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Reading no. 2024/256

OceanObserved data

Marine protected areas, Indo-Pacific

44.3% of territorial waters

Indo-Pacific

AustraliaNew ZealandJapanMalaysiaThailandIndonesiaSouth KoreaPhilippines

Share of territorial waters designated as marine protected areas, latest known year of each territory up to 2022: the top ten.

  1. Australia44.3
  2. New Zealand30.4
  3. Japan13.9
  4. Malaysia5.6
  5. Thailand4.4
  6. Indonesia3.1
  7. South Korea2.5
  8. Philippines1.7
  9. Cambodia1.4
  10. Timor-Leste1.4

In the first territory of the ranking, Australia, 44.3% of territorial waters are designated as marine protected areas.

Observation

Method

World Bank indicator ER.MRN.PTMR.ZS, read for eighteen territories of the Indo-Pacific from 2016 to 2022. The latest published value of each is kept, then the ten highest are ranked.

Source

Nature

Observed data

Value read at the source and reproduced without processing.

Confidence

Medium

See also

2024/362 · 27 Dec39.7% of land areaTerrestrial protected areas, Indo-Pacific2024/160 · 8 Jun14,776,132tAquaculture production, Indo-Pacific2024/351 · 16 Dec90.3pointsStatistical performance score, Indo-Pacific2024/340 · 5 Dec48.6% of land areaAgricultural land as a share of land area, Indo-Pacific

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