Mexico, Latin America & Caribbean
Number of Protected areas
1,192
0 with management effectiveness evaluations
Polygons/Points ratio
88% Polygons
12% Points
Number of sources
For International designations | 4 |
For National designations | 1 |
TOTAL | 5 |
Protected areas coverage (Ref 1 ↓ )

Area terrestrial
14.46% coverage
284,178 km2 Land Area Protected
1,965,285 km2 Total Land Area
13% 6th National Report Coverage
17.75% with management effectiveness evaluation
50,443.76209 km2 Area Assessed

Area marine
21.55% coverage
707,942 km2 Marine Area Protected
3,284,660 km2 Total Marine Area
21% 6th National Report Coverage
3.82% with management effectiveness evaluation
27,060.13 km2 Area Assessed
Warning: These statistics might differ from those reported officially by countries due to difference in methodologies and datasets used to assess protected area coverage and differences in the base maps used to measure terrestrial and marine area of a country or territory. Download the country's latest national report (pdf)
IUCN Management categories
Management categories | Count | % |
---|---|---|
Ia | 27 | 2.27 |
Ib | 1 | 0.08 |
II | 73 | 6.12 |
III | 4 | 0.34 |
IV | 8 | 0.67 |
VI | 398 | 33.39 |
Not Reported | 633 | 53.1 |
Not Applicable | 48 | 4.03 |
Governance types
Name | Governance type | Count | % |
---|---|---|---|
Federal or national ministry or agency | 574 | 48.15 | |
Not Reported | 143 | 12.0 | |
Local communities | 142 | 11.91 | |
Collaborative governance | 2 | 0.17 | |
Sub-national ministry or agency | 1 | 0.08 | |
Individual landowners | 330 | 27.68 |
National designations
33
Regional designations
0
Categories | Count |
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International designations
3
Categories | Count |
---|---|
UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve | 41 |
World Heritage Site | 7 |
Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance | 142 |