Protected areas as a share of total territorial area reached 12.4% in 2014 in the World, according to Faostat. This is 3.47% less than in the previous year.
Historically, protected areas as a share of total territorial area in the World reached an all time high of 13.7% in 2010 and an all time low of 8.17% in 1991.
World has been ranked within the group of 176 countries we follow in terms of protected areas as a share of total territorial area.
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