Marine protected areas in United States Virgin Islands
United States Virgin Islands: Marine protected areas was 0.8% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Marine protected areas in United States Virgin Islands, 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 United States Virgin Islands is 0.8%, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, marine protected areas in United States Virgin Islands peaked at 0.9% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 2013.
United States Virgin Islands ranks 106th 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 United States Virgin Islands, year by year
| Year | % of territorial waters | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 0.4% | — |
| 2014 | 0.8% | +100.0% |
| 2015 | 0.8% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.9% | +12.5% |
| 2017 | 0.8% | -11.1% |
| 2018 | 0.9% | +12.5% |
| 2019 | 0.9% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.5% | -44.4% |
| 2021 | 0.9% | +80.0% |
| 2022 | 0.9% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.9% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.8% | -11.1% |
| 2025 | 0.8% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.8% | 0.4% | 0.9% | 7 |
| 2020s | 0.8% | 0.5% | 0.9% | 6 |
Countries ranked near United States Virgin Islands
More climate change data for United States Virgin Islands
- Share of global CO₂ emissions and population 0.0% (2100)
- Urban population 99,006 (2025)
- Urban population 95.4% (2025)
- Urban population growth -0.5% (2025)
- Population, total 103,792 (2025)
- Population growth -0.6% (2025)
- Energy use per capita vs. CO₂ emissions per capita 0.0019 (2024)
- Temperature change with respect to a baseline climatology 1.5 (2024)
- IPCC Agriculture — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 0 kt (2023)
- IPCC Agriculture — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 0 kt (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is marine protected areas in United States Virgin Islands?
- Marine protected areas in United States Virgin Islands was 0.8% 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 United States Virgin Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9% in 2016.
- What is the lowest marine protected areas recorded in United States Virgin Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 2013.
- How does United States Virgin Islands rank for marine protected areas?
- United States Virgin Islands ranks 106th out of 174 countries with data for 2025.
- Is marine protected areas rising or falling in United States Virgin Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United States Virgin Islands 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.