Share of freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas that are protected in Viet Nam
Viet Nam: Share of freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas that are protected was 38.2% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas that are protected in Viet Nam, 2000–2025
Source: BirdLife International, IUCN and UNEP-WCMC – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Viet Nam recorded 38.2% for share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected in Viet Nam peaked at 38.2% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 8.5%, in 2000.
That places Viet Nam 104th out of 164 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Share of freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas that are protected in Viet Nam, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 8.5% | — |
| 2001 | 13.5% | +59.5% |
| 2002 | 28.6% | +110.9% |
| 2003 | 28.6% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 28.6% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 28.6% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 28.6% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 29.2% | +2.4% |
| 2008 | 29.2% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 29.2% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 29.2% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 32.4% | +10.9% |
| 2012 | 33.1% | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 33.1% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 37.3% | +12.8% |
| 2015 | 38.2% | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 38.2% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 38.2% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 38.2% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 38.2% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 38.2% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 38.2% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 38.2% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 38.2% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 38.2% | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 38.2% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 25.2% | 8.5% | 29.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 35.6% | 29.2% | 38.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 38.2% | 38.2% | 38.2% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Viet Nam
More environment data for Viet Nam
- Heating Degree Days 201.25 (2024)
- Cooling Degree Days 4,503 (2024)
- Total fisheries production 9.08 million metric tons (2024)
- Capture fisheries production 3.43 million metric tons (2024)
- Aquaculture production 5.65 million metric tons (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste 1.72 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.4764 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 5.36 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 26.09 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes 2.19 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected in Viet Nam?
- Share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected in Viet Nam was 38.2% in 2025, according to BirdLife International, IUCN and UNEP-WCMC – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected recorded in Viet Nam?
- The highest recorded value was 38.2% in 2015.
- What is the lowest share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected recorded in Viet Nam?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.5% in 2000.
- How does Viet Nam rank for share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected?
- Viet Nam ranks 104th out of 164 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected rising or falling in Viet Nam?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Viet Nam data come from?
- The figures come from BirdLife International, IUCN and UNEP-WCMC – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas that are protected. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average proportion of Freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) covered by protected areas (%).