🇦🇺 Australia Marine protected areas (% of territorial waters) — Historical Data
World Bank data • 2013–2024 • 12 data points • Climate Change
Latest Value
45.40
2024
Year-on-Year
+2.5%
vs 2023
10-Year Average
42.50
2015–2024
Range
▲ 45.40 (2024)
▼ 40.60 (2017)
Australia Marine protected areas (% of territorial waters) — 2013 to 2024
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About this Indicator
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.
Historical Data Table
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 45.40 |
| 2023 | 44.30 |
| 2022 | 44.30 |
| 2021 | 44.30 |
| 2020 | 40.80 |
| 2019 | 40.80 |
| 2018 | 40.60 |
| 2017 | 40.60 |
| 2016 | 40.70 |
| 2015 | 43.20 |
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0.702024
🇦🇺Australia
45.402024
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1.002024
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🇧🇯Benin
0.002024
🇧🇩Bangladesh
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🇧🇬Bulgaria
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🇧🇸Bahamas, The
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🇧🇿Belize
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🇧🇲Bermuda
0.002024
🇧🇷Brazil
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0.002024
🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam
0.002024
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🇨🇱Chile
41.202024
🇨🇳China
4.802024
🇨🇮Cote d'Ivoire
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11.402024
🇨🇩Congo, Dem. Rep.
0.502024
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3.502024
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🇰🇲Comoros
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🇨🇼Curacao
0.002024
🇰🇾Cayman Islands
0.102024
🇨🇾Cyprus
8.602024
🇩🇪Germany
45.402024
🇩🇯Djibouti
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🇩🇰Denmark
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🇩🇴Dominican Republic
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🇪🇨Ecuador
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🇪🇬Egypt, Arab Rep.
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🇪🇪Estonia
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🇫🇷France
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🇬🇧United Kingdom
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🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea
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🇬🇹Guatemala
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🇬🇺Guam
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🇬🇾Guyana
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🇭🇹Haiti
1.802024
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3.002024
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0.302024
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2.402024
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🇮🇱Israel
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🇮🇹Italy
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🇯🇴Jordan
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🇰🇿Kazakhstan
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4.502024
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2.202024
🇰🇼Kuwait
3.202024
🇱🇧Lebanon
0.202024
🇱🇷Liberia
0.102024
🇱🇾Libya
0.602024
🇱🇨St. Lucia
0.302024
🇱🇰Sri Lanka
0.102024
🇱🇹Lithuania
23.202024
🇱🇻Latvia
16.402024
🇲🇫St. Martin (French part)
97.002024
🇲🇦Morocco
0.302024
🇲🇨Monaco
1002024
🇲🇬Madagascar
1.302024
🇲🇻Maldives
0.102024
🇲🇽Mexico
22.602024
🇲🇭Marshall Islands
0.302024
🇲🇹Malta
7.802024
🇲🇲Myanmar
0.502024
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5.602024
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32.402024
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3.702024
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0.002024
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1.702024
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1002024
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0.002024
🇳🇮Nicaragua
3.602024
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33.602024
🇳🇴Norway
1.002024
🇳🇷Nauru
0.002024
🇳🇿New Zealand
30.402024
🇴🇲Oman
16.202024
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26.302024
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🇵🇱Poland
24.002024
🇵🇷Puerto Rico (US)
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🇵🇹Portugal
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2.302024
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22.102024
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0.002024
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21.602024
🇺🇾Uruguay
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0.002024
🇻🇮Virgin Islands (U.S.)
0.802024
🇻🇳Viet Nam
0.502024
🇻🇺Vanuatu
0.002024
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0.202024
🇾🇪Yemen, Rep.
0.402024
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