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Environment Statistics > Biodiversity and protected areas > Marine protected areas > number (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1     United States: 787   2008 Time series
# 2     Canada: 563   2008 Time series
# 3     Sweden: 477   2008 Time series
# 4     Australia: 384   2008 Time series
# 5     Philippines: 212   2008 Time series
# 6     United Kingdom: 149   2008 Time series
# 7     Malaysia: 147   2008 Time series
# 8     Indonesia: 139   2008 Time series
# 9     Japan: 135   2008 Time series
# 10     India: 117   2008 Time series
# 11     Bermuda: 101   2008 Time series
# 12     New Zealand: 87   2008 Time series
# 13     France: 64   2008 Time series
= 14     Brazil: 58   2008 Time series
= 14     Italy: 58   2008 Time series
# 16     Denmark: 52   2008 Time series
# 17     Spain: 47   2008 Time series
# 18     Cuba: 42   2008 Time series
# 19     Cayman Islands: 41   2008 Time series
# 20     Mexico: 38   2008 Time series
= 21     Vietnam: 36   2008 Time series
= 21     Argentina: 36   2008 Time series
= 21     China: 36   2008 Time series
# 24     Costa Rica: 35   2008 Time series
# 25     Bahamas, The: 32   2008 Time series
# 26     South Africa: 30   2008 Time series
# 27     Saint Lucia: 29   2008 Time series
= 28     Portugal: 27   2008 Time series
= 28     Russia: 27   2008 Time series
# 30     Turks and Caicos Islands: 26   2008 Time series
# 31     Papua New Guinea: 24   2008 Time series
# 32     Honduras: 22   2008 Time series
= 33     Panama: 21   2008 Time series
= 33     Solomon Islands: 21   2008 Time series
= 33     Germany: 21   2008 Time series
= 33     Vanuatu: 21   2008 Time series
= 33     New Caledonia: 21   2008 Time series
= 38     Belize: 19   2008 Time series
= 38     Thailand: 19   2008 Time series
= 38     Venezuela: 19   2008 Time series
= 38     Puerto Rico: 19   2008 Time series
= 38     Croatia: 19   2008 Time series
= 38     Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 19   2008 Time series
= 38     Fiji: 19   2008 Time series
# 45     Mauritius: 18   2008 Time series
= 46     Norway: 17   2008 Time series
= 46     Tanzania: 17   2008 Time series
= 48     Palau: 15   2008 Time series
= 48     Virgin Islands: 15   2008 Time series
= 48     Finland: 15   2008 Time series
= 48     Colombia: 15   2008 Time series
= 48     Ukraine: 15   2008 Time series
= 48     Dominican Republic: 15   2008 Time series
= 54     Sri Lanka: 14   2008 Time series
= 54     Kiribati: 14   2008 Time series
= 56     Israel: 13   2008 Time series
= 56     Trinidad and Tobago: 13   2008 Time series
= 56     Turkey: 13   2008 Time series
= 59     Guam: 12   2008 Time series
= 59     Antigua and Barbuda: 12   2008 Time series
= 59     Jamaica: 12   2008 Time series
= 59     Greece: 12   2008 Time series
= 59     Ireland: 12   2008 Time series
= 64     Senegal: 11   2008 Time series
= 64     Kenya: 11   2008 Time series
= 64     Morocco: 11   2008 Time series
= 64     Tonga: 11   2008 Time series
= 68     Romania: 10   2008 Time series
= 68     Seychelles: 10   2008 Time series
= 70     Iceland: 9   2008 Time series
= 70     Chile: 9   2008 Time series
= 72     French Polynesia: 8   2008 Time series
= 72     Madagascar: 8   2008 Time series
= 72     Samoa: 8   2008 Time series
= 75     Albania: 7   2008 Time series
= 75     Guatemala: 7   2008 Time series
= 75     Netherlands Antilles: 7   2008 Time series
= 75     Brunei: 7   2008 Time series
= 75     Bangladesh: 7   2008 Time series
= 75     Suriname: 7   2008 Time series
= 75     American Samoa: 7   2008 Time series
= 82     Algeria: 6   2008 Time series
= 82     Burma: 6   2008 Time series
= 82     Gambia, The: 6   2008 Time series
= 82     Netherlands: 6   2008 Time series
= 86     Kuwait: 5   2008 Time series
= 86     Pakistan: 5   2008 Time series
= 86     Gabon: 5   2008 Time series
= 86     Malta: 5   2008 Time series
= 86     Cyprus: 5   2008 Time series
= 86     Nicaragua: 5   2008 Time series
= 92     Syria: 4   2008 Time series
= 92     Angola: 4   2008 Time series
= 92     Tunisia: 4   2008 Time series
= 92     Equatorial Guinea: 4   2008 Time series
= 92     Guinea-Bissau: 4   2008 Time series
= 92     Libya: 4   2008 Time series
= 92     Namibia: 4   2008 Time series
= 92     Uruguay: 4   2008 Time series
= 100     Monaco: 3   2008 Time series
= 100     Slovenia: 3   2008 Time series
= 100     Singapore: 3   2008 Time series
= 100     Barbados: 3   2008 Time series
= 100     Oman: 3   2008 Time series
= 100     Ecuador: 3   2008 Time series
= 100     Lithuania: 3   2008 Time series
= 100     Estonia: 3   2008 Time series
= 100     Mauritania: 3   2008 Time series
= 100     Côte d'Ivoire: 3   2008 Time series
= 100     Mozambique: 3   2008 Time series
= 100     Poland: 3   2008 Time series
= 100     Saudi Arabia: 3   2008 Time series
= 100     United Arab Emirates: 3   2008 Time series
= 114     Somalia: 2   2008 Time series
= 114     Dominica: 2   2008 Time series
= 114     Bahrain: 2   2008 Time series
= 114     Belgium: 2   2008 Time series
= 114     Marshall Islands: 2   2008 Time series
= 114     Mayotte: 2   2008 Time series
= 114     Georgia: 2   2008 Time series
= 114     Cambodia: 2   2008 Time series
= 114     Cameroon: 2   2008 Time series
= 114     Peru: 2   2008 Time series
= 114     Northern Mariana Islands: 2   2008 Time series
= 114     Qatar: 2   2008 Time series
= 114     Greenland: 2   2008 Time series
= 127     Aruba: 1   2008 Time series
= 127     Jordan: 1   2008 Time series
= 127     Saint Kitts and Nevis: 1   2008 Time series
= 127     Gibraltar: 1   2008 Time series
= 127     Bulgaria: 1   2008 Time series
= 127     Latvia: 1   2008 Time series
= 127     Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 1   2008 Time series
= 127     Sudan: 1   2008 Time series
= 127     Comoros: 1   2008 Time series
= 127     Grenada: 1   2008 Time series
= 127     Cape Verde: 1   2008 Time series
= 127     Lebanon: 1   2008 Time series
= 127     Djibouti: 1   2008 Time series
= 127     Liberia: 1   2008 Time series
= 127     El Salvador: 1   2008 Time series
= 127     Togo: 1   2008 Time series
= 127     Tuvalu: 1   2008 Time series
= 144     Luxembourg: 0   2008 Time series
= 144     Burkina Faso: 0   2008 Time series
= 144     Hungary: 0   2008 Time series
= 144     Swaziland: 0   2008 Time series
= 144     Nigeria: 0   2008 Time series
= 144     Zambia: 0   2008 Time series
= 144     Laos: 0   2008 Time series
= 144     Tajikistan: 0   2008 Time series
= 144     Macedonia, Republic of: 0   2008 Time series
= 144     Austria: 0   2008 Time series
= 144     Turkmenistan: 0   2008 Time series
= 144     Botswana: 0   2008 Time series
= 144     Kyrgyzstan: 0   2008 Time series
= 144     Bosnia and Herzegovina: 0   2008 Time series
= 144     Liechtenstein: 0   2008 Time series
= 144     Bolivia: 0   2008 Time series
= 144     Mongolia: 0   2008 Time series
= 144     Benin: 0   2008 Time series
= 144     Maldives: 0   2008 Time series
= 144     Belarus: 0   2008 Time series
= 144     Paraguay: 0   2008 Time series
= 144     Bhutan: 0   2008 Time series
= 144     Haiti: 0   2008 Time series
= 144     Burundi: 0   2008 Time series
= 144     Iraq: 0   2008 Time series
= 144     Chad: 0   2008 Time series
= 144     Kazakhstan: 0   2008 Time series
= 144     Congo, Republic of the: 0   2008 Time series
= 144     Slovakia: 0   2008 Time series
= 144     Central African Republic: 0   2008 Time series
= 144     Lesotho: 0   2008 Time series
= 144     Eritrea: 0   2008 Time series
= 144     Moldova: 0   2008 Time series
= 144     Ethiopia: 0   2008 Time series
= 144     Malawi: 0   2008 Time series
= 144     Czech Republic: 0   2008 Time series
= 144     Mali: 0   2008 Time series
= 144     Ghana: 0   2008 Time series
= 144     Niger: 0   2008 Time series
= 144     Guinea: 0   2008 Time series
= 144     Nepal: 0   2008 Time series
= 144     Guyana: 0   2008 Time series
= 144     Switzerland: 0   2008 Time series
= 144     Sierra Leone: 0   2008 Time series
= 144     East Timor: 0   2008 Time series
= 144     Rwanda: 0   2008 Time series
= 144     Uganda: 0   2008 Time series
= 144     Afghanistan: 0   2008 Time series
= 144     Uzbekistan: 0   2008 Time series
= 144     Azerbaijan: 0   2008 Time series
= 144     Serbia and Montenegro: 0   2008 Time series
= 144     Armenia: 0   2008 Time series
= 144     Zimbabwe: 0   2008 Time series
Weighted average: 24.8  

Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union 976   


DEFINITION: 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.

SOURCE: United Nations Environmental Program and the World Conservation Monitoring Centre, as compiled by the World Resources Institute, based on data from national authorities, national legislation and international agreements.

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"Biodiversity and protected areas > Marine protected areas > number by country", United Nations Environmental Program and the World Conservation Monitoring Centre, as compiled by the World Resources Institute, based on data from national authorities, national legislation and international agreements.. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/env_bio_and_pro_are_mar_pro_are_num-biodiversity-protected-areas-marine-number

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