Mangroves — Area from MODIS in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia: Mangroves — Area from MODIS was 2.82 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Mangroves — Area from MODIS in Saint Lucia, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2024, mangroves — area from modis in Saint Lucia stood at 2.82 1000 ha.
That represents a change of up 6.4% on the previous year and down 5.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mangroves — area from modis in Saint Lucia peaked at 3.72 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 2.46 1000 ha, in 2003.
Saint Lucia ranks 87th of 223 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Mangroves — Area from MODIS in Saint Lucia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 3.72 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 2.59 1000 ha | -30.4% |
| 2003 | 2.46 1000 ha | -5.0% |
| 2004 | 2.65 1000 ha | +7.7% |
| 2005 | 2.76 1000 ha | +4.2% |
| 2006 | 2.72 1000 ha | -1.4% |
| 2007 | 2.8 1000 ha | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 2.8 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 2.82 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 2.99 1000 ha | +6.0% |
| 2011 | 3.19 1000 ha | +6.7% |
| 2012 | 3.23 1000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 3.17 1000 ha | -1.9% |
| 2014 | 2.97 1000 ha | -6.3% |
| 2015 | 2.69 1000 ha | -9.4% |
| 2016 | 2.59 1000 ha | -3.7% |
| 2017 | 2.69 1000 ha | +3.9% |
| 2018 | 2.76 1000 ha | +2.6% |
| 2019 | 2.76 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 2.82 1000 ha | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 2.84 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 2.74 1000 ha | -3.5% |
| 2023 | 2.65 1000 ha | -3.3% |
| 2024 | 2.82 1000 ha | +6.4% |
Saint Lucia compared with similar countries
- Saint Lucia's 2.82 1000 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4.33 1000 ha, 65% of the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Saint Lucia's 2.82 1000 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 17.77 1000 ha, 16% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Mangroves — Area from MODIS 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | -30.4% | 3.72 1000 ha | 2.59 1000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.81 1000 ha | 2.46 1000 ha | 3.72 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 2.9 1000 ha | 2.59 1000 ha | 3.23 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.77 1000 ha | 2.65 1000 ha | 2.84 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Saint Lucia
More environment data for Saint Lucia
- 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)
- 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)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -0.4464 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mangroves — area from modis in Saint Lucia?
- Mangroves — area from modis in Saint Lucia was 2.82 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest mangroves — area from modis recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The highest recorded value was 3.72 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest mangroves — area from modis recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.46 1000 ha in 2003.
- How does Saint Lucia rank for mangroves — area from modis?
- Saint Lucia ranks 87th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is mangroves — area from modis rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.1%. 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, published as part of Mangroves — Area from MODIS. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Land Cover data under the Agri-Environmental Indicators section contains land cover information organized by the land cover classes of the international standard system for Environmental and Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA CF). The land cover information is compiled from publicly available Global Land Cover (GLC) maps: a) MODIS land cover types based on the Land Cover Classification System, LCCS; b) The European Spatial Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) annual land cover maps produced by the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)-Geomatics and now under the European Copernicus Program; c) The annual land cover maps which were produced under the European Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) (CGLS land cover, containing discrete land cover categorization), with spatial resolution 100m; and d) the WorldCover maps of the European Space Agency, produced at 10m resolution.