Marine protected areas in Iraq
Iraq: Marine protected areas was 0.0% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Marine protected areas in Iraq, 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
In 2025, marine protected areas in Iraq stood at 0.0%. That is the lowest value across all 13 years on record.
The figure is down 100.0% on the previous year.
Over the whole period, marine protected areas in Iraq peaked at 0.3% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2013.
Iraq ranks 150th 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 Iraq, 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 | 0.3% | — |
| 2025 | 0.0% | -100.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 7 |
| 2020s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Iraq
- 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 Ghana 0.0% compare
- 150 Guam 0.0% compare
- 150 Guyana 0.0% compare
- 150 Hong Kong 0.0%
- 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 Iraq
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 10,634 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 3,750 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 6,884 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 14.15 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 245.84 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 5,859 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 4,294 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 1,565 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 16.21 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 55.89 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is marine protected areas in Iraq?
- Marine protected areas in Iraq 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 Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3% in 2024.
- What is the lowest marine protected areas recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2013.
- How does Iraq rank for marine protected areas?
- Iraq ranks 150th out of 174 countries with data for 2025.
- Where does this Iraq 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.