Marine protected areas in Yemen
Yemen: Marine protected areas was 0.4% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Marine protected areas in Yemen, 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 Yemen stood at 0.4%. That is the lowest value across all 13 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 20.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, marine protected areas in Yemen peaked at 0.5% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 2024.
Yemen ranks 123rd of 174 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
Marine protected areas in Yemen, year by year
| Year | % of territorial waters | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 0.5% | — |
| 2014 | 0.5% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.5% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.5% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.5% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.5% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.5% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.5% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.5% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.5% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.5% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.4% | -20.0% |
| 2025 | 0.4% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 7 |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Yemen
- 120 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.5% compare
- 120 Iceland 0.5% compare
- 120 Viet Nam 0.5% compare
- 123 Aruba 0.4% compare
- 123 Comoros 0.4% compare
- 126 Equatorial Guinea 0.3% compare
- 126 India 0.3% compare
- 126 Marshall Islands 0.3% compare
- 126 Morocco 0.3% compare
- 126 Sri Lanka 0.3% compare
- 126 Saint Lucia 0.3% compare
More climate change data for Yemen
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 11,632 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 4,282 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 7,350 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 16.16 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 262.5 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 485.83 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 474.06 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 11.77 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 1.79 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 0.4203 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is marine protected areas in Yemen?
- Marine protected areas in Yemen was 0.4% 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 Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5% in 2013.
- What is the lowest marine protected areas recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 2024.
- How does Yemen rank for marine protected areas?
- Yemen ranks 123rd out of 174 countries with data for 2025.
- Is marine protected areas rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Yemen 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.