Marine protected areas in Ghana
Ghana: Marine protected areas was 0.0% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Marine protected areas in Ghana, 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
Ghana recorded 0.0% for marine protected areas in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 13 years on record.
The figure is down 100.0% on the previous year and down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, marine protected areas in Ghana peaked at 0.1% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2025.
That places Ghana 150th out of 174 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
Marine protected areas in Ghana, 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 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 0.0% | -100.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 7 |
| 2020s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
- 150 Angola 0.0%
- 150 Barbados 0.0%
- 150 Bermuda 0.0%
- 150 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0%
- 150 British Virgin Islands 0.0% compare
- 150 Brunei Darussalam 0.0% compare
- 150 Curacao 0.0%
- 150 Eritrea 0.0%
- 150 Faroe Islands 0.0%
- 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, State of 0.0%
More climate change data for Ghana
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 6,671 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 2,693 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 3,979 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 10.16 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 142.09 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 1,417 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 670.16 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 746.8 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 2.53 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 26.67 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is marine protected areas in Ghana?
- Marine protected areas in Ghana 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 Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1% in 2013.
- What is the lowest marine protected areas recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2025.
- How does Ghana rank for marine protected areas?
- Ghana ranks 150th out of 174 countries with data for 2025.
- Is marine protected areas rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ghana 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.