Environment
Protected areas
ER.PTD.TOTL.ZS · %
Annual series published by the World Bank, compared across Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, South Sudan, Sierra Leone, Serbia. The chart carries the trajectory, the table carries the year by year figures, and the definition at the foot of the page is the World Bank's own, quoted as it stands.
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Latest known value: 14.8% for Italy in 2025, over a series running from 2013 to 2025 and 8 countries compared, from the highest (Netherlands, 29.8%) to the lowest (Sierra Leone, 5.1%).
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Year by year values
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| Italy | Spain | Netherlands | United States | China | South Sudan | Sierra Leone | Serbia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14.8% | 22.1% | 29.8% | 15.8% | 14.7% | 15.4% | 5.1% | 14% |
| 2024 | 14.6% | 17.9% | 29.8% | 15.8% | 14.7% | 15.4% | 5.1% | 13.4% |
| 2023 | 14.5% | 17.9% | 25.3% | 15.9% | 14.7% | 15.5% | 5.1% | 8.1% |
| 2022 | 14.5% | 17.9% | 25.3% | 15.9% | 14.7% | 15.5% | 5.1% | 8.1% |
| 2021 | 14.5% | 17.9% | 25.3% | 15.9% | 14.7% | 15.5% | 5.1% | 7.6% |
| 2020 | 14% | 17.9% | 25.3% | 23.9% | 14.7% | 15.5% | 3.3% | 7.6% |
| 2019 | 13.3% | 17.9% | 25.3% | 26.3% | 14.7% | 15.5% | 3.3% | 7.6% |
| 2018 | 13.4% | 15% | 21.2% | 26.3% | 14.7% | 15.5% | 3.3% | 6.6% |
| 2017 | 13.3% | 14.9% | 21.2% | 26.6% | 16% | 15.5% | 3.3% | 6.6% |
| 2016 | 13.3% | 15% | 17.9% | 26.3% | 15.9% | 15.5% | 3.3% | 6.6% |
| 2015 | 11.3% | 14.1% | 17.9% | 20.1% | 15.9% | 15.5% | 3.3% | 6.7% |
| 2014 | 11.3% | 10.1% | 18% | 12% | 15.9% | 15.5% | 3.3% | 6.7% |
| 2013 | 11.2% | 11.1% | 20.2% | 13.5% | 15.8% | 20% | 3.3% | 7.4% |
World Bank definition
Terrestrial and marine protected areas (% of total territorial area)
Terrestrial protected areas are totally or partially protected areas of at least 1,000 hectares that are designated by national authorities as scientific reserves with limited public access, national parks, natural monuments, nature reserves or wildlife sanctuaries, protected landscapes, and areas managed mainly for sustainable use. Marine protected areas are areas of intertidal or subtidal terrain--and overlying water and associated flora and fauna and historical and cultural features--that have been reserved by law or other effective means to protect part or all of the enclosed environment. Sites protected under local or provincial law are excluded.
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