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.
Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Saint Lucia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 89.1% | — |
| 2001 | 89.1% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 89.1% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 89.5% | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 90.0% | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 90.4% | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 90.9% | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 91.3% | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 91.8% | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 92.2% | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 92.7% | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 93.2% | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 93.6% | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 94.1% | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 94.5% | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 95.0% | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 95.4% | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 95.9% | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 96.3% | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 96.8% | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 97.2% | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 97.7% | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 98.0% | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 98.2% | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 98.2% | +0.0% |
Saint Lucia compared with similar countries
- Saint Lucia's 98.2% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 94.8%, 1.0× the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Saint Lucia's 98.2% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 93.3%, 1.1× the median. (28 countries reporting)
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
- 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 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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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.