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Rank	Countries	Amount
# 1	Ecuador:	43.1
Environment in Ecuador
# 2	Venezuela:	36.3
Environment in Venezuela
# 3	Denmark:	32.2
Environment in Denmark
# 4	Dominican Republic:	31.5
Environment in Dominican Republic
# 5	Austria:	28.3
Environment in Austria
# 6	Germany:	27
Environment in Germany
# 7	New Zealand:	23.6
Environment in New Zealand
# 8	Slovakia:	21.8
Environment in Slovakia
# 9	Bhutan:	21.2
Environment in Bhutan
# 10	Belize:	20.9
Environment in Belize
# 11	United Kingdom:	20.5
Environment in United Kingdom
# 12	Panama:	19.1
Environment in Panama
# 13	Chile:	18.9
Environment in Chile
# 14	Botswana:	18.5
Environment in Botswana
# 15	Switzerland:	18
Environment in Switzerland
# 16	Cuba:	17.4
Environment in Cuba
# 17	Guatemala:	16.8
Environment in Guatemala
# 18	Cambodia:	16.2
Environment in Cambodia
# 19	Oman:	16.1
Environment in Oman
# 20	Czech Republic:	15.8
Environment in Czech Republic
# 21	Tanzania:	15.6
Environment in Tanzania
# 22	Israel:	14.9
Environment in Israel
# 23	Rwanda:	14.7
Environment in Rwanda
# 24	Bolivia:	14.4
Environment in Bolivia
# 25	Costa Rica:	13.7
Environment in Costa Rica
# 26	United States:	13.4
Environment in United States
# 27	Sri Lanka:	13.3
Environment in Sri Lanka
# 28	Thailand:	13.1
Environment in Thailand
# 29	Namibia:	12.9
Environment in Namibia
# 30	Latvia:	12.5
Environment in Latvia
# 31	Estonia:	12
Environment in Estonia
# 32	France:	11.7
Environment in France
= 33	Malawi:	11.3
Environment in Malawi
= 33	Senegal:	11.3
Environment in Senegal
# 35	Burkina Faso:	10.4
Environment in Burkina Faso
# 36	Mongolia:	10.3
Environment in Mongolia
= 37	Lithuania:	10
Environment in Lithuania
= 37	Canada:	10
Environment in Canada
# 39	Honduras:	9.9
Environment in Honduras
= 40	Indonesia:	9.7
Environment in Indonesia
= 40	Iceland:	9.7
Environment in Iceland
= 42	Poland:	9.6
Environment in Poland
= 42	Uganda:	9.6
Environment in Uganda
# 44	Chad:	9.1
Environment in Chad
= 45	Colombia:	9
Environment in Colombia
= 45	Sweden:	9
Environment in Sweden
# 47	Zambia:	8.6
Environment in Zambia
# 48	Spain:	8.4
Environment in Spain
# 49	Central African Republic:	8.2
Environment in Central African Republic
= 50	Zimbabwe:	7.9
Environment in Zimbabwe
= 50	Togo:	7.9
Environment in Togo
# 52	Nepal:	7.8
Environment in Nepal
# 53	Niger:	7.7
Environment in Niger
# 54	Armenia:	7.6
Environment in Armenia
# 55	Nicaragua:	7.4
Environment in Nicaragua
# 56	Italy:	7.3
Environment in Italy
# 57	Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:	7.1
Environment in Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of
= 58	Australia:	7
Environment in Australia
= 58	Benin:	7
Environment in Benin
= 60	Hungary:	6.8
Environment in Hungary
= 60	Japan:	6.8
Environment in Japan
= 60	Norway:	6.8
Environment in Norway
= 63	Croatia:	6.7
Environment in Croatia
= 63	Netherlands:	6.7
Environment in Netherlands
# 65	Angola:	6.6
Environment in Angola
# 66	Portugal:	6.5
Environment in Portugal
# 67	China:	6.4
Environment in China
# 68	Kenya:	6.2
Environment in Kenya
# 69	Mozambique:	6.1
Environment in Mozambique
= 70	Finland:	6
Environment in Finland
= 70	Mauritius:	6
Environment in Mauritius
# 72	Slovenia:	5.7
Environment in Slovenia
# 73	Burundi:	5.6
Environment in Burundi
= 74	Ethiopia:	5.5
Environment in Ethiopia
= 74	Azerbaijan:	5.5
Environment in Azerbaijan
# 76	South Africa:	5.4
Environment in South Africa
# 77	Iran:	5.1
Environment in Iran
# 78	Eritrea:	5
Environment in Eritrea
# 79	Philippines:	4.9
Environment in Philippines
= 80	Pakistan:	4.8
Environment in Pakistan
= 80	India:	4.8
Environment in India
= 80	Ghana:	4.8
Environment in Ghana
= 83	Suriname:	4.7
Environment in Suriname
= 83	Romania:	4.7
Environment in Romania
= 85	Congo, Democratic Republic of the:	4.5
Environment in Congo, Democratic Republic of the
= 85	Cameroon:	4.5
Environment in Cameroon
= 85	Malaysia:	4.5
Environment in Malaysia
= 88	Singapore:	4.4
Environment in Singapore
= 88	Bulgaria:	4.4
Environment in Bulgaria
= 90	Brazil:	4.2
Environment in Brazil
= 90	Belarus:	4.2
Environment in Belarus
= 90	Turkmenistan:	4.2
Environment in Turkmenistan
# 93	Mali:	3.7
Environment in Mali
# 94	Sudan:	3.6
Environment in Sudan
# 95	Paraguay:	3.5
Environment in Paraguay
# 96	Jordan:	3.4
Environment in Jordan
# 97	Nigeria:	3.3
Environment in Nigeria
= 98	Vietnam:	3.1
Environment in Vietnam
= 98	Russia:	3.1
Environment in Russia
# 100	Trinidad and Tobago:	3
Environment in Trinidad and Tobago
	Weighted average:	10.7

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DEFINITION: Environmentally protected area (1997)

SOURCE: Jacaranda Atlas

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Himself 17th October 2011	This is useless. How am I supposed to know units of measurements? I'm just going to assume this is percentage.
Vincent van der Merwe 30th June 2010	What does this mean? Percentage protected area or what?
Kim Monaghan 10th November 2009	Most of your stats do not have the meta data associated with them to make any sense of them. What does "10" mean for protected areas? The definition says "Environmentally Protected Areas" but does not give units. Seems like a great website but stats are useless without meta data.

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