Marine protected areas (% of total surface area) - Biodiversity & protected areas - Environment - World Development Indicators

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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.

Rank	Country	Value
Marine protected areas (% of total surface area) - Biodiversity & protected areas - Environment - World Development Indicators (2008)
1	High income	3,344
2	High income: OECD	2,930
3	Low & middle income	1,605
4	Middle income	1,484
5	Lower middle income	791
6	United States	787
7	East Asia & Pacific	754
8	Upper middle income	693
9	Canada	563
10	Sweden	477
11	Latin America & Caribbean	422
12	High income: nonOECD	414
13	Australia	384
14	Euro area	277
15	Philippines	212
16	Sub-Saharan Africa	149
17	United Kingdom	149
18	Least developed countries: UN classification	149
19	Malaysia	147
20	South Asia	143
21	Indonesia	139
22	Japan	135
23	Low income	121
24	India	117
25	Bermuda	101
26	Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)	91
27	New Zealand	87
28	Europe & Central Asia	84
29	France	64
30	Italy	58
31	Brazil	58
32	Middle East & North Africa	53
33	Denmark	52
34	Spain	47
35	Cuba	42
36	Cayman Islands	41
37	Mexico	38
38	Argentina	36
39	Vietnam	36
40	China	36
41	Costa Rica	35
42	Bahamas	32
43	South Africa	30
44	St. Lucia	29
45	Portugal	27
46	Russia	27
47	Papua New Guinea	24
48	Hong Kong	22
49	Honduras	22
50	Solomon Islands	21
51	Panama	21
52	Vanuatu	21
53	Germany	21
54	New Caledonia	21
55	Fiji	19
56	Croatia	19
57	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	19
58	Venezuela	19
59	Puerto Rico	19
60	Belize	19
61	Thailand	19
62	Mauritius	18
63	Tanzania	17
64	Norway	17
65	Colombia	15
66	Micronesia	15
67	Finland	15
68	Ukraine	15
69	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	15
70	Dominican Republic	15
71	Palau	15
72	Sri Lanka	14
73	Kiribati	14
74	Turkey	13
75	Israel	13
76	Trinidad and Tobago	13
77	Iran	12
78	Jamaica	12
79	Greece	12
80	Guam	12
81	Ireland	12
82	Antigua and Barbuda	12
83	Kenya	11
84	Tonga	11
85	Senegal	11
86	Morocco	11
87	Romania	10
88	Seychelles	10
89	Iceland	9
90	Chile	9
91	Samoa	8
92	French Polynesia	8
93	Egypt	8
94	Madagascar	8
95	Brunei Darussalam	7
96	Guatemala	7
97	Bangladesh	7
98	American Samoa	7
99	Netherlands Antilles	7
100	Albania	7
101	Suriname	7
102	Algeria	6
103	North Korea	6
104	South Korea	6
105	Burma	6
106	Netherlands	6
107	Gambia	6
108	Cyprus	5
109	Gabon	5
110	Kuwait	5
111	Malta	5
112	Nicaragua	5
113	Pakistan	5
114	Uruguay	4
115	Syria	4
116	Angola	4
117	Equatorial Guinea	4
118	Libya	4
119	Tunisia	4
120	Guinea-Bissau	4
121	Namibia	4
122	United Arab Emirates	3
123	Monaco	3
124	Slovenia	3
125	Oman	3
126	Saudi Arabia	3
127	Barbados	3
128	Poland	3
129	Singapore	3
130	Ivory Coast	3
131	Lithuania	3
132	Ecuador	3
133	Estonia	3
134	Mozambique	3
135	Mauritania	3
136	Dominica	2
137	Belgium	2
138	Montenegro	2
139	Greenland	2
140	Bahrain	2
141	Peru	2
142	Northern Mariana Islands	2
143	Georgia	2
144	Cambodia	2
145	Somalia	2
146	Mayotte	2
147	Cameroon	2
148	Marshall Islands	2
149	Qatar	2
150	Latvia	1
151	Togo	1
152	St. Kitts and Nevis	1
153	Liberia	1
154	Sudan	1
155	Lebanon	1
156	El Salvador	1
157	Bulgaria	1
158	Aruba	1
159	Grenada	1
160	Djibouti	1
161	Yemen	1
162	Cape Verde	1
163	Democratic Republic of the Congo	1
164	Comoros	1
165	Jordan	1
166	Afghanistan	0
167	Armenia	0
168	Austria	0
169	Azerbaijan	0
170	Burundi	0
171	Benin	0
172	Burkina Faso	0
173	Belarus	0
174	Bhutan	0
175	Botswana	0
176	Central African Republic	0
177	Switzerland	0
178	Moldova	0
179	Nepal	0
180	Sierra Leone	0
181	Luxembourg	0
182	Maldives	0
183	Serbia	0
184	Hungary	0
185	Rwanda	0
186	Slovakia	0
187	Kazakhstan	0
188	Haiti	0
189	Swaziland	0
190	Mali	0
191	Nigeria	0
192	Chad	0
193	Niger	0
194	Kyrgyzstan	0
195	Tajikistan	0
196	Turkmenistan	0
197	Timor-Leste	0
198	Andorra	0
199	Guinea	0
200	Malawi	0
201	Ghana	0
202	Macedonia	0
203	Uganda	0
204	Ethiopia	0
205	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0
206	Iraq	0
207	Guyana	0
208	Uzbekistan	0
209	Eritrea	0
210	Mongolia	0
211	Bolivia	0
212	Republic of the Congo	0
213	Paraguay	0
214	Czech Republic	0
215	Laos	0
216	Lesotho	0
217	Liechtenstein	0
218	Zambia	0
219	Zimbabwe	0

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