Costa Rica vs Seychelles: Share of marine territorial waters that are protected

Costa Rica

28.4%

in 2025

Seychelles

32.6%

in 2025

Costa Rica rank

18th

Seychelles rank

15th

Share of marine territorial waters that are protected over time

Costa Rica
Seychelles

How they compare

Seychelles currently reports 32.6% against 28.4% in Costa Rica, a difference of 4.2%.

That makes Seychelles's figure about 1.1 times Costa Rica's.

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

Costa Rica ranks 18th and Seychelles ranks 15th 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.