Urban population share — all countries

Urban population share — Saint Lucia

Urban population share in Saint Lucia in 2025 — 29.1%. Ranked 197 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 8.8 pp.

2025 29.1% −0 pp vs 2024
World rank 197of 217
Period maximum 29.6%1991
Period minimum 18.5%2011

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Urban population share — Saint Lucia, 1960–20251520253019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 20.3%1962: 20.6%1964: 20.9%1966: 21.2%1968: 21.6%1970: 22.1%1972: 22.8%1974: 23.7%1976: 24.6%1978: 25.6%1980: 26.4%1982: 27.1%1984: 27.9%1986: 28.6%1988: 29.2%1990: 29.5%1992: 29.5%1994: 29.3%1996: 29%1998: 28.5%2000: 27.9%2002: 26.9%2004: 24.8%2006: 22.2%2008: 19.8%2010: 18.5%2012: 18.6%2014: 19.4%2016: 20.8%2018: 22.9%2020: 25.8%2022: 29.1%2024: 29.1%2025: 29.1%
Change over the period: +8.8 pp Annual average: 0.14 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Saint Lucia

Saint Lucia 29.1%
World 57.8%
Caribbean computed 69%
Urban population share — Saint Lucia, by year Saint Lucia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 29.1 −0 pp
2024 29.1 −0 pp
2023 29.1 −0 pp
2022 29.1 +1.7 pp
2021 27.4 +1.7 pp
2020 25.8 +1.5 pp
2019 24.2 +1.3 pp
2018 22.9 +1.1 pp
2017 21.8 +1 pp
2016 20.8 +0.8 pp
2015 20 +0.6 pp
2014 19.4 +0.5 pp
2013 18.9 +0.3 pp
2012 18.6 +0.1 pp
2011 18.5 −0 pp
2010 18.5 −0.5 pp
2009 19 −0.8 pp
2008 19.8 −1.1 pp
2007 20.9 −1.3 pp
2006 22.2 −1.3 pp
2005 23.5 −1.3 pp
2004 24.8 −1.2 pp
2003 26 −0.9 pp
2002 26.9 −0.6 pp
2001 27.5 −0.3 pp
2000 27.9 −0.3 pp
1999 28.2 −0.3 pp
1998 28.5 −0.3 pp
1997 28.7 −0.2 pp
1996 29 −0.2 pp
1995 29.2 −0.2 pp
1994 29.3 −0.1 pp
1993 29.5 −0.1 pp
1992 29.5 −0 pp
1991 29.6 +0 pp
1990 29.5 +0.1 pp
1989 29.4 +0.2 pp
1988 29.2 +0.3 pp
1987 29 +0.3 pp
1986 28.6 +0.4 pp
1985 28.3 +0.4 pp
1984 27.9 +0.4 pp
1983 27.5 +0.4 pp
1982 27.1 +0.4 pp
1981 26.7 +0.4 pp
1980 26.4 +0.4 pp
1979 26 +0.4 pp
1978 25.6 +0.5 pp
1977 25.1 +0.5 pp
1976 24.6 +0.5 pp
1975 24.1 +0.5 pp
1974 23.7 +0.5 pp
1973 23.2 +0.4 pp
1972 22.8 +0.4 pp
1971 22.4 +0.3 pp
1970 22.1 +0.2 pp
1969 21.8 +0.2 pp
1968 21.6 +0.2 pp
1967 21.4 +0.2 pp
1966 21.2 +0.2 pp
1965 21.1 +0.2 pp
1964 20.9 +0.2 pp
1963 20.7 +0.2 pp
1962 20.6 +0.2 pp
1961 20.4 +0.2 pp
1960 20.3

About the indicator

The share of population living in urban settlements, as a percent of the total. One caveat is central: each country sets the criteria for a city itself — in some places it is a settlement of 2,000 residents or more, in others 20,000, in others administrative status. Cross-country comparisons of urbanization are therefore always approximate, while the trend within a single country is informative.

Important: Sharp jumps in individual years are usually explained not by people moving but by changes in the administrative boundaries of cities.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.