Marine protected areas in Singapore
Singapore: Marine protected areas was 0.0% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Marine protected areas in Singapore, 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
Singapore recorded 0.0% for marine protected areas in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 13 years on record.
Over the whole period, marine protected areas in Singapore peaked at 1.2% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2015.
Singapore ranks 150th of 174 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Marine protected areas in Singapore, year by year
| Year | % of territorial waters | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 1.2% | — |
| 2014 | 1.2% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.0% | -100.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0% | — |
| 2017 | 0.0% | — |
| 2018 | 0.0% | — |
| 2019 | 0.0% | — |
| 2020 | 0.0% | — |
| 2021 | 0.0% | — |
| 2022 | 0.0% | — |
| 2023 | 0.0% | — |
| 2024 | 0.0% | — |
| 2025 | 0.0% | — |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.3% | 0.0% | 1.2% | 7 |
| 2020s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Singapore
- 150 Angola 0.0%
- 150 Barbados 0.0%
- 150 Bermuda 0.0%
- 150 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0%
- 150 British Virgin Islands 0.0% compare
- 150 Brunei Darussalam 0.0% compare
- 150 Curacao 0.0%
- 150 Eritrea 0.0%
- 150 Faroe Islands 0.0%
- 150 Ghana 0.0% compare
- 150 Guam 0.0% compare
- 150 Guyana 0.0% compare
- 150 Hong Kong 0.0%
- 150 Iraq 0.0% compare
- 150 North Korea 0.0%
- 150 Mauritius 0.0%
- 150 Micronesia, Federated States of 0.0%
- 150 Naoero 0.0%
- 150 Nigeria 0.0%
- 150 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0%
- 150 Somalia 0.0%
- 150 Tuvalu 0.0%
- 150 Vanuatu 0.0%
- 150 Palestine, State of 0.0%
More climate change data for Singapore
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 22.49 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 19.69 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 2.8 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 0.0743 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 0.0999 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 0.2385 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 0.2385 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 0 kt (1992)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 0.0009 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 0 kt (1992)
Frequently asked questions
- What is marine protected areas in Singapore?
- Marine protected areas in Singapore was 0.0% 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 Singapore?
- The highest recorded value was 1.2% in 2013.
- What is the lowest marine protected areas recorded in Singapore?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2015.
- How does Singapore rank for marine protected areas?
- Singapore ranks 150th out of 174 countries with data for 2025.
- Where does this Singapore 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.