Marine protected areas in British Virgin Islands
British Virgin Islands: Marine protected areas was 0.0% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Marine protected areas in British Virgin Islands, 2013–2025
Source: 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. Measured in % of territorial waters.
Analysis
The most recent figure for marine protected areas in British Virgin Islands is 0.0%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 13 years on record.
That represents a change of down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, marine protected areas in British Virgin Islands peaked at 0.1% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2017.
British Virgin Islands ranks 150th of 174 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Marine protected areas in British Virgin Islands, year by year
| Year | % of territorial waters | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 0.1% | — |
| 2014 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0% | -100.0% |
| 2018 | 0.0% | — |
| 2019 | 0.0% | — |
| 2020 | 0.0% | — |
| 2021 | 0.0% | — |
| 2022 | 0.0% | — |
| 2023 | 0.0% | — |
| 2024 | 0.0% | — |
| 2025 | 0.0% | — |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 7 |
| 2020s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near British Virgin Islands
- 150 Angola 0.0%
- 150 Barbados 0.0%
- 150 Bermuda 0.0%
- 150 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0%
- 150 Brunei Darussalam 0.0% compare
- 150 Curacao 0.0%
- 150 Eritrea 0.0%
- 150 Faroe Islands 0.0%
- 150 Ghana 0.0% compare
- 150 Guam 0.0% compare
- 150 Guyana 0.0% compare
- 150 Hong Kong 0.0%
- 150 Iraq 0.0% compare
- 150 North Korea 0.0%
- 150 Mauritius 0.0%
- 150 Micronesia (country) 0.0%
- 150 Naoero 0.0%
- 150 Nigeria 0.0%
- 150 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0%
- 150 Singapore 0.0% compare
- 150 Somalia 0.0%
- 150 Tuvalu 0.0%
- 150 Vanuatu 0.0%
- 150 Palestine 0.0%
More climate change data for British Virgin Islands
- Share of global CO₂ emissions and population 0.0% (2100)
- Urban population 57.4% (2025)
- Urban population 22,804 (2025)
- Urban population growth 2.2% (2025)
- Population, total 39,732 (2025)
- Population growth 0.7% (2025)
- Annual Net Emissions/Removals 0.1083 (2024)
- Temperature change with respect to a baseline climatology 1.48 (2024)
- Per capita CO₂ emissions vs. per capita energy use 4.87 tonnes per person (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita 4.87 tonnes per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is marine protected areas in British Virgin Islands?
- Marine protected areas in British Virgin Islands was 0.0% in 2025, according to 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.
- What is the highest marine protected areas recorded in British Virgin Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1% in 2013.
- What is the lowest marine protected areas recorded in British Virgin Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2017.
- How does British Virgin Islands rank for marine protected areas?
- British Virgin Islands ranks 150th out of 174 countries with data for 2025.
- Is marine protected areas rising or falling in British Virgin Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this British Virgin Islands data come from?
- The figures come from 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, published as part of Marine protected areas (% of territorial waters). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.