Protected area coverage of marine key biodiversity areas by country
Average proportion of Marine Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) covered by protected areas (%).
Countries reporting
173
Highest
100.0%
Equatorial Guinea
Lowest
1.6%
Bermuda
Median
50.7%
Years covered
26
2000–2025
Data points
4,940
What the numbers show
Protected area coverage of marine key biodiversity areas is currently reported for 173 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Equatorial Guinea; the lowest is 1.6% in Bermuda.
The median across all reporting countries is 50.7%, and the mean is 51.1%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 61.
Protected area coverage of marine key biodiversity areas: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Equatorial Guinea | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Cocos Islands | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Heard Island and McDonald Islands | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bouvet Island | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Benin | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 6 | Cote d'Ivoire | 99.9% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 7 | Gabon | 99.9% | 2025 | up 160.9% | volatile |
| 8 | Bulgaria | 99.7% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 9 | Malta | 98.9% | 2025 | up 45.3% | rising |
| 10 | Estonia | 97.7% | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 11 | Congo | 96.9% | 2025 | up 82.3% | rising |
| 12 | Belgium | 96.8% | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 13 | Martinique | 96.7% | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 14 | Liberia | 96.7% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 15 | Latvia | 96.1% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 16 | Netherlands | 96.0% | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 17 | Aruba | 93.8% | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 18 | Sao Tome and Principe | 92.3% | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 19 | Mayotte | 90.9% | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 20 | Poland | 90.1% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 21 | Reunion | 90.0% | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 22 | Saint Martin (French Part) | 89.6% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 23 | Denmark | 88.9% | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 24 | Romania | 88.6% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 25 | Greece | 88.2% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 26 | Spain | 86.8% | 2025 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 27 | French Southern Territories | 86.4% | 2025 | up 5.5% | volatile |
| 28 | United Kingdom | 85.4% | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 29 | Guadeloupe | 85.3% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 30 | Croatia | 84.6% | 2025 | up 1.3% | volatile |
| 31 | Lithuania | 83.4% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 32 | Dominican Republic | 83.0% | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 33 | Ireland | 83.0% | 2025 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 34 | Namibia | 83.0% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 35 | France | 80.9% | 2025 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 36 | Germany | 79.6% | 2025 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 37 | Italy | 78.6% | 2025 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 38 | Ukraine | 78.4% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 39 | Montenegro | 75.9% | 2025 | up 478.1% | volatile |
| 40 | Saint Barthelemy | 75.8% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 41 | Algeria | 74.5% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 42 | Suriname | 74.2% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 43 | Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba | 73.5% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 44 | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | 73.5% | 2025 | up 11.3% | volatile |
| 45 | Ghana | 72.7% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 46 | Brazil | 72.4% | 2025 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 47 | Palau | 72.3% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 48 | Seychelles | 71.9% | 2025 | up 188.2% | volatile |
| 49 | Portugal | 70.9% | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 50 | Cuba | 70.1% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 51 | American Samoa | 69.2% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 52 | Albania | 68.7% | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 53 | Guinea | 68.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 54 | Iran | 67.2% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 55 | New Caledonia | 66.5% | 2025 | up 0.7% | volatile |
| 56 | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | 66.5% | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 57 | Japan | 66.2% | 2025 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 58 | Australia | 66.2% | 2025 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 59 | Angola | 65.9% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 60 | Mexico | 64.3% | 2025 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 61 | Jersey | 64.1% | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 62 | Christmas Island | 63.0% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 63 | South Africa | 63.0% | 2025 | up 41.5% | rising |
| 64 | Slovenia | 62.2% | 2025 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 65 | Finland | 60.8% | 2025 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 66 | Sierra Leone | 60.2% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 66 | Sweden | 60.2% | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 68 | Qatar | 60.0% | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 69 | Venezuela | 59.4% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 70 | Colombia | 59.3% | 2025 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 71 | Sri Lanka | 58.0% | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 72 | Pitcairn | 57.2% | 2025 | up 250.1% | volatile |
| 73 | Morocco | 57.0% | 2025 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 74 | Norway | 55.1% | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 75 | Saint Helena | 54.8% | 2025 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 76 | Norfolk Island | 54.4% | 2025 | up 96.0% | rising |
| 77 | French Guiana | 54.3% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 78 | Samoa | 54.1% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 79 | Tanzania | 54.0% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 80 | Uruguay | 53.8% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 81 | Cook Islands | 52.1% | 2025 | up 162.1% | rising |
| 82 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 51.7% | 2025 | up 5,287.5% | volatile |
| 83 | Peru | 51.2% | 2025 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 84 | Cambodia | 51.0% | 2025 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 85 | Costa Rica | 50.9% | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 86 | Oman | 50.8% | 2025 | up 135.2% | rising |
| 87 | Ecuador | 50.7% | 2025 | up 64.5% | rising |
| 88 | Guinea-Bissau | 50.7% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 89 | Guatemala | 50.2% | 2025 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 90 | Kenya | 50.1% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 91 | Cyprus | 49.8% | 2025 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 92 | United Arab Emirates | 48.3% | 2025 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 93 | Sudan | 48.0% | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 94 | South Korea | 47.6% | 2025 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 95 | Mozambique | 47.2% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 96 | New Zealand | 47.2% | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 97 | Philippines | 46.6% | 2025 | up 39.8% | rising |
| 98 | El Salvador | 46.6% | 2025 | up 0.0% | volatile |
| 99 | Egypt | 44.4% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 100 | Thailand | 44.0% | 2025 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 101 | Kuwait | 44.0% | 2025 | up 196.4% | rising |
| 102 | Argentina | 43.6% | 2025 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 103 | Canada | 41.7% | 2025 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 104 | Cape Verde | 41.4% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 105 | Gambia | 41.3% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 106 | Nicaragua | 41.2% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 107 | Honduras | 41.0% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 108 | Senegal | 40.6% | 2025 | up 49.0% | rising |
| 109 | Panama | 40.3% | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 110 | Tunisia | 40.3% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 111 | United States Virgin Islands | 40.3% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 112 | Mauritania | 40.1% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 113 | Bangladesh | 38.6% | 2025 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 114 | Puerto Rico | 38.2% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 115 | Georgia | 36.3% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 116 | Northern Mariana Islands | 36.1% | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 117 | United States | 34.3% | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 118 | Belize | 34.3% | 2025 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 119 | Kiribati | 32.9% | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 120 | Hong Kong | 32.5% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 121 | Yemen | 32.4% | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 122 | Gibraltar | 32.2% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 123 | Jamaica | 31.6% | 2025 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 124 | Cayman Islands | 31.5% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 125 | Saudi Arabia | 30.7% | 2025 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 126 | Madagascar | 30.3% | 2025 | up 17.9% | volatile |
| 127 | Curacao | 30.2% | 2025 | up 30.0% | volatile |
| 128 | Grenada | 30.2% | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 129 | Bahamas | 30.2% | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 130 | Antigua and Barbuda | 29.9% | 2025 | up 59.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Greenland | 29.6% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 132 | Chile | 28.1% | 2025 | up 54.4% | rising |
| 133 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 26.3% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 134 | Saint Lucia | 26.2% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 135 | Indonesia | 25.9% | 2025 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 136 | Isle of Man | 25.4% | 2025 | up 156.1% | volatile |
| 137 | Haiti | 24.6% | 2025 | up 37.1% | volatile |
| 138 | Vietnam | 24.5% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 139 | Myanmar | 24.4% | 2025 | up 162.8% | rising |
| 140 | Anguilla | 23.2% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 141 | Russia | 22.7% | 2025 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 142 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 22.3% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 143 | Malaysia | 19.7% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 144 | East Timor | 19.6% | 2025 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 145 | Falkland Islands | 18.3% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 146 | Tonga | 17.6% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 147 | Faroe Islands | 16.7% | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 148 | Fiji | 16.6% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 149 | Iceland | 16.1% | 2025 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 150 | Israel | 15.1% | 2025 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 151 | Pakistan | 14.6% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 152 | Comoros | 13.7% | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 153 | French Polynesia | 12.0% | 2025 | up 178.1% | rising |
| 154 | Mauritius | 11.1% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 155 | Guernsey | 11.0% | 2025 | up 1.2% | volatile |
| 156 | Lebanon | 10.9% | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 157 | Montserrat | 9.0% | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 158 | China | 8.8% | 2025 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 159 | Trinidad and Tobago | 8.5% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 160 | India | 8.5% | 2025 | up 100.2% | rising |
| 161 | Marshall Islands | 7.8% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 162 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 6.4% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 163 | British Virgin Islands | 6.1% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 164 | Brunei | 5.5% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 165 | Turkey | 3.8% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 166 | Guam | 3.5% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 167 | Vanuatu | 3.3% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 168 | Singapore | 3.2% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 169 | Solomon Islands | 3.2% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 170 | Barbados | 2.9% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 171 | Papua New Guinea | 1.9% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 172 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 1.7% | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 173 | Bermuda | 1.6% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
About this data
Average proportion of Marine Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) covered by protected areas (%).