Terrestrial and marine protected areas in Samoa
Samoa: Terrestrial and marine protected areas was 0.3% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Terrestrial and 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 total territorial area.
Analysis
The most recent figure for terrestrial and marine protected areas in Samoa is 0.3%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
The figure is up 50.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, terrestrial and marine protected areas in Samoa peaked at 0.3% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2013.
That places Samoa 191st out of 213 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.
Terrestrial and marine protected areas in Samoa, year by year
| Year | % of total territorial area | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 0.2% | — |
| 2014 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.3% | +50.0% |
| 2021 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 7 |
| 2020s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
- 189 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.5% compare
- 189 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.5% compare
- 191 Curacao 0.3% compare
- 191 Marshall Islands 0.3% compare
- 194 Cape Verde 0.2% compare
- 194 Grenada 0.2% compare
- 194 Libya 0.2% compare
- 194 Sao Tome and Principe 0.2% compare
- 194 Solomon 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 terrestrial and marine protected areas in Samoa?
- Terrestrial and marine protected areas in Samoa was 0.3% 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 terrestrial and marine protected areas recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3% in 2020.
- What is the lowest terrestrial and marine protected areas recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2013.
- How does Samoa rank for terrestrial and marine protected areas?
- Samoa ranks 191st out of 213 countries with data for 2025.
- Is terrestrial and marine protected areas rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 50.0%. 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 Terrestrial and marine protected areas (% of total territorial area). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Terrestrial protected areas are totally or partially protected areas of at least 1,000 hectares that are designated by national authorities as scientific reserves with limited public access, national parks, natural monuments, nature reserves or wildlife sanctuaries, protected landscapes, and areas managed mainly for sustainable use. 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. Sites protected under local or provincial law are excluded.