Environment > Protected area: Countries Compared

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Protected Biodiversity and protected areas > Marine protected areas > % of total surface Biodiversity and protected areas > Terrestrial protected areas > % of total surface Biosphere > Reserves Forest area > % of land National parks > Proportion of country National parks > Total NOx emissions per populated Sea > Sea > Planned marine protected SO2 emissions per populated Wetlands of intl importance >

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE	GRAPH
1	Ecuador	43.1%	1997
2	Venezuela	36.3%	1997
3	Denmark	32.2%	1997
4	Dominican Republic	31.5%	1997
5	Austria	28.3%	1997
6	Germany	27%	1997
7	New Zealand	23.6%	1997
8	Slovakia	21.8%	1997
9	Bhutan	21.2%	1997
10	Belize	20.9%	1997
11	United Kingdom	20.5%	1997
12	Panama	19.1%	1997
13	Chile	18.9%	1997
14	Botswana	18.5%	1997
15	Switzerland	18%	1997
16	Cuba	17.4%	1997
17	Guatemala	16.8%	1997
18	Cambodia	16.2%	1997
19	Oman	16.1%	1997
20	Czech Republic	15.8%	1997
21	Tanzania	15.6%	1997
22	Israel	14.9%	1997
23	Rwanda	14.7%	1997
24	Bolivia	14.4%	1997
	Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile)	13.81%	1997
25	Costa Rica	13.7%	1997
26	United States	13.4%	1997
	Former Spanish colonies average (profile)	13.33%	1997
27	Sri Lanka	13.3%	1997
28	Thailand	13.1%	1997
29	Namibia	12.9%	1997
30	Latvia	12.5%	1997
	High income OECD countries average (profile)	12.19%	1997
31	Estonia	12%	1997
32	France	11.7%	1997
=33	Malawi	11.3%	1997
=33	Senegal	11.3%	1997
	European Union average (profile)	11.17%	1997
	Eurozone average (profile)	10.64%	1997
35	Burkina Faso	10.4%	1997
36	Mongolia	10.3%	1997
	NATO countries average (profile)	10.18%	1997
=37	Canada	10%	1997
=37	Lithuania	10%	1997
39	Honduras	9.9%	1997
=40	Indonesia	9.7%	1997
=40	Iceland	9.7%	1997
=42	Uganda	9.6%	1997
=42	Poland	9.6%	1997
	Non-religious countries average (profile)	9.22%	1997
44	Chad	9.1%	1997
=45	Colombia	9%	1997
=45	Sweden	9%	1997
47	Zambia	8.6%	1997
48	Spain	8.4%	1997
49	Central African Republic	8.2%	1997
=50	Zimbabwe	7.9%	1997
=50	Togo	7.9%	1997
52	Nepal	7.8%	1997
	Emerging markets average (profile)	7.76%	1997
53	Niger	7.7%	1997
54	Armenia	7.6%	1997
55	Nicaragua	7.4%	1997
56	Italy	7.3%	1997
57	Republic of Macedonia	7.1%	1997
=58	Australia	7%	1997
=58	Benin	7%	1997
=60	Norway	6.8%	1997
=60	Hungary	6.8%	1997
=60	Japan	6.8%	1997
=63	Netherlands	6.7%	1997
=63	Croatia	6.7%	1997
65	Angola	6.6%	1997
66	Portugal	6.5%	1997
67	China	6.4%	1997
	South Asia average (profile)	6.33%	1997
68	Kenya	6.2%	1997
	Eastern Europe average (profile)	6.16%	1997
69	Mozambique	6.1%	1997
	Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile)	6.06%	1997
=70	Finland	6%	1997
=70	Mauritius	6%	1997
72	Slovenia	5.7%	1997
73	Burundi	5.6%	1997
=74	Ethiopia	5.5%	1997
=74	Azerbaijan	5.5%	1997
76	South Africa	5.4%	1997
	Former Soviet republics average (profile)	5.35%	1997
77	Iran	5.1%	1997
78	Eritrea	5%	1997
79	Philippines	4.9%	1997
=80	Ghana	4.8%	1997
=80	Pakistan	4.8%	1997
=80	India	4.8%	1997
	Former French colonies average (profile)	4.75%	1997
=83	Suriname	4.7%	1997
=83	Romania	4.7%	1997
=85	Cameroon	4.5%	1997
=85	Malaysia	4.5%	1997
=85	Democratic Republic of the Congo	4.5%	1997
=88	Bulgaria	4.4%	1997
=88	Singapore	4.4%	1997
=90	Turkmenistan	4.2%	1997
=90	Brazil	4.2%	1997
=90	Belarus	4.2%	1997
	Religious countries average (profile)	4.17%	1997
93	Mali	3.7%	1997
94	Sudan	3.6%	1997
95	Paraguay	3.5%	1997
	failed states average (profile)	3.49%	1997
96	Jordan	3.4%	1997
97	Nigeria	3.3%	1997
=98	Vietnam	3.1%	1997
=98	Russia	3.1%	1997
100	Trinidad and Tobago	3%	1997
=101	Georgia	2.8%	1997
=101	Gabon	2.8%	1997
=101	Albania	2.8%	1997
=104	Peru	2.7%	1997
=104	Kazakhstan	2.7%	1997
=106	Cote d'Ivoire	2.6%	1997
=106	Belgium	2.6%	1997
108	Algeria	2.5%	1997
=109	South Korea	2.4%	1997
=109	Mexico	2.4%	1997
111	Saudi Arabia	2.3%	1997
=112	Greece	2.2%	1997
=112	The Gambia	2.2%	1997
114	Uzbekistan	2.1%	1997
115	Swaziland	2%	1997
116	Madagascar	1.9%	1997
=117	Mauritania	1.7%	1997
=117	Argentina	1.7%	1997
119	Ukraine	1.6%	1997
120	Kuwait	1.5%	1997
121	Liberia	1.3%	1997
122	Moldova	1.2%	1997
123	Sierra Leone	1.1%	1997
124	Fiji	1%	1997
125	Ireland	0.9%	1997
=126	Bangladesh	0.8%	1997
=126	Egypt	0.8%	1997
=128	Guinea	0.7%	1997
=128	Morocco	0.7%	1997
130	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.5%	1997
=131	Turkey	0.4%	1997
=131	Haiti	0.4%	1997
=133	El Salvador	0.3%	1997
=133	Lebanon	0.3%	1997
=133	Somalia	0.3%	1997
=133	Uruguay	0.3%	1997
=133	Guyana	0.3%	1997
=133	Burma	0.3%	1997
=133	Tunisia	0.3%	1997
=140	Lesotho	0.2%	1997
=140	Djibouti	0.2%	1997
=140	North Korea	0.2%	1997
=143	Libya	0.1%	1997
=143	Jamaica	0.1%	1997
145	Afghanistan	0.03%	1997
=146	Barbados	0.0	1997
=146	Yemen	0.0	1997

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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.

Posted on 10 Nov 2009

Kim Monaghan