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Reading no. 2024/362

EnvironmentObserved data

Terrestrial protected areas, Indo-Pacific

39.7% of land area

Indo-Pacific

CambodiaNew ZealandJapanAustraliaThailandSouth KoreaTimor-LestePhilippines

Terrestrial protected areas as a share of land area, latest known year of each territory up to 2022: the top ten.

  1. Cambodia39.7
  2. New Zealand33.4
  3. Japan29.7
  4. Australia20.4
  5. Thailand18.5
  6. South Korea17.0
  7. Timor-Leste16.0
  8. Philippines15.9
  9. Malaysia13.3
  10. Tonga12.6

In the first territory of the ranking, Cambodia, protected areas cover 39.7% of the land.

Observation

Method

World Bank indicator ER.LND.PTLD.ZS, read for eighteen territories of the Indo-Pacific from 2016 to 2022. The latest published value of each is kept, then the ten highest are ranked.

Source

Nature

Observed data

Value read at the source and reproduced without processing.

Confidence

Medium

See also

2024/256 · 12 Sep44.3% of territorial watersMarine protected areas, Indo-Pacific2024/340 · 5 Dec48.6% of land areaAgricultural land as a share of land area, Indo-Pacific2024/160 · 8 Jun14,776,132tAquaculture production, Indo-Pacific2024/263 · 19 Sep45.5per 100 peopleFixed broadband subscriptions, Indo-Pacific

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