Marine Protection Stringency

This pilot indicator estimates the stringency of marine protected areas (MPAs) by comparing total fishing effort on a given year inside versus outside MPAs within a country's exclusive economic zone(s). A score of 100 indicates that fishing efforts inside a country's MPAs is 1% or less than the fishing effort outside MPAs, and a score of 0 indicates that fishing effort inside MPAs is 100 times more intense than outside. Fishing effort data, from Global Fishing Watch, is based on satellite tracking of fishing boats.

country rank Score 10y ∆
Algeria 1 100.0 0.0
Barbados 1 100.0 33.7
Cabo Verde 1 100.0 0.0
Cameroon 1 100.0 0.0
Comoros 1 100.0 50.0
Costa Rica 1 100.0 37.0
Cote d'Ivoire 1 100.0 0.0
Egypt 1 100.0 0.0
Grenada 1 100.0 50.0
Guinea 1 100.0 0.0
Guinea-Bissau 1 100.0 0.0
India 1 100.0 0.0
Iran 1 100.0 0.0
Israel 1 100.0 39.6
Kiribati 1 100.0 61.0
Kuwait 1 100.0 50.0
Liberia 1 100.0 35.2
Marshall Islands 1 100.0 0.0
Mauritania 1 100.0 0.0
Morocco 1 100.0 0.0
Nicaragua 1 100.0 50.0
Oman 1 100.0 0.0
Papua New Guinea 1 100.0 0.0
Republic of Congo 1 100.0 22.3
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1 100.0 50.0
Samoa 1 100.0 34.9
Sao Tome and Principe 1 100.0 0.0
Saudi Arabia 1 100.0 0.0
Sierra Leone 1 100.0 0.0
Slovenia 1 100.0 9.9
Suriname 1 100.0 19.4
Tanzania 1 100.0 0.0
Timor-Leste 1 100.0 50.0
Tonga 1 100.0 43.2
Trinidad and Tobago 1 100.0 42.5
Tunisia 1 100.0 0.0
United Arab Emirates 1 100.0 0.0
Solomon Islands 38 99.6 4.1
Fiji 39 99.5 -0.5
Myanmar 40 98.1 48.1
Vanuatu 40 98.1 48.1
Belize 42 97.4 47.4
Albania 43 96.7 -3.3
Indonesia 44 96.1 -3.9
Bangladesh 45 91.2 41.2
Argentina 46 89.1 15.2
Antigua and Barbuda 47 88.5 36.6
Micronesia 47 88.5 -11.5
Taiwan 49 88.3 -3.8
Panama 50 88.1 -11.9
Chile 51 87.7 -12.3
Malaysia 52 86.1 34.5
Russia 53 85.6 -13.5
Qatar 54 84.9 -15.1
El Salvador 55 84.2 34.2
Dominica 56 78.3 28.3
Bahamas 57 77.8 20.2
United States of America 58 76.9 4.4
Venezuela 59 76.4 -21.6
Colombia 60 75.6 -8.2
Montenegro 61 75.1 -24.9
Brazil 62 73.4 -10.6
Namibia 62 73.4 -26.6
United Kingdom 64 70.4 3.9
South Africa 65 70.3 -0.8
Saint Lucia 66 70.2 10.4
Estonia 67 69.3 -1.2
Lithuania 68 68.8 16.1
Georgia 69 67.3 36.6
Sudan 70 65.6 15.6
Finland 71 64.2 -4.6
Norway 72 62.0 3.3
Turkiye 73 61.5 -8.2
New Zealand 74 61.2 -32.7
Canada 75 60.8 16.9
Ireland 76 60.7 -4.8
Kenya 77 59.9 34.7
Poland 78 58.5 -10.5
Brunei Darussalam 79 57.9 7.9
Australia 80 57.2 14.2
Ghana 81 56.7 -43.3
Croatia 82 55.3 0.0
Madagascar 83 55.2 1.3
China 84 54.8 -5.1
Mozambique 85 54.7 -1.3
Uruguay 86 54.2 -15.7
Mexico 87 53.7 20.1
Romania 87 53.7 16.9
Peru 89 53.4 18.4
Philippines 90 53.1 -2.4
Seychelles 91 50.5 -48.7
Azerbaijan 92 50.0 0.0
Cambodia 92 50.0 0.0
Dominican Republic 92 50.0 44.8
Haiti 92 50.0 0.0
Jamaica 92 50.0 0.0
Kazakhstan 92 50.0 0.0
Lebanon 92 50.0 -50.0
Pakistan 92 50.0 -33.9
Turkmenistan 92 50.0 0.0
Sweden 101 48.9 6.5
Ecuador 102 47.8 -48.5
Greece 103 47.2 5.2
Belgium 104 47.1 -1.0
Italy 105 45.3 -0.5
Gabon 106 45.0 45.0
Senegal 107 44.9 6.4
Sri Lanka 108 44.8 -49.1
France 109 44.1 1.2
Ukraine 109 44.1 -19.4
Germany 111 43.2 5.6
Iceland 112 40.9 5.5
Viet Nam 113 40.0 -35.1
Latvia 114 37.2 -1.6
Japan 115 37.0 7.2
Malta 116 36.8 -9.9
Cyprus 117 36.4 -8.3
Spain 118 33.3 2.9
Bulgaria 119 33.0 5.6
Thailand 119 33.0 -26.6
Netherlands 121 32.6 10.3
Bahrain 122 30.8 -19.2
South Korea 123 27.0 10.3
Maldives 124 26.8 -73.2
Cuba 125 26.4 -23.6
Portugal 125 26.4 -12.2
Denmark 127 21.4 2.1
Guatemala 128 20.6 20.6
Honduras 129 11.1 -54.6
Equatorial Guinea 130 10.5 10.5
Mauritius 131 1.7 -77.8
Afghanistan
Angola
Armenia
Austria
Belarus
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Central African Republic
Chad
Czech Republic
Dem. Rep. Congo
Djibouti
Eritrea
Eswatini
Ethiopia
Gambia
Guyana
Hungary
Iraq
Jordan
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Lesotho
Luxembourg
Malawi
Mali
Moldova
Mongolia
Nepal
Niger
Nigeria
North Macedonia
Paraguay
Rwanda
Serbia
Singapore
Slovakia
Switzerland
Tajikistan
Togo
Uganda
Uzbekistan
Zambia
Zimbabwe