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DEFINITION:
Protected marine areas under IUCN management categories I - VI (1992-2003). Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
CONTENTS
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belize | 42.58 | 2003 | |
| 2 | Iceland | 17.27 | 2003 | |
| 3 | New Zealand | 16.64 | 2003 | |
| 4 | Denmark | 9.65 | 2003 | |
| 5 | Suriname | 8.22 | 2003 | |
| 6 | Sweden | 5.13 | 2003 | |
| 7 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4.67 | 2003 | |
| 8 | Cuba | 3.82 | 2003 | |
| 9 | The Gambia | 3.71 | 2003 | |
| 10 | Canada | 3.44 | 2003 | |
| 11 | Costa Rica | 3.36 | 2003 | |
| 12 | Panama | 3.09 | 2003 | |
| 13 | Croatia | 2.93 | 2003 | |
| 14 | Malaysia | 2.53 | 2003 | |
| 15 | Fiji | 2.45 | 2003 | |
| NATO countries average (profile) | 2.27 | 2003 | ||
| 16 | Solomon Islands | 2.24 | 2003 | |
| 17 | Estonia | 2.22 | 2003 | |
| 18 | Norway | 2.19 | 2003 | |
| 19 | Albania | 2.16 | 2003 | |
| 20 | Namibia | 2.02 | 2003 | |
| 21 | Chile | 1.63 | 2003 | |
| 22 | United Kingdom | 1.59 | 2003 | |
| 23 | Papua New Guinea | 1.55 | 2003 | |
| 24 | Portugal | 1.53 | 2003 | |
| 25 | Gabon | 1.52 | 2003 | |
| 26 | Honduras | 1.51 | 2003 | |
| Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 1.26 | 2003 | ||
| 27 | Uruguay | 1.2 | 2003 | |
| 28 | Israel | 1.2 | 2003 | |
| 29 | France | 1.12 | 2003 | |
| 30 | Mauritania | 1.01 | 2003 | |
| 31 | Kuwait | 0.945 | 2003 | |
| 32 | Greece | 0.907 | 2003 | |
| 33 | Lithuania | 0.869 | 2003 | |
| 34 | Latvia | 0.86 | 2003 | |
| 35 | Oman | 0.837 | 2003 | |
| 36 | United States | 0.789 | 2003 | |
| 37 | Jamaica | 0.762 | 2003 | |
| 38 | Nicaragua | 0.752 | 2003 | |
| 39 | Ireland | 0.751 | 2003 | |
| 40 | Argentina | 0.685 | 2003 | |
| 41 | Sri Lanka | 0.678 | 2003 | |
| 42 | Spain | 0.643 | 2003 | |
| 43 | Venezuela | 0.62 | 2003 | |
| 44 | Netherlands | 0.616 | 2003 | |
| 45 | Finland | 0.575 | 2003 | |
| 46 | Senegal | 0.562 | 2003 | |
| 47 | Libya | 0.553 | 2003 | |
| Emerging markets average (profile) | 0.538 | 2003 | ||
| 48 | Slovenia | 0.501 | 2003 | |
| 49 | Italy | 0.486 | 2003 | |
| 50 | Indonesia | 0.435 | 2003 | |
| 51 | South Africa | 0.434 | 2003 | |
| 52 | Brazil | 0.385 | 2003 | |
| 53 | Azerbaijan | 0.364 | 2003 | |
| 54 | El Salvador | 0.332 | 2003 | |
| 55 | Kenya | 0.324 | 2003 | |
| 56 | Romania | 0.322 | 2003 | |
| 57 | Liberia | 0.32 | 2003 | |
| 58 | Mexico | 0.315 | 2003 | |
| 59 | Mozambique | 0.302 | 2003 | |
| 60 | Thailand | 0.279 | 2003 | |
| 61 | Lebanon | 0.271 | 2003 | |
| 62 | Colombia | 0.263 | 2003 | |
| 63 | Angola | 0.259 | 2003 | |
| 64 | Guatemala | 0.249 | 2003 | |
| 65 | Georgia | 0.231 | 2003 | |
| 66 | Turkmenistan | 0.215 | 2003 | |
| 67 | Turkey | 0.212 | 2003 | |
| 68 | Ukraine | 0.209 | 2003 | |
| 69 | Tunisia | 0.203 | 2003 | |
| 70 | Belgium | 0.193 | 2003 | |
| 71 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.177 | 2003 | |
| 72 | Egypt | 0.173 | 2003 | |
| 73 | Japan | 0.149 | 2003 | |
| 74 | Peru | 0.148 | 2003 | |
| 75 | Burundi | 0.138 | 2003 | |
| 76 | Morocco | 0.135 | 2003 | |
| 77 | Saudi Arabia | 0.131 | 2003 | |
| 78 | Bulgaria | 0.128 | 2003 | |
| 79 | Somalia | 0.124 | 2003 | |
| 80 | Algeria | 0.121 | 2003 | |
| 81 | Cameroon | 0.116 | 2003 | |
| 82 | Madagascar | 0.116 | 2003 | |
| 83 | Poland | 0.105 | 2003 | |
| 84 | Russia | 0.0968 | 2003 | |
| 85 | Vietnam | 0.087 | 2003 | |
| 86 | Philippines | 0.0847 | 2003 | |
| 87 | Cambodia | 0.0773 | 2003 | |
| 88 | Kazakhstan | 0.0671 | 2003 | |
| 89 | India | 0.0549 | 2003 | |
| 90 | Sudan | 0.0334 | 2003 | |
| 91 | China | 0.0233 | 2003 | |
| 92 | Bangladesh | 0.0216 | 2003 | |
| 93 | Burma | 0.0202 | 2003 | |
| 94 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.0196 | 2003 | |
| 95 | Pakistan | 0.0131 | 2003 |