Forest land — Share in Land area in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia: Forest land — Share in Land area was 53.75 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Forest land — Share in Land area in Saint Lucia, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, forest land — share in land area in Saint Lucia stood at 53.75 %. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — share in land area in Saint Lucia peaked at 53.75 % in 2024 and was at its lowest, 44.36 %, in 1990.
Saint Lucia ranks 49th of 231 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 45.84 % | 44.36 % | 47.31 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 49.11 % | 47.64 % | 50.59 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 52.24 % | 50.92 % | 53.25 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 53.59 % | 53.43 % | 53.75 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Saint Lucia
- 46 Lao People's Democratic Republic 56.64 % compare
- 47 Jamaica 56.55 % compare
- 48 Latvia 55.61 % compare
- 50 Colombia 53.71 % compare
- 51 Marshall Islands 53.65 % compare
- 52 Micronesia 53.51 % compare
More environment data for Saint Lucia
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 31.38 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 3 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 1 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 0.61 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 3.73 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 0.37 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 69.49 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 6.9 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 26.79 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 2.66 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — share in land area in Saint Lucia?
- Forest land — share in land area in Saint Lucia was 53.75 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest forest land — share in land area recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The highest recorded value was 53.75 % in 2024.
- What is the lowest forest land — share in land area recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The lowest recorded value was 44.36 % in 1990.
- How does Saint Lucia rank for forest land — share in land area?
- Saint Lucia ranks 49th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is forest land — share in land area rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.9%. 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, published as part of Forest land — Share in Land area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.