Data for 2025

Forest Area within Legally Established Protected Areas, 2025

2025, as FAO’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Forest Area within Legally Established Protected Areas, 2025 covers 179 countries. Saudi Arabia is highest, at 100.00; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 18.18. Against 2020, 60 values changed (47 up, 13 down), 1 left.

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Forest Area within Legally Established Protected Areas · Data for 2025

HighestSaudi Arabia

100.00

Lowest2 countries share it

0.00

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end. A higher value is the better result.

179countries
1measure
2025the year it describes
173distinct values2 decimals, as published
Oct 3, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Forest Area within Legally Established Protected Areas, 2025, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Forest Area within Legally Established Protected Areas, 2025: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	100.00
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	99.74
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	82.55
VenezuelaVENSouth America	78.32
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	69.47
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	59.48
NepalNPLSouthern Asia	59.32
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	54.48
BelizeBLZCentral America	54.46
GuineaGINWestern Africa	54.38
SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	54.25
UgandaUGAEastern Africa	53.93
São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	53.61
GuatemalaGTMCentral America	50.29
KenyaKENEastern Africa	49.66
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	48.33
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	47.07
PanamaPANCentral America	46.71
RwandaRWAEastern Africa	45.80
ChadTCDMiddle Africa	45.62
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	45.47
HungaryHUNEastern Europe	42.52
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	41.28
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	41.12
BurundiBDIEastern Africa	41.12
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	40.65
BahrainBHRWestern Asia	39.42
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	38.72
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	37.79
RomaniaROUEastern Europe	37.76
Costa RicaCRICentral America	37.74
Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean	37.55
DominicaDMACaribbean	37.02
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	36.32
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	36.22
BeninBENWestern Africa	36.01
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	35.69
CubaCUBCaribbean	35.59
SyriaSYRWestern Asia	35.54
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	35.21
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	34.84
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	34.45
AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	34.42
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	34.35
PolandPOLEastern Europe	33.92
HondurasHNDCentral America	32.83
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	32.69
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	32.56
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	32.40
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	31.97
ItalyITASouthern Europe	31.76
LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe	31.53
MalawiMWIEastern Africa	30.91
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	30.39
GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	29.44
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	29.10
GermanyDEUWestern Europe	28.92
BelgiumBELWestern Europe	26.59
PeruPERSouth America	26.49
EcuadorECUSouth America	25.79
LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	25.66
ParaguayPRYSouth America	25.05
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	24.39
FranceFRAWestern Europe	24.31
ChileCHLSouth America	23.95
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	23.73
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	23.59
BoliviaBOLSouth America	23.36
RussiaRUSEastern Europe	23.36
JamaicaJAMCaribbean	22.93
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	22.74
MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	22.39
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	22.32
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	21.74
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	21.51
AustriaAUTWestern Europe	21.46
ColombiaCOLSouth America	20.99
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	20.99
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	20.95
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	20.34
GhanaGHAWestern Africa	20.27
GabonGABMiddle Africa	19.66
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	19.34
NigerNERWestern Africa	19.27
BelarusBLREastern Europe	19.04
IndiaINDSouthern Asia	18.45
LatviaLVANorthern Europe	18.33
JapanJPNEastern Asia	18.28
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	18.18
IsraelISRWestern Asia	18.18
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	18.09
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	17.68
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	17.21
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	16.69
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	16.55
MicronesiaFSMMicronesia	16.18
UkraineUKREastern Europe	16.06
American SamoaASMPolynesia	16.03
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	15.93
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	15.87
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	15.73
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	15.64
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	15.63
BulgariaBGREastern Europe	15.55
FinlandFINNorthern Europe	14.75
LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	14.48
ChinaCHNEastern Asia	14.47
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	14.28
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	14.14
IranIRNSouthern Asia	14.05
MexicoMEXCentral America	13.60
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	13.18
GrenadaGRDCaribbean	13.11
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	12.97
IraqIRQWestern Asia	12.76
North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	12.69
BahamasBHSCaribbean	11.76
SenegalSENWestern Africa	11.75
SurinameSURSouth America	11.74
SamoaWSMPolynesia	11.52
SudanSDNNorthern Africa	11.42
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	11.31
Saint MartinMAFCaribbean	11.29
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	10.89
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	10.29
MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	10.15
CyprusCYPWestern Asia	10.05
United StatesUSANorthern America	9.99
CanadaCANNorthern America	9.75
NicaraguaNICCentral America	9.35
TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	9.25
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	9.19
BrazilBRASouth America	9.14
TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	9.14
HaitiHTICaribbean	8.93
TogoTGOWestern Africa	8.65
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	8.47
SwedenSWENorthern Europe	8.40
GambiaGMBWestern Africa	8.20
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	7.72
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	7.70
KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	7.45
South KoreaKOREastern Asia	7.18
AndorraANDSouthern Europe	7.11
MaliMLIWestern Africa	6.70
LebanonLBNWestern Asia	6.03
GuyanaGUYSouth America	5.92
YemenYEMWestern Asia	5.83
NorwayNORNorthern Europe	5.81
EritreaERIEastern Africa	5.48
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	5.13
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	5.00
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	4.89
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	4.85
JordanJORWestern Asia	4.81
BarbadosBRBCaribbean	4.76
MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	4.58
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	4.24
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	3.98
South SudanSSDEastern Africa	3.84
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	3.81
ArgentinaARGSouth America	3.76
QatarQATWestern Asia	3.57
UruguayURYSouth America	3.04
IcelandISLNorthern Europe	2.99
El SalvadorSLVCentral America	2.72
FijiFJIMelanesia	2.61
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia	1.49
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	1.31
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	1.25
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	1.00
TuvaluTUVPolynesia	0.97
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	0.81
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	0.74
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	0.59
VanuatuVUTMelanesia	0.33
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	0.31
ComorosCOMEastern Africa	0.00
OmanOMNWestern Asia	0.00

02In 2025

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Lowest

Omanshared0.00
Comorosshared0.00
Mauritania0.31
Vanuatu0.33
Somalia0.59

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 18.18. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032020 → 2025

Since 2020

What changed between 2020 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −1countries joined / left
60values changed, of 179 in both
47 · 13rose · fell
119unchanged

Rose most

Sierra Leone9.06 → 40.65+31.59
Georgia10.19 → 29.44+19.25
Slovenia19.59 → 36.32+16.73
Zambia69.57 → 82.55+12.98
Chad35.45 → 45.62+10.17

Fell most

Peru32.85 → 26.49−6.36
Uganda57.44 → 53.93−3.51
Paraguay26.53 → 25.05−1.48
Gabon20.74 → 19.66−1.08
Ghana21.27 → 20.27−1.00

− Spain

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

One year of the 2025 release
Every year in this series comes from FAO’s 2025 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2025.
173 distinct values among 179
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 41.12. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Which end is better
A higher value is the better result.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 179 countries has every column.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2025). Forest Area within Legally Established Protected Areas, 2025 [data set], describing 2025. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/protected-forest/2025

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