Marine protected areas in Senegal
Senegal: Marine protected areas was 3.1% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Marine protected areas in Senegal, 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 Senegal is 3.1%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
The figure is up 40.9% on the previous year and up 181.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, marine protected areas in Senegal peaked at 3.1% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 1.1%, in 2013.
Senegal ranks 79th 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 Senegal, year by year
| Year | % of territorial waters | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 1.1% | — |
| 2014 | 1.1% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1.1% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1.1% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1.1% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1.1% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 1.1% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 1.1% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 1.9% | +72.7% |
| 2022 | 1.9% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1.9% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 2.2% | +15.8% |
| 2025 | 3.1% | +40.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1.1% | 1.1% | 1.1% | 7 |
| 2020s | 2.0% | 1.1% | 3.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Senegal
More climate change data for Senegal
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 14,177 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 4,966 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 9,211 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 18.74 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 328.96 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 1,197 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 536.47 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 660.78 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 2.02 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 23.6 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is marine protected areas in Senegal?
- Marine protected areas in Senegal was 3.1% 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 Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 3.1% in 2025.
- What is the lowest marine protected areas recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.1% in 2013.
- How does Senegal rank for marine protected areas?
- Senegal ranks 79th out of 174 countries with data for 2025.
- Is marine protected areas rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 181.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Senegal 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.