Marine protected areas in New Caledonia
New Caledonia: Marine protected areas was 96.5 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Marine protected areas in New Caledonia, 2013–2025
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
New Caledonia recorded 96.5 for marine protected areas in 2025.
The figure is down 3.5% on the previous year and up 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, marine protected areas in New Caledonia peaked at 100 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1.7, in 2013.
New Caledonia ranks 4th of 174 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Marine protected areas in New Caledonia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 1.7 | — |
| 2014 | 96.2 | +5558.8% |
| 2015 | 96.2 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 96.5 | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 96.2 | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 96.6 | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 96.3 | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 96.3 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 96.3 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 96.3 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 96.3 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 100 | +3.8% |
| 2025 | 96.5 | -3.5% |
New Caledonia compared with similar countries
- New Caledonia's 96.5 is above the median for high income countries, which is 8.7, 11.1× the median. (75 countries reporting)
- New Caledonia's 96.5 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.8, 120.6× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Marine protected areas in New Caledonia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +5558.8% | 1.7 | 96.2 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 82.81 | 1.7 | 96.6 | 7 |
| 2020s | 96.95 | 96.3 | 100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near New Caledonia
- 1 Monaco 100 compare
- 2 Palau 98 compare
- 3 Saint Martin (French Part) 97 compare
- 5 French Polynesia 87.4 compare
- 6 Kazakhstan 52.5 compare
- 7 France 49.2 compare
More reference data data for New Caledonia
- Emission Totals - Direct emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.2741 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Enteric Fermentation 223.47 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure applied 10.44 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Crop Residues 0.4777 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Direct emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.2274 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Burning - Crop residues 0.124 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Direct emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.2741 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Agricultural Soils 90.52 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Direct emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0277 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0403 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is marine protected areas in New Caledonia?
- Marine protected areas in New Caledonia was 96.5 in 2025, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest marine protected areas recorded in New Caledonia?
- The highest recorded value was 100 in 2024.
- What is the lowest marine protected areas recorded in New Caledonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.7 in 2013.
- How does New Caledonia rank for marine protected areas?
- New Caledonia ranks 4th out of 174 countries with data for 2025.
- Is marine protected areas rising or falling in New Caledonia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this New Caledonia data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Marine protected areas. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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