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Protected Areas With Respect To The Total Land Area Of Singapore, Annual

Data from Jan 2003 to Dec 2023

Last updated: 15 Mar 2026, 20:00 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: NATIONAL PARKS BOARD

Data Last Updated: 26/04/2024

Update Frequency: Annual

Footnotes: Protected land refers to legally protected areas, which includes Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, Central Catchment Nature Reserve, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve (wef 2002) and Labrador Nature Reserve (wef 2002), the area of which remains constant.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M891121

Data explorer

ProtectedAreasWithRespectToTheTotalLandAreaOfSingaporeAnnual.csv (1 rows, 317 B)

Data Series Text	2023 Numeric	2022 Numeric	2021 Numeric	2020 Numeric	2019 Numeric	2018 Numeric	2017 Numeric	2016 Numeric	2015 Numeric	2014 Numeric	2013 Numeric	2012 Numeric	2011 Numeric	2010 Numeric	2009 Numeric	2008 Numeric	2007 Numeric	2006 Numeric	2005 Numeric	2004 Numeric	2003 Numeric
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%
Percentage Of Protected Areas	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Data Series	DataSeries	Text	Per Cent	-
2023	2023	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2022	2022	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2021	2021	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2020	2020	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2019	2019	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2018	2018	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2017	2017	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2016	2016	Numeric	Per Cent	-
2015	2015	Numeric	Per Cent	-

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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_f776d9fc07615ce3ee4dbd281a10a7a1"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Protected Areas With Respect To The Total Land Area Of Singapore, Annual (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved April 4, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_f776d9fc07615ce3ee4dbd281a10a7a1/view

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Created on

24 Oct 2024

Licence

Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)