Marine protected areas in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Marine protected areas was 3.6% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Marine protected areas in Nicaragua, 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 Nicaragua is 3.6%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
The figure is up 24.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, marine protected areas in Nicaragua peaked at 3.6% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2.9%, in 2015.
Nicaragua ranks 75th 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 Nicaragua, year by year
| Year | % of territorial waters | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 3.0% | — |
| 2014 | 3.0% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 2.9% | -3.3% |
| 2016 | 3.0% | +3.4% |
| 2017 | 3.0% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 3.0% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 3.0% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 3.4% | +13.3% |
| 2021 | 3.4% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 3.4% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 3.4% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 3.6% | +5.9% |
| 2025 | 3.6% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 3.0% | 2.9% | 3.0% | 7 |
| 2020s | 3.5% | 3.4% | 3.6% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Nicaragua
- 74 Mauritania 3.7% compare
- 76 Saudi Arabia 3.5% compare
- 77 Albania 3.4% compare
- 78 Kuwait 3.2% compare
More climate change data for Nicaragua
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 12,149 kt (2023)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 2,593 kt (2023)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 9,557 kt (2023)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 9.78 kt (2023)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 341.31 kt (2023)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 485.08 kt (2023)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 394.21 kt (2023)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 90.87 kt (2023)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 1.49 kt (2023)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 3.25 kt (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is marine protected areas in Nicaragua?
- Marine protected areas in Nicaragua was 3.6% 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 Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 3.6% in 2024.
- What is the lowest marine protected areas recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.9% in 2015.
- How does Nicaragua rank for marine protected areas?
- Nicaragua ranks 75th out of 174 countries with data for 2025.
- Is marine protected areas rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nicaragua 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.