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| Biodiversity and Protected Areas — Protected Areas: Larger than 100,000 hectares, number Units: Number |
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| World | ||
| World {1} | 2,064 | |
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| Region/Classification | ||
| Asia (excluding Middle East) | 362 | |
| Central America & Caribbean | 46 | |
| Europe | 304 | |
| Middle East & North Africa | 53 | |
| North America | 322 | |
| Oceania | 126 | |
| South America | 444 | |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 407 | |
| Developed Countries | 781 | |
| Developing Countries | 1,283 | |
| High Income Countries | 554 | |
| Low Income Countries | 482 | |
| Middle Income Countries | 1,028 | |
| ISO | 2006 | |
| Country | ||
| Algeria | DZA | 2 |
| Angola | AGO | 8 |
| Argentina | ARG | 29 |
| Armenia | ARM | 1 |
| Australia | AUS | 101 |
| Austria | AUT | 1 |
| Belize | BLZ | 1 |
| Benin | BEN | 10 |
| Bhutan | BTN | 5 |
| Bolivia | BOL | 27 |
| Botswana | BWA | 31 |
| Brazil | BRA | 203 |
| Bulgaria | BGR | 1 |
| Burkina Faso | BFA | 7 |
| Cambodia | KHM | 13 |
| Cameroon | CMR | 12 |
| Canada | CAN | 73 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | CIV | 9 |
| Central African Rep | CAF | 16 |
| Chad | TCD | 9 |
| Chile | CHL | 11 |
| China | CHN | 143 |
| Colombia | COL | 33 |
| Congo | COG | 8 |
| Congo, Dem Rep | COD | 23 |
| Costa Rica | CRI | 1 |
| Czech Rep | CZE | 2 |
| Dominican Rep | DOM | 3 |
| Ecuador | ECU | 21 |
| Egypt | EGY | 8 |
| Equatorial Guinea | GNQ | 1 |
| Eritrea | ERI | 2 |
| Estonia | EST | 3 |
| Ethiopia | ETH | 28 |
| Finland | FIN | 9 |
| France | FRA | 21 |
| French Guiana | GUF | 2 |
| Gabon | GAB | 11 |
| Germany | DEU | 24 |
| Ghana | GHA | 4 |
| Guatemala | GTM | 9 |
| Guinea | GIN | 1 |
| Guinea-Bissau | GNB | 1 |
| Guyana | GUY | 1 |
| Honduras | HND | 3 |
| Iceland | ISL | 1 |
| India | IND | 23 |
| Indonesia | IDN | 29 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep | IRN | 24 |
| Israel | ISR | 1 |
| Italy | ITA | 5 |
| Japan | JPN | 8 |
| Jordan | JOR | 1 |
| Kazakhstan | KAZ | 21 |
| Kenya | KEN | 14 |
| Korea, Dem People's Rep | PRK | 1 |
| Lao People's Dem Rep | LAO | 18 |
| Latvia | LVA | 1 |
| Liberia | LBR | 5 |
| Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | LBY | 1 |
| Madagascar | MDG | 2 |
| Malawi | MWI | 4 |
| Malaysia | MYS | 8 |
| Mali | MLI | 5 |
| Mexico | MEX | 22 |
| Mongolia | MNG | 24 |
| Morocco | MAR | 2 |
| Mozambique | MOZ | 6 |
| Myanmar | MMR | 11 |
| Namibia | NAM | 5 |
| Nepal | NPL | 6 |
| Netherlands | NLD | 1 |
| New Zealand | NZL | 13 |
| Nicaragua | NIC | 4 |
| Niger | NER | 4 |
| Nigeria | NGA | 20 |
| Norway | NOR | 5 |
| Pakistan | PAK | 14 |
| Panama | PAN | 3 |
| Papua New Guinea | PNG | 12 |
| Paraguay | PRY | 6 |
| Peru | PER | 26 |
| Philippines | PHL | 2 |
| Poland | POL | 4 |
| Portugal | PRT | 1 |
| Russian Federation | RUS | 199 |
| Saudi Arabia | SAU | 14 |
| Senegal | SEN | 3 |
| Somalia | SOM | 1 |
| South Africa | ZAF | 4 |
| Spain | ESP | 7 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | 1 |
| Sudan | SDN | 11 |
| Suriname | SUR | 2 |
| Sweden | SWE | 10 |
| Tajikistan | TJK | 1 |
| Tanzania | TZA | 59 |
| Thailand | THA | 26 |
| Togo | TGO | 2 |
| Turkmenistan | TKM | 4 |
| Uganda | UGA | 11 |
| Ukraine | UKR | 1 |
| United Kingdom | GBR | 8 |
| United States | USA | 249 |
| Uzbekistan | UZB | 1 |
| Venezuela | VEN | 83 |
| Viet Nam | VNM | 2 |
| Zambia | ZMB | 56 |
| Zimbabwe | ZWE | 14 |
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| 1 - World |
| World total was calculated by WRI. |
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| United Nations Environment Programme - World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC). 2006. World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA). Data set available on CD-ROM. Cambridge, U.K: UNEP-WCMC. Online at http://www.unep-wcmc.org/wdpa/. |
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