Marine protected areas in Venezuela
Venezuela: Marine protected areas was 4.4% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Marine protected areas in Venezuela, 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
In 2025, marine protected areas in Venezuela stood at 4.4%. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
That represents a change of up 25.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, marine protected areas in Venezuela peaked at 4.4% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 3.5%, in 2013.
Venezuela ranks 70th 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 Venezuela, year by year
| Year | % of territorial waters | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 3.5% | — |
| 2014 | 3.5% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 3.5% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 3.5% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 3.5% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 3.5% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 3.5% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 4.3% | +22.9% |
| 2021 | 4.3% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 4.4% | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 4.3% | -2.3% |
| 2024 | 4.4% | +2.3% |
| 2025 | 4.4% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 3.5% | 3.5% | 3.5% | 7 |
| 2020s | 4.4% | 4.3% | 4.4% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Venezuela
- 68 Greece 4.7% compare
- 69 Saint Kitts and Nevis 4.5% compare
- 71 Cuba 4.2% compare
- 71 Greenland 4.2% compare
- 71 Turkmenistan 4.2% compare
More climate change data for Venezuela
- Share of global CO₂ emissions and population 0.3% (2100)
- Urban population 89.3% (2025)
- Urban population 25.47 million (2025)
- Urban population growth 0.4% (2025)
- Population, total 28.52 million (2025)
- Population growth 0.4% (2025)
- Annual Net Emissions/Removals 164.97 (2024)
- Temperature change with respect to a baseline climatology 1.88 (2024)
- Per capita CO₂ emissions vs. per capita energy use 4.09 tonnes per person (2024)
- Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions including land-use change 0.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is marine protected areas in Venezuela?
- Marine protected areas in Venezuela was 4.4% 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 Venezuela?
- The highest recorded value was 4.4% in 2022.
- What is the lowest marine protected areas recorded in Venezuela?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.5% in 2013.
- How does Venezuela rank for marine protected areas?
- Venezuela ranks 70th out of 174 countries with data for 2025.
- Is marine protected areas rising or falling in Venezuela?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Venezuela 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.