Marine protected areas in Madagascar
Madagascar: Marine protected areas was 1.4% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Marine protected areas in Madagascar, 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
Madagascar recorded 1.4% for marine protected areas in 2025. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
That represents a change of up 7.7% on the previous year and up 250.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, marine protected areas in Madagascar peaked at 1.4% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 2013.
Madagascar ranks 98th of 174 countries 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 Madagascar, year by year
| Year | % of territorial waters | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 0.4% | — |
| 2014 | 0.4% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.4% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.4% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.8% | +100.0% |
| 2018 | 0.7% | -12.5% |
| 2019 | 0.7% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.9% | +28.6% |
| 2021 | 0.9% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.9% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.9% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1.3% | +44.4% |
| 2025 | 1.4% | +7.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.8% | 7 |
| 2020s | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1.4% | 6 |
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More climate change data for Madagascar
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 23,568 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 7,815 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 15,753 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 29.49 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 562.62 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 9,018 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 880.86 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 8,138 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 3.32 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 290.63 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is marine protected areas in Madagascar?
- Marine protected areas in Madagascar 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 Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 1.4% in 2025.
- What is the lowest marine protected areas recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 2013.
- How does Madagascar rank for marine protected areas?
- Madagascar ranks 98th out of 174 countries with data for 2025.
- Is marine protected areas rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 250.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Madagascar 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.