Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia: Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area was 0.2% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Saint Lucia, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Saint Lucia recorded 0.2% for annual change in forest area as a share of forest area 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, annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Saint Lucia peaked at 0.7% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 6 |
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More environment data for Saint Lucia
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 0.4685 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 2.61 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.0223 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0008 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.0029 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 0.0602 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0003 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0005 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.0333 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Saint Lucia?
- Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Saint Lucia was 0.2% in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest annual change in forest area as a share of forest area recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7% in 1991.
- What is the lowest annual change in forest area as a share of forest area recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2025.
- How does Saint Lucia rank for annual change in forest area as a share of forest area?
- Saint Lucia ranks 48th out of 228 countries with data for 2025.
- Is annual change in forest area as a share of forest area 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 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Annual net change in forest area measures forest expansion (the sum of afforestation and natural expansion) minus deforestation.