Belgium, Europe
Number of Protected areas
2,003
379 with management effectiveness evaluations
Polygons/Points ratio
100% Polygons
0% Points
Number of sources
For International designations | 2 |
For National designations | 1 |
For Regional designations | 2 |
TOTAL | 5 |
Protected areas coverage (Ref 1 ↓ )

Area terrestrial
24.91% coverage
7,644 km2 Land Area Protected
30,683 km2 Total Land Area
13% 6th National Report Coverage
12.6% with management effectiveness evaluation
3,866.765791 km2 Area Assessed

Area marine
36.65% coverage
1,270 km2 Marine Area Protected
3,465 km2 Total Marine Area
36% 6th National Report Coverage
0.19% with management effectiveness evaluation
6.573839 km2 Area Assessed
Warning: These statistics might differ from those reported officially by countries due to difference in methodologies and datasets used to assess protected area coverage and differences in the base maps used to measure terrestrial and marine area of a country or territory. Download the country's latest national report (pdf)
IUCN Management categories
Management categories | Count | % |
---|---|---|
IV | 1047 | 52.27 |
V | 12 | 0.6 |
VI | 25 | 1.25 |
Not Reported | 913 | 45.58 |
Not Applicable | 1 | 0.05 |
Not Assigned | 5 | 0.25 |
Governance types
Name | Governance type | Count | % |
---|---|---|---|
Federal or national ministry or agency | 1991 | 99.4 | |
Not Reported | 10 | 0.5 | |
Collaborative governance | 2 | 0.1 |
National designations
17
Regional designations
3
International designations
2
Categories | Count |
---|---|
World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) | 1 |
Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance | 9 |