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Marine protected areas (% of territorial waters)

Bangladesh · 2013–2025 · Source: Protected Planet: The World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) and World Database on Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures (WD-OECM), UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC)

Latest (2025)8.6% of territorial waters
Earliest (2013)1.4
Change since 2013+7.2
Source: Protected Planet: The World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) and World Database on Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures (WD-OECM), UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), via World Bank WDI (ER.MRN.PTMR.ZS)
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Marine protected areas are areas of intertidal or subtidal terrain--and overlying water and associated flora and fauna and historical and cultural features--that have been reserved by law or other effective means to protect part or all of the enclosed environment.

Source
Protected Planet: The World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) and World Database on Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures (WD-OECM), UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), via World Bank WDI (ER.MRN.PTMR.ZS)
Data updated
October 25, 2026 · refreshed monthly
Date range
2013–2025 (13 data points)
Unit
% of territorial waters
World Bank code
ER.MRN.PTMR.ZS
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Protected Planet: The World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) and World Database on Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures (WD-OECM), UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), via World Bank WDI (ER.MRN.PTMR.ZS). Processed by DEEPLAB, https://de3plab.org/data-marine-protected-areas (data updated October 25, 2026).

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Year% of territorial waters
20258.6
20248
20238
20225.4
20215.4
20205.4
20195.4
20185.4
20175.4
20165.4
20155.4
20145.4
20131.4