Basseterre
2 km around Basseterre
Air quality now
AQI 41
18.7%
tree cover
20.8K more trees would reach 30% tree cover
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Saint Kitts and Nevis air quality today The AQI right now, city by city
Airleaf measures 1 city in Saint Kitts and Nevis. Basseterre reads AQI 41 right now.
- cities measured
- 1
- national forest cover
- 42.1%
Updated . Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf.
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Air quality in Basseterre right now
Good
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Saint Kitts and Nevis lost?
Since 2001, Saint Kitts and Nevis has lost about 308 hectares of forest (about 430 football pitches): 2.4% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (88%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 308 haabout 430 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 2.4%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 270 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 | 39 ha | 4 ha | 42 ha |
| 2002 | 15 ha | 3 ha | 17 ha |
| 2003 | 25 ha | 4 ha | 29 ha |
| 2004 | 21 ha | 2 ha | 23 ha |
| 2005 | 15 ha | 2 ha | 17 ha |
| 2006 | 17 ha | 2 ha | 19 ha |
| 2007 | 10 ha | 2 ha | 12 ha |
| 2008 | 20 ha | 2 ha | 22 ha |
| 2009 | 29 ha | 2 ha | 30 ha |
| 2010 | 13 ha | 4 ha | 16 ha |
| 2011 | 9 ha | 3 ha | 12 ha |
| 2012 | 6 ha | 3 ha | 9 ha |
| 2013 | 3 ha | 2 ha | 5 ha |
| 2014 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2015 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2016 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2018 | 3 ha | 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2019 | 8 ha | 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2020 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2021 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2022 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2023 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2024 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2025 | 2 ha | 2 ha | 4 ha |
The worst year was 2001, when about 42 hectares of forest were lost.
What is causing deforestation in Saint Kitts and Nevis?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good66% · 204 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good21% · 65 ha
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back5.6% · 17 ha
Also: 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
Saint Kitts and Nevis as a whole
42.1% of Saint Kitts and Nevis was forested as of 2024, against a 30% benchmark. That already clears the benchmark — the city reports above show where cover is still thin locally. Source: World Bank (FAO).
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Air quality in Saint Kitts and Nevis: your questions answered
What is the air quality in Saint Kitts and Nevis today?
Airleaf measures 1 city in Saint Kitts and Nevis. Basseterre reads AQI 41 right now.
How much forest has Saint Kitts and Nevis lost since 2001?
About 308 ha from 2001 to 2025, 2% of the forest it had in 2000, from the University of Maryland's yearly satellite maps of forest loss. 270 ha of it was cleared for good, for farms, mines or towns.
How does Airleaf measure air quality in Saint Kitts and Nevis?
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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