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

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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
United Kingdom	5.7	16.5	12.5	21.6	29.0	28.9	29.2	44.2	44.1	44.1	44.1	46.8
Australia	43.9	44.0	43.2	40.7	40.6	40.6	40.8	40.8	44.3	44.3	44.3	45.4
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
New Zealand	27.9	30.4	30.4	30.4	30.4	30.4	30.4	30.4	30.4	30.4	30.4	30.4
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
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
Kiribati	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.9
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
Canada	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.9	0.9	2.9	3.1	8.8	8.9	9.1	9.1	9.2
Cyprus	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	8.6	8.6	8.6	8.6	8.6
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
Malta	0.3	0.3	0.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.8
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Samoa	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2
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
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
Solomon Islands	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Tonga	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Dominica	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	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
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
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
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	0.0
Tuvalu	0.0	0.0	0.0	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
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
Nauru									0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

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