Afghanistan

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Tajikistan

Uzbekistan

Central Asia

China

Mongolia

Nepal

East Asia

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Russia

Eurasia

Belarus

Europe

India

Pakistan

Sri Lanka

South Asia

Cambodia

Southeast Asia

Iran

Turkey

Southwest Asia and North Africa

Shanghai Cooperation Organisation members, observers, and dialogue partners. Member states (black) include Russia and China. Observer states (yellow) include India, Iran, and Afghanistan. Dialogue partners (blue) include Turkey and Cambodia.

Member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, a political, economic, and security organization created in 2001

Countries

World

Shanghai Cooperation Organisation

American Samoa (U.S.)

French Polynesia (France)

Guam (U.S.)

Kiribati

New Zealand

Northern Mariana Is. (U.S.)

Palau

Samoa

Australia & Oceania

St. Martin (France)

U.S. Virgin Is. (U.S.)

Caribbean

Turkmenistan

Hong Kong S.A.R. (China)

Japan

Macau S.A.R. (China)

North Korea

South Korea

Georgia

Albania

Andorra

Austria

Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Cyprus

Czechia

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

Germany

Gibraltar (U.K.)

Greece

Hungary

Iceland

Ireland

Isle of Man (U.K.)

Italy

Latvia

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malta

Moldova

Monaco

Montenegro

Netherlands

Northern Macedonia

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Romania

San Marino

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Ukraine

United Kingdom

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Costa Rica

Ecuador

Guatemala

Nicaragua

Paraguay

Peru

Suriname

Latin America

Greenland (Denmark)

New Caledonia (France)

Puerto Rico (U.S.)

São Tomé and Príncipe

Tonga

None

Canada

Mexico

United States

North America

Bangladesh

Bhutan

Laos

Malaysia

Myanmar

Philippines

Singapore

Algeria

Bahrain

Iraq

Israel

Jordan

Kuwait

Lebanon

Morocco

Oman

Palestine

Qatar

Tunisia

Central African Republic

Chad

Côte d'Ivoire

Democratic Republic of Congo

Ethiopia

Gambia

Ghana

Guinea-Bissau

Lesotho

Madagascar

Nigeria

Republic of the Congo

Rwanda

Sierra Leone

Togo

Uganda

Zimbabwe

Sub-Saharan Africa

Percentage of clean water access. Some of the highlighted countries are more than 98 percent (dark blue): Canada, France. 89 to 98 percent (blue): U S A, Iran. 60 to 88 percent (light blue): Russia, Brazil. Less than 60 percent (Grey): Central Africa.

Percentage of the population with access to an improved water source

World Bank

Clean Water Access

Percent

Croatia

NATO member countries are highlighted blue on the map, including North America and Europe, such as Canada, the United States, and various Western and Eastern European nations.

Member countries of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NATO

NATO Members

Indian Ocean Ter. (Australia)

Caribbean Netherlands (Neth.)

Antigua and Barbuda

Bahamas

Dominica

Dominican Republic

Jamaica

Cuba

Taiwan

French Guiana (France)

Belize

Bolivia

Honduras

Panama

Venezuela

Guadeloupe (France)

Mauritius

Réunion (France)

Indonesia

Timor-Leste

Brunei

Egypt

Gabon

Angola

Benin

Botswana

Equatorial Guinea

Liberia

Malawi

Namibia

Senegal

eSwatini

Tanzania

Zambia

Burundi

Kenya

Mozambique

South Africa

South Sudan

A world map shows national parks highlighted in green.

Locations of terrestrial and marine protected areas

In North America, national parks are scattered across northern and western Canada, Canada’s Arctic islands, and eastern Canada’s Great Lakes region, Saint Lawrence River Valley, and Maritime Provinces. In the United States, larger national parks are mainly in Alaska and the western states, with a few sizeable parks in the East, including Florida and the Appalachians. Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean have smaller national parks. Most of northeastern Greenland is a national park. In South America, national parks are concentrated in the Amazon basin and in the Patagonian Andes and Tierra del Fuego in the south. In Europe, parks are widely distributed from Iceland to Russia, including the UK, Norway, the Alps, Spain, and southeastern Europe. North Africa and the Sahara have few parks, with some in Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Western Sahara, and coastal Mauritania. Sub-Saharan Africa has parks scattered across West, East, and southern Africa, with the largest parks in East Africa along the Great Rift Valley to southern Africa. Madagascar has small parks. Southwest and Central Asia have few parks, with some in Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, and Tajikistan. South Asia’s parks run along the Himalayas from Pakistan to Bhutan, with small parks in India and Sri Lanka. In Southeast Asia, Thailand and Indonesia have numerous parks, while other countries have fewer. East Asia shows parks in South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan, but none in China, North Korea, or Mongolia. Oceania features numerous parks in Australia and New Zealand, mainly on New Zealand’s South Island.

Protected Planet

National Parks

Shanghai Cooperation Organisation	Clean Water Access			NATO Members	National Parks	Indigenous Languages
Value	Class	Rank	Percent	Value	National Parks	Aymara	Embera	Garifuna	Guaraní	Quechua	Guna	Mapuche	Mayan	Miskitu	Mixtec	Nawan/Spanish	Pemon	Zapotec	Wahiro	Yamomani
					4.55%
					3.83%
					4.88%
					2.49%
					1.63%
					2.28%
					51.0%
					1.79%
					1.24%
					3.85%
					2.02%
					2.40%	7.27%	3.59%	4.50%	4.49%	6.57%	11.0%	16.9%	33.8%	11.9%			7.66%		1.19%	1.80%
					1.22%								1.04%		1.23%	1.62%		2.03%