Lithuania, Europe
Number of Protected areas
933
0 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
17.03% coverage
11,020 km2 Land Area Protected
64,697 km2 Total Land Area
7.83% with management effectiveness evaluation
862.575852 km2 Area Assessed

Area marine
25.59% coverage
1,568 km2 Marine Area Protected
6,126 km2 Total Marine Area
12.58% with management effectiveness evaluation
197.267 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.
IUCN Management categories
Management categories | Count | % |
---|---|---|
Ia | 6 | 0.64 |
II | 5 | 0.54 |
IV | 288 | 30.87 |
V | 32 | 3.43 |
VI | 30 | 3.22 |
Not Reported | 505 | 54.13 |
Not Applicable | 67 | 7.18 |
Governance types
Name | Governance type | Count | % |
---|---|---|---|
Federal or national ministry or agency | 919 | 98.5 | |
Not Reported | 14 | 1.5 |
National designations
6
Categories | Count |
---|---|
Nature Reserve | 285 |
State Park | 35 |
State Strict Reserve | 6 |
Biosphere Reserve | 1 |
Recuperational plot | 3 |
Biosphere polygon | 30 |
Regional designations
International designations
2
Categories | Count |
---|---|
UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve | 1 |
Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance | 7 |