Share of marine territorial waters that are protected in Samoa
Samoa: Share of marine territorial waters that are protected was 0.2% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of marine territorial waters that are protected in Samoa, 2013–2025
Source: Protected Planet WDPA and WD-OECM data, UNEP-WCMC and IUCN, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in % of territorial waters.
Analysis
In 2025, share of marine territorial waters that are protected 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, share of marine territorial waters that are protected 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.
Share of marine territorial waters that are protected in Samoa, year by year
| Year | % of territorial waters | 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 0.9%, 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 | 0.1% | 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 share of marine territorial waters that are protected in Samoa?
- Share of marine territorial waters that are protected in Samoa was 0.2% in 2025, according to Protected Planet WDPA and WD-OECM data, UNEP-WCMC and IUCN, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of marine territorial waters that are protected recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of marine territorial waters that are protected recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2013.
- How does Samoa rank for share of marine territorial waters that are protected?
- Samoa ranks 132nd out of 174 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of marine territorial waters that are protected 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 Protected Planet WDPA and WD-OECM data, UNEP-WCMC and IUCN, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of marine territorial waters that are protected. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Marine protected areas are regions of intertidal or sub-tidal land and associated water, flora and fauna, and cultural and historical features that have been legally or effectively reserved for protection.