Hot countries Compared by Environment > Biodiversity and protected areas > Marine protected areas > Number
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.
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| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia | 384 | 2008 | |
| 2 | Philippines | 212 | 2008 | |
| 3 | Malaysia | 147 | 2008 | |
| 4 | Indonesia | 139 | 2008 | |
| 5 | India | 117 | 2008 | |
| 6 | Bermuda | 101 | 2008 | |
| 7 | Brazil | 58 | 2008 | |
| 8 | Cuba | 42 | 2008 | |
| 9 | Mexico | 38 | 2008 | |
| 10 | Vietnam | 36 | 2008 | |
| 11 | Costa Rica | 35 | 2008 | |
| 12 | The Bahamas | 32 | 2008 | |
| 13 | Saint Lucia | 29 | 2008 | |
| 14 | Papua New Guinea | 24 | 2008 | |
| 15 | Honduras | 22 | 2008 | |
| =16 | Panama | 21 | 2008 | |
| =16 | Solomon Islands | 21 | 2008 | |
| =16 | New Caledonia | 21 | 2008 | |
| =19 | Thailand | 19 | 2008 | |
| =19 | Belize | 19 | 2008 | |
| =19 | Fiji | 19 | 2008 | |
| =19 | Venezuela | 19 | 2008 | |
| =19 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 19 | 2008 | |
| 24 | Mauritius | 18 | 2008 | |
| 25 | Tanzania | 17 | 2008 | |
| =26 | Virgin Islands | 15 | 2008 | |
| =26 | Dominican Republic | 15 | 2008 | |
| =26 | Colombia | 15 | 2008 | |
| =29 | Kiribati | 14 | 2008 | |
| =29 | Sri Lanka | 14 | 2008 | |
| 31 | Trinidad and Tobago | 13 | 2008 | |
| =32 | Jamaica | 12 | 2008 | |
| =32 | Antigua and Barbuda | 12 | 2008 | |
| =34 | Senegal | 11 | 2008 | |
| =34 | Kenya | 11 | 2008 | |
| =34 | Tonga | 11 | 2008 | |
| 37 | Seychelles | 10 | 2008 | |
| =38 | Madagascar | 8 | 2008 | |
| =38 | Samoa | 8 | 2008 | |
| =40 | Bangladesh | 7 | 2008 | |
| =40 | Suriname | 7 | 2008 | |
| =40 | Guatemala | 7 | 2008 | |
| =40 | Brunei | 7 | 2008 | |
| =44 | Algeria | 6 | 2008 | |
| =44 | Burma | 6 | 2008 | |
| =46 | Pakistan | 5 | 2008 | |
| =46 | Gabon | 5 | 2008 | |
| =46 | Nicaragua | 5 | 2008 | |
| =46 | Kuwait | 5 | 2008 | |
| =50 | Libya | 4 | 2008 | |
| =50 | Equatorial Guinea | 4 | 2008 | |
| =50 | Angola | 4 | 2008 | |
| =50 | Guinea-Bissau | 4 | 2008 | |
| =54 | Barbados | 3 | 2008 | |
| =54 | Ecuador | 3 | 2008 | |
| =54 | Mauritania | 3 | 2008 | |
| =54 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 2008 | |
| =54 | Oman | 3 | 2008 | |
| =54 | Cote d'Ivoire | 3 | 2008 | |
| =54 | Mozambique | 3 | 2008 | |
| =54 | Singapore | 3 | 2008 | |
| =62 | Cameroon | 2 | 2008 | |
| =62 | Dominica | 2 | 2008 | |
| =62 | Bahrain | 2 | 2008 | |
| =62 | Qatar | 2 | 2008 | |
| =62 | Cambodia | 2 | 2008 | |
| =62 | Somalia | 2 | 2008 | |
| =62 | Marshall Islands | 2 | 2008 | |
| =69 | Liberia | 1 | 2008 | |
| =69 | El Salvador | 1 | 2008 | |
| =69 | Tuvalu | 1 | 2008 | |
| =69 | Sudan | 1 | 2008 | |
| =69 | Cape Verde | 1 | 2008 | |
| =69 | Togo | 1 | 2008 | |
| =69 | Grenada | 1 | 2008 | |
| =69 | Djibouti | 1 | 2008 | |
| =69 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1 | 2008 | |
| =69 | Comoros | 1 | 2008 | |
| =79 | Ethiopia | 0.0 | 2008 | |
| =79 | Swaziland | 0.0 | 2008 | |
| =79 | Burkina Faso | 0.0 | 2008 | |
| =79 | Malawi | 0.0 | 2008 | |
| =79 | Guinea | 0.0 | 2008 | |
| =79 | Nigeria | 0.0 | 2008 | |
| =79 | Sierra Leone | 0.0 | 2008 | |
| =79 | Maldives | 0.0 | 2008 | |
| =79 | Zimbabwe | 0.0 | 2008 | |
| =79 | Paraguay | 0.0 | 2008 | |
| =79 | Botswana | 0.0 | 2008 | |
| =79 | Bolivia | 0.0 | 2008 | |
| =79 | Ghana | 0.0 | 2008 | |
| =79 | Eritrea | 0.0 | 2008 | |
| =79 | Laos | 0.0 | 2008 | |
| =79 | Benin | 0.0 | 2008 | |
| =79 | Mali | 0.0 | 2008 | |
| =79 | Chad | 0.0 | 2008 | |
| =79 | Uganda | 0.0 | 2008 | |
| =79 | Niger | 0.0 | 2008 | |
| =79 | Haiti | 0.0 | 2008 | |
| =79 | Iraq | 0.0 | 2008 | |
| =79 | Zambia | 0.0 | 2008 | |
| =79 | Guyana | 0.0 | 2008 |
