El Salvador vs Iran: Share of land area that is protected

El Salvador
8.3%
in 2025
Iran
7.8%
in 2025
El Salvador rank
165th
Iran rank
168th

Share of land area that is protected over time

  • El Salvador
  • Iran
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How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 8.3% against 7.8% in Iran, a difference of 0.5%.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.1 times Iran's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 13 shared years of data; in 2013 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 165th and Iran ranks 168th of 213 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Share of land area that is protected
Unit
% of total land area
Source
Protected Planet WDPA and WD-OECM data, UNEP-WCMC and IUCN, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
213 places, 2,746 data points, 2013–2025
Last refreshed

Terrestrial protected areas are areas of at least 1,000 hectares that are designated by national authorities in order to preserve their ecosystem services and cultural values.