Terrestrial and marine protected areas in Turks and Caicos Islands
Turks and Caicos Islands: Terrestrial and marine protected areas was 0.5% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Terrestrial and marine protected areas in Turks and Caicos 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 total territorial area.
Analysis
The most recent figure for terrestrial and marine protected areas in Turks and Caicos Islands is 0.5%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
The figure is up 25.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, terrestrial and marine protected areas in Turks and Caicos Islands peaked at 0.5% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 2013.
Turks and Caicos Islands ranks 189th of 213 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Terrestrial and marine protected areas in Turks and Caicos Islands, year by year
| Year | % of total territorial area | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 0.4% | — |
| 2014 | 0.4% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.4% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.4% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.4% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.4% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.4% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.4% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.4% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.4% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.4% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.5% | +25.0% |
| 2025 | 0.5% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 7 |
| 2020s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 6 |
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More climate change data for Turks and Caicos Islands
- Share of global CO₂ emissions and population 0.0% (2100)
- Urban population 94.4% (2025)
- Urban population 44,229 (2025)
- Urban population growth 0.9% (2025)
- Population, total 46,855 (2025)
- Population growth 0.7% (2025)
- Annual Net Emissions/Removals 0.2378 (2024)
- Temperature change with respect to a baseline climatology 0.391 (1980)
- Per capita CO₂ emissions vs. per capita energy use 8.14 tonnes per person (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita 8.14 tonnes per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is terrestrial and marine protected areas in Turks and Caicos Islands?
- Terrestrial and marine protected areas in Turks and Caicos Islands was 0.5% 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 terrestrial and marine protected areas recorded in Turks and Caicos Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5% in 2024.
- What is the lowest terrestrial and marine protected areas recorded in Turks and Caicos Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 2013.
- How does Turks and Caicos Islands rank for terrestrial and marine protected areas?
- Turks and Caicos Islands ranks 189th out of 213 countries with data for 2025.
- Is terrestrial and marine protected areas rising or falling in Turks and Caicos Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Turks and Caicos 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 Terrestrial and marine protected areas (% of total territorial area). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Terrestrial protected areas are totally or partially protected areas of at least 1,000 hectares that are designated by national authorities as scientific reserves with limited public access, national parks, natural monuments, nature reserves or wildlife sanctuaries, protected landscapes, and areas managed mainly for sustainable use. 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. Sites protected under local or provincial law are excluded.