Morocco vs Yemen: Share of marine territorial waters that are protected

Morocco

0.3%

in 2025

Yemen

0.4%

in 2025

Morocco rank

126th

Yemen rank

123rd

Share of marine territorial waters that are protected over time

Morocco
Yemen

How they compare

Yemen currently reports 0.4% against 0.3% in Morocco, a difference of 0.1%.

That makes Yemen's figure about 1.3 times Morocco's.

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

Morocco ranks 126th and Yemen ranks 123rd 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.