Protected area coverage of marine key biodiversity areas by country
Countries reporting
188
Highest
100
Equatorial Guinea
Lowest
0
British Indian Ocean Territory
Median
44
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
4,700
What the numbers show
Protected area coverage of marine key biodiversity areas is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 100 in Equatorial Guinea; the lowest is 0 in British Indian Ocean Territory.
The median across all reporting countries is 44, and the mean is 44.59.
Protected area coverage of marine key biodiversity areas: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Equatorial Guinea | 100 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Cocos Islands | 100 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Heard Island and McDonald Islands | 100 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bouvet Island | 100 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Gabon | 99.86 | 2024 | up 159.0% | volatile |
| 6 | Bulgaria | 99.67 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 7 | Malta | 98.86 | 2024 | up 45.3% | rising |
| 8 | Cote d'Ivoire | 97.9 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 9 | Estonia | 97.66 | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 10 | Belgium | 96.84 | 2024 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 11 | Liberia | 96.66 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 11 | Martinique | 96.66 | 2024 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 13 | Latvia | 96.14 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 14 | Netherlands | 96.04 | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 15 | Sao Tome and Principe | 92.34 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 16 | Mayotte | 91.56 | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 17 | Poland | 90.13 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 18 | Reunion | 89.97 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 19 | Saint Martin (French part) | 89.09 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 20 | Romania | 88.6 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 21 | Greece | 88.22 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 22 | Denmark | 86.44 | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 23 | French Southern Territories | 86.36 | 2024 | up 5.5% | volatile |
| 24 | Spain | 85.9 | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 25 | United Kingdom | 85.37 | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 26 | Guadeloupe | 85.34 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 27 | Croatia | 84.6 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 28 | Lithuania | 83.49 | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 29 | Ireland | 83.17 | 2024 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 30 | Namibia | 82.98 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 31 | Dominican Republic | 81.14 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 32 | France | 80.92 | 2024 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 33 | Germany | 79.72 | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 34 | Italy | 78.26 | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 35 | Ukraine | 76.29 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 36 | Montenegro | 75.64 | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 37 | Algeria | 74.5 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 38 | Suriname | 74.24 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 39 | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | 73.97 | 2024 | up 23.2% | volatile |
| 40 | Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba | 73.53 | 2024 | up 68.3% | rising |
| 41 | Brazil | 72.38 | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 42 | Palau | 72.25 | 2024 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 43 | Seychelles | 71.87 | 2024 | up 179.2% | volatile |
| 44 | Portugal | 70.81 | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 45 | Cuba | 70.07 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 46 | Guinea | 69.28 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 47 | American Samoa | 69.18 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 48 | Iran | 67.23 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 49 | New Caledonia | 66.54 | 2024 | up 0.7% | volatile |
| 50 | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | 66.5 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 51 | Japan | 66.44 | 2024 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 52 | Australia | 66.16 | 2024 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 53 | Angola | 65.93 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 54 | Mexico | 64.33 | 2024 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 55 | Jersey | 64.09 | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 56 | South Africa | 63.02 | 2024 | up 41.6% | rising |
| 57 | Christmas Island | 62.99 | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 58 | Slovenia | 62.31 | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 59 | Finland | 60.86 | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 60 | Sweden | 60.84 | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 61 | Sierra Leone | 60.16 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 62 | Qatar | 59.99 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 63 | Venezuela | 59.4 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 64 | Colombia | 59.32 | 2024 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 65 | Pitcairn | 57.17 | 2024 | up 250.1% | volatile |
| 66 | Morocco | 56.62 | 2024 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 67 | Congo | 55.63 | 2024 | up 58.0% | rising |
| 68 | Norway | 55.13 | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 69 | Saint Helena | 54.81 | 2024 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 70 | Norfolk Island | 54.38 | 2024 | up 96.0% | rising |
| 71 | French Guiana | 54.25 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 72 | Samoa | 54.15 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 73 | Tanzania | 54.05 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 74 | Uruguay | 53.79 | 2024 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 75 | Cook Islands | 52.15 | 2024 | up 162.1% | rising |
| 76 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 51.72 | 2024 | up 5,287.5% | volatile |
| 77 | Cambodia | 51.03 | 2024 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 78 | Costa Rica | 50.91 | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 79 | Peru | 50.87 | 2024 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 80 | Oman | 50.84 | 2024 | up 135.2% | rising |
| 81 | Ecuador | 50.73 | 2024 | up 65.8% | rising |
| 82 | Guinea-Bissau | 50.68 | 2024 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 83 | Sri Lanka | 49.97 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 84 | Cyprus | 49.82 | 2024 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 85 | Guatemala | 49.08 | 2024 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 86 | United Arab Emirates | 48.3 | 2024 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 87 | Sudan | 47.97 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 88 | Mozambique | 47.22 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 89 | New Zealand | 47.08 | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 90 | Philippines | 46.59 | 2024 | up 39.8% | rising |
| 91 | El Salvador | 46.56 | 2024 | up 0.0% | volatile |
| 92 | Curacao | 44.79 | 2024 | up 10.8% | volatile |
| 93 | Egypt | 44.44 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 94 | Thailand | 44.03 | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 95 | Kuwait | 43.96 | 2024 | up 196.4% | rising |
| 96 | Argentina | 43.62 | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 97 | South Korea | 42.95 | 2024 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 98 | Canada | 42.2 | 2024 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 99 | Cape Verde | 41.44 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 100 | Nicaragua | 41.17 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 101 | Honduras | 41.04 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 102 | Kenya | 40.74 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 103 | Panama | 40.31 | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 104 | Gambia | 40.3 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 104 | Tunisia | 40.3 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 106 | United States Virgin Islands | 40.28 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 107 | Bangladesh | 38.59 | 2024 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 108 | Puerto Rico | 38.24 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 109 | Mauritania | 37.24 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 110 | Senegal | 36.66 | 2024 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 111 | Georgia | 36.31 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 112 | Northern Mariana Islands | 36.12 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 113 | United States | 34.34 | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 114 | Belize | 34.26 | 2024 | up 44.3% | rising |
| 115 | Kiribati | 32.92 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 116 | Hong Kong | 32.48 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 117 | Yemen | 32.43 | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 118 | Gibraltar | 32.16 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 119 | Jamaica | 31.62 | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 120 | Cayman Islands | 31.5 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 121 | Saudi Arabia | 30.7 | 2024 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 122 | Grenada | 30.21 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 123 | Bahamas | 30.2 | 2024 | up 206.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Antigua and Barbuda | 29.95 | 2024 | up 59.0% | volatile |
| 125 | Greenland | 29.67 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 126 | Chile | 28.46 | 2024 | up 62.4% | rising |
| 127 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 26.33 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 128 | Saint Lucia | 26.25 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 129 | Indonesia | 25.87 | 2024 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 130 | Isle of Man | 25.41 | 2024 | up 156.1% | volatile |
| 131 | Haiti | 24.63 | 2024 | up 37.1% | volatile |
| 132 | Vietnam | 24.51 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 133 | Aruba | 23.92 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 134 | Anguilla | 23.22 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 135 | Russia | 22.7 | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 136 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 22.31 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 137 | Madagascar | 21.18 | 2024 | up 39.1% | rising |
| 138 | Malaysia | 19.7 | 2024 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 139 | East Timor | 19.61 | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 140 | Ghana | 19.56 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 141 | Myanmar | 19.2 | 2024 | up 106.7% | rising |
| 142 | Falkland Islands | 18.32 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 143 | Tonga | 17.57 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 144 | Faroe Islands | 16.67 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 145 | Fiji | 16.55 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 146 | Iceland | 16.12 | 2024 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 147 | Israel | 15.11 | 2024 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 148 | Pakistan | 14.58 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 149 | Comoros | 13.66 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 150 | Mauritius | 11.06 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 151 | Guernsey | 11.02 | 2024 | up 1.2% | volatile |
| 152 | Lebanon | 10.76 | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 153 | Montserrat | 9 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 154 | Trinidad and Tobago | 8.49 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 155 | Marshall Islands | 7.85 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 156 | China | 7 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 157 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 6.37 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 158 | British Virgin Islands | 6.06 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 159 | Brunei | 5.45 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 160 | India | 4.23 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 161 | Turkey | 3.79 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 162 | Guam | 3.53 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 163 | Vanuatu | 3.3 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 164 | Singapore | 3.25 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 165 | Solomon Islands | 3.22 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 166 | Barbados | 2.85 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 167 | Papua New Guinea | 1.89 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 168 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 1.68 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 169 | Bermuda | 1.65 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 170 | Benin | 0 | 2024 | — | flat |
| 170 | Bahrain | 0 | 2024 | — | flat |
| 170 | Djibouti | 0 | 2024 | — | flat |
| 170 | Dominica | 0 | 2024 | — | flat |
| 170 | Eritrea | 0 | 2024 | — | flat |
| 170 | Micronesia (country) | 0 | 2024 | — | flat |
| 170 | Iraq | 0 | 2024 | — | flat |
| 170 | Libya | 0 | 2024 | — | flat |
| 170 | Macao | 0 | 2024 | — | flat |
| 170 | Maldives | 0 | 2024 | — | flat |
| 170 | Nigeria | 0 | 2024 | — | flat |
| 170 | Nauru | 0 | 2024 | — | flat |
| 170 | North Korea | 0 | 2024 | — | flat |
| 170 | French Polynesia | 0 | 2024 | — | flat |
| 170 | Somalia | 0 | 2024 | — | flat |
| 170 | Syria | 0 | 2024 | — | flat |
| 170 | Tokelau | 0 | 2024 | — | flat |
| 170 | Wallis and Futuna | 0 | 2024 | — | flat |
| 170 | British Indian Ocean Territory | 0 | 2024 | — | flat |