Domestic material consumption per capita, by type … capita tonnes in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia: Domestic material consumption per capita, by type … capita tonnes was 8.59 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Domestic material consumption per capita, by type of raw material in Saint Lucia, 2000–2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
Saint Lucia recorded 8.59 for domestic material consumption per capita, by type of raw material in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.2% on the previous year and up 36.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, domestic material consumption per capita, by type of raw material in Saint Lucia peaked at 8.43 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1.09, in 2000.
Saint Lucia ranks 119th of 249 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Domestic material consumption per capita, by type … capita tonnes in Saint Lucia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.09 | — |
| 2001 | 5.71 | +424.5% |
| 2002 | 3.94 | -30.9% |
| 2003 | 4.85 | +23.0% |
| 2004 | 5.7 | +17.6% |
| 2005 | 5.63 | -1.4% |
| 2006 | 7.34 | +30.5% |
| 2007 | 6.96 | -5.3% |
| 2008 | 6.59 | -5.3% |
| 2009 | 6.2 | -5.9% |
| 2010 | 6.01 | -3.0% |
| 2011 | 5.83 | -3.0% |
| 2012 | 6.17 | +5.8% |
| 2013 | 5.9 | -4.5% |
| 2014 | 5 | -15.2% |
| 2015 | 5.49 | +9.9% |
| 2016 | 6.38 | +16.1% |
| 2017 | 6.75 | +5.8% |
| 2018 | 5.34 | -20.8% |
| 2019 | 5.61 | +5.1% |
| 2020 | 5.26 | -6.2% |
| 2021 | 8.17 | +55.2% |
| 2022 | 8.43 | +3.2% |
| 2023 | 8.62 | +2.2% |
| 2024 | 8.59 | -0.4% |
Saint Lucia compared with similar countries
- Saint Lucia's 8.59 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 9.96, 85% of the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Saint Lucia's 8.59 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 8.45, 100% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Domestic material consumption per capita, by type … capita tonnes 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +424.5% | 1.09 | 5.71 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.4 | 1.09 | 7.34 | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.85 | 5 | 6.75 | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.82 | 5.26 | 8.62 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Saint Lucia
More development goals data for Saint Lucia
- Red List Index 0.714 (2025)
- Number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin 92.62 (2025)
- Manufacturing value added per capita 277.32 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds 21 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds (not extinct) 21 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds with unknown risk status 20 (2025)
- Number of local breeds with unknown risk status 13 (2025)
- Number of local breeds (not extinct) 13 (2025)
- Number of local breeds kept in the country 13 (2025)
- Infant deaths 32 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is domestic material consumption per capita, by type of raw material in Saint Lucia?
- Domestic material consumption per capita, by type of raw material in Saint Lucia was 8.59 in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest domestic material consumption per capita, by type of raw material recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The highest recorded value was 8.43 in 2022.
- What is the lowest domestic material consumption per capita, by type of raw material recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.09 in 2000.
- How does Saint Lucia rank for domestic material consumption per capita, by type of raw material?
- Saint Lucia ranks 119th out of 249 countries with data for 2024.
- Is domestic material consumption per capita, by type of raw material rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 36.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Saint Lucia data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Domestic material consumption per capita, by type of raw material (tonnes). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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