Protected areas — all countries

Protected areas — El Salvador

Protected areas in El Salvador in 2025 — 2.1%. Ranked 168 in the world out of 213.

2025 2.1% +0 pp vs 2024
World rank 168of 213
Period maximum 2.2%2015
Period minimum 2.1%2013

Trend over time

2013–2025 · % of territory

Protected areas — El Salvador, 2013–20252.12.152.220132015201720192021202320252013: 2.1%2014: 2.1%2015: 2.2%2016: 2.2%2017: 2.2%2018: 2.2%2019: 2.2%2020: 2.1%2021: 2.1%2022: 2.1%2023: 2.1%2024: 2.1%2025: 2.1%
Change over the period: +0 pp Annual average: 0 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: El Salvador

El Salvador 2.1%
World 16.98%
Protected areas — El Salvador, by year El Salvador All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 2.1 +0 pp
2024 2.1 +0 pp
2023 2.1 +0 pp
2022 2.1 +0 pp
2021 2.1 +0 pp
2020 2.1 −0.1 pp
2019 2.2 +0 pp
2018 2.2 +0 pp
2017 2.2 +0 pp
2016 2.2 +0 pp
2015 2.2 +0.1 pp
2014 2.1 +0 pp
2013 2.1

Central America, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The share of terrestrial and marine protected areas in the total area of a country: national parks, nature reserves, natural monuments, sanctuaries and other IUCN categories. The target set by the Kunming-Montreal framework is 30 percent of land and sea under protection by 2030.

Important: The aggregate is weighted by total area rather than land area: protected areas include marine waters as well.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.