World Bank · Climate
Mexico: Marine protected areas
22.60percent · 2025+1089.5% since 2015
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. Annual figures for Mexico from 2013 to 2025.
Every year
| Year | Value (percent) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22.6 | |
| 2024 | 22.6 | |
| 2023 | 21.6 | |
| 2022 | 21.6 | |
| 2021 | 21.6 | |
| 2020 | 21.6 | |
| 2019 | 21.6 | |
| 2018 | 21.6 | |
| 2017 | 21.8 | |
| 2016 | 21.8 | |
| 2015 | 1.9 | |
| 2014 | 1.9 | |
| 2013 | 1.9 |
Source
Published by World Bank, produced by UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre, International Union for Conservation of Nature. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.
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World Bank (2026). Marine protected areas. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-marine-protected-areas (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.
Marine protected areas in other countries
- Albania
- Algeria
- American Samoa
- Angola
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Aruba
- Australia
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belgium
- Belize
- Benin
- Bermuda
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Brazil
- Brunei Darussalam
- Bulgaria
- Cabo Verde
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Cayman Islands
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Congo
- Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
- Costa Rica
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Curaçao
- Cyprus
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Faroe Islands
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- French Polynesia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Gibraltar
- Greece
- Greenland
- Grenada
- Guam
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran, Islamic Republic of
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Isle of Man
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
- Korea, Republic of
- Kuwait
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Liberia
- Libya
- Lithuania
- Madagascar
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Micronesia, Federated States of
- Monaco
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Netherlands
- New Caledonia
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Nigeria
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Palestine, State of
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russian Federation
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Martin (French part)
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Africa
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Sweden
- Syrian Arab Republic
- Tanzania, United Republic of
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Türkiye
- Turkmenistan
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- Tuvalu
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Uruguay
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
- Viet Nam
- Virgin Islands, British
- Virgin Islands, U.S.
- Yemen
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