Marine protected areas (% of total surface area) - Millennium Development Goals Indicators



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Marine protected areas (% of total surface area) - Millennium Development Goals Indicators (2008)

Rank

Country

Value

1Colombia84.19
2Australia70.65
3United States67.57
4Guinea-Bissau54.41
5Greenland41.91
6Romania37.88
7Mauritania31.33
8Germany26.71
9Suriname23.85
10Jordan21.59
11Mexico14
12Senegal12.95
13Belize12.74
14Cuba12.63
15Tanzania12.50
16Ecuador12.41
17Bahrain11.61
18Puerto Rico11.46
19Venezuela10.87
20Nicaragua10.28
21Egypt9.91
22Costa Rica9.77
23Palau8.74
24Panama8.56
25Lithuania7.91
26New Zealand7.12
27Russia6.31
28South Africa6.22
29Kenya5.76
30Spain5.27
31Japan5.19
32Equatorial Guinea5.14
33Bermuda5.12
34Sweden4.86
35Gabon4.86
36Brazil4.78
37Guatemala4.67
38Malaysia4.62
39United Kingdom4.56
40Croatia4.36
41High income: OECD4.36
42Ukraine4.33
43High income4.31
44Iceland4.08
45Mozambique4.01
46Thailand3.87
47High income: nonOECD3.86
48Jamaica3.56
49Iran3.46
50Finland3.37
51France3.24
52South Korea3.22
53North Korea3.22
54Italy3.13
55Netherlands3.08
56Peru2.92
57Turkey2.85
58Turks and Caicos Islands2.85
59Honduras2.76
60Yemen2.74
61Denmark2.65
62Estonia2.52
63Poland2.47
64Greece2.38
65Tonga2.20
66Virgin Islands (U.S.)2.01
67Kuwait1.83
68Indonesia1.80
69East Asia & Pacific (developing only)1.78
70Democratic Republic of the Congo1.77
71American Samoa1.74
72Latin America & Caribbean (developing only)1.65
73Morocco1.61
74Gambia1.50
75India1.46
76Vietnam1.37
77Lower middle income1.35
78Western Samoa1.34
79Cayman Islands1.32
80Syria1.32
81Netherlands Antilles1.31
82Oman1.18
83Saudi Arabia1.13
84Portugal1.12
85Montenegro1.12
86Albania1.08
87Pakistan1.07
88Canada1.06
89Least developed countries: UN classification1.05
90Guam1.03
91Sri Lanka1.01
92Euro area0.99
93Libya0.98
94Middle income0.92
95Singapore0.81
96Low & middle income0.78
97Antigua and Barbuda0.77
98Philippines0.73
99Monaco0.70
100Marshall Islands0.64
101Upper middle income0.63
102Qatar0.62
103Argentina0.61
104Bangladesh0.53
105Israel0.52
106Burma0.50
107Norway0.46
108Papua New Guinea0.45
109Bahamas0.44
110St. Kitts and Nevis0.41
111Seychelles0.40
112Slovenia0.38
113Cambodia0.38
114Europe & Central Asia (developing only)0.38
115Algeria0.33
116St. Vincent and the Grenadines0.31
117Mauritius0.30
118Chile0.29
119Trinidad and Tobago0.27
120China0.27
121Djibouti0.24
122New Caledonia0.22
123Somalia0.20
124Low income0.19
125Tuvalu0.19
126Mayotte0.18
127Togo0.18
128Malta0.17
129Angola0.16
130Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)0.16
131Namibia0.15
132Middle East & North Africa (developing only)0.15
133Tunisia0.15
134Belgium0.14
135Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only)0.14
136Uruguay0.14
137United Arab Emirates0.13
138Fiji0.11
139St. Lucia0.11
140Madagascar0.10
141Cyprus0.10
142Cameroon0.09
143Dominica0.09
144Ireland0.09
145French Polynesia0.08
146Barbados0.07
147South Asia0.07
148Brunei Darussalam0.06
149Solomon Islands0.05
150Vanuatu0.05
151Gibraltar0.04
152Northern Mariana Islands0.03
153Micronesia0.03
154Sudan0.03
155Grenada0.01
156Georgia0.01
157Ivory Coast0.01
158Liberia0.01
159Dominican Republic0
160Czech Republic0
161Nepal0
162Cape Verde0
163Comoros0
164Republic of the Congo0
165Switzerland0
166Central African Republic0
167Botswana0
168Bhutan0
169Paraguay0
170Bolivia0
171Belarus0
172Bosnia and Herzegovina0
173Rwanda0
174Bulgaria0
175Guyana0
176Burkina Faso0
177Benin0
178Guinea0
179Sierra Leone0
180El Salvador0
181Mali0
182Serbia0
183Ghana0
184Burundi0
185Slovakia0
186Azerbaijan0
187Austria0
188Swaziland0
189Armenia0
190Mongolia0
191Moldova0
192Chad0
193Laos0
194Afghanistan0
195Tajikistan0
196Turkmenistan0
197Timor-Leste0
198Andorra0
199Malawi0
200Ethiopia0
201Kiribati0
202Lebanon0
203Kyrgyzstan0
204Uganda0
205Kazakhstan0
206Liechtenstein0
207Eritrea0
208Iraq0
209Uzbekistan0
210Niger0
211Hungary0
212Lesotho0
213Haiti0
214Nigeria0
215Luxembourg0
216Latvia0
217Aruba0
218Hong Kong0
219Zambia0
220Zimbabwe0
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