Marine protected areas in Northern Mariana Islands
Northern Mariana Islands: Marine protected areas was 32.4 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Marine protected areas in Northern Mariana Islands, 2013–2025
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Northern Mariana Islands recorded 32.4 for marine protected areas in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, marine protected areas in Northern Mariana Islands peaked at 100 in 2014 and was at its lowest, 32, in 2020.
Northern Mariana Islands ranks 16th of 174 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
Marine protected areas in Northern Mariana Islands, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 32.1 | — |
| 2014 | 100 | +211.5% |
| 2015 | 33.2 | -66.8% |
| 2016 | 33.2 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 33.3 | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 33.3 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 33.3 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 32 | -3.9% |
| 2021 | 33.2 | +3.8% |
| 2022 | 33.2 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 32.2 | -3.0% |
| 2024 | 32.4 | +0.6% |
| 2025 | 32.4 | +0.0% |
Northern Mariana Islands compared with similar countries
- Northern Mariana Islands's 32.4 is above the median for high income countries, which is 8.7, 3.7× the median. (75 countries reporting)
- Northern Mariana Islands's 32.4 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.8, 40.5× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Marine protected areas in Northern Mariana Islands 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 | +211.5% | 32.1 | 100 |
| 2015 | -66.8% | 100 | 33.2 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 42.63 | 32.1 | 100 | 7 |
| 2020s | 32.57 | 32 | 33.2 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Northern Mariana Islands
- 13 Belgium 38.3 compare
- 14 Netherlands 33.5 compare
- 15 Seychelles 32.6 compare
- 17 New Zealand 30.4 compare
- 18 Costa Rica 28.4 compare
- 19 Denmark 27.1 compare
More reference data data for Northern Mariana Islands
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - IPCC Agriculture 0 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 0 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 0 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 0 (2019)
- Global number of reported disasters by size, gaps filled 1 events (2018)
- Urban vs rural majority, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Urban vs rural majority, annual growth rate 0.1106 % change on previous year (2025)
- How have things changed?, per capita 0.0016 metric tons per person (2024)
- How have things changed?, per unit of GDP 0 metric tons per US$ of GDP (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is marine protected areas in Northern Mariana Islands?
- Marine protected areas in Northern Mariana Islands was 32.4 in 2025, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest marine protected areas recorded in Northern Mariana Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 100 in 2014.
- What is the lowest marine protected areas recorded in Northern Mariana Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 32 in 2020.
- How does Northern Mariana Islands rank for marine protected areas?
- Northern Mariana Islands ranks 16th out of 174 countries with data for 2025.
- Is marine protected areas rising or falling in Northern Mariana Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Northern Mariana Islands 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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