Protected coastal waters
% of territorial waters · showing the worst first
174 of 216 countries report a figure for protected coastal waters
World average: 10.3%
| Rank | Country | Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #174 | Palestine | 0.0% | 2025 | |
| #173 | Vanuatu | 0.0% | 2025 | |
| #172 | Tuvalu | 0.0% | 2025 | |
| #171 | Somalia | 0.0% | 2025 | |
| #170 | Singapore | 0.0% | 2025 | |
| #169 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 0.0% | 2025 | |
| #168 | Nigeria | 0.0% | 2025 | |
| #167 | Nauru | 0.0% | 2025 | |
| #166 | Federated States of Micronesia | 0.0% | 2025 | |
| #165 | Mauritius | 0.0% | 2025 | |
| #164 | North Korea | 0.0% | 2025 | |
| #163 | Iraq | 0.0% | 2025 | |
| #162 | Hong Kong | 0.0% | 2025 | |
| #161 | Guyana | 0.0% | 2025 | |
| #160 | Guam | 0.0% | 2025 | |
| #159 | Ghana | 0.0% | 2025 | |
| #158 | Faroe Islands | 0.0% | 2025 | |
| #157 | Eritrea | 0.0% | 2025 | |
| #156 | Curaçao | 0.0% | 2025 | |
| #155 | Brunei | 0.0% | 2025 | |
| #154 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0% | 2025 | |
| #153 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0% | 2025 | |
| #152 | Bermuda | 0.0% | 2025 | |
| #151 | Barbados | 0.0% | 2025 | |
| #150 | Angola | 0.0% | 2025 | |
| #149 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.1% | 2025 | |
| #148 | Tonga | 0.1% | 2025 | |
| #147 | Solomon Islands | 0.1% | 2025 | |
| #146 | Papua New Guinea | 0.1% | 2025 | |
| #145 | Maldives | 0.1% | 2025 | |
| #144 | Liberia | 0.1% | 2025 | |
| #143 | Grenada | 0.1% | 2025 | |
| #142 | Dominica | 0.1% | 2025 | |
| #141 | Cayman Islands | 0.1% | 2025 | |
| #140 | Cape Verde | 0.1% | 2025 | |
| #139 | Algeria | 0.1% | 2025 | |
| #138 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.2% | 2025 | |
| #137 | Syria | 0.2% | 2025 | |
| #136 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.2% | 2025 | |
| #135 | Samoa | 0.2% | 2025 | |
| #134 | Lebanon | 0.2% | 2025 | |
| #133 | Djibouti | 0.2% | 2025 | |
| #132 | Ivory Coast | 0.2% | 2025 | |
| #131 | Saint Lucia | 0.3% | 2025 | |
| #130 | Sri Lanka | 0.3% | 2025 | |
| #129 | Morocco | 0.3% | 2025 | |
| #128 | Marshall Islands | 0.3% | 2025 | |
| #127 | India | 0.3% | 2025 | |
| #126 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.3% | 2025 | |
| #125 | Yemen | 0.4% | 2025 | |
| #124 | Comoros | 0.4% | 2025 | |
| #123 | Aruba | 0.4% | 2025 | |
| #122 | Vietnam | 0.5% | 2025 | |
| #121 | Iceland | 0.5% | 2025 | |
| #120 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.5% | 2025 | |
| #119 | Myanmar | 0.6% | 2025 | |
| #118 | Libya | 0.6% | 2025 | |
| #117 | Israel | 0.6% | 2025 | |
| #116 | Guinea | 0.6% | 2025 | |
| #115 | Togo | 0.7% | 2025 | |
| #114 | Timor-Leste | 0.7% | 2025 | |
| #113 | Kenya | 0.7% | 2025 | |
| #112 | Jamaica | 0.7% | 2025 | |
| #111 | The Gambia | 0.7% | 2025 | |
| #110 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.7% | 2025 | |
| #109 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.8% | 2025 | |
| #108 | Georgia | 0.8% | 2025 | |
| #107 | El Salvador | 0.8% | 2025 | |
| #106 | Benin | 0.8% | 2025 | |
| #105 | Iran | 0.9% | 2025 | |
| #104 | Guatemala | 0.9% | 2025 | |
| #103 | Fiji | 0.9% | 2025 | |
| #102 | Norway | 1.0% | 2025 | |
| #101 | Azerbaijan | 1.0% | 2025 | |
| #100 | Tunisia | 1.1% | 2025 | |
| #99 | Pakistan | 1.2% | 2025 | |
| #98 | Madagascar | 1.4% | 2025 | |
| #97 | Uruguay | 1.5% | 2025 | |
| #96 | Suriname | 1.5% | 2025 | |
| #95 | Cambodia | 1.5% | 2025 | |
| #94 | Philippines | 1.6% | 2025 | |
| #93 | Turkey | 1.7% | 2025 | |
| #92 | Sierra Leone | 1.7% | 2025 | |
| #91 | Namibia | 1.7% | 2025 | |
| #90 | Haiti | 1.8% | 2025 | |
| #89 | Puerto Rico | 2.1% | 2025 | |
| #88 | Mozambique | 2.1% | 2025 | |
| #87 | Russia | 2.2% | 2025 | |
| #86 | Tanzania | 2.3% | 2025 | |
| #85 | Qatar | 2.3% | 2025 | |
| #84 | South Korea | 2.3% | 2025 | |
| #83 | Ireland | 2.4% | 2025 | |
| #82 | Jordan | 2.8% | 2025 | |
| #81 | Slovenia | 2.9% | 2025 | |
| #80 | Indonesia | 3.0% | 2025 | |
| #79 | Senegal | 3.1% | 2025 | |
| #78 | Kuwait | 3.2% | 2025 | |
| #77 | Albania | 3.4% | 2025 | |
| #76 | Saudi Arabia | 3.5% | 2025 | |
| #75 | Nicaragua | 3.6% | 2025 | |
| #74 | Mauritania | 3.7% | 2025 | |
| #73 | Turkmenistan | 4.2% | 2025 | |
| #72 | Greenland | 4.2% | 2025 | |
| #71 | Cuba | 4.2% | 2025 | |
| #70 | Venezuela | 4.4% | 2025 | |
| #69 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 4.5% | 2025 | |
| #68 | Greece | 4.7% | 2025 | |
| #67 | Malaysia | 4.8% | 2025 | |
| #66 | People's Republic of China | 4.8% | 2025 | |
| #65 | Honduras | 4.9% | 2025 | |
| #64 | Thailand | 5.0% | 2025 | |
| #63 | Sint Maarten | 5.1% | 2025 | |
| #62 | Egypt | 5.1% | 2025 | |
| #61 | Montenegro | 5.3% | 2025 | |
| #60 | The Bahamas | 7.7% | 2025 | |
| #59 | Malta | 7.8% | 2025 | |
| #58 | Peru | 7.9% | 2025 | |
| #57 | Bulgaria | 8.2% | 2025 | |
| #56 | Cyprus | 8.6% | 2025 | |
| #55 | Bangladesh | 8.6% | 2025 | |
| #54 | American Samoa | 8.7% | 2025 | |
| #53 | Guinea-Bissau | 9.1% | 2025 | |
| #52 | Canada | 9.2% | 2025 | |
| #51 | Croatia | 9.3% | 2025 | |
| #50 | Isle of Man | 10.8% | 2025 | |
| #49 | Italy | 11.0% | 2025 | |
| #48 | Cameroon | 11.4% | 2025 | |
| #47 | Finland | 11.8% | 2025 | |
| #46 | Kiribati | 11.9% | 2025 | |
| #45 | United Arab Emirates | 12.0% | 2025 | |
| #44 | Argentina | 12.0% | 2025 | |
| #43 | Dominican Republic | 13.3% | 2025 | |
| #42 | Japan | 13.8% | 2025 | |
| #41 | Republic of the Congo | 14.1% | 2025 | |
| #40 | Gibraltar | 14.2% | 2025 | |
| #39 | South Africa | 15.4% | 2025 | |
| #38 | Sweden | 16.1% | 2025 | |
| #37 | Oman | 16.2% | 2025 | |
| #36 | Latvia | 16.4% | 2025 | |
| #35 | Portugal | 16.9% | 2025 | |
| #34 | Sudan | 17.0% | 2025 | |
| #33 | United States | 19.0% | 2025 | |
| #32 | Spain | 19.0% | 2025 | |
| #31 | Estonia | 19.2% | 2025 | |
| #30 | Ecuador | 19.3% | 2025 | |
| #29 | Belize | 20.4% | 2025 | |
| #28 | Bahrain | 21.4% | 2025 | |
| #27 | Romania | 21.5% | 2025 | |
| #26 | Ukraine | 21.6% | 2025 | |
| #25 | Mexico | 22.6% | 2025 | |
| #24 | Lithuania | 23.2% | 2025 | |
| #23 | Poland | 24.0% | 2025 | |
| #22 | Panama | 26.3% | 2025 | |
| #21 | Brazil | 26.6% | 2025 | |
| #20 | Gabon | 26.8% | 2025 | |
| #19 | Denmark | 27.1% | 2025 | |
| #18 | Costa Rica | 28.4% | 2025 | |
| #17 | New Zealand | 30.4% | 2025 | |
| #16 | Northern Mariana Islands | 32.4% | 2025 | |
| #15 | Seychelles | 32.6% | 2025 | |
| #14 | Kingdom of the Netherlands | 33.5% | 2025 | |
| #13 | Belgium | 38.3% | 2025 | |
| #12 | Colombia | 41.1% | 2025 | |
| #11 | Chile | 41.2% | 2025 | |
| #10 | Germany | 45.3% | 2025 | |
| #9 | Australia | 45.4% | 2025 | |
| #8 | United Kingdom | 46.8% | 2025 | |
| #7 | France | 49.2% | 2025 | |
| #6 | Kazakhstan | 52.5% | 2025 | |
| #5 | French Polynesia | 87.4% | 2025 | |
| #4 | New Caledonia | 96.5% | 2025 | |
| #3 | Saint-Martin | 97.0% | 2025 | |
| #2 | Palau | 98.0% | 2025 | |
| #1 | Monaco | 100.0% | 2025 | |
| — | Afghanistan | — | — | |
| — | Andorra | — | — | |
| — | Armenia | — | — | |
| — | Austria | — | — | |
| — | Belarus | — | — | |
| — | Bhutan | — | — | |
| — | Bolivia | — | — | |
| — | Botswana | — | — | |
| — | Burkina Faso | — | — | |
| — | Burundi | — | — | |
| — | Central African Republic | — | — | |
| — | Chad | — | — | |
| — | Czech Republic | — | — | |
| — | Eswatini | — | — | |
| — | Ethiopia | — | — | |
| — | Hungary | — | — | |
| — | Kosovo | — | — | |
| — | Kyrgyzstan | — | — | |
| — | Laos | — | — | |
| — | Lesotho | — | — | |
| — | Liechtenstein | — | — | |
| — | Luxembourg | — | — | |
| — | Macau | — | — | |
| — | Malawi | — | — | |
| — | Mali | — | — | |
| — | Moldova | — | — | |
| — | Mongolia | — | — | |
| — | Nepal | — | — | |
| — | Niger | — | — | |
| — | North Macedonia | — | — | |
| — | Paraguay | — | — | |
| — | Rwanda | — | — | |
| — | San Marino | — | — | |
| — | Serbia | — | — | |
| — | Slovakia | — | — | |
| — | South Sudan | — | — | |
| — | Switzerland | — | — | |
| — | Tajikistan | — | — | |
| — | Uganda | — | — | |
| — | Uzbekistan | — | — | |
| — | Zambia | — | — | |
| — | Zimbabwe | — | — |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)