Protected areas as a share of total territorial area reached 6.80% in 2014 in South Africa, according to Faostat. This is 1.17% more than in the previous year.
Historically, protected areas as a share of total territorial area in South Africa reached an all time high of 6.88% in 2011 and an all time low of 6.24% in 1990.
South Africa has been ranked 109th within the group of 176 countries we follow in terms of protected areas as a share of total territorial area.
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