Protected areas — all countries

Protected areas — Bahamas

Protected areas in the Bahamas in 2025 — 8.3%. Ranked 126 in the world out of 213. Since 2013, the indicator has risen by 7.8 pp.

2025 8.3% +0 pp vs 2024
World rank 126of 213
Period maximum 8.6%2017
Period minimum 0.5%2013

Trend over time

2013–2025 · % of territory

Protected areas — Bahamas, 2013–202502.557.51020132015201720192021202320252013: 0.5%2014: 0.5%2015: 1.2%2016: 1.2%2017: 8.6%2018: 8.6%2019: 8.6%2020: 8.6%2021: 8.6%2022: 8.6%2023: 8.6%2024: 8.3%2025: 8.3%
Change over the period: +7.8 pp Annual average: 0.65 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Bahamas

Bahamas 8.3%
World 16.98%
Protected areas — Bahamas, by year Bahamas All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 8.3 +0 pp
2024 8.3 −0.3 pp
2023 8.6 +0 pp
2022 8.6 +0 pp
2021 8.6 +0 pp
2020 8.6 +0 pp
2019 8.6 +0 pp
2018 8.6 +0 pp
2017 8.6 +7.4 pp
2016 1.2 +0 pp
2015 1.2 +0.7 pp
2014 0.5 +0 pp
2013 0.5

About the indicator

The share of terrestrial and marine protected areas in the total area of a country: national parks, nature reserves, natural monuments, sanctuaries and other IUCN categories. The target set by the Kunming-Montreal framework is 30 percent of land and sea under protection by 2030.

Important: The aggregate is weighted by total area rather than land area: protected areas include marine waters as well.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.