Environment
Unit: % of territorial waters
All 174 reporting countries — sort by value or name
174 countries · latest reported year each · Marine protected areas (% of territorial waters)
Marine protected areas (% of territorial waters). Source data from UNEP-WCMC WDPA. Redistributed via World Bank Open Data Terms (CC-BY 4.0).
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Source: World Bank (data: UNEP-WCMC World Database on Protected Areas)Latest non-null value per country (174 reporting)
Across the 174 countries reporting, the world median is 2.2% of territorial waters. Both columns are sorted purely by value — interpretation (whether higher is "better") depends on the indicator.
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