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Marine Habitat Protection

Percentage of important marine and coastal habitats -- coral reefs, cold-water corals, sea grasses, salt marshes, mangroves, knolls, and seamounts -- within a country's exclusive economic zone(s) that is covered by marine protected areas.

country rank Score 10y ∆
Lithuania 1 100.0 0.0
Germany 2 95.1 0.1
Romania 3 90.0 0.0
Estonia 4 82.6 0.0
Belgium 5 80.0 0.0
Poland 6 79.5 0.0
Cameroon 7 75.6 21.8
Ecuador 8 66.3 1.9
Oman 9 65.8 39.6
Bangladesh 10 61.1 56.3
Dem. Rep. Congo 11 59.6 0.0
Bahrain 12 59.4 15.1
Japan 13 58.7 2.8
France 14 58.0 0.9
Malta 15 57.9 1.3
Gambia 16 56.4 0.0
South Africa 17 54.6 9.2
United Kingdom 18 54.2 9.7
Netherlands 19 53.2 9.1
Colombia 20 51.0 10.1
Seychelles 21 50.2 45.5
Gabon 22 50.0 9.1
Israel 22 50.0 0.0
Mexico 24 48.6 14.3
Sweden 25 47.5 1.7
Spain 26 47.4 1.8
Ireland 27 46.9 4.3
United States of America 28 46.1 0.0
Finland 29 44.7 0.3
Dominican Republic 30 43.5 0.0
Suriname 31 43.4 0.0
Latvia 32 42.9 0.0
Australia 33 42.5 12.4
Italy 34 41.8 4.6
Kazakhstan 35 41.7 0.0
Nicaragua 36 40.6 0.0
Brazil 37 39.9 13.2
Greece 38 39.7 0.0
Sierra Leone 39 39.1 0.0
El Salvador 40 38.9 0.0
Chile 41 37.8 20.8
Tanzania 41 37.8 0.0
Costa Rica 43 37.5 3.4
Belize 44 36.7 0.6
Qatar 45 36.2 0.0
Ukraine 46 34.2 0.0
Cuba 47 33.9 0.0
Croatia 48 33.4 0.6
Antigua and Barbuda 49 33.1 0.0
Argentina 50 33.0 23.5
United Arab Emirates 51 31.1 10.5
Bosnia and Herzegovina 52 31.0 0.0
Portugal 53 30.5 2.1
Iceland 54 29.2 0.0
Thailand 55 28.6 16.1
Sudan 56 28.0 1.5
Slovenia 57 27.8 1.9
Egypt 58 27.5 0.0
Canada 59 26.9 11.2
Haiti 60 26.8 4.5
Tunisia 61 25.7 0.0
Honduras 62 25.6 1.6
Equatorial Guinea 63 25.3 0.0
New Zealand 64 24.5 11.9
Albania 65 24.4 0.0
Panama 66 23.5 8.3
Comoros 67 23.3 0.0
Republic of Congo 68 22.7 0.0
Iran 69 22.2 0.0
Uruguay 70 22.1 14.1
Guinea-Bissau 71 21.4 1.8
Turkiye 72 21.0 0.0
Mauritania 73 20.7 0.0
Jamaica 74 20.3 1.1
Kenya 74 20.3 0.0
Azerbaijan 76 20.0 0.0
Guatemala 77 19.2 1.4
Senegal 78 18.4 4.1
Timor-Leste 79 17.7 11.2
Cambodia 80 17.6 3.8
Bahamas 81 17.4 9.2
Denmark 82 17.3 0.0
Mauritius 83 17.1 0.0
Fiji 84 16.9 0.1
Mozambique 85 16.6 0.0
Peru 85 16.6 3.1
Cyprus 87 16.0 0.0
South Korea 88 15.1 0.7
Venezuela 89 14.9 0.0
Madagascar 90 14.8 4.3
Georgia 91 14.3 0.0
Saint Lucia 92 13.2 0.0
Indonesia 93 13.0 1.9
Philippines 94 12.5 5.3
Turkmenistan 94 12.5 0.0
Malaysia 96 12.4 5.8
Norway 97 11.3 1.4
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 98 10.7 0.0
Taiwan 99 10.5 0.0
Kiribati 100 8.0 0.0
Guinea 101 7.7 0.0
Namibia 101 7.7 0.0
Kuwait 103 7.4 0.9
Solomon Islands 104 7.3 0.0
Viet Nam 105 7.0 0.0
Morocco 106 6.6 0.0
Saudi Arabia 107 5.8 0.0
Samoa 108 5.2 0.0
Marshall Islands 109 5.1 0.0
Liberia 110 4.5 0.0
Russia 111 4.4 0.4
Tonga 112 3.7 0.0
Papua New Guinea 113 3.5 0.0
Grenada 114 3.4 1.6
Trinidad and Tobago 114 3.4 0.0
Dominica 116 3.2 0.0
China 117 2.5 0.1
Cote d'Ivoire 118 2.4 0.0
Myanmar 119 2.1 0.5
Vanuatu 120 1.8 0.0
Sri Lanka 121 1.5 0.0
Maldives 122 1.3 0.4
Brunei Darussalam 123 1.1 0.5
Pakistan 124 0.7 0.0
Iraq 125 0.4 0.0
Nigeria 125 0.4 0.0
India 127 0.2 0.0
Ghana 128 0.1 0.0
Algeria 129 0.0 0.0
Angola 129 0.0 0.0
Barbados 129 0.0 0.0
Benin 129 0.0 0.0
Bulgaria 129 0.0 0.0
Cabo Verde 129 0.0 0.0
Djibouti 129 0.0 0.0
Eritrea 129 0.0 0.0
Guyana 129 0.0 0.0
Jordan 129 0.0 0.0
Lebanon 129 0.0 0.0
Micronesia 129 0.0 0.0
Montenegro 129 0.0 0.0
Sao Tome and Principe 129 0.0 0.0
Singapore 129 0.0 0.0
Togo 129 0.0 0.0
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