Replication Data for: A Dataset Development for ASEAN’s Blue Economic Posture: Measuring Southeast Asian Countries Capacities and Capabilities on Harnessing the Ocean Economy

In the new global economy, Blue Economy has become a central issue, including for Southeast Asian Countries regarding its potentials as key drivers of economic growth and innovation. ASEAN member countries has declared to commit on taking the lead on the regional cooperation in relation to the Blue Economy through ASEAN Leaders’ Declaration on the Blue Economy, last 26 October 2021, in Brunei Darussalam. Besides the economic opportunities, Blue Economy has responsibilities to carry out due to the need to ensure ocean sustainability and rules-based ocean governance. Previous studies on the topic in general, have reported some issues such as (1) Blue Economy complexity and diversity on stakeholders’ and policymakers’ perspectives and perceptions, (2) contested narratives between the economic growth and development vis-à-vis ocean resources environmental protection, and (3) the urge to strengthen regional centrality and unity in term of commitments on achieving the goals. This study aims to identify ASEAN member countries capacities and capabilities regarding the Blue Economy implementations. We developed ASEAN Blue Economy Dataset using numbers of official and reputable macro-economic and political-security data which are related to established and emerging sectors of Blue Economy. By using the data and indices generated from the dataset, we measured ASEAN ‘Blue Economic Posture’ to quantify and portray ASEAN’s trajectory to actualize sustainable ocean economy in term of capacity building and potential cooperation initiatives.