Marine protected areas in Samoa
Samoa: Marine protected areas was 0.2 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
0.2
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
132nd
of 174 countries
All-time high
0.2
in 2024
All-time low
0.1
in 2013
Years of data
13
2013–2025
Marine protected areas in Samoa, 2013–2025
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2025, marine protected areas in Samoa stood at 0.2. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, marine protected areas in Samoa peaked at 0.2 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.1, in 2013.
That places Samoa 132nd out of 174 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Marine protected areas in Samoa, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 0.1 | — |
| 2014 | 0.1 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.1 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.1 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.1 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.1 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.1 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.1 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.1 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.1 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.1 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.2 | +100.0% |
| 2025 | 0.2 | +0.0% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 0.2 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.95, 21% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 0.2 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.8, 25% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 7 |
| 2020s | 0.1333 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
- 132 Cote d'Ivoire 0.2 compare
- 132 Djibouti 0.2 compare
- 132 Lebanon 0.2 compare
- 132 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.2 compare
- 132 Syria 0.2 compare
- 132 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.2 compare
More reference data data for Samoa
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.023 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0165 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0396 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0396 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.077 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0626 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0918 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.2319 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Burning - Crop residues 0 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.1693 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is marine protected areas in Samoa?
- Marine protected areas in Samoa was 0.2 in 2025, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest marine protected areas recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2 in 2024.
- What is the lowest marine protected areas recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1 in 2013.
- How does Samoa rank for marine protected areas?
- Samoa ranks 132nd out of 174 countries with data for 2025.
- Is marine protected areas rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Samoa 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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