Portugal, Europe
Number of Protected areas
452
45 with management effectiveness evaluations
Polygons/Points ratio
98% Polygons
2% Points
Number of sources
For International designations | 5 |
For National designations | 1 |
For Regional designations | 2 |
TOTAL | 8 |
Protected areas coverage (Ref 1 ↓ )

Area terrestrial
22.92% coverage
21,115 km2 Land Area Protected
92,141 km2 Total Land Area
7% 5th National Report Coverage
11.74% with management effectiveness evaluation
10,817.02969 km2 Area Assessed

Area marine
16.56% coverage
285,600 km2 Marine Area Protected
1,724,156 km2 Total Marine Area
0.06% with management effectiveness evaluation
1,009.099824 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 | % |
---|---|---|
Ia | 13 | 2.88 |
Ib | 25 | 5.53 |
II | 1 | 0.22 |
III | 23 | 5.09 |
IV | 68 | 15.04 |
V | 48 | 10.62 |
VI | 54 | 11.95 |
Not Reported | 212 | 46.9 |
Not Applicable | 8 | 1.77 |
Governance types
Name | Governance type | Count | % |
---|---|---|---|
Federal or national ministry or agency | 401 | 88.72 | |
Not Reported | 39 | 8.63 | |
Collaborative governance | 12 | 2.65 |
National designations
21
Regional designations
3