Protected area coverage of marine key biodiversity areas in Guadeloupe
Guadeloupe: Protected area coverage of marine key biodiversity areas was 85.3% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Protected area coverage of marine key biodiversity areas in Guadeloupe, 2000–2025
Source: BirdLife International, IUCN and UNEP-WCMC – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, protected area coverage of marine key biodiversity areas in Guadeloupe stood at 85.3%. 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 Guadeloupe peaked at 85.3% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 52.6%, in 2000.
That places Guadeloupe 29th out of 190 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Protected area coverage of marine key biodiversity areas in Guadeloupe, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 52.6% | — |
| 2001 | 52.6% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 52.6% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 52.7% | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 52.7% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 52.7% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 52.7% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 52.7% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 52.7% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 52.7% | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 85.2% | +61.6% |
| 2011 | 85.3% | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 85.3% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 85.3% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 85.3% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 85.3% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 85.3% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 85.3% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 85.3% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 85.3% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 85.3% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 85.3% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 85.3% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 85.3% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 85.3% | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 85.3% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 52.7% | 52.6% | 52.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 85.3% | 85.2% | 85.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 85.3% | 85.3% | 85.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Guadeloupe
- 26 Spain 86.8% compare
- 27 French Southern Territories 86.4% compare
- 28 United Kingdom 85.4% compare
- 30 Croatia 84.6% compare
- 31 Lithuania 83.4% compare
- 32 Dominican Republic 83.0% compare
More environment data for Guadeloupe
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -0.4134 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.493 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.259 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.17 °C (2025)
- Permanent crops — Area 2.96 1000 ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 28.66 % (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 40.17 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 18.65 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.06 ha/cap (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is protected area coverage of marine key biodiversity areas in Guadeloupe?
- Protected area coverage of marine key biodiversity areas in Guadeloupe was 85.3% 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 Guadeloupe?
- The highest recorded value was 85.3% in 2011.
- What is the lowest protected area coverage of marine key biodiversity areas recorded in Guadeloupe?
- The lowest recorded value was 52.6% in 2000.
- How does Guadeloupe rank for protected area coverage of marine key biodiversity areas?
- Guadeloupe ranks 29th out of 190 countries with data for 2025.
- Is protected area coverage of marine key biodiversity areas rising or falling in Guadeloupe?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Guadeloupe 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 (%).