Aruba vs Sri Lanka: Share of marine territorial waters that are protected

Aruba

0.4%

in 2025

Sri Lanka

0.3%

in 2025

Aruba rank

123rd

Sri Lanka rank

126th

Share of marine territorial waters that are protected over time

Aruba
Sri Lanka

How they compare

Aruba currently reports 0.4% against 0.3% in Sri Lanka, a difference of 0.1%.

That makes Aruba's figure about 1.3 times Sri Lanka's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 13 shared years of data; in 2013 it was Sri Lanka ahead.

Aruba ranks 123rd and Sri Lanka ranks 126th of 174 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Share of marine territorial waters that are protected
Unit: % of territorial waters
Source: Protected Planet WDPA and WD-OECM data, UNEP-WCMC and IUCN, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 174 places, 2,223 data points, 2013–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Marine protected areas are regions of intertidal or sub-tidal land and associated water, flora and fauna, and cultural and historical features that have been legally or effectively reserved for protection.