Marine protected areas in Samoa
Samoa: Marine protected areas was 0.2% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Marine protected areas in Samoa, 2013–2025
Source: Protected Planet: The World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) and World Database on Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures (WD-OECM), UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring. Measured in % of territorial waters.
Analysis
Samoa recorded 0.2% for marine protected areas in 2025. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
That represents a change of 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 | % 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% |
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 Côte d'Ivoire 0.2% compare
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- 132 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.2% compare
- 132 Syrian Arab Republic 0.2% compare
- 132 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.2% compare
More climate change data for Samoa
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 319.45 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 61.35 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 258.11 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 0.2315 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 9.22 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 0.106 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 0.106 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 0 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 0.0004 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 0 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is marine protected areas in Samoa?
- Marine protected areas in Samoa was 0.2% in 2025, according to Protected Planet: The World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) and World Database on Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures (WD-OECM), UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring.
- 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 Protected Planet: The World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) and World Database on Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures (WD-OECM), UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring, published as part of Marine protected areas (% of territorial waters). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Marine protected areas are areas of intertidal or subtidal terrain--and overlying water and associated flora and fauna and historical and cultural features--that have been reserved by law or other effective means to protect part or all of the enclosed environment.