DEFINITION
Protected marine areas under
IUCN management categories I - VI (1992-2003)
| Rank |
Countries
|
Amount
|
|
# 1
|
United States: |
229 |
|
|
# 2
|
Canada: |
109 |
|
|
= 3
|
United Kingdom: |
95 |
|
|
= 3
|
Indonesia: |
95 |
|
|
= 5
|
Brazil: |
70 |
|
|
= 5
|
France: |
70 |
|
|
# 7
|
New Zealand: |
67 |
|
|
# 8
|
Malaysia: |
63 |
|
|
# 9
|
India: |
60 |
|
|
# 10
|
Denmark: |
52 |
|
|
# 11
|
Sweden: |
46 |
|
|
# 12
|
Cuba: |
43 |
|
|
# 13
|
Mexico: |
34 |
|
|
# 14
|
China: |
30 |
|
|
# 15
|
Italy: |
28 |
|
|
# 16
|
Spain: |
27 |
|
|
= 17
|
Argentina: |
26 |
|
|
= 17
|
Chile: |
26 |
|
|
# 19
|
South Africa: |
20 |
|
|
# 20
|
Japan: |
19 |
|
|
# 21
|
Thailand: |
18 |
|
|
= 22
|
Venezuela: |
16 |
|
|
= 22
|
Portugal: |
16 |
|
|
= 24
|
Turkey: |
14 |
|
|
= 24
|
Russia: |
14 |
|
|
= 24
|
Costa Rica: |
14 |
|
|
= 27
|
Sri Lanka: |
13 |
|
|
= 27
|
Croatia: |
13 |
|
|
# 29
|
Egypt: |
12 |
|
|
= 30
|
Belize: |
11 |
|
|
= 30
|
Colombia: |
11 |
|
|
= 30
|
Kenya: |
11 |
|
|
= 33
|
Norway: |
10 |
|
|
= 33
|
Honduras: |
10 |
|
|
= 33
|
Greece: |
10 |
|
|
= 33
|
Netherlands: |
10 |
|
|
= 33
|
Ukraine: |
10 |
|
|
= 33
|
Panama: |
10 |
|
|
# 39
|
Papua New Guinea: |
9 |
|
|
# 40
|
Israel: |
8 |
|
|
= 41
|
Vietnam: |
7 |
|
|
= 41
|
Romania: |
7 |
|
|
= 41
|
Albania: |
7 |
|
|
= 41
|
Philippines: |
7 |
|
|
= 45
|
Trinidad and Tobago: |
6 |
|
|
= 45
|
Mozambique: |
6 |
|
|
= 45
|
Senegal: |
6 |
|
|
= 48
|
Iceland: |
5 |
|
|
= 48
|
Gambia, The: |
5 |
|
|
= 50
|
Uruguay: |
4 |
|
|
= 50
|
Angola: |
4 |
|
|
= 50
|
Peru: |
4 |
|
|
= 50
|
Morocco: |
4 |
|
|
= 50
|
Nicaragua: |
4 |
|
|
= 50
|
Suriname: |
4 |
|
|
= 50
|
Poland: |
4 |
|
|
= 50
|
Namibia: |
4 |
|
|
= 50
|
Algeria: |
4 |
|
|
= 59
|
Saudi Arabia: |
3 |
|
|
= 59
|
Finland: |
3 |
|
|
= 59
|
Bangladesh: |
3 |
|
|
= 59
|
Libya: |
3 |
|
|
= 59
|
Ireland: |
3 |
|
|
= 59
|
Guatemala: |
3 |
|
|
= 59
|
Estonia: |
3 |
|
|
= 59
|
Lithuania: |
3 |
|
|
= 59
|
Azerbaijan: |
3 |
|
|
= 59
|
Mauritania: |
3 |
|
|
= 59
|
Cote d'Ivoire: |
3 |
|
|
= 70
|
Latvia: |
2 |
|
|
= 70
|
Cameroon: |
2 |
|
|
= 70
|
Belgium: |
2 |
|
|
= 70
|
Tunisia: |
2 |
|
|
= 70
|
Oman: |
2 |
|
|
= 70
|
Fiji: |
2 |
|
|
= 70
|
Kuwait: |
2 |
|
|
= 70
|
Gabon: |
2 |
|
|
= 70
|
Madagascar: |
2 |
|
|
= 70
|
Jamaica: |
2 |
|
|
= 70
|
Pakistan: |
2 |
|
|
= 70
|
El Salvador: |
2 |
|
|
= 82
|
Burma: |
1 |
|
|
= 82
|
Slovenia: |
1 |
|
|
= 82
|
Solomon Islands: |
1 |
|
|
= 82
|
Lebanon: |
1 |
|
|
= 82
|
Bulgaria: |
1 |
|
|
= 82
|
Sudan: |
1 |
|
|
= 82
|
Burundi: |
1 |
|
|
= 82
|
Kazakhstan: |
1 |
|
|
= 82
|
Cambodia: |
1 |
|
|
= 82
|
Liberia: |
1 |
|
|
= 82
|
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: |
1 |
|
|
= 82
|
Somalia: |
1 |
|
|
= 82
|
Georgia: |
1 |
|
|
= 82
|
Turkmenistan: |
1 |
|
| |
Total: |
1,612 |
|
| |
Weighted average: |
17.0 |
|
DEFINITION: Protected marine areas under
IUCN management categories I - VI (1992-2003)