What is urban area over the long-term in Saint Lucia?

Urban area over the long-term in Saint Lucia was 1.83 km² per grid cell in 2025, according to HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.

What is the highest urban area over the long-term recorded in Saint Lucia?

The highest recorded value was 1.83 km² per grid cell in 2025.

What is the lowest urban area over the long-term recorded in Saint Lucia?

The lowest recorded value was 0 km² per grid cell in 1000.

How does Saint Lucia rank for urban area over the long-term?

Saint Lucia ranks 196th out of 202 countries with data for 2025.

Is urban area over the long-term rising or falling in Saint Lucia?

Over the last ten years it is up 23.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.

Where does this Saint Lucia data come from?

The figures come from HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Urban area over the long-term. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Urban area over the long-term in Saint Lucia

Name: Urban area over the long-term in Saint Lucia
Creator: HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Saint Lucia: Urban area over the long-term was 1.83 km² per grid cell in 2025. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2025)

1.83 km² per grid cell

Change on year

up 2.3%

World rank

196th

of 202 countries

All-time high

1.83 km² per grid cell

in 2025

All-time low

0 km² per grid cell

in 1000

Years of data

108

1000–2025

Urban area over the long-term in Saint Lucia, 1000–2025

Source: HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in km² per grid cell.

Analysis

The most recent figure for urban area over the long-term in Saint Lucia is 1.83 km² per grid cell, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 108 years on record.

That represents a change of up 2.3% on the previous year and up 23.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, urban area over the long-term in Saint Lucia peaked at 1.83 km² per grid cell in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0 km² per grid cell, in 1000.

Saint Lucia ranks 196th of 202 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1000s	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	1
1100s	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	1
1200s	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	1
1300s	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	1
1400s	0.0001 km² per grid cell	0.0001 km² per grid cell	0.0001 km² per grid cell	1
1500s	0.0003 km² per grid cell	0.0003 km² per grid cell	0.0003 km² per grid cell	1
1600s	0.0011 km² per grid cell	0.0011 km² per grid cell	0.0011 km² per grid cell	1
1700s	0.0037 km² per grid cell	0.0037 km² per grid cell	0.0037 km² per grid cell	1
1710s	0.0048 km² per grid cell	0.0048 km² per grid cell	0.0048 km² per grid cell	1
1720s	0.0063 km² per grid cell	0.0063 km² per grid cell	0.0063 km² per grid cell	1
1730s	0.0081 km² per grid cell	0.0081 km² per grid cell	0.0081 km² per grid cell	1
1740s	0.0106 km² per grid cell	0.0106 km² per grid cell	0.0106 km² per grid cell	1
1750s	0.0137 km² per grid cell	0.0137 km² per grid cell	0.0137 km² per grid cell	1
1760s	0.0178 km² per grid cell	0.0178 km² per grid cell	0.0178 km² per grid cell	1
1770s	0.0231 km² per grid cell	0.0231 km² per grid cell	0.0231 km² per grid cell	1
1780s	0.03 km² per grid cell	0.03 km² per grid cell	0.03 km² per grid cell	1
1790s	0.039 km² per grid cell	0.039 km² per grid cell	0.039 km² per grid cell	1
1800s	0.0506 km² per grid cell	0.0506 km² per grid cell	0.0506 km² per grid cell	1
1810s	0.0657 km² per grid cell	0.0657 km² per grid cell	0.0657 km² per grid cell	1
1820s	0.0815 km² per grid cell	0.0815 km² per grid cell	0.0815 km² per grid cell	1
1830s	0.1011 km² per grid cell	0.1011 km² per grid cell	0.1011 km² per grid cell	1
1840s	0.1253 km² per grid cell	0.1253 km² per grid cell	0.1253 km² per grid cell	1
1850s	0.1554 km² per grid cell	0.1554 km² per grid cell	0.1554 km² per grid cell	1
1860s	0.1923 km² per grid cell	0.1923 km² per grid cell	0.1923 km² per grid cell	1
1870s	0.237 km² per grid cell	0.237 km² per grid cell	0.237 km² per grid cell	1
1880s	0.2875 km² per grid cell	0.2875 km² per grid cell	0.2875 km² per grid cell	1
1890s	0.3361 km² per grid cell	0.3361 km² per grid cell	0.3361 km² per grid cell	1
1900s	0.3683 km² per grid cell	0.3683 km² per grid cell	0.3683 km² per grid cell	1
1910s	0.374 km² per grid cell	0.374 km² per grid cell	0.374 km² per grid cell	1
1920s	0.374 km² per grid cell	0.374 km² per grid cell	0.374 km² per grid cell	1
1930s	0.374 km² per grid cell	0.374 km² per grid cell	0.374 km² per grid cell	1
1940s	0.374 km² per grid cell	0.374 km² per grid cell	0.374 km² per grid cell	1
1950s	0.3938 km² per grid cell	0.374 km² per grid cell	0.4252 km² per grid cell	10
1960s	0.4918 km² per grid cell	0.4346 km² per grid cell	0.5578 km² per grid cell	10
1970s	0.6468 km² per grid cell	0.5733 km² per grid cell	0.7299 km² per grid cell	10
1980s	0.8613 km² per grid cell	0.7514 km² per grid cell	0.9916 km² per grid cell	10
1990s	1.11 km² per grid cell	1.02 km² per grid cell	1.16 km² per grid cell	10
2000s	1.24 km² per grid cell	1.17 km² per grid cell	1.33 km² per grid cell	10
2010s	1.47 km² per grid cell	1.35 km² per grid cell	1.59 km² per grid cell	10
2020s	1.73 km² per grid cell	1.62 km² per grid cell	1.83 km² per grid cell	6

Countries ranked near Saint Lucia

193 Montserrat 6.34 km² per grid cell compare
194 Dominica 4.97 km² per grid cell compare
195 Antigua and Barbuda 4.4 km² per grid cell compare
197 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.14 km² per grid cell compare
198 Falkland Islands 1.05 km² per grid cell compare
199 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.9099 km² per grid cell compare

See the full ranking of 202 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is urban area over the long-term in Saint Lucia?: Urban area over the long-term in Saint Lucia was 1.83 km² per grid cell in 2025, according to HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest urban area over the long-term recorded in Saint Lucia?: The highest recorded value was 1.83 km² per grid cell in 2025.
What is the lowest urban area over the long-term recorded in Saint Lucia?: The lowest recorded value was 0 km² per grid cell in 1000.
How does Saint Lucia rank for urban area over the long-term?: Saint Lucia ranks 196th out of 202 countries with data for 2025.
Is urban area over the long-term rising or falling in Saint Lucia?: Over the last ten years it is up 23.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Saint Lucia data come from?: The figures come from HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Urban area over the long-term. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Urban area over the long-term
Unit: km² per grid cell
Source: HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 202 places, 21,816 data points, 1000–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Total built-up area of a country over time.