Marine protected areas in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)
Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC): Marine protected areas was 1.8% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Marine protected areas in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC), 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 Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) is 1.8%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.8% on the previous year and up 35.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, marine protected areas in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) peaked at 1.8% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 1.1%, in 2013.
That places Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 40th out of 47 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Marine protected areas in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC), year by year
| Year | % of territorial waters | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 1.1% | — |
| 2014 | 1.3% | +18.8% |
| 2015 | 1.4% | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 1.6% | +15.6% |
| 2017 | 1.7% | +8.3% |
| 2018 | 1.7% | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 1.5% | -11.1% |
| 2020 | 1.5% | +3.9% |
| 2021 | 1.6% | +3.6% |
| 2022 | 1.6% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1.6% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1.7% | +7.4% |
| 2025 | 1.8% | +6.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1.5% | 1.1% | 1.7% | 7 |
| 2020s | 1.7% | 1.5% | 1.8% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)
More climate change data for Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)
- Population growth 2.6% (2025)
- Population, total 965.15 million (2025)
- Urban population growth 3.8% (2025)
- Urban population 369.96 million (2025)
- Urban population 38.3% (2025)
- Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million 14.8% (2025)
- Annual freshwater withdrawals, total 112.66 billion cubic meters (2022)
- Annual freshwater withdrawals, total 2.8% (2022)
- Terrestrial protected areas 17.2% (2025)
- Terrestrial and marine protected areas 13.9% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is marine protected areas in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?
- Marine protected areas in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 1.8% 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 Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.8% in 2025.
- What is the lowest marine protected areas recorded in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.1% in 2013.
- How does Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) rank for marine protected areas?
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) ranks 40th out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is marine protected areas rising or falling in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 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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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.