Marine protected areas in Cape Verde
Cape Verde: Marine protected areas was 0.1% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Marine protected areas in Cape Verde, 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
Cape Verde recorded 0.1% for marine protected areas in 2025. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
Over the whole period, marine protected areas in Cape Verde peaked at 0.1% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2013.
Cape Verde ranks 139th 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 Cape Verde, year by year
| Year | % of territorial waters | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 0.0% | — |
| 2014 | 0.0% | — |
| 2015 | 0.0% | — |
| 2016 | 0.0% | — |
| 2017 | 0.0% | — |
| 2018 | 0.0% | — |
| 2019 | 0.0% | — |
| 2020 | 0.0% | — |
| 2021 | 0.0% | — |
| 2022 | 0.0% | — |
| 2023 | 0.0% | — |
| 2024 | 0.1% | — |
| 2025 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 7 |
| 2020s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Cape Verde
- 139 Algeria 0.1% compare
- 139 Cayman Islands 0.1% compare
- 139 Dominica 0.1% compare
- 139 Grenada 0.1% compare
- 139 Liberia 0.1% compare
- 139 Maldives 0.1% compare
- 139 Papua New Guinea 0.1% compare
- 139 Solomon Islands 0.1% compare
- 139 Tonga 0.1% compare
- 139 Trinidad and Tobago 0.1% compare
More climate change data for Cape Verde
- Share co2 vs population 0.0041 (2100)
- Urban population 77.6% (2025)
- Urban population 409,364 (2025)
- Urban population growth 1.6% (2025)
- Population, total 527,326 (2025)
- Population growth 0.5% (2025)
- Annual Net Emissions/Removals 0.9126 (2024)
- Temperature change with respect to a baseline climatology 2.59 (2024)
- Per capita CO₂ emissions vs. per capita energy use 1.13 tonnes per person (2024)
- Share global cumulative co2 including land 0.0008 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is marine protected areas in Cape Verde?
- Marine protected areas in Cape Verde was 0.1% 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 Cape Verde?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1% in 2024.
- What is the lowest marine protected areas recorded in Cape Verde?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2013.
- How does Cape Verde rank for marine protected areas?
- Cape Verde ranks 139th out of 174 countries with data for 2025.
- Where does this Cape Verde 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.