Croatia, Europe
Number of Protected areas
1,196
20 with management effectiveness evaluations
Polygons/Points ratio
93% Polygons
7% Points
Number of sources
For International designations | 3 |
For National designations | 1 |
For Regional designations | 1 |
TOTAL | 5 |
Protected areas coverage (Ref 1 ↓ )

Area terrestrial
38.26% coverage
21,752 km2 Land Area Protected
56,856 km2 Total Land Area
27% 0th National Report Coverage
8.28% with management effectiveness evaluation
4,710.295612 km2 Area Assessed

Area marine
8.54% coverage
4,737 km2 Marine Area Protected
55,462 km2 Total Marine Area
0% 0th National Report Coverage
0.69% with management effectiveness evaluation
383.491262 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 | % |
---|---|---|
Not Reported | 1192 | 99.67 |
Not Applicable | 4 | 0.33 |
Governance types
Name | Governance type | Count | % |
---|---|---|---|
Federal or national ministry or agency | 1187 | 99.25 | |
Not Reported | 9 | 0.75 |
National designations
9
Categories | Count |
---|---|
National Park | 8 |
Natural Monument | 80 |
Nature Park | 11 |
Special Reserve | 77 |
Regional Park | 2 |
Forest Park | 27 |
Significant Landscape | 82 |
Strict Reserve | 2 |
Horticultural Monument | 119 |
Regional designations
2
Categories | Count |
---|---|
Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 741 |
Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 38 |