Protected areas — all countries

Protected areas — Peru

Protected areas in Peru in 2025 — 16.5%. Ranked 77 in the world out of 213. Since 2013, the indicator has fallen by 2.7 pp.

2025 16.5% −0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank 77of 213
Period maximum 19.4%2014
Period minimum 13.1%2016

Trend over time

2013–2025 · % of territory

Protected areas — Peru, 2013–2025121416182020132015201720192021202320252013: 19.2%2014: 19.4%2015: 19.4%2016: 13.1%2017: 13.1%2018: 13.1%2019: 13.3%2020: 13.3%2021: 13.7%2022: 16.8%2023: 16.8%2024: 16.8%2025: 16.5%
Change over the period: −2.7 pp Annual average: -0.23 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Peru 16.5%
World 16.98%
Protected areas — Peru, by year Peru All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 16.5 −0.3 pp
2024 16.8 +0 pp
2023 16.8 +0 pp
2022 16.8 +3.1 pp
2021 13.7 +0.4 pp
2020 13.3 +0 pp
2019 13.3 +0.2 pp
2018 13.1 +0 pp
2017 13.1 +0 pp
2016 13.1 −6.3 pp
2015 19.4 +0 pp
2014 19.4 +0.2 pp
2013 19.2

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.