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Annex Summary of all protected areas recorded in the UNEP-WCMC Protected Areas Database

Annexe Résumé de toutes les aires protégées enregistrées dans la Base de données de UNEP-WCMC

Anexo Resumen de todas las áreas protegidas registradar en la Base de Datos sobre Areas Protegidas de UNEP-WCMC

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Country Area No. Area (sq. km) % No. Area (sq. km) % No. Area (sq. km) % No. Area (sq. km) % No. Area (sq. km) % No. Area (sq. km) % No. Area (sq. km) %
Afghanistan 652,225 0 0 0.0 1 410 0.1 0 0 0.0 6 1,776 0.3 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 7 2,186 0.3
Albania 28,750 4 145 0.5 11 207 0.7 4 34 0.1 26 433 1.5 3 24 0.1 4 182 0.6 52 1,025 3.6
Algeria 2,381,745 4 376 + 9 57,240 2.4 0 0 0.0 4 492 + 1 800 + 0 0 0.0 18 58,908 2.5
Andorra 465 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Angola 1,246,700 0 0 0.0 6 54,230 4.3 0 0 0.0 6 27,482 2.2 1 100 + 0 0 0.0 13 81,812 6.6
Antartctica 14,245,000 55 3,028 + 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 55 3,028 +
Antigua and Barbuda 442 0 0 0.0 5 66 14.9 0 0 0.0 3 0 0.0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 11 66 14.9
Argentina 2,777,815 51 14,215 0.5 43 17,360 0.6 5 205 + 46 14,702 0.5 12 212 + 67 44,567 1.6 224 91,261 3.3
Armenia 29,800 4 634 2.1 1 1,500 5.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 5 2,134 7.2
Australia 7,682,300 2,191 272,760 3.6 672 237,480 3.1 857 4,460 0.1 1,570 8,581 0.1 48 46,157 0.6 309 476,248 6.2 5,647 1,045,686 13.6
Austria 83,855 2 5 + 3 345 0.4 4 9 + 395 5,099 6.1 291 19,054 22.7 0 0 0.0 695 24,512 29.2
Azerbaijan 86,600 14 1,920 2.2 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 20 2,856 3.3 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 34 4,776 5.5
Bahamas 13,865 1 18 0.1 10 1,421 10.2 0 0 0.0 27 18 0.1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 38 1,457 10.5
Bahrain 661 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 2 8 1.2 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 3 8 1.2
Bangladesh 144,000 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 7 833 0.6 3 147 0.1 0 0 0.0 10 980 0.7
Barbados 430 1 0 0.0 1 2 0.5 1 0 0.0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 6 2 0.5
Belarus 207,600 2 1,444 0.7 2 1,590 0.8 0 0 0.0 78 5,720 2.8 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 82 8,754 4.2
Belgium 30,520 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 65 123 0.4 5 736 2.4 0 0 0.0 70 859 2.8
Belize 22,965 4 609 2.7 7 1,286 5.6 2 80 0.3 19 2,818 12.3 0 0 0.0 17 4,337 18.9 49 9,130 39.8
Benin 112,620 0 0 0.0 2 7,775 6.9 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 3 4,850 4.3 5 12,625 11.2
Bhutan 46,620 1 644 1.4 4 6,923 14.8 0 0 0.0 4 2,411 5.2 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 9 9,978 21.4
Bolivia 1,098,575 1 1,350 0.1 12 100,101 9.1 0 0 0.0 18 54,430 5.0 1 133 + 5 22,171 2.0 37 178,185 16.2
Bosnia and Herzegovina 51,129 0 0 0.0 1 172 0.3 0 0 0.0 11 30 0.1 6 65 0.1 0 0 0.0 18 267 0.5
Botswana 575,000 0 0 0.0 4 45,514 7.9 0 0 0.0 8 59,473 10.3 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 12 104,987 18.3
Brazil 8,511,965 188 80,320 0.9 168 142,592 1.7 7 703 + 57 16,648 0.2 108 115,780 1.4 54 170,674 2.0 582 526,717 6.2
Brunei Darussalam 5,765 24 715 12.4 1 488 8.5 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 6 9 0.2 0 0 0.0 31 1,212 21.0
Bulgaria 110,910 92 708 0.6 3 2,212 2.0 2 44 + 28 571 0.5 2 1,463 1.3 0 0 0.0 127 4,998 4.5
Burkina Faso 274,122 0 0 0.0 3 5,343 1.9 0 0 0.0 9 23,209 8.5 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 12 28,552 10.4
Burundi 27,835 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 2 7 + 11 1,455 5.2 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 13 1,462 5.3
Cambodia 181,000 0 0 0.0 7 7,362 4.1 0 0 0.0 8 13,850 7.7 5 7,420 4.1 3 4,039 2.2 23 32,671 18.1
Cameroon 475,500 0 0 0.0 7 10,318 2.2 0 0 0.0 11 10,659 2.2 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 18 20,977 4.4
Canada 9,922,385 630 32,964 0.3 1,046 400,233 4.0 70 217 0.0 563 398,592 4.0 772 93,056 0.9 143 28,041 0.3 3,224 953,103 9.6
Cape Verde 4,035 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Central African Republic 624,975 1 860 0.1 4 31,020 5.0 0 0 0.0 8 19,217 3.1 0 0 0.0 1 3,359 0.5 14 54,456 8.7
Chad 1,284,000 0 0 0.0 2 4,140 0.3 0 0 0.0 7 110,800 8.6 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 9 114,940 9.0
Chile 751,625 0 0 0.0 31 87,113 11.6 13 176 + 44 54,083 7.2 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 88 141,372 18.8
China 9,597,000 37 486,282 5.1 20 8,156 0.1 44 1,297 + 205 56,369 0.6 101 46,291 0.5 403 84,012 0.9 810 682,407 7.1
China - Hong Kong 1,062 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 18 28 2.6 25 433 40.8 0 0 0.0 43 461 43.4
Colombia 1,138,915 5 453 + 33 70,206 6.2 3 19,476 1.7 3 20 0.0 49 3,461 0.3 1 36