Protected areas — all countries

Protected areas — Papua New Guinea

Protected areas in Papua New Guinea in 2025 — 0.7%. Ranked 183 in the world out of 213.

2025 0.7% +0 pp vs 2024
World rank 183of 213
Period maximum 0.7%2013
Period minimum 0.7%2013

Trend over time

2013–2025 · % of territory

Protected areas — Papua New Guinea, 2013–2025-101220132015201720192021202320252013: 0.7%2014: 0.7%2015: 0.7%2016: 0.7%2017: 0.7%2018: 0.7%2019: 0.7%2020: 0.7%2021: 0.7%2022: 0.7%2023: 0.7%2024: 0.7%2025: 0.7%
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: Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea 0.7%
World 16.98%
Protected areas — Papua New Guinea, by year Papua New Guinea All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 0.7 +0 pp
2024 0.7 +0 pp
2023 0.7 +0 pp
2022 0.7 +0 pp
2021 0.7 +0 pp
2020 0.7 +0 pp
2019 0.7 +0 pp
2018 0.7 +0 pp
2017 0.7 +0 pp
2016 0.7 +0 pp
2015 0.7 +0 pp
2014 0.7 +0 pp
2013 0.7

Melanesia, 2025

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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.