Marine protected areas in IDA blend
IDA blend: Marine protected areas was 0.6% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Marine protected areas in IDA blend, 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 IDA blend is 0.6%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 14.4% on the previous year and up 31.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, marine protected areas in IDA blend peaked at 0.6% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 2019.
IDA blend ranks 43rd of 45 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Marine protected areas in IDA blend, year by year
| Year | % of territorial waters | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 0.5% | — |
| 2014 | 0.5% | +3.7% |
| 2015 | 0.5% | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.5% | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 0.5% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.5% | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.5% | -4.5% |
| 2020 | 0.5% | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 0.5% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.5% | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 0.5% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.6% | +19.1% |
| 2025 | 0.6% | +14.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 7 |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 6 |
Countries ranked near IDA blend
More climate change data for IDA blend
- Population growth 1.9% (2025)
- Population, total 689.78 million (2025)
- Urban population growth 2.9% (2025)
- Urban population 339.49 million (2025)
- Urban population 49.2% (2025)
- Annual freshwater withdrawals, total 249.61 billion cubic meters (2022)
- Annual freshwater withdrawals, total 13.5% (2022)
- Terrestrial protected areas 16.9% (2025)
- Terrestrial and marine protected areas 8.3% (2025)
- CPIA public sector management and institutions cluster average 3.19 1=low to 6=high (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is marine protected areas in IDA blend?
- Marine protected areas in IDA blend was 0.6% 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 IDA blend?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6% in 2025.
- What is the lowest marine protected areas recorded in IDA blend?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 2019.
- How does IDA blend rank for marine protected areas?
- IDA blend ranks 43rd out of 45 groups with data for 2025.
- Is marine protected areas rising or falling in IDA blend?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this IDA blend 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.