Protected areas — all countries

Protected areas — Gambia

Protected areas in the Gambia in 2025 — 2.9%. Ranked 163 in the world out of 213. Since 2013, the indicator has risen by 1.5 pp.

2025 2.9% +0 pp vs 2024
World rank 163of 213
Period maximum 2.9%2020
Period minimum 1.4%2013

Trend over time

2013–2025 · % of territory

Protected areas — Gambia, 2013–202511.522.5320132015201720192021202320252013: 1.4%2014: 1.4%2015: 1.4%2016: 1.4%2017: 1.4%2018: 1.4%2019: 1.4%2020: 2.9%2021: 2.9%2022: 2.9%2023: 2.9%2024: 2.9%2025: 2.9%
Change over the period: +1.5 pp Annual average: 0.13 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Gambia 2.9%
World 16.98%
Protected areas — Gambia, by year Gambia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 2.9 +0 pp
2024 2.9 +0 pp
2023 2.9 +0 pp
2022 2.9 +0 pp
2021 2.9 +0 pp
2020 2.9 +1.5 pp
2019 1.4 +0 pp
2018 1.4 +0 pp
2017 1.4 +0 pp
2016 1.4 +0 pp
2015 1.4 +0 pp
2014 1.4 +0 pp
2013 1.4

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.