Forest area in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia: Forest area was 32,840 hectares in 2025. ▲ Rising
Forest area in Saint Lucia, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hectares.
Analysis
The most recent figure for forest area in Saint Lucia is 32,840 hectares, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest area in Saint Lucia peaked at 32,840 hectares in 2025 and was at its lowest, 27,060 hectares, in 1990.
Saint Lucia ranks 177th of 235 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 27,960 hectares | 27,060 hectares | 28,860 hectares | 10 |
| 2000s | 29,960 hectares | 29,060 hectares | 30,860 hectares | 10 |
| 2010s | 31,866 hectares | 31,060 hectares | 32,484 hectares | 10 |
| 2020s | 32,715 hectares | 32,590 hectares | 32,840 hectares | 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 forest area in Saint Lucia?
- Forest area in Saint Lucia was 32,840 hectares 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 forest area recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The highest recorded value was 32,840 hectares in 2025.
- What is the lowest forest area recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The lowest recorded value was 27,060 hectares in 1990.
- How does Saint Lucia rank for forest area?
- Saint Lucia ranks 177th out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest area rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 Forest area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems.