Biodiversity & Protected Areas - Marine protected areas as a share of territorial waters

NAM Topics Environment Biodiversity & Protected Areas

Marine protected areas are areas of intertidal or subtidal terrain--and overlying water and associated flora and fauna and historical and cultural features--that have been reserved by law or other effective means to protect part or all of the enclosed environment.

Marine protected areas as a share of territorial waters (%)

	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Chile	4.4	4.4	4.4	12.6	12.9	28.8	41.2	41.3	41.3	41.4	41.4	41.2
Colombia	10.2	10.2	2.1	2.1	10.4	17.1	17.1	17.2	17.2	17.1	17.1	41.1
Seychelles	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	15.7	32.8	32.8	32.8	32.8	32.6
Gabon	0.9	1.0	1.0	1.0	28.8	28.8	28.8	28.8	28.8	28.8	28.8	26.9
Panama	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	11.6	26.8	26.8	26.8	26.3
Bahrain	6.4	6.4	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	21.1	21.1	21.4
Belize	6.9	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	20.4
Ecuador	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.3	19.1	19.1	19.3
Sudan	13.3	0.0	0.0	16.0	16.0	16.0	16.0	16.0	16.0	16.0	16.0	17.0
Oman	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.4	16.2
South Africa	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	14.6	15.5	15.5	15.5	15.5	15.4
Dominican Republic	9.0	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.1	18.0	18.0	18.0	18.0	17.3	17.3	13.3
United Arab Emirates	12.4	12.4	12.4	4.3	4.3	11.3	11.3	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	12.0
Cameroon	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.4	3.4	3.4	11.5	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.4
Guinea-Bissau	8.5	8.5	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.1
Bangladesh	1.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	8.0	8.0
Peru	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	8.0	8.0	7.9
Bahamas, The	0.2	0.2	0.6	0.6	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.7
Thailand	1.8	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.8	5.0
Honduras	0.5	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.9
Malaysia	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.5	1.5	3.3	5.6	5.6	5.6	4.8
Egypt, Arab Rep.	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.6
St. Kitts and Nevis	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.5
Venezuela, RB	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.3	4.4
Turkmenistan	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	4.2
Cuba	2.6	2.6	2.6	4.3	4.3	4.3	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.2
Mauritania	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	3.7
Nicaragua	3.0	3.0	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.6
Saudi Arabia	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	3.5
Congo, Rep.	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.5
Kuwait	0.1	0.1	0.1	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	3.2	3.2
Indonesia	3.3	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.0
Jordan	35.6	35.6	35.6	35.2	35.7	35.6	35.7	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	2.8
Qatar	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.7	1.7	1.7	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3
Tanzania	3.0	3.0	3.0	2.5	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	2.3
Korea, Rep.	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.6	1.6	1.6	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.2
Mozambique	0.3	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.2
Senegal	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.9	1.9	1.9	2.2
Haiti	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.8
Namibia	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7
Sierra Leone	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.7
Philippines	1.0	1.1	1.1	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.6
Cambodia	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.5
Suriname	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5
Madagascar	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	1.3
Pakistan	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	1.2
Tunisia	1.0	1.1	1.1	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.1
Azerbaijan	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	1.0
Fiji	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9
Guatemala	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.9	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.9
Iran, Islamic Rep.	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.9
Timor-Leste	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	0.7
Antigua and Barbuda	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.7
Jamaica	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.7
Togo	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.7
Libya	0.0	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6
Guinea	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.6
Kenya	0.8	0.6	0.6	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.6
Gambia, The	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6
Myanmar	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	2.3	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
Vietnam	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.5
Congo, Dem. Rep.	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.5
Yemen, Rep.	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.4
Comoros	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4
St. Lucia	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3
Iraq	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3
Morocco	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.3
India	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3
Equatorial Guinea	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2
Djibouti	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2
Lebanon	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2
Syrian Arab Republic	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2
Papua New Guinea	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Dominica	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1
Grenada	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Guyana	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1
Trinidad and Tobago	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1
Algeria	0.1	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Maldives		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Sri Lanka	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Cabo Verde	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1
Cote d'Ivoire	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Ghana	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Liberia	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Brunei Darussalam	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.0
Singapore	1.2	1.2	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Vanuatu	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Barbados	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
West Bank and Gaza							0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Angola	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Benin	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Eritrea	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Mauritius	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Nigeria	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Sao Tome and Principe	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Somalia							0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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