Table 3.

Savanna countries with >600 mm rainfall per year and protected areas >1000 km²

Region	Countries (N)	Area of Countries (kms2)	Area of savanna (>600 mm yr−1) (km2)	%	Countries (N)	Protected areas >1000km2 (N)	Area of protected >600 mm yr−1 >1000 km2 (km2)	%
Africa	35	20,913,585	8,800,336	56	28	258	1,241,033	68
African LDCs	25	16,166,159	7,017,103	45	17	203	1,083,978	59
North America	2	11,422,670	80,515	1	1	1	4580	0
South America	8	15,173,189	5,282,874	34	7	75	308,063	17
Australia/SE Asia	5	13,327,053	1,469,901	9	3	43	280,687	15
Total	50	60,836,497	15,633,626	100	39	377	1,834,363	100

All savanna areas by country, and protected areas by country, are available in Supplementary Data 2 and 3 respectively.