Latin America and Caribbean Countries ordered by percentage of Protected Area

Published: May 27, 2009, 10:44 pm

Contributing Author: Peter Saundry

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The following protected area statistics refer to total terrestrial protected area (i.e. marine protected areas are excluded) as a percentage of a country's total terrestrial area. Data is drawn from the World Database on Protected Areas (January 31, 2008):

Country	Terrestrial protected area as a percentage of total terrestrial area
Region
South America
Venezuela Brazil Colombia Ecuador Bolivia Chile Peru Suriname Argentina Paraguay French Guiana Guyana Uruguay	71.3% 29.6% 26.2% 25.4% 21.2% 18.8% 13.8% 12.6% 6.5% 6.0% 5.8% 2.3% 0.37%
North America Mexico	8.0%
Central America
Belize Guatemala Costa Rica Panama Honduras Nicaragua El Salvador	44.5% 32.7% 31.0% 28.1% 21.0% 16.9% 1.3%
Caribbean
Martinique Cayman Islands Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands Dominican Republic Dominica Jamaica United States Virgin Islands Cuba Saint Lucia British Virgin Islands Guadeloupe Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Bermuda Bahamas Anguilla Montserrat Antigua and Barbuda Netherlands Antilles Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Grenada Haiti Barbados Aruba	63.6% 58.0% 35.0% 28.5% 28.5% 26.7% 20.9% 20.7% 18.8% 18.5% 17.9% 17.5% 16.3% 14.4% 11.4% 11.0% 10.4% 10.3% 7.9% 6.8% 5.1% 2.0% 0.26% 0.10% 0.06%
Combined
Venezuela Martinique Cayman Islands Belize Trinidad and Tobago Guatemala Costa Rica Brazil Turks and Caicos Islands Dominican Republic Panama Dominica Colombia Ecuador Bolivia Honduras Jamaica United States Virgin Islands Chile Cuba Saint Lucia British Virgin Islands Guadeloupe Nicaragua Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Bermuda Peru Suriname Bahamas Anguilla Montserrat Antigua and Barbuda Mexico Netherlands Antilles Puerto Rico Argentina Paraguay French Guiana Saint Kitts and Nevis Guyana Grenada El Salvador Uruguay Haiti Barbados Aruba	71.3% 63.6% 58.0% 44.5% 35.0% 32.7% 31.0% 29.6% 28.5% 28.5% 28.1% 26.7% 26.2% 25.4% 21.2% 21.0% 20.9% 20.7% 18.8% 18.8% 18.5% 17.9% 17.5% 16.9% 16.3% 14.4% 13.8% 12.6% 11.4% 11.0% 10.4% 10.3% 8.0% 7.9% 6.8% 6.5% 6.0% 5.8% 5.1% 2.3% 2.0% 1.3% 0.37% 0.26% 0.10% 0.06%