Share of land area that is protected in Curacao
Curacao: Share of land area that is protected was 16.5% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of land area that is protected in Curacao, 2013–2025
Source: Protected Planet WDPA and WD-OECM data, UNEP-WCMC and IUCN, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in % of total land area.
Analysis
Curacao recorded 16.5% for share of land area that is protected in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.2% on the previous year and up 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of land area that is protected in Curacao peaked at 16.7% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 7.8%, in 2013.
That places Curacao 110th out of 213 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Share of land area that is protected in Curacao, year by year
| Year | % of total land area | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 7.8% | — |
| 2014 | 7.8% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 15.5% | +98.7% |
| 2016 | 15.5% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 15.5% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 15.7% | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 15.7% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 15.7% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 15.7% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 15.7% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 15.7% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 16.7% | +6.4% |
| 2025 | 16.5% | -1.2% |
Curacao compared with similar countries
- Curacao's 16.5% is below the median for high income countries, which is 21.5%, 77% of the median. (83 countries reporting)
- Curacao's 16.5% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 17.7%, 93% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 13.4% | 7.8% | 15.7% | 7 |
| 2020s | 16.0% | 15.7% | 16.7% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Curacao
- 107 Ethiopia 17.0% compare
- 108 Saint Kitts and Nevis 16.9% compare
- 109 Burkina Faso 16.8% compare
- 110 Antigua and Barbuda 16.5% compare
- 112 American Samoa 16.4% compare
- 112 Belgium 16.4% compare
- 112 Denmark 16.4% compare
More reference data data for Curacao
- Consumer price index 115.53 2010 = 100 (2019)
- Wealth share of the richest 1% 27.6% (2024)
- Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, per unit of GDP 0 metric tons per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, per capita 0 metric tons per person (2024)
- Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Share of men expected to survive to the age of 65 78.0% (2024)
- Share of men and women expected to survive to the age of 65 90.8% (2024)
- Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture 1 metric tons (2024)
- Land area in hectares, per capita 0.2871 hectares per person (2023)
- Land area in hectares, per square kilometre 100 hectares per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of land area that is protected in Curacao?
- Share of land area that is protected in Curacao was 16.5% in 2025, according to Protected Planet WDPA and WD-OECM data, UNEP-WCMC and IUCN, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of land area that is protected recorded in Curacao?
- The highest recorded value was 16.7% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of land area that is protected recorded in Curacao?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.8% in 2013.
- How does Curacao rank for share of land area that is protected?
- Curacao ranks 110th out of 213 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of land area that is protected rising or falling in Curacao?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Curacao data come from?
- The figures come from Protected Planet WDPA and WD-OECM data, UNEP-WCMC and IUCN, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of land area that is protected. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.