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Reading no. 2025/159

EnvironmentObserved dataAnnual fixture: World Oceans Day

Share of territorial waters designated as marine protected area

100.0%

Indo-Pacific

PalauNew CaledoniaAustraliaNorthern Mariana IslandsNew ZealandJapanKiribatiAmerican Samoa

Share of territorial waters designated as marine protected area, latest known year of each territory up to 2023: the top ten.

  1. Palau100.0
  2. New Caledonia96.3
  3. Australia44.3
  4. Northern Mariana Islands32.2
  5. New Zealand30.4
  6. Japan13.9
  7. Kiribati11.8
  8. American Samoa8.7
  9. Bangladesh8.0
  10. Malaysia5.6

The first territory of the ranking, Palau, designates 100.0% of its territorial waters as marine protected area.

Observation

Method

World Bank indicator ER.MRN.PTMR.ZS, read for twenty-five territories from 2016 to 2023. 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.

Recurring annual series. This reading is published every year on this date.

Confidence

Medium

See also

2026/159 · 8 Jun100%Share of territorial waters designated as marine protected area2026/271 · 28 Sep17.08t CO2eCO2 emissions per capita in the Pacific2026/112 · 22 Apr59.6%Share of protected land in the Pacific2025/112 · 22 Apr59.7%Share of protected land in the Pacific

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