Marine protected areas in Pakistan
Pakistan: Marine protected areas was 1.2% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Marine protected areas in Pakistan, 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 Pakistan is 1.2%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 50.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, marine protected areas in Pakistan peaked at 1.2% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.8%, in 2013.
Pakistan ranks 99th 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 Pakistan, year by year
| Year | % of territorial waters | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 0.8% | — |
| 2014 | 0.8% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.8% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.8% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.8% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.8% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.8% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.8% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.8% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.8% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.8% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1.2% | +50.0% |
| 2025 | 1.2% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 7 |
| 2020s | 0.9% | 0.8% | 1.2% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Pakistan
- 98 Madagascar 1.4% compare
- 100 Tunisia 1.1% compare
- 101 Azerbaijan 1.0% compare
- 101 Norway 1.0% compare
More climate change data for Pakistan
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 170,790 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 34,017 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 136,773 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 128.37 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 4,885 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 48,684 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 37,808 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 10,876 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 142.67 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 388.43 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is marine protected areas in Pakistan?
- Marine protected areas in Pakistan was 1.2% 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 Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 1.2% in 2024.
- What is the lowest marine protected areas recorded in Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8% in 2013.
- How does Pakistan rank for marine protected areas?
- Pakistan ranks 99th out of 174 countries with data for 2025.
- Is marine protected areas rising or falling in Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 50.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Pakistan 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.