Marine protected areas (% of territorial waters)

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.
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Country Marine protected areas (% of territorial waters) Rank Year

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Sources

Data published by
World Bank – World Development Indicators

Data publisher's source
World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) where the compilation and management is carried out by United Nations Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) in collaboration with governments, non-governmental organizations, academia and industry. The data is available online through the Protected Planet website (https://www.protectedplanet.net/).

Link
https://datatopics.worldbank.org/world-development-indicators/

Last update by data publisher
2020-12-16

Variable time span
2016 : 2020