Comoros vs Marshall Islands: Share of marine territorial waters that are protected

Comoros
0.4%
in 2025
Marshall Islands
0.3%
in 2025
Comoros rank
123rd
Marshall Islands rank
126th

Share of marine territorial waters that are protected over time

  • Comoros
  • Marshall Islands
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How they compare

Comoros currently reports 0.4% against 0.3% in Marshall Islands, a difference of 0.1%.

That makes Comoros's figure about 1.3 times Marshall Islands's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 13 shared years of data; in 2013 it was Comoros ahead.

Comoros ranks 123rd and Marshall Islands 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

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.