Marine protected areas in Sudan
Sudan: Marine protected areas was 17 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
17
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
34th
of 174 countries
All-time high
17
in 2024
All-time low
0
in 2014
Years of data
13
2013–2025
Marine protected areas in Sudan, 2013–2025
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Sudan recorded 17 for marine protected areas in 2025. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
That represents a change of up 6.2% over five years.
Over the whole period, marine protected areas in Sudan peaked at 17 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0, in 2014.
That places Sudan 34th out of 174 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Marine protected areas in Sudan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 13.3 | — |
| 2014 | 0 | -100.0% |
| 2015 | 0 | — |
| 2016 | 16 | — |
| 2017 | 16 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 16 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 16 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 16 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 16 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 16 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 16 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 17 | +6.2% |
| 2025 | 17 | +0.0% |
Sudan compared with similar countries
- Sudan's 17 is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.5, 34.0× the median. (13 countries reporting)
- Sudan's 17 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.7, 24.3× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 11.04 | 0 | 16 | 7 |
| 2020s | 16.33 | 16 | 17 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Sudan
More reference data data for Sudan
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.5846 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 17.81 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 19.69 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.4356 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 19.69 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.96 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.8148 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 80.68 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 93.88 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 2.37 (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is marine protected areas in Sudan?
- Marine protected areas in Sudan was 17 in 2025, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest marine protected areas recorded in Sudan?
- The highest recorded value was 17 in 2024.
- What is the lowest marine protected areas recorded in Sudan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 in 2014.
- How does Sudan rank for marine protected areas?
- Sudan ranks 34th out of 174 countries with data for 2025.
- Where does this Sudan 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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