Marine protected areas in Lower middle income
Lower middle income: Marine protected areas was 3.3% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Marine protected areas in Lower middle 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
The most recent figure for marine protected areas in Lower middle income is 3.3%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.6% on the previous year and up 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, marine protected areas in Lower middle income peaked at 3.3% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 3.1%, in 2013.
Lower middle income ranks 33rd of 45 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Marine protected areas in Lower middle income, year by year
| Year | % of territorial waters | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 3.1% | — |
| 2014 | 3.2% | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 3.2% | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 3.2% | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 3.2% | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 3.2% | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 3.2% | -1.7% |
| 2020 | 3.2% | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 3.2% | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 3.3% | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 3.3% | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 3.3% | +0.9% |
| 2025 | 3.3% | +1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 3.2% | 3.1% | 3.2% | 7 |
| 2020s | 3.3% | 3.2% | 3.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Lower middle income
More climate change data for Lower middle income
- Population growth 1.3% (2025)
- Population, total 2.95 billion (2025)
- Urban population growth 2.3% (2025)
- Urban population 1.24 billion (2025)
- Urban population 42.0% (2025)
- Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million 18.0% (2025)
- Annual freshwater withdrawals, total 1,139 billion cubic meters (2022)
- Annual freshwater withdrawals, total 16.3% (2022)
- Terrestrial protected areas 19.8% (2025)
- Terrestrial and marine protected areas 12.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is marine protected areas in Lower middle income?
- Marine protected areas in Lower middle income was 3.3% 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 Lower middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 3.3% in 2025.
- What is the lowest marine protected areas recorded in Lower middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.1% in 2013.
- How does Lower middle income rank for marine protected areas?
- Lower middle income ranks 33rd out of 45 groups with data for 2025.
- Is marine protected areas rising or falling in Lower middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lower middle 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.