Marine protected areas in Post-demographic dividend
Post-demographic dividend: Marine protected areas was 23.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Marine protected areas in Post-demographic dividend, 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
Post-demographic dividend recorded 23.0% for marine protected areas in 2025.
That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and up 16.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, marine protected areas in Post-demographic dividend peaked at 25.3% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 16.0%, in 2014.
Post-demographic dividend ranks 6th of 45 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Marine protected areas in Post-demographic dividend, year by year
| Year | % of territorial waters | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 16.1% | — |
| 2014 | 16.0% | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 19.8% | +23.9% |
| 2016 | 23.7% | +19.4% |
| 2017 | 24.2% | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 24.7% | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 25.0% | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 25.3% | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 22.7% | -10.5% |
| 2022 | 22.7% | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 22.5% | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 22.8% | +1.3% |
| 2025 | 23.0% | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 21.3% | 16.0% | 25.0% | 7 |
| 2020s | 23.2% | 22.5% | 25.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Post-demographic dividend
- 3 Saint Martin (French part) 97.0% compare
- 4 New Caledonia 96.5% compare
- 5 French Polynesia 87.4% compare
- 6 Kazakhstan 52.5% compare
- 7 France 49.2% compare
- 8 United Kingdom 46.8% compare
- 9 Australia 45.4% compare
More climate change data for Post-demographic dividend
- Population growth 0.4% (2025)
- Population, total 1.13 billion (2025)
- Urban population growth 0.5% (2025)
- Urban population 920.19 million (2025)
- Urban population 81.2% (2025)
- Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million 37.7% (2025)
- Annual freshwater withdrawals, total 802.21 billion cubic meters (2022)
- Annual freshwater withdrawals, total 9.0% (2022)
- Terrestrial protected areas 17.0% (2025)
- Terrestrial and marine protected areas 20.2% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is marine protected areas in Post-demographic dividend?
- Marine protected areas in Post-demographic dividend was 23.0% 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 Post-demographic dividend?
- The highest recorded value was 25.3% in 2020.
- What is the lowest marine protected areas recorded in Post-demographic dividend?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.0% in 2014.
- How does Post-demographic dividend rank for marine protected areas?
- Post-demographic dividend ranks 6th out of 45 groups with data for 2025.
- Is marine protected areas rising or falling in Post-demographic dividend?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Post-demographic dividend 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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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.