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Surface of marine sites designated under Natura 2000

Surface of marine protected areas
Catalonia Spain European Union-27
2024 5,735.0 : Information not available : Information not available
2023 5,735.0 : Information not available : Information not available
2022 5,735.0 132,934.0 (b) Break in time series 628,749.0 (b) Break in time series
2021 5,735.0 132,818.0 612,094.0
2020 5,735.0 : Information not available : Information not available
2019 5,735.0 128,476.0 552,008.0
2018 5,735.0 : Information not available : Information not available
2017 5,735.0 : Information not available : Information not available
2016 5,735.0 84,387.0 386,069.0
2015 5,735.0 : Information not available : Information not available
2014 5,734.0 : Information not available : Information not available
2013 851.4 : Information not available : Information not available
2012 851.4 11,489.0 216,972.0
2011 851.4 : Information not available : Information not available
2010 851.4 : Information not available : Information not available
2009 831.0 : Information not available : Information not available
2008 831.0 : Information not available : Information not available
2007 831.0 : Information not available : Information not available
2006 830.5 : Information not available : Information not available
Units: Km².
Source Catalonia: Ministry of Territory, Housing and Ecological Transition. Source Spain and European Union: Eurostat.
(b) Break in time series.
(..) Information not available.
Indicador ODS Indicator 14.10 from the EU Sustainable Development Goals

Last update: June 5, 2025.

PENP

These statistics have a specific section with all the information available: Statistics on Planning Deployment in Protected Natural Areas (PENP).

Methodological note

The indicator measures the surface of marine sites designated under Natura 2000. The Natura 2000 network comprises both marine and terrestrial protected areas designated under the EU Habitats and Birds Directives with the goal to maintain or restore a favourable conservation status for habitat types and species of EU interest.

Each country is required to fill in a standard data form where sites designated under the Directives are reported in detail, included the size of the site in km², the existing habitats and species and their percentage cover of the site. A thorough typology has been developed to support precise reporting.

With regard to the indicator for Catalonia, the State included several large marine areas in the Natura 2000 network in 2014.