Table 14.1: Ramsar ratification, areaand number of areas in EEA member countries
Country	Total surface area of country, not including marineareas (km 2 ) in 1994	Date of ratification	Total Ramsar surface area (including marine parts)(km 2 )	Total number of Ramsar areas in 1998
Austria	83 858	1983	1 028	9
Belgium	30 518	1986	79	6
Denmark	43 094	1978	7 390	27
Finland	338 145	1975	1 013	11
France	543 965	1986	5 791	15
Germany	356 970	1976	6 712	32
Greece	131 957	1975	1 635	10
Ireland	70 285	1985	697	45
Italy	301 323	1977	569	46
Iceland	103 000	1978	590	3
Liechtenstein	160	1991	1	1
Luxembourg	2 568	1998	3	1
Netherlands	41 526	1980	3 249	18
Norway	323 880	1975	697	18
Portugal	91 905	1981	658	10
Spain	505 990	1982	1 579	38
Sweden	449 964	1975	3 828	30
UK	244 101	1976	4 843	129
EU			39 049	427
EEA			40 337	449
Source : Wetlands International; Ramsar Bureau, EIONET; Eurostat(country area)