Marine protected areas in Low income
Low income: Marine protected areas was 1.4% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Marine protected areas in Low income, 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
Low income recorded 1.4% for marine protected areas in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 38.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, marine protected areas in Low income peaked at 1.5% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.9%, in 2013.
That places Low income 40th out of 45 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 Low income, year by year
| Year | % of territorial waters | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 0.9% | — |
| 2014 | 1.0% | +7.2% |
| 2015 | 1.0% | +5.3% |
| 2016 | 1.4% | +33.4% |
| 2017 | 1.5% | +11.3% |
| 2018 | 1.5% | -2.5% |
| 2019 | 1.2% | -19.9% |
| 2020 | 1.2% | +1.9% |
| 2021 | 1.2% | +3.7% |
| 2022 | 1.2% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1.2% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1.4% | +11.9% |
| 2025 | 1.4% | +1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1.2% | 0.9% | 1.5% | 7 |
| 2020s | 1.3% | 1.2% | 1.4% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Low income
More climate change data for Low income
- Population growth 2.7% (2025)
- Population, total 767.49 million (2025)
- Urban population growth 3.9% (2025)
- Urban population 269.86 million (2025)
- Urban population 35.2% (2025)
- Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million 12.2% (2025)
- Annual freshwater withdrawals, total 117.16 billion cubic meters (2022)
- Annual freshwater withdrawals, total 5.1% (2022)
- Terrestrial protected areas 12.7% (2025)
- Terrestrial and marine protected areas 10.3% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is marine protected areas in Low income?
- Marine protected areas in Low income was 1.4% 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 Low income?
- The highest recorded value was 1.5% in 2017.
- What is the lowest marine protected areas recorded in Low income?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9% in 2013.
- How does Low income rank for marine protected areas?
- Low income ranks 40th out of 45 groups with data for 2025.
- Is marine protected areas rising or falling in Low income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 38.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low income 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.