Protected areas — all countries

Protected areas — Timor-Leste

Protected areas in Timor-Leste in 2025 — 4.7%. Ranked 148 in the world out of 213. Since 2013, the indicator has risen by 1.4 pp.

2025 4.7% +0 pp vs 2024
World rank 148of 213
Period maximum 5.2%2019
Period minimum 3.3%2013

Trend over time

2013–2025 · % of territory

Protected areas — Timor-Leste, 2013–202533.544.555.520132015201720192021202320252013: 3.3%2014: 3.3%2015: 3.3%2016: 4.4%2017: 4.4%2018: 4.4%2019: 5.2%2020: 5.2%2021: 5.2%2022: 5.2%2023: 5.2%2024: 4.7%2025: 4.7%
Change over the period: +1.4 pp Annual average: 0.12 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Timor-Leste

Timor-Leste 4.7%
World 16.98%
Protected areas — Timor-Leste, by year Timor-Leste All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 4.7 +0 pp
2024 4.7 −0.5 pp
2023 5.2 +0 pp
2022 5.2 +0 pp
2021 5.2 +0 pp
2020 5.2 +0 pp
2019 5.2 +0.8 pp
2018 4.4 +0 pp
2017 4.4 +0 pp
2016 4.4 +1.1 pp
2015 3.3 +0 pp
2014 3.3 +0 pp
2013 3.3

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.