Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia: Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services was 98.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Saint Lucia, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Saint Lucia stood at 98.2%. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Saint Lucia peaked at 98.2% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 89.1%, in 2000.
That places Saint Lucia 60th out of 178 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 90.3% | 89.1% | 92.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 94.7% | 92.7% | 96.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 97.9% | 97.2% | 98.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Saint Lucia
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 share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Saint Lucia?
- Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Saint Lucia was 98.2% in 2024, according to WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The highest recorded value was 98.2% in 2023.
- What is the lowest share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The lowest recorded value was 89.1% in 2000.
- How does Saint Lucia rank for share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services?
- Saint Lucia ranks 60th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Saint Lucia data come from?
- The figures come from WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Proportion of people who use an improved drinking water source, which is either located on their premises, or at a collection point, which takes no more than 30 minutes for a roundtrip.