Average proportion of Marine Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) covered by protected areas (%) by country
Countries reporting
177
Highest
100.0%
Equatorial Guinea, Republic of
Lowest
0.0%
British Indian Ocean Territory
Median
49.8%
Years covered
26
2000–2025
Data points
5,486
What the numbers show
Average proportion of Marine Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) covered by protected areas (%) is currently reported for 177 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Equatorial Guinea, Republic of; the lowest is 0.0% in British Indian Ocean Territory.
The median across all reporting countries is 49.8%, and the mean is 48.4%.
Average proportion of Marine Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) covered by: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Equatorial Guinea, Republic of | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Heard Island and McDonald Islands | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bouvet Island | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Cocos (Keeling) Islands | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Mayotte | 90.9% | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 5 | Benin | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 6 | Gabon | 99.9% | 2025 | up 160.9% | volatile |
| 6 | Saint Helena | 54.8% | 2025 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 7 | Bulgaria | 99.7% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 8 | Malta | 98.9% | 2025 | up 45.3% | rising |
| 9 | Estonia | 97.7% | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 9 | Cook Islands | 52.1% | 2025 | up 162.0% | rising |
| 10 | Congo, Republic of | 96.9% | 2025 | up 82.3% | rising |
| 11 | Belgium | 96.9% | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 12 | Martinique | 96.7% | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 13 | Liberia | 96.7% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 14 | Latvia | 96.1% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 15 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 96.0% | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 16 | Aruba, Kingdom of the Netherlands | 93.8% | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 17 | São Tomé and Príncipe, Democratic Republic of | 92.3% | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 18 | United States Minor Outlying Islands | 91.3% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 19 | Poland | 90.1% | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 20 | Réunion | 90.0% | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 21 | Saint Martin | 89.6% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 22 | Denmark | 88.9% | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 22 | Anguilla, United Kingdom-British Overseas Territory | 23.2% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 23 | Romania | 88.6% | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 24 | Greece | 88.3% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 24 | Montserrat, United Kingdom-British Overseas Territory | 9.0% | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 25 | Spain | 86.8% | 2025 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 26 | French Southern Territories | 86.4% | 2025 | up 5.6% | volatile |
| 26 | Tokelau | 0.0% | 2025 | — | flat |
| 27 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 85.4% | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 28 | Guadeloupe | 85.3% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 29 | Croatia | 84.6% | 2025 | up 1.3% | volatile |
| 30 | Lithuania | 83.4% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 31 | Dominican Republic | 83.1% | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 32 | Ireland | 83.0% | 2025 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 33 | Namibia | 83.0% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 34 | France | 80.9% | 2025 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 35 | Germany | 79.6% | 2025 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 36 | Italy | 78.6% | 2025 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 37 | Ukraine | 78.4% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 38 | Montenegro | 75.9% | 2025 | up 478.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Saint Barthélemy | 75.8% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 40 | Algeria | 74.5% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 41 | Suriname | 74.2% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 42 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 73.5% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 43 | Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands | 73.5% | 2025 | up 11.4% | volatile |
| 44 | Ghana | 72.7% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 45 | Brazil | 72.4% | 2025 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 46 | Palau, Republic of | 72.3% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 47 | Seychelles | 71.9% | 2025 | up 188.2% | volatile |
| 48 | Portugal | 70.9% | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 49 | Cuba | 70.1% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 50 | American Samoa | 69.2% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 51 | Albania | 68.7% | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 52 | Guinea | 68.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 53 | New Caledonia | 66.5% | 2025 | up 0.7% | volatile |
| 54 | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | 66.5% | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 55 | Japan | 66.2% | 2025 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 56 | Australia | 66.2% | 2025 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 57 | Angola | 65.9% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Mexico | 64.3% | 2025 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 59 | Jersey | 64.1% | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 60 | Christmas Island | 63.0% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 61 | South Africa | 63.0% | 2025 | up 41.5% | rising |
| 62 | Slovenia | 62.3% | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 63 | Finland | 60.8% | 2025 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 64 | Sweden | 60.2% | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 65 | Sierra Leone | 60.2% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 66 | Qatar | 60.0% | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 67 | Colombia | 59.3% | 2025 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 68 | Sri Lanka | 58.0% | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 69 | Australia and New Zealand | 57.9% | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 70 | Pitcairn Islands | 57.2% | 2025 | up 250.0% | volatile |
| 71 | Morocco | 56.9% | 2025 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 72 | Norway | 55.1% | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 73 | Norfolk Island | 54.4% | 2025 | up 96.0% | rising |
| 74 | French Guiana | 54.3% | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 75 | Samoa | 54.2% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 76 | Uruguay | 53.8% | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 77 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 51.7% | 2025 | up 5,284.9% | volatile |
| 78 | Peru | 51.2% | 2025 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 79 | Cambodia | 51.0% | 2025 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 80 | Costa Rica | 50.9% | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 81 | Oman | 50.8% | 2025 | up 135.2% | rising |
| 82 | Ecuador | 50.7% | 2025 | up 64.6% | rising |
| 83 | Guinea-Bissau | 50.7% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 84 | Guatemala | 50.2% | 2025 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 85 | Kenya | 50.1% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 86 | Cyprus | 49.8% | 2025 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 87 | United Arab Emirates | 48.3% | 2025 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 88 | Sudan | 48.0% | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 89 | Republic of Korea | 47.6% | 2025 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 90 | Mozambique, Republic of | 47.2% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 91 | New Zealand | 47.2% | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 92 | Philippines | 46.6% | 2025 | up 39.8% | rising |
| 93 | El Salvador | 46.6% | 2025 | up 0.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 44.4% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 95 | Thailand | 44.0% | 2025 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 96 | Kuwait | 44.0% | 2025 | up 196.5% | rising |
| 97 | Argentina | 43.6% | 2025 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 98 | Canada | 41.7% | 2025 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 99 | Gambia, The | 41.3% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 100 | Nicaragua | 41.2% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 101 | Honduras | 41.0% | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 102 | Senegal | 40.6% | 2025 | up 49.0% | rising |
| 103 | Panama | 40.3% | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 104 | Tunisia | 40.3% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 105 | United States Virgin Islands | 40.3% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 106 | Mauritania, Islamic Republic of | 40.1% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 107 | Bangladesh | 38.6% | 2025 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 108 | Puerto Rico | 38.2% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 109 | Georgia | 36.3% | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 110 | Northern Mariana Islands | 36.1% | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 111 | Belize | 34.3% | 2025 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 112 | Kiribati | 32.9% | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 113 | Yemen, Republic of | 32.4% | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 114 | Gibraltar | 32.2% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 115 | Jamaica | 31.6% | 2025 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 116 | Cayman Islands | 31.5% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 117 | Saudi Arabia | 30.7% | 2025 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 118 | Madagascar, Republic of | 30.3% | 2025 | up 17.9% | volatile |
| 119 | Curaçao | 30.2% | 2025 | up 30.0% | volatile |
| 120 | Grenada | 30.2% | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 121 | Bahamas, The | 30.2% | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 122 | Antigua and Barbuda | 30.0% | 2025 | up 59.0% | volatile |
| 123 | Greenland | 29.6% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 124 | Chile | 28.1% | 2025 | up 54.4% | rising |
| 125 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 26.3% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 126 | St. Lucia | 26.2% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 127 | Indonesia | 25.9% | 2025 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 128 | Isle of Man | 25.4% | 2025 | up 156.1% | volatile |
| 129 | Haiti | 24.6% | 2025 | up 37.1% | volatile |
| 130 | Myanmar | 24.4% | 2025 | up 162.7% | rising |
| 131 | Russian Federation | 22.7% | 2025 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 132 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 22.3% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 133 | Malaysia | 19.7% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 134 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 18.3% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 135 | Tonga | 17.6% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 136 | Faroe Islands | 16.7% | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 137 | Fiji, Republic of | 16.5% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 138 | Iceland | 16.1% | 2025 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 139 | Israel | 15.1% | 2025 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 140 | Pakistan | 14.6% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 141 | Comoros, Union of the | 13.7% | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 142 | French Polynesia | 12.0% | 2025 | up 178.2% | rising |
| 143 | Mauritius | 11.1% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 144 | Guernsey | 11.0% | 2025 | up 1.1% | volatile |
| 145 | Lebanon | 10.9% | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 146 | China (People’s Republic of) | 8.8% | 2025 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 147 | Trinidad and Tobago | 8.5% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 148 | India | 8.5% | 2025 | up 100.3% | rising |
| 149 | Marshall Islands, Republic of the | 7.8% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 150 | Sint Maarten, Kingdom of the Netherlands | 6.4% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 151 | British Virgin Islands | 6.1% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 152 | Brunei Darussalam | 5.4% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 153 | Guam | 3.5% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 154 | Vanuatu | 3.3% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 155 | Singapore | 3.3% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 156 | Solomon Islands | 3.2% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 157 | Barbados | 2.9% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 158 | Papua New Guinea | 1.9% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 159 | St. Pierre and Miquelon | 1.7% | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 160 | Bermuda | 1.7% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 161 | Bahrain, Kingdom of | 0.0% | 2025 | — | flat |
| 161 | Djibouti | 0.0% | 2025 | — | flat |
| 161 | Dominica | 0.0% | 2025 | — | flat |
| 161 | Eritrea, The State of | 0.0% | 2025 | — | flat |
| 161 | Iraq | 0.0% | 2025 | — | flat |
| 161 | Libya | 0.0% | 2025 | — | flat |
| 161 | Maldives | 0.0% | 2025 | — | flat |
| 161 | Nigeria | 0.0% | 2025 | — | flat |
| 161 | Naoero, Republic of | 0.0% | 2025 | — | flat |
| 161 | Somalia | 0.0% | 2025 | — | flat |
| 161 | British Indian Ocean Territory | 0.0% | 2025 | — | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Côte d'Ivoire 99.9%
- Europe and Northern America 61.5%
- World 46.7%
- Europe 72.0%
- Northern America 35.9%
- Eastern and South-Eastern Asia 34.4%
- United States of America 34.3%
- China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 32.5%
- Northern Africa and Western Asia 31.4%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 53.1%
- Central and Southern Asia 30.3%
- Oceania (exc. Australia and New Zealand) 24.9%