National Parks & Nature Access

This ranking compares how well visitors can reach and use national parks, protected areas and nature spaces. It rates protected areas, biodiversity, forests, mountains, outdoor access, routes, visitor information and reachability.
1 Japan100 points 100 points 100
2 Austria95 points 95 points 95
2 Slovenia95 points 95 points 95
4 New Zealand94 points 94 points 94
5 Bhutan92 points 92 points 92
5 Costa Rica92 points 92 points 92
5 Panama92 points 92 points 92
5 Seychelles92 points 92 points 92
9 Brazil91 points 91 points 91
9 France91 points 91 points 91
11 Bolivia89 points 89 points 89
11 Brunei89 points 89 points 89
11 French Guiana89 points 89 points 89
11 Peru89 points 89 points 89
11 Spain89 points 89 points 89
16 Ecuador88 points 88 points 88
16 Liechtenstein88 points 88 points 88
18 Chinese Taipei87 points 87 points 87
18 Tanzania87 points 87 points 87
20 Canada86 points 86 points 86
20 Norway86 points 86 points 86
20 United States86 points 86 points 86
20 Venezuela86 points 86 points 86
24 Croatia85 points 85 points 85
24 Montenegro85 points 85 points 85
24 New Caledonia85 points 85 points 85
24 Palau85 points 85 points 85
24 Slovakia85 points 85 points 85
29 Australia84 points 84 points 84
29 Belize84 points 84 points 84
29 Iceland84 points 84 points 84
29 Réunion84 points 84 points 84
29 Switzerland84 points 84 points 84
34 Bulgaria83 points 83 points 83
35 Andorra82 points 82 points 82
35 Chile82 points 82 points 82
35 Colombia82 points 82 points 82
35 Germany82 points 82 points 82
35 Greece82 points 82 points 82
35 Kenya82 points 82 points 82
35 Namibia82 points 82 points 82
35 South Africa82 points 82 points 82
43 Italy81 points 81 points 81
43 Sri Lanka81 points 81 points 81
43 Trinidad and Tobago81 points 81 points 81
46 Dominica80 points 80 points 80
46 Korea Republic80 points 80 points 80
46 Nepal80 points 80 points 80
46 North Macedonia80 points 80 points 80
50 Georgia79 points 79 points 79
50 Honduras79 points 79 points 79
50 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines79 points 79 points 79
50 São Tomé and Príncipe79 points 79 points 79
54 Dominican Republic78 points 78 points 78
54 Malaysia78 points 78 points 78
54 Zambia78 points 78 points 78
57 Luxembourg77 points 77 points 77
58 Bahamas76 points 76 points 76
58 Congo76 points 76 points 76
58 Poland76 points 76 points 76
58 Romania76 points 76 points 76
62 Cambodia75 points 75 points 75
62 Cyprus75 points 75 points 75
62 Gabon75 points 75 points 75
62 Jamaica75 points 75 points 75
62 Laos75 points 75 points 75
62 Mexico75 points 75 points 75
62 Portugal75 points 75 points 75
62 Thailand75 points 75 points 75
70 Guatemala74 points 74 points 74
70 Indonesia74 points 74 points 74
70 Martinique74 points 74 points 74
70 Sweden74 points 74 points 74
74 Armenia73 points 73 points 73
74 Hong Kong73 points 73 points 73
74 Mozambique73 points 73 points 73
74 Niue73 points 73 points 73
78 American Samoa72 points 72 points 72
78 Greenland72 points 72 points 72
80 Albania71 points 71 points 71
80 China71 points 71 points 71
80 Czech Republic71 points 71 points 71
80 Equatorial Guinea71 points 71 points 71
80 Zimbabwe71 points 71 points 71
85 Estonia70 points 70 points 70
85 Saint Lucia70 points 70 points 70
85 Suriname70 points 70 points 70
85 United Kingdom70 points 70 points 70
89 Guadeloupe69 points 69 points 69
89 Guinea69 points 69 points 69
89 Montserrat69 points 69 points 69
89 Nicaragua69 points 69 points 69
89 Philippines69 points 69 points 69
94 Guinea-Bissau68 points 68 points 68
94 Guyana68 points 68 points 68
96 Azerbaijan67 points 67 points 67
96 Comoros67 points 67 points 67
96 Finland67 points 67 points 67
96 Israel67 points 67 points 67
96 Oman67 points 67 points 67
96 Papua New Guinea67 points 67 points 67
96 Senegal67 points 67 points 67
103 U.S. Virgin Islands66 points 66 points 66
104 Botswana65 points 65 points 65
104 Saint Kitts and Nevis65 points 65 points 65
104 Timor-Leste65 points 65 points 65
104 Turks and Caicos Islands65 points 65 points 65
104 Vietnam65 points 65 points 65
109 Benin64 points 64 points 64
109 Congo DR64 points 64 points 64
109 Latvia64 points 64 points 64
109 Tahiti64 points 64 points 64
113 Bosnia and Herzegovina63 points 63 points 63
113 Cook Islands63 points 63 points 63
113 India63 points 63 points 63
113 Russia63 points 63 points 63
117 Malawi62 points 62 points 62
117 Malta62 points 62 points 62
117 Pakistan62 points 62 points 62
117 Puerto Rico62 points 62 points 62
117 Tajikistan62 points 62 points 62
117 Turkey62 points 62 points 62
123 Fiji61 points 61 points 61
123 Hungary61 points 61 points 61
123 Serbia61 points 61 points 61
123 Togo61 points 61 points 61
127 Cameroon60 points 60 points 60
127 Cuba60 points 60 points 60
127 Madagascar60 points 60 points 60
130 Grenada59 points 59 points 59
130 Netherlands59 points 59 points 59
130 Solomon Islands59 points 59 points 59
133 Argentina58 points 58 points 58
133 Ethiopia58 points 58 points 58
133 Gibraltar58 points 58 points 58
133 Ivory Coast58 points 58 points 58
133 Lesotho58 points 58 points 58
133 Lithuania58 points 58 points 58
133 Mayotte58 points 58 points 58
133 Samoa58 points 58 points 58
141 Angola57 points 57 points 57
141 Belgium57 points 57 points 57
141 Uganda57 points 57 points 57
144 Aruba56 points 56 points 56
144 Ghana56 points 56 points 56
144 Ireland56 points 56 points 56
144 Paraguay56 points 56 points 56
148 Cayman Islands55 points 55 points 55
148 Denmark55 points 55 points 55
148 Lebanon55 points 55 points 55
151 Antigua and Barbuda54 points 54 points 54
151 Mongolia54 points 54 points 54
153 Cape Verde53 points 53 points 53
153 El Salvador53 points 53 points 53
153 Kosovo53 points 53 points 53
153 Liberia53 points 53 points 53
153 Ukraine53 points 53 points 53
158 British Virgin Islands52 points 52 points 52
158 Marshall Islands52 points 52 points 52
158 Mauritius52 points 52 points 52
158 Rwanda52 points 52 points 52
158 Sierra Leone52 points 52 points 52
163 Monaco51 points 51 points 51
163 Nigeria51 points 51 points 51
163 United Arab Emirates51 points 51 points 51
163 Vanuatu51 points 51 points 51
167 Guam50 points 50 points 50
167 Kyrgyzstan50 points 50 points 50
169 Morocco49 points 49 points 49
169 Northern Mariana Islands49 points 49 points 49
169 Saint Pierre and Miquelon49 points 49 points 49
169 Saudi Arabia49 points 49 points 49
169 Tuvalu49 points 49 points 49
174 Belarus48 points 48 points 48
174 Iran48 points 48 points 48
174 Kazakhstan48 points 48 points 48
174 Micronesia48 points 48 points 48
178 Burkina Faso46 points 46 points 46
178 Saint-Martin46 points 46 points 46
178 Swaziland46 points 46 points 46
178 Uzbekistan46 points 46 points 46
182 Anguilla45 points 45 points 45
182 Curacao45 points 45 points 45
182 Kiribati45 points 45 points 45
182 Singapore45 points 45 points 45
182 Tonga45 points 45 points 45
187 Chad44 points 44 points 44
187 Egypt44 points 44 points 44
187 Tunisia44 points 44 points 44
190 Niger43 points 43 points 43
190 Uruguay43 points 43 points 43
192 Myanmar42 points 42 points 42
192 San Marino42 points 42 points 42
194 Qatar41 points 41 points 41
194 Zanzibar41 points 41 points 41
196 Moldova40 points 40 points 40
196 Wallis and Futuna40 points 40 points 40
198 Burundi39 points 39 points 39
198 Faroe Islands39 points 39 points 39
198 Gambia39 points 39 points 39
198 Jordan39 points 39 points 39
198 Kuwait39 points 39 points 39
203 Bangladesh38 points 38 points 38
203 Barbados38 points 38 points 38
203 Bermuda38 points 38 points 38
206 Haiti36 points 36 points 36
206 Macau36 points 36 points 36
206 Maldives36 points 36 points 36
206 Palestine36 points 36 points 36
210 Bahrain35 points 35 points 35
210 Korea DPR35 points 35 points 35
212 Algeria34 points 34 points 34
212 Central African Republic34 points 34 points 34
214 Mali32 points 32 points 32
214 South Sudan32 points 32 points 32
214 Turkmenistan32 points 32 points 32
217 Sint Maarten31 points 31 points 31
218 Afghanistan29 points 29 points 29
218 Djibouti29 points 29 points 29
220 Sudan28 points 28 points 28
220 Syria28 points 28 points 28
220 Yemen28 points 28 points 28
223 Eritrea27 points 27 points 27
223 Iraq27 points 27 points 27
225 Somalia23 points 23 points 23
226 Libya21 points 21 points 21
226 Mauritania21 points 21 points 21
226 Nauru21 points 21 points 21
229 Western Sahara18 points 18 points 18

Last rating: June 25th, 2026

How the Raw Value Is Calculated

The raw value is a 0-100 point value for national parks, protected areas and practically usable nature access. 100 means a very strong nature offer with protected areas, landscape diversity and reachable visitor places.

The calculation combines protected land, biodiversity, forest cover, mountain access, visitor outdoor activities, access to green and recreation areas, tourist information quality, road quality, airport-to-destination transfer and a limited destination-maturity component.

Public source families include Protected Planet and the World Database on Protected Areas, World Bank terrestrial protected-area and forest data, UNESCO natural heritage, OpenStreetMap and Overpass for nature places and routes, Wikidata, national park agencies, and maintained Nomadino indicators on biodiversity, nature, transport and visitor information.

Very large but barely usable wilderness should not automatically dominate. Reachability, visitor information and practical usability therefore count alongside protected areas. The rating equals the rounded raw value; higher values improve the ranking.