= 105   Botswana: 12 
= 105   Mozambique: 12 
= 105   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 12 
= 105   Morocco: 12 
= 105   Cote d'Ivoire: 12 
= 110   Uzbekistan: 11 
= 110   Jordan: 11 
= 112   Bhutan: 10 
= 112   Somalia: 10 
= 112   Bangladesh: 10 
= 115   Togo:
= 115   Chad:
= 115   Mauritania:
= 115   Malawi:
= 119   Haiti:
= 119   Iraq:
= 119   Libya:
= 122   Afghanistan:
= 122   Tunisia:
= 124   Sierra Leone:
= 124   Oman:
= 124   Gambia, The:
= 124   Rwanda:
= 124   Niger:
= 129   Singapore:
= 129   Benin:
= 129   Kuwait:
= 129   Armenia:
# 133   Burma:
= 134   Guinea:
= 134   El Salvador:
= 134   Eritrea:
= 134   Gabon:
= 134   Lebanon:
= 139   United Arab Emirates:
= 139   Liberia:
= 141   Solomon Islands:
= 141   Guyana:
= 141   Lesotho:
= 144   Equatorial Guinea:
= 144   Guinea-Bissau:
= 144   Yemen:
Total: 58,326  
Weighted average: 399.5  



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

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