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Marine KBA Protection

Percentage of area designated as "Key Biodiversity Areas" (KBA) within a country's exclusive economic zone(s) that is covered by marine protected areas. Marine Protected Area data comes from the March 2024 release of the World Database on Protected Areas (https://www.protectedplanet.net/en/thematic-areas/wdpa?tab=WDPA). Data on KBAs, compiled by BirdLife International in partnership with other major conservation organizations, is available at: https://www.keybiodiversityareas.org/

country rank Score 10y ∆
Malta 1 99.3 57.6
Romania 2 98.8 0.0
Colombia 3 97.2 0.1
Nicaragua 4 97.1 0.0
Sudan 5 95.5 93.6
Estonia 6 94.9 0.0
Seychelles 7 94.7 46.8
Norway 8 93.9 0.3
Peru 9 92.1 0.0
Spain 10 91.4 0.1
United Arab Emirates 11 90.2 0.0
Kazakhstan 12 87.6 0.0
Latvia 13 86.8 0.0
Bulgaria 14 86.7 0.0
Costa Rica 15 86.1 0.1
Germany 16 85.3 0.3
Ecuador 17 84.2 0.0
Dominican Republic 18 82.6 0.0
Poland 19 82.2 0.1
Ukraine 20 81.5 0.0
Guinea 21 81.4 0.0
Cuba 22 80.8 0.0
United Kingdom 23 80.0 1.9
Netherlands 24 77.7 38.5
Honduras 25 76.9 0.0
Panama 26 76.8 0.0
Jamaica 27 76.0 0.0
Antigua and Barbuda 28 74.7 0.0
Oman 29 73.7 35.9
Turkmenistan 30 72.8 0.0
Greece 31 72.2 0.0
Comoros 32 70.1 0.0
Portugal 32 70.1 11.0
Thailand 34 68.3 10.5
Tanzania 35 67.5 0.0
Bahrain 36 67.3 0.0
Italy 37 66.8 0.5
Croatia 38 66.7 0.0
Brazil 39 66.4 19.0
Iran 39 66.4 0.0
Finland 41 64.9 1.4
Cambodia 42 63.1 35.3
Lithuania 43 61.1 9.6
Timor-Leste 44 59.9 0.2
United States of America 45 58.7 0.0
Kenya 46 58.6 0.0
Suriname 47 57.9 0.0
Australia 48 57.2 20.7
Mexico 49 55.5 3.9
Sweden 50 54.8 9.7
Guatemala 51 53.8 0.0
Haiti 52 52.6 10.5
Saudi Arabia 53 50.4 0.0
France 54 48.0 0.6
Guinea-Bissau 55 47.7 0.0
Georgia 56 46.4 0.0
Iceland 57 46.1 0.1
Belgium 58 45.5 0.0
Mauritania 59 45.4 0.0
Japan 60 42.9 0.4
Qatar 60 42.9 0.0
South Korea 62 41.4 0.0
South Africa 63 35.2 0.3
Mozambique 64 34.2 0.0
Ireland 65 33.1 2.2
Bangladesh 66 32.6 11.6
Egypt 67 30.2 0.0
Denmark 68 29.0 0.1
Indonesia 69 28.6 4.2
Chile 70 28.4 15.0
Viet Nam 71 27.5 0.0
New Zealand 72 27.2 12.2
Belize 73 25.9 0.0
Albania 74 25.5 4.3
Bahamas 75 25.1 10.6
China 76 24.0 0.0
Kiribati 77 23.6 0.0
Canada 78 21.7 10.5
Madagascar 79 19.8 3.9
Philippines 80 19.4 3.0
Argentina 81 17.1 3.7
Tunisia 82 15.7 0.0
Uruguay 83 15.1 2.9
Montenegro 84 14.5 0.0
El Salvador 85 13.4 0.0
Saint Lucia 86 12.0 0.0
Slovenia 86 12.0 0.0
Russia 88 11.4 0.8
Venezuela 89 10.3 0.0
Sao Tome and Principe 90 10.1 0.0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 91 9.6 0.0
Solomon Islands 92 9.5 0.0
Senegal 93 8.9 0.3
Cyprus 94 7.8 0.0
Namibia 95 7.5 0.0
Samoa 96 7.0 0.0
Malaysia 97 6.2 0.0
Sierra Leone 98 5.5 0.0
Morocco 99 5.2 0.4
Myanmar 100 5.1 0.3
Lebanon 101 5.0 0.0
Fiji 102 4.3 0.0
Equatorial Guinea 103 3.5 0.0
Sri Lanka 104 2.5 0.0
Gabon 105 2.2 2.2
Taiwan 105 2.2 0.0
Turkiye 107 2.1 0.0
India 108 1.9 0.3
Azerbaijan 109 0.8 0.0
Mauritius 109 0.8 0.0
Gambia 111 0.7 0.0
Vanuatu 112 0.6 0.0
Marshall Islands 113 0.2 0.0
Tonga 113 0.2 0.0
Cabo Verde 115 0.1 0.0
Algeria 116 0.0 0.0
Angola 116 0.0 0.0
Barbados 116 0.0 0.0
Brunei Darussalam 116 0.0 0.0
Djibouti 116 0.0 0.0
Dominica 116 0.0 0.0
Eritrea 116 0.0 0.0
Ghana 116 0.0 0.0
Grenada 116 0.0 0.0
Iraq 116 0.0 0.0
Israel 116 0.0 0.0
Kuwait 116 0.0 0.0
Maldives 116 0.0 0.0
Micronesia 116 0.0 0.0
Pakistan 116 0.0 0.0
Papua New Guinea 116 0.0 0.0
Trinidad and Tobago 116 0.0 0.0
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