Forest Area within Legally Established Protected Areas, 1990

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Forest Area within Legally Established Protected Areas, 1990: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

Country	Forest within legally established protected areas, as a share of the 2015 forest area (%)
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	100.00
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	69.57
VenezuelaVENSouth America	67.21
GuatemalaGTMCentral America	67.12
UgandaUGAEastern Africa	59.88
GuineaGINWestern Africa	54.38
KenyaKENEastern Africa	51.67
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	51.10
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	48.33
RwandaRWAEastern Africa	45.80
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	43.39
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	41.28
BurundiBDIEastern Africa	41.12
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	40.79
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	40.67
BahrainBHRWestern Asia	39.42
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	37.43
DominicaDMACaribbean	37.02
BeninBENWestern Africa	36.01
ChadTCDMiddle Africa	35.48
SyriaSYRWestern Asia	35.35
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	34.45
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	32.30
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	31.67
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	31.62

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 8.62. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

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