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Marine protected areas percentage of territorial waters

Marine protected areas are areas of intertidal or subtidal terrain--and overlying water and associated flora and fauna and historical and cultural features--that have been reserved by law or other effective means to protect part or all of the enclosed environment.Source:
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Country
Marine protected areas (% of territorial waters)Marine protected areas (% of territorial waters)Year
1
Slovenia
213.42509%
2018
2
Monaco
99.832%
2018
3
New Caledonia
96.59334%
2018
4
Saint Martin
96.4019%
2018
5
Palau
82.98763%
2018
6
Germany
45.3574%
2018
7
France
45.0458%
2018
8
United States
41.05741%
2018
9
Australia
40.55941%
2018
10
Belgium
36.65524%
2018
11
Jordan
35.59091%
2018
12
Northern Mariana Islands
33.25069%
2018
13
New Zealand
30.37111%
2018
14
United Kingdom
28.87331%
2018
15
Gabon
28.82718%
2018
16
Chile
28.81445%
2018
17
Netherlands
26.67469%
2018
18
Brazil
26.62411%
2018
19
Lithuania
25.59103%
2018
20
Romania
23.09631%
2018
21
Poland
22.57182%
2018
22
Mexico
21.78202%
2018
23
Estonia
18.62044%
2018
24
Dominican Republic
17.95791%
2018
25
Denmark
17.84899%
2018
26
Colombia
17.06989%
2018
27
Portugal
16.56393%
2018
28
Latvia
16.03636%
2018
29
Sudan
15.96436%
2018
30
Sweden
15.21319%
2018
31
Ecuador
13.34617%
2018
32
Gibraltar
12.82173%
2018
33
South Africa
12.05646%
2018
34
Kiribati
11.8179%
2018
35
United Arab Emirates
11.27035%
2018
36
Finland
10.50996%
2018
37
Belize
10.07888%
2018
38
Guinea-Bissau
10.00941%
2018
39
Italy
8.79465%
2018
40
American Samoa
8.71588%
2018
41
Sint Maarten
8.69126%
2018
42
Croatia
8.54108%
2018
43
Spain
8.37411%
2018
44
Japan
8.23376%
2018
45
Bulgaria
8.10331%
2018
46
The Bahamas
7.92289%
2018
47
Malta
6.27005%
2018
48
China
5.40683%
2018
49
Bangladesh
5.35719%
2018
50
Egypt
4.95149%
2018
51
Greenland
4.51874%
2018
52
Greece
4.51787%
2018
53
Cuba
4.32495%
2018
54
Honduras
4.15707%
2018
55
Mauritania
4.15343%
2018
56
Argentina
3.79699%
2018
57
Venezuela
3.48596%
2018
58
Ukraine
3.41516%
2018
59
Cameroon
3.40964%
2018
60
Republic of the Congo
3.2117%
2018
61
Indonesia
3.05732%
2018
62
Tanzania
3.01503%
2018
63
Turkmenistan
2.99386%
2018
64
Russia
2.97456%
2018
65
Nicaragua
2.97423%
2018
66
Albania
2.71803%
2018
67
Saudi Arabia
2.4941%
2018
68
Republic of Ireland
2.33211%
2018
69
Myanmar
2.32705%
2018
70
Mozambique
2.23203%
2018
71
Thailand
1.88138%
2018
72
Puerto Rico
1.7472%
2018
73
Namibia
1.7142%
2018
74
Qatar
1.68233%
2018
75
Panama
1.68142%
2018
76
South Korea
1.63364%
2018
77
Malaysia
1.54462%
2018
78
Suriname
1.54322%
2018
79
Tonga
1.50514%
2018
80
Kuwait
1.47928%
2018
81
East Timor
1.37435%
2018
82
Bahrain
1.24224%
2018
83
Philippines
1.15906%
2018
84
Senegal
1.11483%
2018
85
Kazakhstan
1.04921%
2018
86
Tunisia
1.03552%
2018
87
Fiji
0.92488%
2018
88
Guatemala
0.90014%
2018
89
Canada
0.87188%
2018
90
Virgin Islands (US)
0.85007%
2018
91
Costa Rica
0.83345%
2018
92
Norway
0.83078%
2018
93
Iran
0.80455%
2018
94
Kenya
0.80418%
2018
95
Pakistan
0.76653%
2018
96
Jamaica
0.7546%
2018
97
Madagascar
0.74618%
2018
98
Uruguay
0.71604%
2018
99
El Salvador
0.70545%
2018
100
Georgia
0.66776%
2018
101
Libya
0.63643%
2018
102
Vietnam
0.56089%
2018
103
Sierra Leone
0.53756%
2018
104
Guinea
0.52957%
2018
105
Peru
0.48153%
2018
106
Yemen
0.46757%
2018
107
Azerbaijan
0.43693%
2018
108
Iceland
0.38034%
2018
109
Marshall Islands
0.2688%
2018
110
Morocco
0.25998%
2018
111
Syria
0.24698%
2018
112
Democratic Republic Of Congo
0.23644%
2018
113
Equatorial Guinea
0.23512%
2018
114
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
0.2201%
2018
115
Saint Lucia
0.21855%
2018
116
Lebanon
0.21143%
2018
117
Brunei
0.2011%
2018
118
Togo
0.19965%
2018
119
Papua New Guinea
0.19048%
2018
120
Cambodia
0.18577%
2018
121
Antigua and Barbuda
0.1815%
2018
122
India
0.17071%
2018
123
Saint Kitts And Nevis
0.1699%
2018
124
Djibouti
0.16787%
2018
125
Oman
0.12319%
2018
126
Cyprus
0.12272%
2018
127
Solomon Islands
0.11806%
2018
128
Turkey
0.10557%
2018
129
Dominica
0.10528%
2018
130
Liberia
0.10334%
2018
131
Ghana
0.09741%
2018
132
Turks And Caicos Islands
0.09713%
2018
133
Samoa
0.0868%
2018
134
Grenada
0.08625%
2018
135
Algeria
0.08548%
2018
136
Cayman Islands
0.07767%
2018
137
Sri Lanka
0.07463%
2018
138
Ivory Coast
0.07457%
2018
139
Gambia
0.06968%
2018
140
Maldives
0.0515%
2018
141
Trinidad and Tobago
0.04891%
2018
142
Seychelles
0.0361%
2018
143
Curacao
0.03417%
2018
144
Israel
0.03255%
2018
145
São Tomé and Príncipe
0.02679%
2018
146
Comoros
0.02264%
2018
147
North Korea
0.02209%
2018
148
Nigeria
0.01671%
2018
149
Federated States of Micronesia
0.01577%
2018
150
Singapore
0.01318%
2018
151
Guyana
0.01271%
2018
152
Faroe Islands
0.01083%
2018
153
Guam
0.00907%
2018
154
Tuvalu
0.00848%
2018
155
Vanuatu
0.00764%
2018
156
Barbados
0.00585%
2018
157
Angola
0.00493%
2018
158
French Polynesia
0.00432%
2018
159
Virgin Islands (British)
0.00412%
2018
160
Mauritius
0.00388%
2018
161
Montenegro
0.00122%
2018
162
Cape Verde
0.00068%
2018
163
Aruba
0.0001%
2018
164
Bermuda
0.00006%
2018
165
Eritrea
0%
2018
166
Benin
0%
2018
167
Isle Of Man
0%
2016
168
Bosnia and Herzegovina
0%
2018
169
Iraq
0%
2018
170
Haiti
0%
2018
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