Marine protected areas in Syria
Syria: Marine protected areas was 0.2% in 2025. ▬ Flat
Marine protected areas in Syria, 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
Syria recorded 0.2% for marine protected areas in 2025. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, marine protected areas in Syria peaked at 0.2% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2013.
Syria ranks 132nd of 174 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Marine protected areas in Syria, year by year
| Year | % of territorial waters | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 0.2% | — |
| 2014 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 7 |
| 2020s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Syria
- 132 Côte d'Ivoire 0.2% compare
- 132 Djibouti 0.2% compare
- 132 Lebanon 0.2% compare
- 132 Samoa 0.2% compare
- 132 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.2% compare
- 132 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.2% compare
More climate change data for Syria
- Share of global CO₂ emissions and population 0.4% (2100)
- Urban population 72.1% (2025)
- Urban population 18.47 million (2025)
- Urban population growth 3.8% (2025)
- Population, total 25.62 million (2025)
- Population growth 3.8% (2025)
- Annual Net Emissions/Removals 47.17 (2024)
- Temperature change with respect to a baseline climatology 2.47 (2024)
- Per capita CO₂ emissions vs. per capita energy use 1.29 tonnes per person (2024)
- Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions including land-use change 0.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is marine protected areas in Syria?
- Marine protected areas in Syria was 0.2% 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 Syria?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2% in 2013.
- What is the lowest marine protected areas recorded in Syria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2013.
- How does Syria rank for marine protected areas?
- Syria ranks 132nd out of 174 countries with data for 2025.
- Is marine protected areas rising or falling in Syria?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Syria 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.