Marine protected areas in Lebanon
Lebanon: Marine protected areas was 0.2% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Marine protected areas in Lebanon, 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
Lebanon recorded 0.2% for marine protected areas in 2025. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over five years.
Over the whole period, marine protected areas in Lebanon peaked at 0.2% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2014.
That places Lebanon 132nd out of 174 countries 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 Lebanon, year by year
| Year | % of territorial waters | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 0.1% | — |
| 2014 | 0.0% | -100.0% |
| 2015 | 0.0% | — |
| 2016 | 0.2% | — |
| 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 | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 7 |
| 2020s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Lebanon
- 132 Côte d'Ivoire 0.2% compare
- 132 Djibouti 0.2% compare
- 132 Samoa 0.2% compare
- 132 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.2% compare
- 132 Syria 0.2% compare
- 132 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.2% compare
More climate change data for Lebanon
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 540.59 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 302.31 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 238.28 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 1.14 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 8.51 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 137.53 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 135.57 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 1.96 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 0.5116 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 0.0699 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is marine protected areas in Lebanon?
- Marine protected areas in Lebanon 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 Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2% in 2016.
- What is the lowest marine protected areas recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2014.
- How does Lebanon rank for marine protected areas?
- Lebanon ranks 132nd out of 174 countries with data for 2025.
- Where does this Lebanon 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.