Madagascar vs Uruguay: Share of marine territorial waters that are protected

Madagascar

1.4%

in 2025

Uruguay

1.5%

in 2025

Madagascar rank

98th

Uruguay rank

95th

Share of marine territorial waters that are protected over time

Madagascar
Uruguay

How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 1.5% against 1.4% in Madagascar, a difference of 0.1%.

That makes Uruguay's figure about 1.1 times Madagascar's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 13 shared years of data; in 2013 it was Madagascar ahead.

Madagascar ranks 98th and Uruguay ranks 95th 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.