Score for the implementation of UNCLOS and its two implementing agreements, %

Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicator 14.c.1 measures the number of countries making progress in ratification of, accession to and implementation of ocean-related instruments that implement international law, as reflected in the United Nation Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), for the conservation and sustainable use of the oceans and their resources. There are two aspects to this indicator: • the number of countries making progress in ratifying and acceding to ocean-related instruments that implement international law as reflected in UNCLOS for the conservation and sustainable use of the oceans and their resources, and • the number of countries making progress in implementing such instruments through legal, policy and institutional frameworks.