Marine protected areas in Djibouti
Djibouti: Marine protected areas was 0.2% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Marine protected areas in Djibouti, 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
Djibouti recorded 0.2% for marine protected areas in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 13 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, marine protected areas in Djibouti peaked at 0.3% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2014.
Djibouti ranks 132nd of 174 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
Marine protected areas in Djibouti, year by year
| Year | % of territorial waters | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 0.3% | — |
| 2014 | 0.2% | -33.3% |
| 2015 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 7 |
| 2020s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Djibouti
- 132 Côte d'Ivoire 0.2% compare
- 132 Lebanon 0.2% compare
- 132 Samoa 0.2% compare
- 132 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.2% compare
- 132 Syrian Arab Republic 0.2% compare
- 132 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.2% compare
More climate change data for Djibouti
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 915.92 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 274.14 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 641.78 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 1.03 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 22.92 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 0.424 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 0.424 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 0 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 0.0016 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 0 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is marine protected areas in Djibouti?
- Marine protected areas in Djibouti was 0.2% 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 Djibouti?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3% in 2013.
- What is the lowest marine protected areas recorded in Djibouti?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2014.
- How does Djibouti rank for marine protected areas?
- Djibouti ranks 132nd out of 174 countries with data for 2025.
- Is marine protected areas rising or falling in Djibouti?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Djibouti 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.