Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia: Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita was -0.5365 tonnes per person in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2024)
-0.5365 tonnes per person
Change on year
up 4.0%
World rank
175th
of 194 countries
All-time high
3.58 tonnes per person
in 1966
All-time low
-1.41 tonnes per person
in 2003
Years of data
175
1850–2024
Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita in Saint Lucia, 1850–2024
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per person.
Analysis
In 2024, annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita in Saint Lucia stood at -0.5365 tonnes per person.
That represents a change of up 4.0% on the previous year and up 24.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita in Saint Lucia peaked at 3.58 tonnes per person in 1966 and was at its lowest, -1.41 tonnes per person, in 2003.
Saint Lucia ranks 175th of 194 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita in Saint Lucia, year by year
| Year | tonnes per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1850 | 0.8004 tonnes per person | — |
| 1851 | 0.8026 tonnes per person | +0.3% |
| 1852 | 0.7924 tonnes per person | -1.3% |
| 1853 | 0.7863 tonnes per person | -0.8% |
| 1854 | 0.7789 tonnes per person | -0.9% |
| 1855 | 0.7687 tonnes per person | -1.3% |
| 1856 | 0.76 tonnes per person | -1.1% |
| 1857 | 0.7514 tonnes per person | -1.1% |
| 1858 | 0.7401 tonnes per person | -1.5% |
| 1859 | 0.7066 tonnes per person | -4.5% |
| 1860 | 0.7092 tonnes per person | +0.4% |
| 1861 | 0.7186 tonnes per person | +1.3% |
| 1862 | 0.7178 tonnes per person | -0.1% |
| 1863 | 0.7022 tonnes per person | -2.2% |
| 1864 | 0.6944 tonnes per person | -1.1% |
| 1865 | 0.6841 tonnes per person | -1.5% |
| 1866 | 0.674 tonnes per person | -1.5% |
| 1867 | 0.6629 tonnes per person | -1.7% |
| 1868 | 0.6531 tonnes per person | -1.5% |
| 1869 | 0.6442 tonnes per person | -1.4% |
| 1870 | 0.6251 tonnes per person | -3.0% |
| 1871 | 0.6159 tonnes per person | -1.5% |
| 1872 | 0.6076 tonnes per person | -1.4% |
| 1873 | 0.5959 tonnes per person | -1.9% |
| 1874 | 0.5865 tonnes per person | -1.6% |
| 1875 | 0.5752 tonnes per person | -1.9% |
| 1876 | 0.5641 tonnes per person | -1.9% |
| 1877 | 0.5494 tonnes per person | -2.6% |
| 1878 | 0.5369 tonnes per person | -2.3% |
| 1879 | 0.5501 tonnes per person | +2.4% |
| 1880 | 0.5231 tonnes per person | -4.9% |
| 1881 | 0.5178 tonnes per person | -1.0% |
| 1882 | 0.4988 tonnes per person | -3.7% |
| 1883 | 0.497 tonnes per person | -0.3% |
| 1884 | 0.4927 tonnes per person | -0.9% |
| 1885 | 0.4901 tonnes per person | -0.5% |
| 1886 | 0.4849 tonnes per person | -1.1% |
| 1887 | 0.4832 tonnes per person | -0.4% |
| 1888 | 0.4798 tonnes per person | -0.7% |
| 1889 | 0.4763 tonnes per person | -0.7% |
| 1890 | 0.539 tonnes per person | +13.2% |
| 1891 | 0.5408 tonnes per person | +0.3% |
| 1892 | 0.5365 tonnes per person | -0.8% |
| 1893 | 0.5296 tonnes per person | -1.3% |
| 1894 | 0.5235 tonnes per person | -1.1% |
| 1895 | 0.516 tonnes per person | -1.4% |
| 1896 | 0.5079 tonnes per person | -1.6% |
| 1897 | 0.5129 tonnes per person | +1.0% |
| 1898 | 0.4913 tonnes per person | -4.2% |
| 1899 | 0.482 tonnes per person | -1.9% |
| 1900 | 0.5348 tonnes per person | +11.0% |
| 1901 | 0.5345 tonnes per person | -0.1% |
| 1902 | 0.5382 tonnes per person | +0.7% |
| 1903 | 0.5372 tonnes per person | -0.2% |
| 1904 | 0.5348 tonnes per person | -0.4% |
| 1905 | 0.5379 tonnes per person | +0.6% |
| 1906 | 0.5376 tonnes per person | -0.1% |
| 1907 | 0.54 tonnes per person | +0.5% |
| 1908 | 0.5397 tonnes per person | -0.1% |
| 1909 | 0.5406 tonnes per person | +0.2% |
| 1910 | 0.2409 tonnes per person | -55.4% |
| 1911 | 0.1608 tonnes per person | -33.2% |
| 1912 | 0.1159 tonnes per person | -28.0% |
| 1913 | 0.0841 tonnes per person | -27.4% |
| 1914 | 0.0608 tonnes per person | -27.7% |
| 1915 | 0.0418 tonnes per person | -31.3% |
| 1916 | 0.0257 tonnes per person | -38.5% |
| 1917 | 0.0124 tonnes per person | -51.6% |
| 1918 | 0.0065 tonnes per person | -47.7% |
| 1919 | -0.0226 tonnes per person | -447.3% |
| 1920 | -0.0134 tonnes per person | -40.6% |
| 1921 | -0.0309 tonnes per person | +130.8% |
| 1922 | -0.0299 tonnes per person | -3.3% |
| 1923 | -0.0443 tonnes per person | +47.9% |
| 1924 | -0.0406 tonnes per person | -8.3% |
| 1925 | -0.043 tonnes per person | +5.9% |
| 1926 | -0.0465 tonnes per person | +8.2% |
| 1927 | -0.0488 tonnes per person | +4.8% |
| 1928 | -0.0527 tonnes per person | +8.0% |
| 1929 | -0.0519 tonnes per person | -1.4% |
| 1930 | -0.0089 tonnes per person | -82.9% |
| 1931 | -0.0164 tonnes per person | +84.7% |
| 1932 | -0.0345 tonnes per person | +110.1% |
| 1933 | -0.0478 tonnes per person | +38.5% |
| 1934 | -0.0444 tonnes per person | -7.0% |
| 1935 | -0.034 tonnes per person | -23.5% |
| 1936 | -0.035 tonnes per person | +2.9% |
| 1937 | -0.0354 tonnes per person | +1.3% |
| 1938 | -0.0379 tonnes per person | +6.8% |
| 1939 | -0.0397 tonnes per person | +4.9% |
| 1940 | -0.0669 tonnes per person | +68.3% |
| 1941 | -0.0679 tonnes per person | +1.5% |
| 1942 | -0.0675 tonnes per person | -0.6% |
| 1943 | -0.0671 tonnes per person | -0.5% |
| 1944 | -0.0677 tonnes per person | +0.8% |
| 1945 | -0.0673 tonnes per person | -0.5% |
| 1946 | -0.0674 tonnes per person | +0.1% |
| 1947 | -0.067 tonnes per person | -0.6% |
| 1948 | -0.067 tonnes per person | +0.1% |
| 1949 | -0.0667 tonnes per person | -0.5% |
| 1950 | 0.4834 tonnes per person | -824.8% |
| 1951 | 0.5313 tonnes per person | +9.9% |
| 1952 | 0.5696 tonnes per person | +7.2% |
| 1953 | 0.4722 tonnes per person | -17.1% |
| 1954 | 0.4683 tonnes per person | -0.8% |
| 1955 | 0.394 tonnes per person | -15.9% |
| 1956 | 0.4186 tonnes per person | +6.2% |
| 1957 | 0.4672 tonnes per person | +11.6% |
| 1958 | 0.552 tonnes per person | +18.2% |
| 1959 | 1.54 tonnes per person | +179.7% |
| 1960 | 0.5963 tonnes per person | -61.4% |
| 1961 | 0.395 tonnes per person | -33.8% |
| 1962 | 3.46 tonnes per person | +775.3% |
| 1963 | 1.39 tonnes per person | -59.8% |
| 1964 | 0.7603 tonnes per person | -45.4% |
| 1965 | 0.6245 tonnes per person | -17.9% |
| 1966 | 3.58 tonnes per person | +473.8% |
| 1967 | 1.4 tonnes per person | -61.0% |
| 1968 | 0.8296 tonnes per person | -40.6% |
| 1969 | 0.621 tonnes per person | -25.2% |
| 1970 | 3.43 tonnes per person | +451.8% |
| 1971 | 1.39 tonnes per person | -59.4% |
| 1972 | 0.8398 tonnes per person | -39.6% |
| 1973 | 0.5453 tonnes per person | -35.1% |
| 1974 | 0.7745 tonnes per person | +42.0% |
| 1975 | 0.445 tonnes per person | -42.5% |
| 1976 | 0.3197 tonnes per person | -28.2% |
| 1977 | 0.2574 tonnes per person | -19.5% |
| 1978 | 0.8751 tonnes per person | +239.9% |
| 1979 | 1.15 tonnes per person | +31.2% |
| 1980 | 1.29 tonnes per person | +12.2% |
| 1981 | 1.08 tonnes per person | -16.0% |
| 1982 | 1.05 tonnes per person | -2.7% |
| 1983 | 1.29 tonnes per person | +22.6% |
| 1984 | 1.34 tonnes per person | +4.1% |
| 1985 | 1.03 tonnes per person | -23.5% |
| 1986 | 0.4388 tonnes per person | -57.3% |
| 1987 | 0.2621 tonnes per person | -40.3% |
| 1988 | 0.1767 tonnes per person | -32.6% |
| 1989 | 0.0711 tonnes per person | -59.7% |
| 1990 | -0.3035 tonnes per person | -526.7% |
| 1991 | -0.2731 tonnes per person | -10.0% |
| 1992 | -0.2352 tonnes per person | -13.9% |
| 1993 | -0.2391 tonnes per person | +1.7% |
| 1994 | -0.62 tonnes per person | +159.3% |
| 1995 | -0.68 tonnes per person | +9.7% |
| 1996 | -0.714 tonnes per person | +5.0% |
| 1997 | -0.9893 tonnes per person | +38.6% |
| 1998 | -0.7859 tonnes per person | -20.6% |
| 1999 | -1.06 tonnes per person | +35.5% |
| 2000 | -1.07 tonnes per person | +0.9% |
| 2001 | -1.16 tonnes per person | +8.2% |
| 2002 | -1.23 tonnes per person | +6.1% |
| 2003 | -1.41 tonnes per person | +14.0% |
| 2004 | -1.35 tonnes per person | -4.3% |
| 2005 | -1.4 tonnes per person | +4.1% |
| 2006 | -0.8306 tonnes per person | -40.7% |
| 2007 | -1.14 tonnes per person | +37.5% |
| 2008 | -1.12 tonnes per person | -2.1% |
| 2009 | -1.07 tonnes per person | -4.3% |
| 2010 | -1.02 tonnes per person | -4.7% |
| 2011 | -0.9151 tonnes per person | -10.3% |
| 2012 | -0.7152 tonnes per person | -21.8% |
| 2013 | -0.5953 tonnes per person | -16.8% |
| 2014 | -0.712 tonnes per person | +19.6% |
| 2015 | -0.4489 tonnes per person | -37.0% |
| 2016 | -0.646 tonnes per person | +43.9% |
| 2017 | -0.6607 tonnes per person | +2.3% |
| 2018 | -0.6671 tonnes per person | +1.0% |
| 2019 | -0.649 tonnes per person | -2.7% |
| 2020 | -0.6189 tonnes per person | -4.6% |
| 2021 | -0.5914 tonnes per person | -4.4% |
| 2022 | -0.5816 tonnes per person | -1.7% |
| 2023 | -0.5589 tonnes per person | -3.9% |
| 2024 | -0.5365 tonnes per person | -4.0% |
Saint Lucia compared with similar countries
- Saint Lucia's -0.5365 tonnes per person is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0027 tonnes per person. (58 countries reporting)
- Saint Lucia's -0.5365 tonnes per person is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.0312 tonnes per person. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | +824.8% | -0.0667 tonnes per person | 0.4834 tonnes per person |
| 1962 | +775.3% | 0.395 tonnes per person | 3.46 tonnes per person |
| 1990 | -526.7% | 0.0711 tonnes per person | -0.3035 tonnes per person |
| 1966 | +473.8% | 0.6245 tonnes per person | 3.58 tonnes per person |
| 1970 | +451.8% | 0.621 tonnes per person | 3.43 tonnes per person |
| 1919 | -447.3% | 0.0065 tonnes per person | -0.0226 tonnes per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.7687 tonnes per person | 0.7066 tonnes per person | 0.8026 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1860s | 0.6861 tonnes per person | 0.6442 tonnes per person | 0.7186 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1870s | 0.5807 tonnes per person | 0.5369 tonnes per person | 0.6251 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1880s | 0.4944 tonnes per person | 0.4763 tonnes per person | 0.5231 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1890s | 0.518 tonnes per person | 0.482 tonnes per person | 0.5408 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1900s | 0.5375 tonnes per person | 0.5345 tonnes per person | 0.5406 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1910s | 0.0726 tonnes per person | -0.0226 tonnes per person | 0.2409 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1920s | -0.0402 tonnes per person | -0.0527 tonnes per person | -0.0134 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1930s | -0.0334 tonnes per person | -0.0478 tonnes per person | -0.0089 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1940s | -0.0672 tonnes per person | -0.0679 tonnes per person | -0.0667 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1950s | 0.5901 tonnes per person | 0.394 tonnes per person | 1.54 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1960s | 1.37 tonnes per person | 0.395 tonnes per person | 3.58 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1970s | 1 tonnes per person | 0.2574 tonnes per person | 3.43 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.8037 tonnes per person | 0.0711 tonnes per person | 1.34 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1990s | -0.5905 tonnes per person | -1.06 tonnes per person | -0.2352 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2000s | -1.18 tonnes per person | -1.41 tonnes per person | -0.8306 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2010s | -0.7029 tonnes per person | -1.02 tonnes per person | -0.4489 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2020s | -0.5775 tonnes per person | -0.6189 tonnes per person | -0.5365 tonnes per person | 5 |
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- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 52.16 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 19.74 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 32.42 kt (2050)
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- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 1.72 kt (2023)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita in Saint Lucia?
- Annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita in Saint Lucia was -0.5365 tonnes per person in 2024, according to Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The highest recorded value was 3.58 tonnes per person in 1966.
- What is the lowest annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The lowest recorded value was -1.41 tonnes per person in 2003.
- How does Saint Lucia rank for annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita?
- Saint Lucia ranks 175th out of 194 countries with data for 2024.
- Is annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Saint Lucia data come from?
- The figures come from Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from land-use change, measured in tonnes per person.