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Designation			All, including data recorded as points
Domain			Terrestrial
Measure			Percent of total land/EEZ area
Calculation method			Total for category
Scope			Country
Year			1970	1980	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Year
Country
Australia			1.08	2.81	5.06	6.11	7.06	9.07	11.34	12.14	13.82	15.41	16.75	18.14	18.85	19.1	19.2	19.2	19.2
Austria			6.57	8.51	16	18.85	23.12	25.32	26.7	26.76	27.38	27.55	27.72	27.97	28.45	28.45	28.54	28.54	28.54
Belgium			0.06	2.43	7.09	7.78	10.77	23.26	23.3	23.3	23.31	23.32	24.52	24.93	24.93	24.97	24.97	24.97	24.97
Canada			3.38	4.47	5.71	6.28	7.2	8.43	9.6	9.85	10.02	10.36	10.38	10.59	10.62	10.65	10.99	11.02	11.02
Chile			10.55	10.85	12.76	13.33	13.59	14.43	14.62	14.62	14.62	14.62	14.82	14.88	14.88	14.88	15.61	17.67	17.67
Colombia			0.77	3.59	11.07	11.1	11.58	13.03	15.17	15.3	15.34	15.42	15.72	15.95	16.05	16.29	16.91	16.96	16.96
Costa Rica			2.89	11.46	20.28	23.03	24.91	29	30.3	30.3	30.3	30.33	30.35	30.35	30.35	30.35	30.35	30.35	30.35
Czech Republic			5	11.7	13.37	15.39	15.59	20.95	21.45	21.46	21.46	21.46	21.46	21.88	21.9	21.91	21.91	21.91	21.91
Denmark			0.43	3.53	6.94	13.38	14.17	14.36	14.45	14.45	14.45	14.46	14.46	14.46	14.47	14.47	14.55	14.55	14.55
Estonia			0.04	0.08	0.08	0.52	3.92	17.29	17.96	18.02	18.03	18.04	18.12	18.13	18.14	18.25	18.37	18.37	18.37
Finland			1.39	1.64	4.11	8.77	12.74	13.01	13.05	13.06	13.08	13.1	13.13	13.13	13.14	13.27	13.27	13.27	13.27
France			3.24	7.98	10.15	11.88	16.25	21.08	23.72	23.85	23.99	24	24.33	24.7	24.71	24.92	26.11	26.11	26.11
Germany			3.87	7.34	14.16	17.45	23.89	31.46	35.14	35.29	35.39	35.7	36	36.15	36.68	37.12	37.13	37.13	37.13
Greece			0.33	3.87	8.64	9.71	22	26.39	34.81	34.81	34.81	34.81	34.81	34.81	34.81	34.81	34.81	34.81	34.81
Hungary			0.07	3.47	6.07	6.89	9.42	22.38	22.48	22.61	22.62	22.62	22.62	22.62	22.62	22.62	22.62	22.62	22.62
Iceland			0.03	2.17	4.45	4.46	4.46	5.34	19.9	19.91	19.92	20.61	20.61	20.61	20.69	20.69	20.69	20.69	20.69
Ireland			0	0	0.19	2.1	7.75	11.03	13.35	13.35	13.35	13.35	13.35	13.35	13.35	13.35	13.35	13.35	13.35
Israel			1.08	2.08	12.49	15.55	15.58	18.73	22.96	22.99	22.99	23.23	23.33	23.33	23.37	23.62	23.94	24.24	24.24
Italy			0.87	1.63	5.51	15.85	17.92	19.56	21.09	21.09	21.12	21.13	21.13	21.13	21.14	21.17	21.17	21.17	21.17
Japan			12.99	15.45	17.59	18.07	18.4	19.24	19.91	19.92	20.03	20.05	20.05	20.05	20.05	20.05	20.05	20.05	20.05
Korea			4.15	6.2	8.03	8.21	9.84	13.76	14.91	14.99	15.02	15.16	15.16	15.2	15.22	15.23	15.23	15.23	15.23
Lithuania			0.32	1.58	1.94	11.3	11.4	16.31	16.72	16.74	16.74	16.74	16.78	16.78	16.82	16.82	16.82	16.82	16.82
Latvia			0.92	4.8	6.41	6.45	14.55	17.87	17.95	17.95	17.95	17.95	17.95	17.95	17.95	17.95	17.95	17.95	17.95
Luxembourg			24.58	24.78	24.95	25.47	42.37	45.63	45.66	45.66	45.67	45.67	45.67	45.67	51.37	51.37	51.37	51.37	51.37
Mexico			0.19	0.31	2.21	3.83	6.84	10.45	13.15	13.32	13.4	13.55	13.58	13.58	13.79	13.9	13.93	13.94	13.94
Netherlands			0.3	0.54	1.09	1.96	8.86	10.52	11.19	11.19	11.2	11.51	14.13	18.24	18.68	20.66	21.36	21.36	21.36
New Zealand			6.53	13.92	23.81	24.42	27.63	29.13	31.53	31.58	31.83	31.88	32.64	32.81	32.82	32.86	32.93	32.93	32.93
Norway			0.04	0.66	4.35	5.14	6.39	11.1	14.98	15.86	15.96	16.02	16.62	17.4	17.48	17.66	17.94	17.94	17.94
Poland			0.54	2.11	13.55	21.71	29.88	35.41	39.52	39.6	39.62	39.62	39.64	39.64	39.64	39.65	39.67	39.67	39.67
Portugal			0	3.41	6.46	7.44	20.98	21	21.55	21.6	21.95	22.23	22.25	22.3	22.3	22.3	22.3	22.3	22.3
Slovak Republic			0.05	1.72	6.28	7.44	14.08	35.02	35.07	37.22	37.22	37.22	37.22	37.22	37.25	37.59	37.59	37.59	37.59
Slovenia			4.36	5.05	7.18	8.04	8.68	52.99	52.99	53.05	53.05	53.51	53.52	53.52	53.52	53.52	53.53	53.53	53.53
Spain			0.35	0.46	7.44	10.34	24.21	27.21	27.88	27.94	27.94	27.95	27.96	27.96	27.97	27.98	27.98	27.98	27.98
Sweden			0.29	1	1.68	9.7	11.94	13.16	13.47	13.51	13.56	13.6	13.66	13.71	13.79	13.97	14.18	14.2	14.2
Switzerland			0.46	0.5	0.91	5.15	5.37	7.73	10.02	10.02	10.02	10.02	10.03	10.03	10.04	10.26	10.27	10.27	10.27
United Kingdom			11.14	16.54	20.62	22.17	23	25.38	27.42	27.55	27.57	27.58	27.58	27.59	27.62	27.63	27.63	27.63	27.63
United States			5.23	9.92	10.6	11.52	12.14	12.26	12.5	12.52	12.53	12.53	12.54	12.54	12.54	12.54	12.54	12.54	12.54
OECD Asia Oceania			1.79	3.73	6.22	7.23	8.23	10.2	12.39	13.12	14.68	16.13	17.38	18.65	19.3	19.53	19.63	19.63	19.63
Euro area (19 countries)			1.8	3.87	7.97	11.49	18.28	22.68	24.54	24.65	24.73	24.8	25.02	25.18	25.29	25.44	25.69	25.69	25.69
European Union (28 countries)			1.95	3.98	7.97	11.98	17.26	21.44	24.43	24.75	24.83	25.24	25.39	25.5	25.59	25.71	25.89	25.89	25.89
G7			4.43	7.34	8.53	9.48	10.45	11.4	12.24	12.37	12.46	12.63	12.65	12.77	12.79	12.81	13.01	13.02	13.02
NAFTA			3.91	6.51	7.57	8.39	9.37	10.32	11.22	11.36	11.45	11.62	11.64	11.73	11.77	11.79	11.95	11.97	11.97
G20			2.05	3.56	5.52	7.05	8.7	10.23	11.76	11.91	12.13	12.37	12.52	12.7	12.82	12.92	13.06	13.07	13.07
OECD - Europe			1.89	3.97	8.08	11.97	17.23	21.35	23.57	23.71	23.78	23.84	24	24.16	24.24	24.37	24.58	24.58	24.58
OECD - Total			3.19	5.54	7.53	8.74	10.21	11.8	13.19	13.46	13.89	14.35	14.68	15.07	15.26	15.35	15.53	15.58	15.58
World			2.62	5.02	6.59	7.81	9.06	10.49	11.92	12.07	12.42	12.62	12.72	12.85	12.96	13.07	13.17	13.18	13.18
Non-OECD Economies	American Samoa		0	0	17.27	17.27	17.27	17.27	17.27	17.27	17.27	17.27	17.27	17.27	17.27	17.27	17.27	17.27	17.27
	Anguilla		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Argentina		1.04	2.49	4.3	5.21	6.36	7.38	7.94	8.01	8.03	8.04	8.09	8.27	8.29	8.33	8.39	8.39	8.39
	Armenia		1.69	7.81	7.92	18.62	18.62	20.01	22.97	24.11	24.11	24.11	24.11	24.11	24.11	24.11	24.11	24.11	24.11
	Aruba		0	0	0	0	23.39	23.39	23.39	23.39	23.39	23.39	23.39	23.39	23.39	23.39	23.39	23.39	23.39
	Azerbaijan		2.04	2.22	2.46	2.81	2.81	4.52	5.62	5.63	5.63	5.63	5.63	5.63	5.63	5.63	5.93	5.93	5.93
	Belarus		5.08	6.13	6.5	7.06	7.16	8.05	8.46	8.46	8.68	9.18	9.58	9.73	9.73	9.73	9.73	9.73	9.73
	Bermuda		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Bonaire		15.84	17.14	18.7	18.7	19.36	19.36	19.36	19.36	19.36	19.36	19.36	19.36	19.36	19.36	19.36	19.36	19.36
	Bouvet Island		0	265.2	265.2	265.2	265.2	265.2	265.2	265.2	265.2	265.2	265.2	265.2	265.2	265.2	265.2	265.2	265.2
	Brazil		0.24	1.72	6.66	8.84	14.28	20.93	28.9	28.94	28.95	29.04	29.14	29.15	29.48	29.48	29.8	29.8	29.8
	British Indian Ocean Territory		0	0	0	0	40	40	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
	British Virgin Islands		0.72	2.51	2.51	2.51	16.49	16.49	16.49	16.49	16.49	16.49	16.49	16.49	16.49	16.49	16.49	16.49	16.49
	Bulgaria		1.09	1.48	2	4.31	4.53	14.6	40.35	40.41	40.41	40.42	40.43	40.43	40.43	40.43	40.43	40.43	40.43
	Cayman Islands		0	0	2.41	6.16	8.56	8.56	9.37	9.37	9.37	9.37	9.37	9.37	9.37	9.37	9.37	9.37	9.37
	China (People's Republic of)		0.03	0.06	0.14	0.21	0.26	0.65	0.8	0.86	0.86	0.95	0.95	0.95	0.96	1.42	1.72	1.72	1.72
	Christmas Islands		0	0	60.25	60.25	60.25	60.25	60.25	60.25	60.25	60.25	60.25	60.25	60.25	60.25	60.25	60.25	60.25
	Cook Islands		0	0	0	0	1.89	1.89	1.89	1.89	1.89	1.89	1.89	1.89	1.89	1.89	1.89	1.89	1.89
	Croatia		1.71	1.98	7.49	8.24	9.95	10.47	10.69	12.28	12.28	36.6	36.6	36.62	36.63	36.63	36.63	36.63	36.63
	Cyprus		0	0	0.11	1.19	1.73	11.86	18.64	18.64	18.64	18.92	36.18	37.16	38.69	38.69	38.69	38.69	38.69
	Curacao		0.75	7.55	7.55	7.55	7.55	7.55	7.55	7.55	7.55	12.38	12.38	12.38	12.38	12.38	12.38	12.38	12.38
	Dominican Republic		1.3	1.3	5.04	5.04	5.04	20.71	23.63	24.63	24.63	26.28	27.01	27.01	27.02	27.02	27.02	27.02	27.02
	Ecuador		0	2.71	4.77	10.19	14.56	15.75	18.16	18.18	18.59	18.59	18.97	18.97	18.98	21.4	21.53	21.64	21.64
	Faeroe Islands		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.16	0.16	0.16	0.16	0.16	0.16	0.16	0.16	0.16
	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)		0.19	0.19	0.19	0.19	0.19	0.19	0.19	0.19	0.19	0.19	0.19	0.19	0.19	0.19	0.19	0.19	0.19
	French Guiana		0	0	0	4.12	5.18	11.88	52	52	52.01	52.01	52.01	52.03	52.06	52.16	52.16	52.16	52.16
	French Polynesia		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	French Southern and Antarctic Lands		0	0	0	0	0	0	99.93	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
	Georgia		1.54	1.69	1.73	3.07	3.68	5.85	7.82	8.05	8.15	8.17	9.31	9.31	9.31	9.31	9.31	9.32	9.32
	Greenland		0	40.75	41.15	41.15	41.15	41.32	41.37	41.56	41.56	41.56	41.56	41.56	41.56	41.56	41.56	41.56	41.56
	Guadeloupe		0	0	67.18	67.2	67.31	67.47	74	74	74	74	74	74	74	74	74	74	74
	Guam		2.93	3.73	3.73	22.52	22.52	22.52	22.52	22.52	22.52	22.52	22.52	22.52	22.52	22.52	22.52	22.52	22.52
	Heard Island and McDonald Islands		0	0	0	0	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
	India		0.7	2.47	4.92	5.2	5.3	5.43	5.46	5.46	5.63	5.63	5.64	5.64	5.64	5.64	5.64	5.64	5.64
	Indonesia		11.03	11.03	11.04	11.06	11.59	11.74	11.98	12.15	12.15	12.15	12.15	12.16	12.17	12.17	12.17	12.17	12.17
	Guernsey		0	0	0	0	0	0	0.33	0.33	0.33	0.33	0.33	0.33	0.33	0.33	0.33	0.33	0.33
	Isle of Man		0	0.06	0.1	0.1	0.12	0.72	3.23	3.23	3.23	3.23	3.23	3.23	3.23	3.23	3.23	3.23	3.23
	Jersey		3.62	3.62	3.62	3.62	3.62	3.62	3.89	3.89	3.89	3.89	3.89	3.89	3.89	3.89	3.89	3.89	3.89
	Kazakhstan		0.98	1.82	2.4	2.42	2.6	2.6	3.05	3.05	3.51	3.51	3.51	3.51	3.54	3.54	3.54	3.54	3.54
	Kyrgyzstan		3.66	5.55	5.92	6.32	6.5	6.58	6.58	6.76	6.76	6.87	6.87	6.87	7.06	7.06	7.06	7.06	7.06
	Saint Martin		0	0	0	0	0	0	0.71	0.71	0.71	0.71	0.71	0.71	0.71	0.71	0.71	0.71	0.71
	Malta		0.05	0.05	0.05	5.44	7.69	11.95	15.52	16.03	20.91	20.91	20.91	20.91	20.91	20.96	20.96	20.96	20.96
	Martinique		0	64.07	64.07	64.07	64.07	64.07	64.1	64.1	64.1	64.1	64.1	64.1	64.1	100	100	100	100
	Mayotte		0	0	0	0	0.04	0.04	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.08
	Moldova		0.01	0.96	0.99	1.47	2.05	4.31	4.34	4.35	4.35	4.35	4.35	4.35	4.35	4.35	4.35	4.35	4.35
	Montserrat		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.01	17.01	17.01	17.01	17.01	17.01	17.01
	New Caledonia		2.75	5.68	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	135.19	135.19	135.73	135.73	136.82	136.82	136.82	136.82	136.82	141.8	141.8
	Niue		0	0	0	22.97	23.01	23.01	23.01	23.01	23.01	23.01	23.01	23.01	23.01	23.01	23.01	23.01	23.01
	Norfolk Island		0	0	0	14.02	14.02	14.02	14.02	14.02	14.02	14.02	14.02	14.02	14.02	14.02	14.02	14.02	14.02
	Northern Mariana Islands		6.19	6.19	6.19	6.19	6.27	6.27	6.53	6.53	6.53	6.53	6.53	6.53	6.53	6.53	6.53	6.53	6.53
	Paraguay		0.43	2.41	2.48	3.31	3.72	13.84	14.16	14.2	14.21	14.23	14.32	14.34	14.35	14.35	14.35	14.35	14.35
	Peru		0.02	3.95	4.7	4.71	7.28	15.76	17.88	18.82	19.32	19.33	19.33	20.69	20.73	20.77	21.68	21.68	21.68
	Pitcairn		0	0	93.96	93.96	93.96	93.96	93.96	93.96	93.96	93.96	93.96	93.96	93.96	93.96	93.96	93.96	93.96
	Puerto Rico		4.63	4.63	5.38	5.39	5.39	5.75	5.75	5.75	5.75	5.75	5.75	5.75	5.75	5.75	5.75	5.75	5.75
	RÃ©union		0	0.08	3.56	5.64	5.86	6.29	67.27	67.27	67.27	67.27	67.27	67.28	67.31	67.31	67.31	67.31	67.31
	Romania		0.15	0.32	2.03	4.24	5.25	7.22	19.87	23.8	24.21	25.19	25.19	25.19	25.39	25.39	25.39	25.39	25.39
	Russia		1.49	2.55	4.65	7.79	9.46	9.58	9.59	9.59	9.64	9.64	9.64	9.64	9.64	9.65	9.65	9.65	9.65
	Saint Helena		0	0	0	14.55	14.55	18.85	1 526.57	1 526.57	1 526.57	1 526.57	1 526.88	1 526.88	1 526.88	1 526.88	1 526.88	1 526.88	1 526.88
	Saint BarthÃ©lemy		0	0	0	0	0	0	8.33	8.33	8.33	8.33	8.33	8.33	8.33	8.33	8.33	8.33	8.33
	Sint Maarten		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Saint Pierre and Miquelon		0	0	0	0	0	4.47	4.47	4.47	4.47	4.47	4.47	4.47	4.47	4.47	4.47	4.47	4.47
	Saudi Arabia		0.35	0.35	3.23	4.73	4.73	4.74	4.74	4.74	4.74	4.74	4.74	4.74	4.74	4.74	4.74	4.74	4.74
	South Africa		3.89	4.83	5.7	6.22	6.55	7.3	7.38	7.4	7.45	7.49	7.71	7.77	8.05	8.09	8.34	8.39	8.39
	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.14	3.14	3.14	3.14	3.14	3.14	3.14	3.14	3.14
Svalbard and Jan Mayen		0	53.7	53.7	53.7	53.7	62.78	68.98	68.98	68.98	68.98	68.98	68.98	68.98	68.98	68.98	68.98	68.98
Tajikistan		0.95	2.28	2.59	2.81	18.46	19.13	19.13	19.13	19.13	22.14	22.14	22.14	22.14	22.14	22.14	22.14	22.14
Turkmenistan		0.94	2.26	3	3	3	3	3.48	3.48	3.48	3.48	3.48	3.48	3.48	3.48	3.48	3.48	3.48
Turks and Caicos Islands		0.57	0.57	29.02	34.11	34.11	34.11	34.11	34.11	34.11	34.11	34.11	34.11	34.11	34.11	34.11	34.11	34.11
Ukraine		0.46	1.23	2.01	3.52	4.23	4.27	4.28	4.28	4.29	4.31	4.31	4.31	4.31	4.31	4.31	4.31	4.31
United States Minor Outlying Islands		0	0	0	0	0	99.91	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Uruguay		0	0	2.41	2.41	2.41	2.49	2.98	2.99	2.99	3	3.16	3.48	3.48	3.48	3.48	3.62	3.62
Uzbekistan		0.17	0.37	2	2.13	2.13	2.19	3.36	3.36	3.36	3.36	3.36	3.36	3.36	3.36	3.36	3.36	3.36
United States Virgin Islands		6.35	6.35	6.35	6.61	6.61	6.61	6.61	6.61	6.61	6.61	6.61	6.61	6.61	6.61	6.61	6.61	6.61
Wallis and Futuna		0.54	0.54	0.54	0.54	0.54	0.54	0.54	0.54	0.54	0.54	0.54	0.54	0.54	0.54	0.54	0.54	0.54
Other Groups	APEC		2.49	4.08	5.5	6.84	7.9	8.83	9.53	9.72	9.99	10.26	10.44	10.68	10.79	10.9	11.05	11.07	11.07
Other Groups	ASEAN		6.27	7.04	8.37	10.28	11.43	12.63	13.29	13.38	13.39	13.44	13.51	13.52	13.53	13.54	13.54	13.55	13.55
BRIICS economies - Brazil, Russia, India, Indonesia, China and South Africa			1.33	2.25	4.37	6.17	8.03	9.59	11.3	11.34	11.37	11.41	11.44	11.45	11.52	11.63	11.78	11.78	11.78
OECD America			3.95	6.5	7.9	8.68	9.61	10.58	11.52	11.66	11.74	11.9	11.94	12.04	12.08	12.11	12.31	12.39	12.39
Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia			1.41	2.42	4.18	6.65	8.07	8.2	8.32	8.33	8.43	8.45	8.46	8.46	8.47	8.47	8.48	8.48	8.48
Latin America and Caribbean			1.75	4.23	7.97	10.6	14.05	18.65	22.81	22.96	23.03	23.43	23.52	23.66	23.83	23.9	24.16	24.24	24.24
Middle East and North Africa			0.34	1.75	2.97	3.56	4	4.67	5.27	5.3	6.38	6.4	6.51	6.51	6.75	6.75	6.76	6.76	6.76
Clipperton Island			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Data extracted on 27 Apr 2024 09:19 UTC (GMT) from UKDS.Stat

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