Change forest area share total in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia: Change forest area share total was 0.1523 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Change forest area share total in Saint Lucia, 1991–2025
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Saint Lucia recorded 0.1523 for change forest area share total in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 75.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, change forest area share total in Saint Lucia peaked at 0.7337 in 1991 and was at its lowest, 0.1523, in 2025.
Saint Lucia ranks 48th of 228 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Change forest area share total in Saint Lucia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 0.7337 | — |
| 1992 | 0.7283 | -0.7% |
| 1993 | 0.7231 | -0.7% |
| 1994 | 0.7179 | -0.7% |
| 1995 | 0.7128 | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 0.7077 | -0.7% |
| 1997 | 0.7027 | -0.7% |
| 1998 | 0.6978 | -0.7% |
| 1999 | 0.693 | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 0.6882 | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 0.6835 | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 0.6789 | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 0.6743 | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 0.6698 | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 0.6653 | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 0.6609 | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 0.6566 | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 0.6523 | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 0.6481 | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 0.6439 | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 0.6398 | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 0.6357 | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 0.6317 | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 0.6277 | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 0.6238 | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 0.3295 | -47.2% |
| 2017 | 0.3285 | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.3274 | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 0.3263 | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 0.3253 | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 0.1532 | -52.9% |
| 2022 | 0.153 | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 0.1527 | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 0.1525 | -0.2% |
| 2025 | 0.1523 | -0.2% |
Saint Lucia compared with similar countries
- Saint Lucia's 0.1523 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is -0.0134. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Change forest area share total in Saint Lucia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | -52.9% | 0.3253 | 0.1532 |
| 2016 | -47.2% | 0.6238 | 0.3295 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.713 | 0.693 | 0.7337 | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.6678 | 0.6481 | 0.6882 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5114 | 0.3263 | 0.6439 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1815 | 0.1523 | 0.3253 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Saint Lucia
More environment data for Saint Lucia
- Grazing land use over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Grazing land use over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Grazing land use over the long-term, per capita 0.0021 hectares per person (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.19 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.257 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.32 °C (2025)
- Grazing land use over the long-term, per square kilometre 0.6066 hectares per square kilometre (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 3.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is change forest area share total in Saint Lucia?
- Change forest area share total in Saint Lucia was 0.1523 in 2025, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest change forest area share total recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7337 in 1991.
- What is the lowest change forest area share total recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1523 in 2025.
- How does Saint Lucia rank for change forest area share total?
- Saint Lucia ranks 48th out of 228 countries with data for 2025.
- Is change forest area share total rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 75.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Saint Lucia data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Change forest area share total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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