Population living in slums in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia: Population living in slums was 0.4% in 2022. ◆ Volatile
Population living in slums in Saint Lucia, 2000–2022
Source: Urban Indicators Database, UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat). Measured in % of urban population.
Analysis
In 2022, population living in slums in Saint Lucia stood at 0.4%. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.1% on the previous year and down 80.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population living in slums in Saint Lucia peaked at 4.8% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 2022.
That places Saint Lucia 136th out of 174 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Population living in slums in Saint Lucia, year by year
| Year | % of urban population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 4.8% | — |
| 2002 | 4.8% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 4.5% | -7.2% |
| 2006 | 3.9% | -13.3% |
| 2008 | 3.4% | -14.1% |
| 2010 | 2.8% | -17.9% |
| 2012 | 2.2% | -20.0% |
| 2014 | 1.6% | -27.3% |
| 2016 | 1.1% | -34.4% |
| 2018 | 0.5% | -57.1% |
| 2020 | 0.5% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.4% | -2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.3% | 3.4% | 4.8% | 5 |
| 2010s | 1.6% | 0.5% | 2.8% | 5 |
| 2020s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 2 |
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More poverty & inequality data for Saint Lucia
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 0 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.38 live births per woman (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 19.37 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 19.4% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 14.03 % change on previous year (2023)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via -100 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.327 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is population living in slums in Saint Lucia?
- Population living in slums in Saint Lucia was 0.4% in 2022, according to Urban Indicators Database, UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat).
- What is the highest population living in slums recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The highest recorded value was 4.8% in 2000.
- What is the lowest population living in slums recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 2022.
- How does Saint Lucia rank for population living in slums?
- Saint Lucia ranks 136th out of 174 countries with data for 2022.
- Is population living in slums rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 80.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Saint Lucia data come from?
- The figures come from Urban Indicators Database, UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), published as part of Population living in slums (% of urban population). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Population living in slums is the proportion of the urban population living in slum households. A slum household is defined as a group of individuals living under the same roof lacking one or more of the following conditions: access to improved water, access to improved sanitation, sufficient living area, housing durability, and security of tenure, as adopted in the Millennium Development Goal Target 7.D. The successor, the Sustainable Development Goal 11.1.1, considers inadequate housing (housing affordability) to complement the above definition of slums/informal settlements.