Protected terrestrial areas
Slovenia leads global land protection at 40%, while Turkey protects just 0.2% of its territory.
Summary
Top 5 Conservation Leaders
Bottom 5 Conservation Leaders
Gap
200x
200-fold global protection gap exists
Cluster
37.3%
Top 5 countries all protect over 37% of territory within 3 percentage points
Outlier
#11
Brazil ranks 11th globally despite being world's 5th largest country
Data
47 results
| 1 | Slovenia | 40.1 % |
| 2 | Poland | 39.5 % |
| 3 | Croatia | 37.4 % |
| 4 | Germany | 37.3 % |
| 5 | Slovakia | 37.1 % |
| 6 | Luxembourg | 36.1 % |
| 7 | Greece | 34.6 % |
| 8 | Bulgaria | 33.2 % |
| 9 | New Zealand | 33.2 % |
| 10 | France | 31.1 % |
Map
Protected terrestrial areas
Insights
Generated automatically using AIGap
200x
Protection rates span a massive 200-fold difference from top to bottom globally
Cluster
37.3%
Top 5 countries all protect over 37% of territory within 3 percentage points
Outlier
#11
Brazil ranks 11th globally despite being world's 5th largest country
Trend
9/10
Nine of top 10 protected countries are European nations
Trailing
12.9%
United States protects only 12.9% of territory, ranking 40th globally
Methodology
This dataset is sourced from the OECD through its official SDMX data service.
Rankdat does not alter or model the underlying values — we only clean formats, standardize country names, and reshape the data for visualization.
OECD compiles these indicators from a mix of sources including national statistical offices, international household surveys (such as Gallup World Poll, EU-SILC, ISSP), and harmonised administrative datasets.
Each indicator follows the definitions and structure specified in the OECD’s Data Structure Definition (DSD) for this dataflow.
Because indicators originate from different countries and surveys, collection years, sampling methods, and questionnaire wording may vary. OECD applies harmonisation rules to improve comparability, but differences in national methodology may still affect cross-country comparisons.
Full definitions, data collection notes, and quality documentation are available through the OECD metadata portal linked in the Sources section.