Basse-Terre
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AQI 16
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Guadeloupe air quality today The AQI right now, city by city
Airleaf measures 2 cities in Guadeloupe. Basse-Terre reads AQI 16, Les Abymes reads AQI 24 right now.
- cities measured
- 2
- worst air: Les Abymes
- 24
- cleanest air: Basse-Terre
- 16
Updated . Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf.
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Air quality right now in all 2 cities in Guadeloupe
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Guadeloupe lost?
Since 2001, Guadeloupe has lost about 3,200 hectares of forest (about 4,500 football pitches): 3.3% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (95%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 3,200 haabout 4,500 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 3.3%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 3,050 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 323 ha | 11 ha | 334 ha |
| 2002 | 65 ha | 4 ha | 69 ha |
| 2003 | 82 ha | 3 ha | 85 ha |
| 2004 | 235 ha | 13 ha | 248 ha |
| 2005 | 247 ha | 6 ha | 253 ha |
| 2006 | 75 ha | 4 ha | 79 ha |
| 2007 | 162 ha | 7 ha | 169 ha |
| 2008 | 147 ha | 5 ha | 152 ha |
| 2009 | 129 ha | 8 ha | 137 ha |
| 2010 | 118 ha | 11 ha | 129 ha |
| 2011 | 166 ha | 6 ha | 172 ha |
| 2012 | 296 ha | 18 ha | 314 ha |
| 2013 | 187 ha | 7 ha | 194 ha |
| 2014 | 236 ha | 7 ha | 243 ha |
| 2015 | 63 ha | 6 ha | 69 ha |
| 2016 | 68 ha | under 1 ha | 69 ha |
| 2017 | 50 ha | 6 ha | 56 ha |
| 2018 | 86 ha | 12 ha | 97 ha |
| 2019 | 63 ha | 4 ha | 67 ha |
| 2020 | 47 ha | 3 ha | 50 ha |
| 2021 | 66 ha | 1 ha | 67 ha |
| 2022 | 39 ha | under 1 ha | 40 ha |
| 2023 | 35 ha | 2 ha | 37 ha |
| 2024 | 29 ha | under 1 ha | 29 ha |
| 2025 | 37 ha | 2 ha | 39 ha |
Forest loss is slowing down: about 42 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 68 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2001, when about 334 hectares of forest were lost.
What is causing deforestation in Guadeloupe?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good80% · 2,550 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good15% · 488 ha
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back1.3% · 42 ha
Also: shifting farming, mining and energy, unknown causes.
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
Source: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA, Global Forest Change (GFC-2025-v1.13); causes: WRI/Google DeepMind drivers of forest loss; both CC BY 4.0, summed by Airleaf for each area. How it's measured
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Air quality in Guadeloupe: your questions answered
What is the air quality in Guadeloupe today?
Airleaf measures 2 cities in Guadeloupe. Basse-Terre reads AQI 16, Les Abymes reads AQI 24 right now.
How much forest has Guadeloupe lost since 2001?
About 3,200 ha from 2001 to 2025, 3% of the forest it had in 2000, from the University of Maryland's yearly satellite maps of forest loss. 3,050 ha of it was cleared for good, for farms, mines or towns.
How does Airleaf measure air quality in Guadeloupe?
Each city's reading is the US EPA air quality index, from ground monitoring stations where one has reported recently nearby, and from the CAMS atmospheric model elsewhere; each city's report says which. Tree cover is measured over the same 2 km radius in every city, so the cities compare like for like.
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