Protected areas — all countries

Protected areas — Kuwait

Protected areas in Kuwait in 2025 — 11.5%. Ranked 109 in the world out of 213. Since 2013, the indicator has risen by 0.3 pp.

2025 11.5% +0 pp vs 2024
World rank 109of 213
Period maximum 11.5%2024
Period minimum 10.7%2019

Trend over time

2013–2025 · % of territory

Protected areas — Kuwait, 2013–202510.510.751111.2511.520132015201720192021202320252013: 11.2%2014: 11.2%2015: 11.2%2016: 11%2017: 11%2018: 11%2019: 10.7%2020: 10.7%2021: 10.7%2022: 10.7%2023: 11.4%2024: 11.5%2025: 11.5%
Change over the period: +0.3 pp Annual average: 0.03 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Kuwait 11.5%
World 16.98%
Protected areas — Kuwait, by year Kuwait All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 11.5 +0 pp
2024 11.5 +0.1 pp
2023 11.4 +0.7 pp
2022 10.7 +0 pp
2021 10.7 +0 pp
2020 10.7 +0 pp
2019 10.7 −0.3 pp
2018 11 +0 pp
2017 11 +0 pp
2016 11 −0.2 pp
2015 11.2 +0 pp
2014 11.2 +0 pp
2013 11.2

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.