Marine protected areas
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.
- Publisher
- World Bank
- Unit
- —
- Cadence
- Annual
- Series
- 174
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- Updated
- 2026-09-06
Provenance
Who produced these figures, as World Bank declares it — not inferred, and each line says which published field it was read from.
Produced by
UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre
Protected Planet: The World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) and World Database on Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures (WD-OECM), UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), uri: https://www.protectedplanet.net/en, note: Only the latest data can be retrieved from the Protected Planet website. The time series are provided directly to WDI by Protected Planet., publisher: Protected Planet, date accessed: 20240516, date published: 202405
declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization
International Union for Conservation of Nature
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), uri: https://www.protectedplanet.net/en, publisher: Protected Planet, date accessed: 20240516
declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization
Read from
World Bank
World Development Indicators
declared by worldbank in source
Latest observations
| Country | Period | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | 2025 | 3.40 | percent |
| Algeria | 2025 | 0.10 | percent |
| American Samoa | 2025 | 8.70 | percent |
| Angola | 2025 | 0 | percent |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 2025 | 0.70 | percent |
| Argentina | 2025 | 12 | percent |
| Aruba | 2025 | 0.40 | percent |
| Australia | 2025 | 45.40 | percent |
| Azerbaijan | 2025 | 1 | percent |
| Bahamas | 2025 | 7.70 | percent |
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