Marine protected areas in Vietnam
Vietnam: Marine protected areas was 0.5 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Latest (2025)
0.5
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
120th
of 174 countries
All-time high
0.6
in 2013
All-time low
0.5
in 2024
Years of data
13
2013–2025
Marine protected areas in Vietnam, 2013–2025
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Vietnam recorded 0.5 for marine protected areas in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 13 years on record.
That represents a change of down 16.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, marine protected areas in Vietnam peaked at 0.6 in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.5, in 2024.
That places Vietnam 120th out of 174 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
Marine protected areas in Vietnam, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 0.6 | — |
| 2014 | 0.6 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.6 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.6 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.6 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.6 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.6 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.6 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.6 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.6 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.6 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.5 | -16.7% |
| 2025 | 0.5 | +0.0% |
Vietnam compared with similar countries
- Vietnam's 0.5 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.95, 53% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Vietnam's 0.5 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.8, 62% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 7 |
| 2020s | 0.5667 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Vietnam
More reference data data for Vietnam
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 3.68 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 4.24 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 16.73 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 1.89 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 16.73 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 12.35 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 18.98 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 23.56 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 93.83 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 10.27 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is marine protected areas in Vietnam?
- Marine protected areas in Vietnam was 0.5 in 2025, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest marine protected areas recorded in Vietnam?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6 in 2013.
- What is the lowest marine protected areas recorded in Vietnam?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5 in 2024.
- How does Vietnam rank for marine protected areas?
- Vietnam ranks 120th out of 174 countries with data for 2025.
- Is marine protected areas rising or falling in Vietnam?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Vietnam 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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