Protected area coverage of marine key biodiversity areas in Bermuda
Bermuda: Protected area coverage of marine key biodiversity areas was 1.6% in 2025. ▬ Flat
Latest (2025)
1.6%
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
173rd
of 190 countries
All-time high
1.6%
in 2000
All-time low
1.6%
in 2000
Years of data
26
2000–2025
Protected area coverage of marine key biodiversity areas in Bermuda, 2000–2025
Source: BirdLife International, IUCN and UNEP-WCMC – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for protected area coverage of marine key biodiversity areas in Bermuda is 1.6%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, protected area coverage of marine key biodiversity areas in Bermuda peaked at 1.6% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 1.6%, in 2000.
Bermuda ranks 173rd of 190 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Protected area coverage of marine key biodiversity areas in Bermuda, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.6% | — |
| 2001 | 1.6% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 1.6% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1.6% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 1.6% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1.6% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1.6% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1.6% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1.6% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1.6% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 1.6% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1.6% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1.6% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1.6% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1.6% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1.6% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1.6% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1.6% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1.6% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 1.6% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 1.6% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 1.6% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 1.6% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1.6% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1.6% | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 1.6% | +0.0% |
Bermuda compared with similar countries
- Bermuda's 1.6% is below the median for high income countries, which is 49.1%, 3% of the median. (74 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.6% | 1.6% | 1.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.6% | 1.6% | 1.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.6% | 1.6% | 1.6% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Bermuda
- 170 Barbados 2.9% compare
- 171 Papua New Guinea 1.9% compare
- 172 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 1.7% compare
- 174 Bahrain 0.0%
- 174 British Indian Ocean Territory 0.0%
- 174 Djibouti 0.0%
- 174 Dominica 0.0%
- 174 Eritrea 0.0%
- 174 Iraq 0.0%
- 174 Libya 0.0%
- 174 Macao 0.0%
- 174 Maldives 0.0%
- 174 Micronesia (country) 0.0%
- 174 Nauru 0.0%
- 174 Nigeria 0.0%
- 174 North Korea 0.0%
- 174 Somalia 0.0%
- 174 Syria 0.0%
- 174 Tokelau 0.0%
- 174 Wallis and Futuna 0.0%
More environment data for Bermuda
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt) 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt) 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -0.6515 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 100 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -1.17 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is protected area coverage of marine key biodiversity areas in Bermuda?
- Protected area coverage of marine key biodiversity areas in Bermuda was 1.6% in 2025, according to BirdLife International, IUCN and UNEP-WCMC – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest protected area coverage of marine key biodiversity areas recorded in Bermuda?
- The highest recorded value was 1.6% in 2000.
- What is the lowest protected area coverage of marine key biodiversity areas recorded in Bermuda?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.6% in 2000.
- How does Bermuda rank for protected area coverage of marine key biodiversity areas?
- Bermuda ranks 173rd out of 190 countries with data for 2025.
- Is protected area coverage of marine key biodiversity areas rising or falling in Bermuda?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Bermuda data come from?
- The figures come from BirdLife International, IUCN and UNEP-WCMC – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Protected area coverage of marine key biodiversity areas. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average proportion of Marine Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) covered by protected areas (%).