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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)
|
| #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 |
Colombia: |
439 thousand hectares |
|
| #34 |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: |
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 |
Finland: |
139 thousand hectares |
|
| #58 |
Benin: |
139 thousand hectares |
|
| #59 |
Thailand: |
132 thousand hectares |
|
| #60 |
Austria: |
118 thousand hectares |
|
| #61 |
Panama: |
111 thousand hectares |
|
| #62 |
Egypt: |
106 thousand hectares |
|
| #63 |
Azerbaijan: |
100 thousand hectares |
|
| #64 |
Senegal: |
100 thousand hectares |
|
| #65 |
Chile: |
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 |
New Zealand: |
39 thousand hectares |
|
| #85 |
Guinea-Bissau: |
39 thousand hectares |
|
| #86 |
Malaysia: |
38 thousand hectares |
|
| #87 |
Slovakia: |
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 |
Vietnam: |
12 thousand hectares |
|
| #98 |
Suriname: |
12 thousand hectares |
|
| #99 |
Sri Lanka: |
8 thousand hectares |
|
| #100 |
Belgium: |
8 thousand hectares |
|
| #101 |
Jordan: |
7 thousand hectares |
|
| #102 |
Belize: |
7 thousand hectares |
|
| #103 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina: |
7 thousand hectares |
|
| #104 |
Switzerland: |
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 |
Burundi: |
1 thousand hectares |
|
| #110 |
Slovenia: |
1 thousand hectares |
|
| #111 |
Lebanon: |
1 thousand hectares |
|
| #112 |
Israel: |
0 thousand hectares |
|
| |
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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