environmental2025
Marine protected areas (% of territorial waters) — series 2
Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2025. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave.
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Key Insights
Global Average
10.3% (share) of territorial waters
Median: 2.2% (share) of territorial waters
Countries Covered
174
with available data
Highest
Monaco
100.0% (share) of territorial waters
Lowest
Brunei Darussalam
0.0% (share) of territorial waters
Top 5 Countries
1Monaco100.0% (share) of territorial waters
2Palau98.0% (share) of territorial waters
3Saint Martin (French part)97.0% (share) of territorial waters
4New Caledonia96.5% (share) of territorial waters
5French Polynesia87.4% (share) of territorial waters
By Region
Oceania37.9% (share) of territorial waters(2 countries)
South America21.4% (share) of territorial waters(7 countries)
Europe19.1% (share) of territorial waters(25 countries)
North America12.9% (share) of territorial waters(4 countries)
Other8.7% (share) of territorial waters(103 countries)
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (0.0% (share) of territorial waters)High (100.0% (share) of territorial waters)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 10.3% (share) of territorial waters)
Oceania (2)
South America (7)
Europe (25)
North America (4)
Other (103)
Asia (25)
Africa (8)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest
About This Statistic
Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2025. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave. Source: World Bank World Development Indicators.
Methodology
Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monaco | 100.0% (share) of territorial waters |
| 2 | Palau | 98.0% (share) of territorial waters |
| 3 | Saint Martin (French part) | 97.0% (share) of territorial waters |
| 4 | New Caledonia | 96.5% (share) of territorial waters |
| 5 | French Polynesia | 87.4% (share) of territorial waters |
| 6 | Kazakhstan | 52.5% (share) of territorial waters |
| 7 | France | 49.2% (share) of territorial waters |
| 8 | United Kingdom | 46.8% (share) of territorial waters |
| 9 | Australia | 45.4% (share) of territorial waters |
| 10 | Germany | 45.3% (share) of territorial waters |
| 11 | Chile | 41.2% (share) of territorial waters |
| 12 | Colombia | 41.1% (share) of territorial waters |
| 13 | Belgium | 38.3% (share) of territorial waters |
| 14 | Netherlands | 33.5% (share) of territorial waters |
| 15 | Seychelles | 32.6% (share) of territorial waters |
| 16 | Northern Mariana Islands | 32.4% (share) of territorial waters |
| 17 | New Zealand | 30.4% (share) of territorial waters |
| 18 | Costa Rica | 28.4% (share) of territorial waters |
| 19 | Denmark | 27.1% (share) of territorial waters |
| 20 | Gabon | 26.8% (share) of territorial waters |
| 21 | Brazil | 26.6% (share) of territorial waters |
| 22 | Panama | 26.3% (share) of territorial waters |
| 23 | Poland | 24.0% (share) of territorial waters |
| 24 | Lithuania | 23.2% (share) of territorial waters |
| 25 | Mexico | 22.6% (share) of territorial waters |
| 26 | Ukraine | 21.6% (share) of territorial waters |
| 27 | Romania | 21.5% (share) of territorial waters |
| 28 | Bahrain | 21.4% (share) of territorial waters |
| 29 | Belize | 20.4% (share) of territorial waters |
| 30 | Ecuador | 19.3% (share) of territorial waters |
| 31 | Estonia | 19.2% (share) of territorial waters |
| 32 | Spain | 19.0% (share) of territorial waters |
| 33 | United States of America | 19.0% (share) of territorial waters |
| 34 | Sudan | 17.0% (share) of territorial waters |
| 35 | Portugal | 16.9% (share) of territorial waters |
| 36 | Latvia | 16.4% (share) of territorial waters |
| 37 | Oman | 16.2% (share) of territorial waters |
| 38 | Sweden | 16.1% (share) of territorial waters |
| 39 | South Africa | 15.4% (share) of territorial waters |
| 40 | Gibraltar | 14.2% (share) of territorial waters |
| 41 | Republic of the Congo | 14.1% (share) of territorial waters |
| 42 | Japan | 13.8% (share) of territorial waters |
| 43 | Dominican Republic | 13.3% (share) of territorial waters |
| 44 | United Arab Emirates | 12.0% (share) of territorial waters |
| 45 | Argentina | 12.0% (share) of territorial waters |
| 46 | Kiribati | 11.9% (share) of territorial waters |
| 47 | Finland | 11.8% (share) of territorial waters |
| 48 | Cameroon | 11.4% (share) of territorial waters |
| 49 | Italy | 11.0% (share) of territorial waters |
| 50 | Isle of Man | 10.8% (share) of territorial waters |
| 51 | Croatia | 9.3% (share) of territorial waters |
| 52 | Canada | 9.2% (share) of territorial waters |
| 53 | Guinea-Bissau | 9.1% (share) of territorial waters |
| 54 | American Samoa | 8.7% (share) of territorial waters |
| 55 | Cyprus | 8.6% (share) of territorial waters |
| 56 | Bangladesh | 8.6% (share) of territorial waters |
| 57 | Bulgaria | 8.2% (share) of territorial waters |
| 58 | Peru | 7.9% (share) of territorial waters |
| 59 | Malta | 7.8% (share) of territorial waters |
| 60 | Bahamas | 7.7% (share) of territorial waters |
| 61 | Montenegro | 5.3% (share) of territorial waters |
| 62 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 5.1% (share) of territorial waters |
| 63 | Egypt | 5.1% (share) of territorial waters |
| 64 | Thailand | 5.0% (share) of territorial waters |
| 65 | Honduras | 4.9% (share) of territorial waters |
| 66 | People's Republic of China | 4.8% (share) of territorial waters |
| 67 | Malaysia | 4.8% (share) of territorial waters |
| 68 | Greece | 4.7% (share) of territorial waters |
| 69 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 4.5% (share) of territorial waters |
| 70 | Venezuela | 4.4% (share) of territorial waters |
| 71 | Cuba | 4.2% (share) of territorial waters |
| 72 | Greenland | 4.2% (share) of territorial waters |
| 73 | Turkmenistan | 4.2% (share) of territorial waters |
| 74 | Mauritania | 3.7% (share) of territorial waters |
| 75 | Nicaragua | 3.6% (share) of territorial waters |
| 76 | Saudi Arabia | 3.5% (share) of territorial waters |
| 77 | Albania | 3.4% (share) of territorial waters |
| 78 | Kuwait | 3.2% (share) of territorial waters |
| 79 | Senegal | 3.1% (share) of territorial waters |
| 80 | Indonesia | 3.0% (share) of territorial waters |
| 81 | Slovenia | 2.9% (share) of territorial waters |
| 82 | Jordan | 2.8% (share) of territorial waters |
| 83 | Ireland | 2.4% (share) of territorial waters |
| 84 | South Korea | 2.3% (share) of territorial waters |
| 85 | Qatar | 2.3% (share) of territorial waters |
| 86 | United Republic of Tanzania | 2.3% (share) of territorial waters |
| 87 | Russian Federation | 2.2% (share) of territorial waters |
| 88 | Mozambique | 2.1% (share) of territorial waters |
| 89 | Puerto Rico | 2.1% (share) of territorial waters |
| 90 | Haiti | 1.8% (share) of territorial waters |
| 91 | Namibia | 1.7% (share) of territorial waters |
| 92 | Sierra Leone | 1.7% (share) of territorial waters |
| 93 | Türkiye | 1.7% (share) of territorial waters |
| 94 | Philippines | 1.6% (share) of territorial waters |
| 95 | Cambodia | 1.5% (share) of territorial waters |
| 96 | Suriname | 1.5% (share) of territorial waters |
| 97 | Uruguay | 1.5% (share) of territorial waters |
| 98 | Madagascar | 1.4% (share) of territorial waters |
| 99 | Pakistan | 1.2% (share) of territorial waters |
| 100 | Tunisia | 1.1% (share) of territorial waters |
| 101 | Norway | 1.0% (share) of territorial waters |
| 102 | Azerbaijan | 1.0% (share) of territorial waters |
| 103 | Fiji | 0.9% (share) of territorial waters |
| 104 | Guatemala | 0.9% (share) of territorial waters |
| 105 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 0.9% (share) of territorial waters |
| 106 | Benin | 0.8% (share) of territorial waters |
| 107 | El Salvador | 0.8% (share) of territorial waters |
| 108 | Georgia | 0.8% (share) of territorial waters |
| 109 | Virgin Islands, U.S. | 0.8% (share) of territorial waters |
| 110 | Republic of The Gambia | 0.7% (share) of territorial waters |
| 111 | Jamaica | 0.7% (share) of territorial waters |
| 112 | Kenya | 0.7% (share) of territorial waters |
| 113 | Timor-Leste | 0.7% (share) of territorial waters |
| 114 | Togo | 0.7% (share) of territorial waters |
| 115 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.7% (share) of territorial waters |
| 116 | Myanmar | 0.6% (share) of territorial waters |
| 117 | Guinea | 0.6% (share) of territorial waters |
| 118 | Israel | 0.6% (share) of territorial waters |
| 119 | Libya | 0.6% (share) of territorial waters |
| 120 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.5% (share) of territorial waters |
| 121 | Iceland | 0.5% (share) of territorial waters |
| 122 | Vietnam | 0.5% (share) of territorial waters |
| 123 | Comoros | 0.4% (share) of territorial waters |
| 124 | Aruba | 0.4% (share) of territorial waters |
| 125 | Yemen | 0.4% (share) of territorial waters |
| 126 | Sri Lanka | 0.3% (share) of territorial waters |
| 127 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.3% (share) of territorial waters |
| 128 | India | 0.3% (share) of territorial waters |
| 129 | Morocco | 0.3% (share) of territorial waters |
| 130 | Marshall Islands | 0.3% (share) of territorial waters |
| 131 | Saint Lucia | 0.3% (share) of territorial waters |
| 132 | Djibouti | 0.2% (share) of territorial waters |
| 133 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.2% (share) of territorial waters |
| 134 | Lebanon | 0.2% (share) of territorial waters |
| 135 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.2% (share) of territorial waters |
| 136 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.2% (share) of territorial waters |
| 137 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.2% (share) of territorial waters |
| 138 | Samoa | 0.2% (share) of territorial waters |
| 139 | Cape Verde | 0.1% (share) of territorial waters |
| 140 | Cayman Islands | 0.1% (share) of territorial waters |
| 141 | Dominica | 0.1% (share) of territorial waters |
| 142 | Grenada | 0.1% (share) of territorial waters |
| 143 | Liberia | 0.1% (share) of territorial waters |
| 144 | Maldives | 0.1% (share) of territorial waters |
| 145 | Papua New Guinea | 0.1% (share) of territorial waters |
| 146 | Tonga | 0.1% (share) of territorial waters |
| 147 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.1% (share) of territorial waters |
| 148 | Algeria | 0.1% (share) of territorial waters |
| 149 | Solomon Islands | 0.1% (share) of territorial waters |
| 150 | Eritrea | 0.0% (share) of territorial waters |
| 151 | Faroe Islands | 0.0% (share) of territorial waters |
| 152 | State of Palestine | 0.0% (share) of territorial waters |
| 153 | Ghana | 0.0% (share) of territorial waters |
| 154 | Guam | 0.0% (share) of territorial waters |
| 155 | Guyana | 0.0% (share) of territorial waters |
| 156 | Hong Kong | 0.0% (share) of territorial waters |
| 157 | Iraq | 0.0% (share) of territorial waters |
| 158 | North Korea | 0.0% (share) of territorial waters |
| 159 | Mauritius | 0.0% (share) of territorial waters |
| 160 | Nauru | 0.0% (share) of territorial waters |
| 161 | Curaçao | 0.0% (share) of territorial waters |
| 162 | Vanuatu | 0.0% (share) of territorial waters |
| 163 | Nigeria | 0.0% (share) of territorial waters |
| 164 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.0% (share) of territorial waters |
| 165 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0% (share) of territorial waters |
| 166 | Singapore | 0.0% (share) of territorial waters |
| 167 | Somalia | 0.0% (share) of territorial waters |
| 168 | Tuvalu | 0.0% (share) of territorial waters |
| 169 | Angola | 0.0% (share) of territorial waters |
| 170 | Barbados | 0.0% (share) of territorial waters |
| 171 | Bermuda | 0.0% (share) of territorial waters |
| 172 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0% (share) of territorial waters |
| 173 | Virgin Islands, British | 0.0% (share) of territorial waters |
| 174 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.0% (share) of territorial waters |
Showing 174 of 174 countries
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Data Source
This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2025).
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