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All indicators of the Macroscope base for Saint Lucia, with sources. Below: what past UN and IMF releases projected and what actually happened.

Population
179k
persons, 1 July, 2023
Births
2.02k
births per year, 2023
Total fertility rate
1.38
children per woman, 2023
International migrants, share
4.5
% of population, 2024
Internet users
68.2
% of population, 2024
GDP per capita, PPP
24,503
constant 2021 international $, 2025
Electricity demand per person
2,226
kWh per person a year, 2024

What the data shows

Computed with the same code as the observations under the main chart and in the API (get_insights). Moving together in time does not prove a cause.

How the indicators changed

  • Fertility (TFR): 6.42 in 1950 → 1.38 in 2023 (−79%). Peak: 6.84 in 1961; the latest value is 80% lower. Thresholds: below 2.1 since 2002, below 1.5 since 2014. The trend broke around 1963 and 2002: +0.04 → −0.13 → −0.03 a year.
  • Births: 4.31k in 1950 → 2.02k in 2023 (−53%). The trend broke around 1993 and 2005: −0.01k → −0.12k → −0.03k a year.
  • Population: 93k in 1950 → 179k in 2023 (+93%). The trend broke around 1967 and 2006: +0.25k → +1.83k → +0.72k a year.
  • Internet: 0% in 1990 → 68.2% in 2024 (+68 pp). Thresholds: above 10% since 2002, above 50% since 2014. Fastest growth in 2010–2015: 32.5% → 57.3%.
  • Urban share: 20.3% in 1960 → 29.1% in 2025 (+8.8 pp). Low: 18.5% in 2011; +11 pp since then. The trend broke around 1995 and 2012: +0.33 → −0.78 → +0.98 a year.
  • GDP per person (PPP): 17,057 PPP dollars in 1990 → 24,503 PPP dollars in 2025 (+44%).
  • GDP growth: on average 7.3% in the 1980s, 3.3% in the 1990s, 2.0% in the 2000s, 1.3% in the 2010s, 3.2% in the 2020s. Lowest: −23.8% in 2020; highest: 20.6% in 2022.
  • Inflation: on average 5.8% in the 1980s, 3.1% in the 1990s, 2.8% in the 2000s, 1.4% in the 2010s, 2.7% in the 2020s. Lowest: −3.1% in 2016; highest: 19.4% in 1980.
  • Net migration: on average −2.94k a year in the 1950s, −2.08k a year in the 1960s, −1.56k a year in the 1970s, −1.48k a year in the 1980s, −0.75k a year in the 1990s, −0.34k a year in the 2000s, −0.08k a year in the 2010s, 0 a year in the 2020s.
  • Life expectancy, men: 47 years in 1950 → 69.3 years in 2023 (+22 years). The trend broke around 1966 and 1991: +0.76 → +0.32 → +0.02 a year.

What changed at the same time

  • The fastest decline of "Fertility (TFR)" was in 1970–1980: 6.10 → 4.41. Over the same years: births 3.97k → 4.08k; population 103k → 119k; urban share 22.1% → 26.4%; GDP growth −0.5% (1980); inflation 19.4% (1980); net migration −1.71k a year → −1.42k a year; life expectancy, men 62.2 years → 65.8 years; no data for the others in those years.
  • Over the last 10 years (2013–2023): fertility (TFR) 1.50 → 1.38; births 2.17k → 2.02k; population 173k → 179k; internet 49.4% → 67.4%; urban share 18.9% → 29.1%; GDP per person (PPP) 20,827 PPP dollars → 23,636 PPP dollars; GDP growth −2.2% → 3.3%; inflation 1.5% → 3.8%; net migration −0.11k a year → 0 a year; life expectancy, men 70 years → 69.3 years.

How the indicators relate

  • Fertility (TFR) and internet (1990–2023, 30 years): levels are strongly related, in opposite directions (r = −0.89); year-to-year changes show no reliable link (r = 0.08). This looks like a shared trend: both change over time, but not in step from year to year.
  • Fertility (TFR) and urban share (1960–2023, 64 years): levels are barely related (r = −0.17); year-to-year changes show no reliable link (r = 0.02).
  • Fertility (TFR) and GDP per person (PPP) (1990–2023, 34 years): levels are strongly related, in opposite directions (r = −0.78); year-to-year changes show no reliable link (r = −0.09). This looks like a shared trend: both change over time, but not in step from year to year.

Against other countries

  • Fertility (TFR), adjusted for income: countries with the same GDP per person (23,640 PPP dollars) typically have 1.84; here it is 1.38, lower than in 88% of countries at this income (2023, 197 countries).
  • Internet, adjusted for income: countries with the same GDP per person (24,700 PPP dollars) typically have 80.8%; here it is 68.2%, lower than in 88% of countries at this income (2024, 177 countries).
  • Order of events: fertility below 3: 1993; fertility below 2.1: 2002; half the population online: 2014. Fertility fell below 3 after the urban share passed 50% in 69% of 111 countries where the order is known; median gap 9 years. Fertility fell below 2.1 before half the population went online in 88% of 112 countries where the order is known.

Forecasts vs actual

  • Fertility (TFR): past UN projections. The outcome was below the projection in 9 of 10 revisions (2000–2022) and above in none; median gap −21%.
  • The UN 2010 projection did not expect today's level (1.38, 2023) before its horizon ended (2100).
  • Fertility (TFR): UN 2024 projection (medium): 2050 — 1.42 (+3% vs 2023), 2100 — 1.50 (+9% vs 2023); low variant for 2100: 1.00.
  • Births: past UN projections. The outcome was below the projection in 9 of 10 revisions (2000–2022) and above in 1; median gap −24%.
  • The UN 2002 projection expected today's level (2.02k, 2023) only after 2035: reality is at least 12 years ahead of it.
  • The UN 2022 projection expected this level (2.02k) already around 2022: reality is 1 year behind it.
  • Births: UN 2024 projection (medium): 2050 — 1.38k (−32% vs 2023), 2100 — 0.8k (−60% vs 2023); low variant for 2100: 0.23k.
  • Population: past UN projections. The outcome was below the projection in 10 of 12 revisions (1998–2022) and above in 2; median gap −5.2%.
  • The UN 1998 projection expected this level (179k) already around 2011: reality is 12 years behind it.
  • The UN 2008 projection expected this level (179k) already around 2013: reality is 10 years behind it.
  • Population: UN 2024 projection (medium): 2050 — 172k (−4% vs 2023), 2100 — 108k (−40% vs 2023); low variant for 2100: 66.1k.
  • Why the UN missed the population. The 2000 projection for 2023: 177k; the UN's 2024 estimate: 179k (+1.2%). Parts of the gap (plus means more people than projected): the starting population +10.8k, births −18.4k, deaths −9k (more deaths than expected), migration +18.8k; the largest: migration.
  • Why the UN missed the population. The 2010 projection for 2023: 194k; the UN's 2024 estimate: 179k (−7.7%). Parts of the gap (plus means more people than projected): the starting population −3.4k, births −9.6k, deaths −3.7k (more deaths than expected), migration +1.8k; the largest: births.
  • GDP growth: IMF next-year forecasts (34 editions, 2007–2023). On average the outcome was 1.4 pp below the forecast; below it in 47% of cases; typical error ±4.2 pp. The biggest miss was for 2020: IMF, October 2019 expected 3.2%, the outcome was −23.8%.
  • GDP growth: latest IMF forecast (IMF, April 2026): 2025 — 1.7%, 2027 — 1.7%, 2031 — 1.5%.
  • Inflation: IMF next-year forecasts (34 editions, 2007–2023). On average the outcome was 0.5 pp below the forecast; below it in 47% of cases; typical error ±2.3 pp. The biggest miss was for 2022: IMF, April 2021 expected 2%, the outcome was 9.7%.
  • Inflation: latest IMF forecast (IMF, April 2026): 2025 — 2%, 2027 — 2.4%, 2031 — 2%.
  • Net migration: past UN projections. The outcome was above the projection in 6 of 11 revisions (2000–2022) and below in 3; median difference +0.2k a year. The biggest miss: the 2000 revision expected −1k a year for 2020–2025; the outcome was 0 a year (for the years of the period so far).
  • Net migration: UN 2024 projection (medium): 2030 — −0.02k a year, 2050 — −0.05k a year, 2100 — 0k a year.
  • Life expectancy, men: past UN projections. The outcome was above the projection in none of 11 revisions (2000–2022) and below in 11; median difference −5.5 years. The biggest miss: the 2019 revision expected 75.3 years for 2020–2025; the outcome was 68.2 years (for the years of the period so far).
  • Life expectancy, men: UN 2024 projection (medium): 2030 — 70.3 years, 2050 — 73.5 years, 2100 — 81.7 years.

UN projections vs actual

Solid line: actual data, UN WPP 2024 estimates; births and fertility from national statistics from the last year they matched the UN estimate (the UN's figures for the latest years are partly its own projection). Dashed: medium variants of past UN revisions. The table shows what each revision expected for the latest year (or five-year period) with actual data.

Population

persons, 1 July
Saint Lucia: PopulationActual 2023: 179k120k140k160k180k200k220k19902000201020202030
  • Actual
  • UN 1998
  • UN 2000
  • UN 2002
  • UN 2004
  • UN 2006
  • UN 2008
  • UN 2010
  • UN 2012
  • UN 2015
  • UN 2017
  • UN 2019
  • UN 2022
  • UN 2024, medium
ReleaseTarget periodHorizonExpectedActualActual vs expected
UN 1998202325 years204k179k−12%
UN 2000202323 years177k179k+1.2%
UN 2002202321 years167k179k+7.6%
UN 2004202319 years182k179k−1.7%
UN 2006202317 years192k179k−6.8%
UN 2008202315 years195k179k−8%
UN 2010202313 years194k179k−7.7%
UN 2012202311 years195k179k−8.2%
UN 201520238 years195k179k−8.2%
UN 201720236 years183k179k−2.1%
UN 201920234 years186k179k−3.5%
UN 202220231 year180k179k−0.5%

Births

births per year
Saint Lucia: BirthsActual 2023: 2.02k1.5k2k2.5k3k3.5k4k19902000201020202030
  • Actual
  • UN 2000
  • UN 2002
  • UN 2004
  • UN 2006
  • UN 2008
  • UN 2010
  • UN 2012
  • UN 2015
  • UN 2017
  • UN 2019
  • UN 2022
  • UN 2024, medium
ReleaseTarget periodHorizonExpectedActualActual vs expected
UN 20002015–202018 years2.91k2.13k−27%
UN 20022015–202016 years2.64k2.13k−19.4%
UN 20042015–202014 years2.92k2.13k−27.3%
UN 20062015–202012 years3.02k2.13k−29.6%
UN 20082015–202010 years2.94k2.13k−27.8%
UN 20102015–20208 years2.85k2.13k−25.5%
UN 20122015–20206 years2.72k2.13k−21.9%
UN 20152015–20202 years2.72k2.13k−21.9%
UN 20172015–20200 years2.14k2.13k−0.6%
UN 202220231 year2.01k2.02k+0.5%

Total fertility rate

children per woman
Saint Lucia: Total fertility rateActual 2023: 1.3811.522.533.519902000201020202030
  • Actual
  • UN 2000
  • UN 2002
  • UN 2004
  • UN 2006
  • UN 2008
  • UN 2010
  • UN 2012
  • UN 2015
  • UN 2017
  • UN 2019
  • UN 2022
  • UN 2024, medium
ReleaseTarget periodHorizonExpectedActualActual vs expected
UN 20002015–202018 years2.101.44−31.3%
UN 20022015–202016 years1.991.44−27.4%
UN 20042015–202014 years2.011.44−28.3%
UN 20062015–202012 years2.011.44−28.4%
UN 20082015–202010 years1.851.44−22%
UN 20102015–20208 years1.791.44−19.4%
UN 20122015–20206 years1.821.44−20.8%
UN 20152015–20202 years1.821.44−20.9%
UN 20172015–20200 years1.441.44−0.1%
UN 202220231 year1.381.380%

Deaths

thousand deaths per year
Saint Lucia: DeathsActual 2023: 20.511.522.519902000201020202030
  • Actual
  • UN 2000
  • UN 2002
  • UN 2004
  • UN 2006
  • UN 2008
  • UN 2010
  • UN 2012
  • UN 2015
  • UN 2017
  • UN 2019
  • UN 2022
  • UN 2024, medium
ReleaseTarget periodHorizonExpectedActualActual vs expected
UN 20002015–202018 years11+57.9%
UN 20022015–202016 years11+54.6%
UN 20042015–202014 years11+18.5%
UN 20062015–202012 years11+23.5%
UN 20082015–202010 years11+24.4%
UN 20102015–20208 years11+25%
UN 20122015–20206 years11+2.7%
UN 20152015–20202 years11+3.6%
UN 20172015–20200 years11+5.8%
UN 202220231 year12+7.2%

Infant mortality

deaths under age 1 per 1,000 live births
Saint Lucia: Infant mortalityActual 2023: 14.4510152019902000201020202030
  • Actual
  • UN 2000
  • UN 2002
  • UN 2004
  • UN 2006
  • UN 2008
  • UN 2010
  • UN 2012
  • UN 2015
  • UN 2017
  • UN 2019
  • UN 2022
  • UN 2024, medium
ReleaseTarget periodHorizonExpectedActualActual vs expected
UN 20002015–202018 years10.214.7+44.5%
UN 20022015–202016 years10.814.7+35.8%
UN 20042015–202014 years11.314.7+30.5%
UN 20062015–202012 years10.114.7+46%
UN 20082015–202010 years10.114.7+46%
UN 20102015–20208 years11.614.7+27.2%
UN 20122015–20206 years9.314.7+57.8%
UN 20152015–20202 years9.614.7+53.9%
UN 20172015–20200 years9.214.7+59.6%
UN 202220231 year10.414.4+38.2%

Net migration

persons per year
Saint Lucia: Net migrationActual 2023: 0−2k−1k01k19902000201020202030
  • Actual
  • UN 2000
  • UN 2002
  • UN 2004
  • UN 2006
  • UN 2008
  • UN 2010
  • UN 2012
  • UN 2015
  • UN 2017
  • UN 2019
  • UN 2022
  • UN 2024, medium
ReleaseTarget periodHorizonExpectedActualActual vs expected
UN 20002020–2025*22 years−1k0+1k a year
UN 20022020–2025*20 years−1k0+1k a year
UN 20042020–2025*18 years−0.6k0+1k a year
UN 20062020–2025*16 years−0.2k00k a year
UN 20082020–2025*14 years−0.2k00k a year
UN 20102020–2025*12 years−0.2k00k a year
UN 20122020–2025*10 years0.01k00k a year
UN 20152020–2025*8 years0.01k00k a year
UN 20172020–2025*6 years0.01k00k a year
UN 20192020–2025*4 years000k a year
UN 202220231 year000k a year

Life expectancy at birth, women

years
Saint Lucia: Life expectancy at birth, womenActual 2023: 76.372747678808219902000201020202030
  • Actual
  • UN 2000
  • UN 2002
  • UN 2004
  • UN 2006
  • UN 2008
  • UN 2010
  • UN 2012
  • UN 2015
  • UN 2017
  • UN 2019
  • UN 2022
  • UN 2024, medium
ReleaseTarget periodHorizonExpectedActualActual vs expected
UN 20002020–2025*22 years7975.3−3.7 yrs
UN 20022020–2025*20 years77.575.3−2.2 yrs
UN 20042020–2025*18 years76.575.3−1.2 yrs
UN 20062020–2025*16 years78.475.3−3.1 yrs
UN 20082020–2025*14 years78.475.3−3.1 yrs
UN 20102020–2025*12 years79.175.3−3.8 yrs
UN 20122020–2025*10 years78.775.3−3.4 yrs
UN 20152020–2025*8 years7975.3−3.6 yrs
UN 20172020–2025*6 years79.475.3−4.1 yrs
UN 20192020–2025*4 years78.175.3−2.7 yrs
UN 202220231 year77.776.3−1.4 yrs

Life expectancy at birth, men

years
Saint Lucia: Life expectancy at birth, menActual 2023: 69.36570758019902000201020202030
  • Actual
  • UN 2000
  • UN 2002
  • UN 2004
  • UN 2006
  • UN 2008
  • UN 2010
  • UN 2012
  • UN 2015
  • UN 2017
  • UN 2019
  • UN 2022
  • UN 2024, medium
ReleaseTarget periodHorizonExpectedActualActual vs expected
UN 20002020–2025*22 years73.768.2−5.5 yrs
UN 20022020–2025*20 years73.768.2−5.4 yrs
UN 20042020–2025*18 years73.768.2−5.4 yrs
UN 20062020–2025*16 years74.468.2−6.2 yrs
UN 20082020–2025*14 years74.468.2−6.2 yrs
UN 20102020–2025*12 years73.668.2−5.3 yrs
UN 20122020–2025*10 years73.668.2−5.4 yrs
UN 20152020–2025*8 years73.768.2−5.5 yrs
UN 20172020–2025*6 years74.168.2−5.9 yrs
UN 20192020–2025*4 years75.368.2−7 yrs
UN 202220231 year70.769.3−1.4 yrs

* The five-year period is not over: the projection is compared with the mean of its years so far (UN facts end in 2023).

IMF forecasts vs actual

Solid line: actual values from the latest IMF edition (data get revised, so we use the newest). Dashed: April editions, current year and five years ahead. The table covers next-year forecasts from all editions: mean error shows bias, mean absolute error shows accuracy.

Real GDP growth

% per year
Saint Lucia: Real GDP growthActual 2024: 4.7−30−101030502000200520102015202020252030
  • Actual (IMF)
  • WEO, April editions
IndicatorForecastsMean errorMean absolute errorActual below forecast
Real GDP growth34−1.4 pp4.2 pp47%
Inflation34−0.5 pp2.3 pp47%
Government gross debt26−15 pp18.6 pp88%
Government budget balance27+0.9 pp2.8 pp30%

All indicators

Demography

Population

179k persons, 1 July latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Population1950: 93k; 2023: 179k050k100k150k200k19501975200020252050

Population on 1 July. UN estimate to 2023, medium variant from 2024; past UN revisions for forecast checks.

Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024

Births

2.02k births per year latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Births1950: 4.31k; 2023: 2.02k01k2k3k4k5k19501975200020252050

Live births per calendar year. UN WPP 2024 and national statistics (64 countries, 2015-2025).

Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024

Deaths

2 thousand deaths per year latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Deaths1950: 2; 2023: 201122319501975200020252050

Deaths per calendar year (UN estimate to 2023, medium variant from 2024); past UN revisions for forecast checks.

Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024

Natural change

0.5 thousand persons per year latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Natural change1950: 2.6; 2023: 0.50123419501975200020252050

Births minus deaths in the year (UN). Negative: natural decrease, more deaths than births.

Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024

Rate of natural change

2.6 per 1,000 population per year latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Rate of natural change1950: 28.2; 2023: 2.601020304019501975200020252050

Births minus deaths in the year per 1,000 people (UN). With the net migration rate it makes up population growth.

Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024

Life expectancy at 65

15 years latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Life expectancy at 651950: 11.1; 2023: 150510152019501975200020252050

Years a person aged 65 would still live at the mortality rates of the year; both sexes (UN).

Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024

Infant mortality

14.4 deaths under age 1 per 1,000 live births latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Infant mortality1950: 118.2; 2023: 14.405010015019501975200020252050

Children per 1,000 live births who die before their first birthday (UN); past UN revisions for forecast checks.

Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024

Total fertility rate

1.38 children per woman latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Total fertility rate1950: 6.42; 2023: 1.380.002.004.006.008.0019501975200020252050

Average number of children a woman would have at the age-specific fertility rates of the year.

Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024

Life expectancy at birth, women

76.3 years latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Life expectancy at birth, women1950: 49.4; 2023: 76.302040608010019501975200020252050

Years a newborn girl would live at the mortality rates of the year (UN).

Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024

Life expectancy at birth, men

69.3 years latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Life expectancy at birth, men1950: 47; 2023: 69.302040608019501975200020252050

Years a newborn boy would live at the mortality rates of the year (UN).

Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024

Median age

33.7 years latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Median age1950: 16.3; 2023: 33.70102030405019501975200020252050

Age that divides the population in two halves (UN).

Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024

Mean age of mothers at childbirth

28.8 years latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Mean age of mothers at childbirth1950: 27.9; 2023: 28.801020304019501975200020252050

Mean age of mothers at the birth of their children of any order (UN).

Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024

Sex ratio at birth

103.1 boys per 100 girls latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Sex ratio at birth1950: 103.1; 2023: 103.105010015019501975200020252050

Boys born per 100 girls born (UN).

Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024

Crude marriage rate

3.63 marriages per 1,000 people latest value, 2019

Saint Lucia: Crude marriage rate1950: 3.9; 2019: 3.630510151950196019701980199020002010

Marriages in the year per 1,000 people: marriages from national offices (Korea, Japan, Taiwan, China, the USA, the UK, Russia, Brazil and others, where they publish more than the international databases), Eurostat and the UN, divided by the UN WPP 2024 population. Where most births are within marriage, marriages come before births.

Source: UN Demographic Statistics Database (UNdata) and Demographic Yearbook

Marriages

0.65k marriages a year latest value, 2019

Saint Lucia: Marriages1950: 0.36k; 2019: 0.65k00.5k1k1.5k1950196019701980199020002010

Marriages in the year (couples). National offices (Korea, Japan, Taiwan, China, the USA, the UK, Russia, Brazil and others), Eurostat for Europe, the UN for the rest; by year of registration or of occurrence, as each country counts.

Source: UN Demographic Statistics Database (UNdata) and Demographic Yearbook

Adolescent fertility rate

27.2 births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 latest value, 2024

Saint Lucia: Adolescent fertility rate1960: 151.8; 2024: 27.20501001502001960197019801990200020102020

Births to women aged 15-19 per 1,000 women of that age (World Bank, from UN World Population Prospects).

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators

Old-age dependency

13.4 persons 65+ per 100 aged 20-64 latest value, 2020

Saint Lucia: Old-age dependency1950: 7.9; 2020: 13.401020304019501975200020252050

Persons aged 65+ per 100 aged 20-64, every five years (UN).

Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024

Children under 15

32 thousand persons, 1 July latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Children under 151950: 43; 2023: 32020406019501975200020252050

Children aged 0-14 on 1 July: the sum of the five-year groups 0-4, 5-9 and 10-14 (UN; estimate to 2023, medium variant from 2024).

Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024

Children under 5

10 thousand persons, 1 July latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Children under 51950: 18; 2023: 10051015202519501975200020252050

Children aged 0-4 on 1 July (UN; estimate to 2023, medium variant from 2024).

Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024

People aged 65 and over

17 thousand persons, 1 July latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: People aged 65 and over1950: 3; 2023: 1701020304019501975200020252050

People aged 65 and over on 1 July: the sum of the five-year groups from 65-69 to 100+ (UN; estimate to 2023, medium variant from 2024).

Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024

People aged 80 and over

3 thousand persons, 1 July latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: People aged 80 and over1950: 1; 2023: 30246819501975200020252050

People aged 80 and over on 1 July: the sum of the five-year groups from 80-84 to 100+ (UN; estimate to 2023, medium variant from 2024).

Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024

Migration

Net migration

0 persons per year latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Net migration1950: −1.57k; 2023: 0−4k−3k−2k−1k01k19501975200020252050

Immigrants minus emigrants per year (UN estimate and projection). Past UN revisions for forecast checks.

Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024

Net migration rate

0 per 1,000 population per year latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Net migration rate1950: −16.88; 2023: 0−40−30−20−1001019501975200020252050

Immigrants minus emigrants per year per 1,000 people: UN net migration divided by the population on 1 July. Comparable across countries of any size.

Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024

Personal remittances received

2.4 % of GDP latest value, 2025

Saint Lucia: Personal remittances received1983: 0.3; 2025: 2.402461990200020102020

Money sent home by people working or living abroad, percent of the receiving country's GDP (World Bank, from IMF balance of payments data).

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators

International migrants, share

4.5 % of population latest value, 2024

Saint Lucia: International migrants, share1990: 3.8; 2024: 4.5024681990199520002005201020152020

People born in another country (foreign citizens where birthplace is not recorded) as a share of the population at mid-year (UN, every five years and 2024).

Source: UN DESA, International Migrant Stock 2024

International migrant stock

8.08k persons latest value, 2024

Saint Lucia: International migrant stock1990: 5.31k; 2024: 8.08k02k4k6k8k10k1990199520002005201020152020

Number of people born in another country (or foreign citizens) living in the country at mid-year (UN).

Source: UN DESA, International Migrant Stock 2024

Emigrants, share

12.1 % of home population latest value, 2024

Saint Lucia: Emigrants, share1990: 10.2; 2024: 12.10510151990199520002005201020152020

People from the country (born there or its citizens) living in other countries, as a percentage of the population living in the country (UN, International Migrant Stock 2024).

Source: UN DESA, International Migrant Stock 2024

Emigrant stock

21.7k persons latest value, 2024

Saint Lucia: Emigrant stock1990: 14k; 2024: 21.7k05k10k15k20k25k1990199520002005201020152020

Number of people from the country (born there or its citizens) living in other countries at mid-year (UN).

Source: UN DESA, International Migrant Stock 2024

Refugees hosted

0.01k persons, end of year latest value, 2025

Saint Lucia: Refugees hosted1997: 0.01k; 2025: 0.01k00k0k0k0k0.01k0.01k200020052010201520202025

Refugees under UNHCR's mandate (incl. people in refugee-like situations) and other people in need of international protection living in the country; asylum-seekers and internally displaced people are not included.

Source: UNHCR Refugee Data Finder

Refugees hosted per 1,000 people

0 per 1,000 population latest value, 2025

Saint Lucia: Refugees hosted per 1,000 people1997: 0; 2025: 000000200020052010201520202025

Refugees under UNHCR's mandate and other people in need of international protection living in the country, per 1,000 people (population: UN WPP 2024).

Source: UNHCR Refugee Data Finder

Refugees from the country

0.2k persons, end of year latest value, 2025

Saint Lucia: Refugees from the country1998: 0.01k; 2025: 0.2k00.5k1k1.5k200020052010201520202025

Refugees and other people in need of international protection from the country living abroad (UNHCR). Palestine refugees under UNRWA's mandate are not included, so the figure for Palestine is far too low.

Source: UNHCR Refugee Data Finder

Refugees from the country per 1,000 people

1.1 per 1,000 population of the country latest value, 2025

Saint Lucia: Refugees from the country per 1,000 people1998: 0; 2025: 1.10246200020052010201520202025

Refugees and other people in need of international protection from the country per 1,000 people living in it (UNHCR; population: UN WPP 2024). UNRWA refugees not included.

Source: UNHCR Refugee Data Finder

Citizens under temporary protection in Europe

0 thousand persons, end of year latest value, 2026

Saint Lucia: Citizens under temporary protection in Europe2022: 0; 2026: 00120202025

Citizens of the country under temporary protection in the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland (all 31 report from 2022), end of December. For the running year: the latest month all have published. Granted from March 2022 to people fleeing the war in Ukraine: almost all are Ukrainians; for other countries, their citizens who lived in Ukraine. Eurostat, migr_asytpsm.

Source: Eurostat, beneficiaries of temporary protection at the end of June 2026 (latest month published; the year is not over)

Asylum applications worldwide

0.03 new applications per 1,000 people latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Asylum applications worldwide2009: 0.03; 2023: 0.0300.010.020.03201020152020

New asylum applications lodged in the country in the year per 1,000 people (UNHCR; cases where a country counts cases rather than people; population: UN WPP 2024). All countries; for Europe there is also Eurostat's series of first-time applicants.

Source: UNHCR Refugee Data Finder

Economy

GDP per capita, PPP

24,503 constant 2021 international $ latest value, 2025

Saint Lucia: GDP per capita, PPP1990: 17,057; 2025: 24,50305,00010,00015,00020,00025,00019901995200020052010201520202025

Gross domestic product per person at purchasing power parity, constant 2021 international dollars (World Bank, ICP).

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators

Real GDP growth

4.7 % per year latest value, 2024

Saint Lucia: Real GDP growth1980: −0.5; 2024: 4.7−30−1010305019801990200020102020

Annual change of GDP at constant prices. Actual values and forecasts from IMF WEO editions.

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook, April 2026

Inflation

−0.7 % per year, average latest value, 2024

Saint Lucia: Inflation1980: 19.4; 2024: −0.7−50510152019801990200020102020

Change of the annual average consumer price index (IMF WEO).

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook, April 2026

Government gross debt

76.7 % of GDP latest value, 2024

Saint Lucia: Government gross debt1990: 16.7; 2024: 76.70204060801001990199520002005201020152020

General government gross debt, percent of GDP (IMF WEO).

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook, April 2026

Unemployment, ILO estimate

9.5 % of labour force latest value, 2025

Saint Lucia: Unemployment, ILO estimate1991: 16.5; 2025: 9.501020301995200020052010201520202025

Unemployed as a share of the labour force by the ILO's single definition: a modelled estimate for every country, including those without surveys (via the World Bank). Unlike the IMF series, one definition for all, but no projections.

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators

Youth unemployment, 15-24

20.3 % of labour force aged 15-24 latest value, 2025

Saint Lucia: Youth unemployment, 15-241991: 26.1; 2025: 20.302040601995200020052010201520202025

Unemployed as a share of the labour force aged 15-24 (ILO modelled estimate, via the World Bank).

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators

GDP per capita, US dollars

14,270 current US dollars latest value, 2024

Saint Lucia: GDP per capita, US dollars1980: 1,411; 2024: 14,27005,00010,00015,00019801990200020102020

GDP per person in current US dollars at market exchange rates (IMF WEO).

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook, April 2026

Government budget balance

−1.8 % of GDP latest value, 2024

Saint Lucia: Government budget balance1985: −1.5; 2024: −1.8−15−10−5051990200020102020

General government net lending (+, surplus) or borrowing (−, deficit), percent of GDP (IMF WEO).

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook, April 2026

Current account balance

−1.6 % of GDP latest value, 2024

Saint Lucia: Current account balance1980: −15.1; 2024: −1.6−30−20−1001019801990200020102020

Balance of trade in goods and services, income and transfers with the rest of the world, percent of GDP: plus means the country earns abroad more than it spends (IMF WEO).

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook, April 2026

Society

Urban population

29.1 % of population latest value, 2025

Saint Lucia: Urban population1960: 20.3; 2025: 29.101020301960197019801990200020102020

Share of people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices (World Bank, from UN World Urbanization Prospects).

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators

Tertiary enrolment, women

20.6 % gross latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Tertiary enrolment, women1977: 2.4; 2023: 20.6010203019801990200020102020

Women enrolled in tertiary education as a share of women in the five-year age group after secondary school; can exceed 100 (UNESCO).

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators

Women with upper secondary education

54.7 % of women 25+ latest value, 2020

Saint Lucia: Women with upper secondary education2010: 41.3; 2020: 54.70204060201020152020

Share of women aged 25+ who completed at least upper secondary education (UNESCO).

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators

Female labour force participation

62 % of women 15+ latest value, 2025

Saint Lucia: Female labour force participation1990: 48.2; 2025: 6202040608019901995200020052010201520202025

Share of women aged 15+ who work or look for work (ILO modelled estimate, via the World Bank).

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators

Life expectancy at birth

72.8 years latest value, 2024

Saint Lucia: Life expectancy at birth1960: 57.9; 2024: 72.80204060801960197019801990200020102020

Life expectancy at birth, both sexes (World Bank, from UN and national statistics).

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators

Digitalisation

Internet users

68.2 % of population latest value, 2024

Saint Lucia: Internet users1990: 0; 2024: 68.20204060801990199520002005201020152020

Share of individuals who used the Internet in the last three months from any device. ITU data.

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators

Mobile cellular subscriptions

98.7 per 100 people latest value, 2022

Saint Lucia: Mobile cellular subscriptions1960: 0; 2022: 98.70501001501960197019801990200020102020

Active mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 people; can exceed 100 when people have several SIM cards. ITU data.

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators

Fixed broadband subscriptions

13.6 subscriptions per 100 people latest value, 2022

Saint Lucia: Fixed broadband subscriptions2003: 0.9; 2022: 13.6051015202005201020152020

Fixed subscriptions to high-speed Internet (256 kbit/s or more) per 100 people. ITU data.

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators

Energy

Electricity demand per person

2,226 kWh per person a year latest value, 2024

Saint Lucia: Electricity demand per person2000: 1,765; 2024: 2,22605001,0001,5002,0002,50020002005201020152020

Electricity demand (generation plus net imports, Ember) divided by the UN WPP 2024 population. A physical measure that is hard to dress up.

Source: Ember, Yearly Electricity Data

Electricity demand growth

0 % per year latest value, 2024

Saint Lucia: Electricity demand growth2001: 3.6; 2024: 0−10−505102005201020152020

Change in electricity demand from the previous year (Ember). Useful to set against official GDP growth.

Source: Ember, Yearly Electricity Data

Wind and solar share of electricity

2.5 % of generation latest value, 2024

Saint Lucia: Wind and solar share of electricity2000: 0; 2024: 2.5012320002005201020152020

Share of wind and solar power in electricity generation (Ember).

Source: Ember, Yearly Electricity Data

Low-carbon share of electricity

2.5 % of generation latest value, 2024

Saint Lucia: Low-carbon share of electricity2000: 0; 2024: 2.5012320002005201020152020

Share of renewables and nuclear power in electricity generation (Ember).

Source: Ember, Yearly Electricity Data

Coal share of electricity

0 % of generation latest value, 2024

Saint Lucia: Coal share of electricity2000: 0; 2024: 00120002005201020152020

Share of coal power in electricity generation (Ember).

Source: Ember, Yearly Electricity Data

Carbon intensity of electricity

643 g CO2e per kWh latest value, 2024

Saint Lucia: Carbon intensity of electricity2000: 657; 2024: 643020040060080020002005201020152020

Greenhouse gas emissions of electricity generation per kilowatt-hour (Ember).

Source: Ember, Yearly Electricity Data

Electricity generation

0.4 TWh per year latest value, 2024

Saint Lucia: Electricity generation2000: 0.3; 2024: 0.400.10.20.30.40.520002005201020152020

Total electricity generation in the country (Ember). Imports are excluded. A volume, not the share of a fuel.

Source: Ember, Yearly Electricity Data

Electricity generation emissions

0.3 Mt CO2e per year latest value, 2024

Saint Lucia: Electricity generation emissions2000: 0.2; 2024: 0.300.10.20.320002005201020152020

Greenhouse gas emissions of electricity generation (Ember), not of the whole economy.

Source: Ember, Yearly Electricity Data

Security

Deaths in organised violence

0 persons a year latest value, 2025

Saint Lucia: Deaths in organised violence1989: 0; 2025: 0011990200020102020

Deaths in state-based conflict, non-state conflict and one-sided violence against civilians, by where the events took place (UCDP GED, best estimate). 0 means no organised violence above UCDP thresholds (25 deaths a year in one conflict). Events in Gaza and the West Bank are counted for Palestine.

Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP), GED 26.1

Deaths in organised violence per 100,000

0 per 100,000 people a year latest value, 2025

Saint Lucia: Deaths in organised violence per 100,0001989: 0; 2025: 0011990200020102020

Deaths in organised violence (UCDP GED) per 100,000 people (population: UN WPP 2024).

Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP), GED 26.1

Armed conflict in the country

0 0 none, 1 minor, 2 war latest value, 2025

Saint Lucia: Armed conflict in the country1946: 0; 2025: 00119501960197019801990200020102020

Strongest armed conflict of the year in which the government or territory of the country is disputed (UCDP/PRIO ACD): 1 = 25-999 battle-related deaths, 2 = war, 1,000 or more. In interstate conflicts every primary party is marked even if the fighting was elsewhere (the USA in Iraq, 2003). Historical states are mapped to present-day countries by territory (USSR, Yugoslavia, South Vietnam and others).

Source: UCDP/PRIO Armed Conflict Dataset 26.1

Battle deaths

0 persons a year latest value, 2025

Saint Lucia: Battle deaths1946: 0; 2025: 00119501960197019801990200020102020

Soldiers and civilians killed in combat in state-based armed conflicts on the territory of the country. 1946-1988: PRIO Battle Deaths (best estimate, else the low one; a conflict of several countries split equally); from 1989: UCDP GED by place of the events. For the same conflicts in 1989-2008 PRIO is 1.6 times UCDP, so the drop in 1989 is partly a change of source. One-sided violence against civilians is not included.

Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP), GED 26.1

Battle deaths per 100,000

0 per 100,000 people a year latest value, 2025

Saint Lucia: Battle deaths per 100,0001950: 0; 2025: 00119501960197019801990200020102020

Battle deaths on the territory of the country (PRIO to 1988, UCDP GED from 1989) per 100,000 people (population: UN WPP 2024), from 1950.

Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP), GED 26.1

Intentional homicides (per 100,000 people)

39 per 100,000 people latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Intentional homicides (per 100,000 people)1990: 10.2; 2023: 390102030401990199520002005201020152020

An intentional homicide is defined as an unlawful death inflicted upon a person with the intent to cause death or serious injury.

Source: Intentional homicides (per 100,000 people)

Purchases and money

Average dietary energy requirement

2,518 kcal/cap/d latest value, 2025

Saint Lucia: Average dietary energy requirement2000: 2,371; 2025: 2,51801,0002,0003,000200020052010201520202025

FAOSTAT FS, Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day). Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Commercial bank branches (per 100,000 adults)

14.8 per 100,000 adults latest value, 2024

Saint Lucia: Commercial bank branches (per 100,000 adults)2004: 25; 2024: 14.805101520252005201020152020

Commercial bank branches are retail locations of resident commercial banks and other resident banks that function as commercial banks that provide financial services to customers and are physically separated from the main office but not organized as legally separated subsidiaries.

Source: Commercial bank branches (per 100,000 adults)

Alcoholic beverages: energy supply

154.35 kcal/cap/d latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Alcoholic beverages: energy supply2010: 123.71; 2023: 154.35050100150200201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Alcoholic Beverages. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Alcoholic beverages: quantity supply

90.94 kg/cap latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Alcoholic beverages: quantity supply2010: 56.36; 2023: 90.94020406080100201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Alcoholic Beverages. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Animal products: energy supply

647.71 kcal/cap/d latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Animal products: energy supply2010: 663.71; 2023: 647.7102004006008001,000201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Animal Products. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Animal products: fat supply

44.73 g/cap/d latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Animal products: fat supply2010: 43.34; 2023: 44.730204060201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Animal Products. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Animal products: protein supply

55.47 g/cap/d latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Animal products: protein supply2010: 59.05; 2023: 55.47020406080201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Animal Products. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Bovine meat: energy supply

25.61 kcal/cap/d latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Bovine meat: energy supply2010: 33.54; 2023: 25.61010203040201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Bovine Meat. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Bovine meat: quantity supply

6.95 kg/cap latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Bovine meat: quantity supply2010: 9.18; 2023: 6.950246810201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Bovine Meat. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Cereals excluding beer: energy supply

886.15 kcal/cap/d latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Cereals excluding beer: energy supply2010: 847.98; 2023: 886.1502004006008001,000201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Cereals - Excluding Beer. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Cereals excluding beer: quantity supply

141.69 kg/cap latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Cereals excluding beer: quantity supply2010: 128.49; 2023: 141.69050100150201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Cereals - Excluding Beer. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Coffee and products: energy supply

0.54 kcal/cap/d latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Coffee and products: energy supply2010: 2.69; 2023: 0.54012345201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Coffee and products. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Coffee and products: quantity supply

0.93 kg/cap latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Coffee and products: quantity supply2010: 2.93; 2023: 0.930246201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Coffee and products. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Eggs: energy supply

17.81 kcal/cap/d latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Eggs: energy supply2010: 12.22; 2023: 17.810102030201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Eggs. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Eggs: quantity supply

5.13 kg/cap latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Eggs: quantity supply2010: 3.53; 2023: 5.130246810201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Eggs. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Fish and seafood: energy supply

50.27 kcal/cap/d latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Fish and seafood: energy supply2010: 54.02; 2023: 50.27020406080201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Fish, Seafood. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Fish and seafood: fat supply

2.38 g/cap/d latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Fish and seafood: fat supply2010: 2.47; 2023: 2.3801234201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Fish, Seafood. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Fish and seafood: protein supply

6.94 g/cap/d latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Fish and seafood: protein supply2010: 7.66; 2023: 6.940246810201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Fish, Seafood. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Fish and seafood: quantity supply

24.95 kg/cap latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Fish and seafood: quantity supply2010: 27.13; 2023: 24.95010203040201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Fish, Seafood. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Fruits excluding wine: energy supply

100.63 kcal/cap/d latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Fruits excluding wine: energy supply2010: 93.45; 2023: 100.63050100150200201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Fruits - Excluding Wine. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Fruits excluding wine: quantity supply

115.04 kg/cap latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Fruits excluding wine: quantity supply2010: 90.9; 2023: 115.04050100150200201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Fruits - Excluding Wine. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Meat: energy supply

376.7 kcal/cap/d latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Meat: energy supply2010: 361.16; 2023: 376.70100200300400500201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Meat. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Meat: fat supply

24.2 g/cap/d latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Meat: fat supply2010: 22.5; 2023: 24.20102030201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Meat. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Meat: protein supply

39.34 g/cap/d latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Meat: protein supply2010: 39.36; 2023: 39.3401020304050201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Meat. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Meat: quantity supply

90.33 kg/cap latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Meat: quantity supply2010: 88.59; 2023: 90.33020406080100201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Meat. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Milk excluding butter: energy supply

94.99 kcal/cap/d latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Milk excluding butter: energy supply2010: 159.67; 2023: 94.99050100150200201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Milk - Excluding Butter. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Milk excluding butter: fat supply

5.76 g/cap/d latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Milk excluding butter: fat supply2010: 9.96; 2023: 5.760246810201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Milk - Excluding Butter. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Milk excluding butter: protein supply

5.81 g/cap/d latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Milk excluding butter: protein supply2010: 9.04; 2023: 5.810246810201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Milk - Excluding Butter. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Milk excluding butter: quantity supply

69.22 kg/cap latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Milk excluding butter: quantity supply2010: 140.86; 2023: 69.22050100150201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Milk - Excluding Butter. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Treenuts: energy supply

5.45 kcal/cap/d latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Treenuts: energy supply2010: 13.26; 2023: 5.4505101520201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Treenuts. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Treenuts: quantity supply

1.05 kg/cap latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Treenuts: quantity supply2010: 8.92; 2023: 1.050246810201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Treenuts. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Vegetal products: energy supply

2,006.61 kcal/cap/d latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Vegetal products: energy supply2010: 1,930.98; 2023: 2,006.6105001,0001,5002,0002,500201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Vegetal Products. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Vegetal products: fat supply

46.32 g/cap/d latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Vegetal products: fat supply2010: 33.75; 2023: 46.3201020304050201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Vegetal Products. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Vegetal products: protein supply

37.56 g/cap/d latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Vegetal products: protein supply2010: 37.67; 2023: 37.5601020304050201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Vegetal Products. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Pigmeat: energy supply

97.45 kcal/cap/d latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Pigmeat: energy supply2010: 57.2; 2023: 97.45050100150201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Pigmeat. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Pigmeat: quantity supply

16.81 kg/cap latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Pigmeat: quantity supply2010: 9.41; 2023: 16.810510152025201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Pigmeat. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Poultry meat: energy supply

241.55 kcal/cap/d latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Poultry meat: energy supply2010: 246.94; 2023: 241.550100200300201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Poultry Meat. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Poultry meat: quantity supply

64.39 kg/cap latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Poultry meat: quantity supply2010: 65.97; 2023: 64.39020406080201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Poultry Meat. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Pulses: energy supply

64.01 kcal/cap/d latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Pulses: energy supply2010: 63.73; 2023: 64.01050100150201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Pulses. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Pulses: quantity supply

7.14 kg/cap latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Pulses: quantity supply2010: 7.11; 2023: 7.14051015201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Pulses. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Starchy roots: energy supply

84.07 kcal/cap/d latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Starchy roots: energy supply2010: 76.88; 2023: 84.07020406080100201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Starchy Roots. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Starchy roots: quantity supply

41.04 kg/cap latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Starchy roots: quantity supply2010: 34.57; 2023: 41.0401020304050201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Starchy Roots. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Sugar and sweeteners: energy supply

307.75 kcal/cap/d latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Sugar and sweeteners: energy supply2010: 410.97; 2023: 307.750100200300400500201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Sugar & Sweeteners. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Sugar and sweeteners: quantity supply

49.71 kg/cap latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Sugar and sweeteners: quantity supply2010: 54.94; 2023: 49.71020406080201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Sugar & Sweeteners. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Tea including mate: energy supply

0.03 kcal/cap/d latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Tea including mate: energy supply2010: 0.03; 2023: 0.0300.050.10.150.2201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Tea (including mate). Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Tea including mate: quantity supply

0.21 kg/cap latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Tea including mate: quantity supply2010: 0.07; 2023: 0.2100.20.40.6201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Tea (including mate). Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

All foods: energy supply

2,654.32 kcal/cap/d latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: All foods: energy supply2010: 2,594.69; 2023: 2,654.3201,0002,0003,000201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Grand Total. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

All foods: fat supply

91.06 g/cap/d latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: All foods: fat supply2010: 77.09; 2023: 91.06020406080100201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Grand Total. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

All foods: protein supply

93.03 g/cap/d latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: All foods: protein supply2010: 96.72; 2023: 93.03050100150201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Grand Total. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Vegetable oils: energy supply

236.79 kcal/cap/d latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Vegetable oils: energy supply2010: 169.37; 2023: 236.79050100150200250201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Vegetable Oils. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Vegetable oils: quantity supply

11.59 kg/cap latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Vegetable oils: quantity supply2010: 7.85; 2023: 11.59051015201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Vegetable Oils. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Vegetables: energy supply

30.56 kcal/cap/d latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Vegetables: energy supply2010: 20.68; 2023: 30.5601020304050201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Vegetables. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Vegetables: quantity supply

51.52 kg/cap latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Vegetables: quantity supply2010: 33.32; 2023: 51.52020406080201020152020

FAOSTAT FBS, Vegetables. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Healthy-diet animal-source food cost

1.1 Int$ (PPP) per person per day latest value, 2021

Saint Lucia: Healthy-diet animal-source food cost2021: 1.1; 2021: 1.100.511.520152020

FAOSTAT CAHD, Cost of animal source foods. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Cost of a healthy diet

5.24 Int$ (PPP) per person per day latest value, 2025

Saint Lucia: Cost of a healthy diet2017: 3.6; 2025: 5.24024620202025

FAOSTAT CAHD, Cost of a healthy diet (CoHD). Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Healthy-diet fruit cost

0.6 Int$ (PPP) per person per day latest value, 2021

Saint Lucia: Healthy-diet fruit cost2021: 0.6; 2021: 0.600.20.40.620152020

FAOSTAT CAHD, Cost of fruits. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Healthy-diet legumes and nuts cost

0.38 Int$ (PPP) per person per day latest value, 2021

Saint Lucia: Healthy-diet legumes and nuts cost2021: 0.38; 2021: 0.3800.10.20.30.420152020

FAOSTAT CAHD, Cost of legumes, nuts and seeds. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Healthy-diet oils and fats cost

0.26 Int$ (PPP) per person per day latest value, 2021

Saint Lucia: Healthy-diet oils and fats cost2021: 0.26; 2021: 0.2600.10.20.320152020

FAOSTAT CAHD, Cost of oils and fats. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Healthy-diet starchy-staple cost

0.95 Int$ (PPP) per person per day latest value, 2021

Saint Lucia: Healthy-diet starchy-staple cost2021: 0.95; 2021: 0.9500.20.40.60.8120152020

FAOSTAT CAHD, Cost of starchy staples. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Unable to afford a healthy diet

7.1 % latest value, 2025

Saint Lucia: Unable to afford a healthy diet2017: 8.3; 2025: 7.105101520202025

FAOSTAT CAHD, Prevalence of unaffordability (PUA). Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

People unable to afford a healthy diet

0 million No latest value, 2025

Saint Lucia: People unable to afford a healthy diet2017: 0; 2025: 00120202025

FAOSTAT CAHD, Number of people unable to afford a healthy diet (NUA). Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Healthy-diet vegetable cost

1.28 Int$ (PPP) per person per day latest value, 2021

Saint Lucia: Healthy-diet vegetable cost2021: 1.28; 2021: 1.2800.511.520152020

FAOSTAT CAHD, Cost of vegetables. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Income share held by lowest 20%

5.5 % of income or consumption latest value, 2015

Saint Lucia: Income share held by lowest 20%1995: 5.2; 2015: 5.5024619952000200520102015

Percentage share of income or consumption is the share that accrues to subgroups of population indicated by deciles or quintiles. Percentage shares by quintile may not sum to 100 because of rounding.

Source: Income share held by lowest 20%

Gini index

43.7 index, 0-100 latest value, 2015

Saint Lucia: Gini index1995: 42.6; 2015: 43.70102030405019952000200520102015

Gini index measures the extent to which the distribution of income (or, in some cases, consumption expenditure) among individuals or households within an economy deviates from a perfectly equal distribution. A Lorenz curve plots the cumulative percentages of total income received against the cumulative number of recipients, starting with the poorest individual or household. The Gini index measures the area between the Lorenz curve and a hypothetical line of absolute equality, expressed as a percentage of the maximum area under the line. Thus a Gini index of 0 represents perfect equality, while an index of 100 implies perfect inequality.

Source: Gini index

Income share held by highest 20%

50.3 % of income or consumption latest value, 2015

Saint Lucia: Income share held by highest 20%1995: 48.3; 2015: 50.3020406019952000200520102015

Percentage share of income or consumption is the share that accrues to subgroups of population indicated by deciles or quintiles. Percentage shares by quintile may not sum to 100 because of rounding.

Source: Income share held by highest 20%

Minimum dietary energy requirement

1,938 kcal/cap/d latest value, 2025

Saint Lucia: Minimum dietary energy requirement2000: 1,830; 2025: 1,93805001,0001,5002,000200020052010201520202025

FAOSTAT FS, Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day). Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population)

0.1 % of population, 2021 PPP latest value, 2015

Saint Lucia: Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population)1995: 41.5; 2015: 0.10102030405019952000200520102015

Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $3.00 a day at 2021 purchasing power adjusted prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.

Source: Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population)

Caloric losses at retail distribution

2.68 % latest value, 2025

Saint Lucia: Caloric losses at retail distribution2000: 3.42; 2025: 2.6801234200020052010201520202025

FAOSTAT FS, Incidence of caloric losses at retail distribution level (percent). Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Health

Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age)

9.3 litres per person aged 15+ latest value, 2020

Saint Lucia: Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age)2000: 10.4; 2020: 9.305101520002005201020152020

Total alcohol per capita consumption is defined as the total (sum of recorded and unrecorded alcohol) amount of alcohol consumed per person (15 years of age or older) over a calendar year, in litres of pure alcohol, adjusted for tourist consumption.

Source: Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age)

Anaemia among women aged 15–49

19.9 % latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Anaemia among women aged 15–492000: 24.3; 2023: 19.9051015202520002005201020152020

FAOSTAT FS, Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (15-49 years) (percent). Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Overweight among children under 5

6.8 % latest value, 2024

Saint Lucia: Overweight among children under 52000: 5.5; 2024: 6.80246820002005201020152020

FAOSTAT FS, Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight (modelled estimates) (percent). Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Prevalence of stunting, height for age (% of children under 5)

2.5 % of children under 5 latest value, 2012

Saint Lucia: Prevalence of stunting, height for age (% of children under 5)2012: 2.5; 2012: 2.500.511.522.532010

Prevalence of stunting is the percentage of children under age 5 whose height for age is more than two standard deviations below the median for the international reference population ages 0-59 months. For children up to two years old height is measured by recumbent length. For older children height is measured by stature while standing. The data are based on the WHO's 2006 Child Growth Standards.

Source: Prevalence of stunting, height for age (% of children under 5)

Wasting among children under 5

3.7 % latest value, 2012

Saint Lucia: Wasting among children under 52012: 3.7; 2012: 3.7012342010

FAOSTAT FS, Percentage of children under 5 years affected by wasting (percent). Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Reported COVID-19 cases

22 by report dates in year latest value, 2025

Saint Lucia: Reported COVID-19 cases2021: 12,970; 2025: 2205,00010,00015,00020202025

Sum of WHO weekly reports by report date in a completed year, requiring at least 50 nonmissing values. Reported events, not total infections/deaths. Negative revisions retained; testing and reporting coverage changed.

Source: WHO: reported COVID-19 data

Reported COVID-19 deaths

0 by report dates in year latest value, 2025

Saint Lucia: Reported COVID-19 deaths2024: 0; 2025: 00120202025

Sum of WHO weekly reports by report date in a completed year, requiring at least 50 nonmissing values. Reported events, not total infections/deaths. Negative revisions retained; testing and reporting coverage changed.

Source: WHO: reported COVID-19 data

Diabetes prevalence (% of population ages 20 to 79)

11.4 % of people aged 20-79 latest value, 2024

Saint Lucia: Diabetes prevalence (% of population ages 20 to 79)2011: 8.4; 2024: 11.405101520152020

Diabetes prevalence refers to the percentage of people ages 20-79 who have type 1 or type 2 diabetes. It is calculated by adjusting to a standard population age-structure.

Source: Diabetes prevalence (% of population ages 20 to 79)

Exclusive breastfeeding under 6 months

3.5 % latest value, 2012

Saint Lucia: Exclusive breastfeeding under 6 months2012: 3.5; 2012: 3.5012342010

FAOSTAT FS, Prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding among infants 0-5 months of age (percent). Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the population (%)

22.2 % of population latest value, 2017

Saint Lucia: Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the population (%)2015: 22.2; 2017: 22.205101520252015

The percentage of people in the population who live in households classified as moderately or severely food insecure. A household is classified as moderately or severely food insecure when at least one adult in the household has reported to have been exposed, at times during the year, to low quality diets and might have been forced to also reduce the quantity of food they would normally eat because of a lack of money or other resources.

Source: Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the population (%)

Prevalence of severe food insecurity in the population (%)

4.5 % of population latest value, 2017

Saint Lucia: Prevalence of severe food insecurity in the population (%)2015: 4.5; 2017: 4.50123452015

The percentage of people in the population who live in households classified as severely food insecure. A household is classified as severely food insecure when at least one adult in the household has reported to have been exposed, at times during the year, to several of the most severe experiences described in the FIES questions, such as to have been forced to reduce the quantity of the food, to have skipped meals, having gone hungry, or having to go for a whole day without eating because of a lack of money or other resources.

Source: Prevalence of severe food insecurity in the population (%)

Out-of-pocket expenditure (% of current health expenditure)

37.1 % of current health expenditure latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Out-of-pocket expenditure (% of current health expenditure)2000: 58.9; 2023: 37.102040608020002005201020152020

Share of out-of-pocket payments of total current health expenditures. Out-of-pocket payments are spending on health directly out-of-pocket by households.

Source: Out-of-pocket expenditure (% of current health expenditure)

Current health expenditure (% of GDP)

4.7 % of GDP latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Current health expenditure (% of GDP)2000: 4.9; 2023: 4.70246820002005201020152020

Level of current health expenditure expressed as a percentage of GDP. Estimates of current health expenditures include healthcare goods and services consumed during each year. This indicator does not include capital health expenditures such as buildings, machinery, IT and stocks of vaccines for emergency or outbreaks.

Source: Current health expenditure (% of GDP)

Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)

641.1 current US dollars latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)2000: 285.8; 2023: 641.1020040060080020002005201020152020

Current expenditures on health per capita in current US dollars. Estimates of current health expenditures include healthcare goods and services consumed during each year.

Source: Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)

Prevalence of HIV, total (% of population ages 15-49)

0.4 % of people aged 15-49 latest value, 2024

Saint Lucia: Prevalence of HIV, total (% of population ages 15-49)1990: 0.1; 2024: 0.400.10.20.30.40.51990199520002005201020152020

Prevalence of HIV refers to the percentage of people ages 15-49 who are infected with HIV.

Source: Prevalence of HIV, total (% of population ages 15-49)

Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)

1.1 per 1,000 people latest value, 2022

Saint Lucia: Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)1960: 4.3; 2022: 1.102461960197019801990200020102020

Hospital beds include inpatient beds available in public, private, general, and specialized hospitals and rehabilitation centers. In most cases beds for both acute and chronic care are included.

Source: Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)

Low birthweight

16.3 % latest value, 2020

Saint Lucia: Low birthweight2000: 14.4; 2020: 16.30510152020002005201020152020

FAOSTAT FS, Prevalence of low birthweight (percent). Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Nurses and midwives (per 1,000 people)

5.3 per 1,000 people latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Nurses and midwives (per 1,000 people)1999: 2.1; 2023: 5.3024620002005201020152020

Nurses and midwives include professional nurses, professional midwives, auxiliary nurses, auxiliary midwives, enrolled nurses, enrolled midwives and other associated personnel, such as dental nurses and primary care nurses.

Source: Nurses and midwives (per 1,000 people)

Obesity among adults aged 18+

34.8 % latest value, 2024

Saint Lucia: Obesity among adults aged 18+2000: 17.2; 2024: 34.801020304020002005201020152020

FAOSTAT FS, Prevalence of obesity in the adult population (18 years and older) (percent). Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Physicians (per 1,000 people)

4.2 per 1,000 people latest value, 2020

Saint Lucia: Physicians (per 1,000 people)1960: 0.1; 2020: 4.2024681960197019801990200020102020

Physicians include generalist and specialist medical practitioners.

Source: Physicians (per 1,000 people)

Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 population)

29.8 per 100,000 people latest value, 2019

Saint Lucia: Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 population)2000: 19.8; 2019: 29.80102030402000200520102015

Mortality caused by road traffic injury is estimated road traffic fatal injury deaths per 100,000 population.

Source: Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 population)

Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population)

5.3 per 100,000 people latest value, 2021

Saint Lucia: Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population)2000: 7.3; 2021: 5.3024681020002005201020152020

Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).

Source: Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population)

Prevalence of current tobacco use (% of adults)

13.9 % of adults latest value, 2024

Saint Lucia: Prevalence of current tobacco use (% of adults)2000: 19.9; 2024: 13.90510152020002005201020152020

The percentage of the population ages 15 years and over who currently use any tobacco product (smoked and/or smokeless tobacco) on a daily or non-daily basis. Tobacco products include cigarettes, pipes, cigars, cigarillos, waterpipes (hookah, shisha), bidis, kretek, heated tobacco products, and all forms of smokeless (oral and nasal) tobacco. Tobacco products exclude e-cigarettes (which do not contain tobacco), “e-cigars”, “e-hookahs”, JUUL and “e-pipes”. The rates are age-standardized to the WHO Standard Population.

Source: Prevalence of current tobacco use (% of adults)

Incidence of tuberculosis (per 100,000 people)

0.6 per 100,000 people latest value, 2024

Saint Lucia: Incidence of tuberculosis (per 100,000 people)2000: 5.7; 2024: 0.605101520002005201020152020

Incidence of tuberculosis is the estimated number of new and relapse tuberculosis cases arising in a given year, expressed as the rate per 100,000 population. All forms of TB are included, including cases in people living with HIV. Estimates for all years are recalculated as new information becomes available and techniques are refined, so they may differ from those published previously.

Source: Incidence of tuberculosis (per 100,000 people)

Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12-23 months)

99 % of children aged 12-23 months latest value, 2024

Saint Lucia: Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12-23 months)1980: 56; 2024: 9902040608010019801990200020102020

Child immunization, DPT, measures the percentage of children ages 12-23 months who received DPT vaccinations before 12 months or at any time before the survey. A child is considered adequately immunized against diphtheria, pertussis (or whooping cough), and tetanus (DPT) after receiving three doses of vaccine.

Source: Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12-23 months)

Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12-23 months)

83 % of children aged 12-23 months latest value, 2024

Saint Lucia: Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12-23 months)1982: 43; 2024: 830204060801001990200020102020

Child immunization, measles, measures the percentage of children ages 12-23 months who received the measles vaccination before 12 months or at any time before the survey. A child is considered adequately immunized against measles after receiving one dose of vaccine.

Source: Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12-23 months)

Culture and time

International tourism, receipts (current US$)

989,000,000 current US dollars latest value, 2018

Saint Lucia: International tourism, receipts (current US$)1995: 230,000,000; 2018: 989,000,0000200,000,000400,000,000600,000,000800,000,0001,000,000,00019952000200520102015

International tourism receipts are expenditures by international inbound visitors, including payments to national carriers for international transport. These receipts include any other prepayment made for goods or services received in the destination country. They also may include receipts from same-day visitors, except when these are important enough to justify separate classification. For some countries they do not include receipts for passenger transport items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Source: International tourism, receipts (current US$)

International tourism, number of arrivals

432,500 arrivals per year latest value, 2020

Saint Lucia: International tourism, number of arrivals1995: 407,000; 2020: 432,5000500,0001,000,0001,500,000199520002005201020152020

International inbound tourists (overnight visitors) are the number of tourists who travel to a country other than that in which they have their usual residence, but outside their usual environment, for a period not exceeding 12 months and whose main purpose in visiting is other than an activity remunerated from within the country visited. When data on number of tourists are not available, the number of visitors, which includes tourists, same-day visitors, cruise passengers, and crew members, is shown instead. Sources and collection methods for arrivals differ across countries. In some cases data are from border statistics (police, immigration, and the like) and supplemented by border surveys. In other cases data are from tourism accommodation establishments. For some countries number of arrivals is limited to arrivals by air and for others to arrivals staying in hotels. Some countries include arrivals of nationals residing abroad while others do not. Caution should thus be used in comparing arrivals across countries. The data on inbound tourists refer to the number of arrivals, not to the number of people traveling. Thus a person who makes several trips to a country during a given period is counted each time as a new arrival.

Source: International tourism, number of arrivals

Land and housing

Agricultural land (% of land area)

16.3 % of land area latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Agricultural land (% of land area)1961: 27.9; 2023: 16.3010203040197019801990200020102020

Agricultural land refers to the share of land area that is arable, under permanent crops, and under permanent pastures. Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded. Land under permanent crops is land cultivated with crops that occupy the land for long periods and need not be replanted after each harvest, such as cocoa, coffee, and rubber. This category includes land under flowering shrubs, fruit trees, nut trees, and vines, but excludes land under trees grown for wood or timber. Permanent pasture is land used for five or more years for forage, including natural and cultivated crops.

Source: Agricultural land (% of land area)

Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added per worker (constant 2015 US$)

7,234.6 constant 2015 US dollars latest value, 2025

Saint Lucia: Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added per worker (constant 2015 US$)1991: 9,016.8; 2025: 7,234.605,00010,00015,0001995200020052010201520202025

Agriculture, forestry, and fishing corresponds to ISIC (Rev. 4) divisions 01-03 and includes the exploitation of vegetal and animal natural resources, comprising the activities of growing of crops, raising and breeding of animals, harvesting of timber and other plants, animals or animal products from a farm or their natural habitats.Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator is expressed in constant prices, meaning the series has been adjusted to account for price changes over time. The reference year for this adjustment is 2015. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.

Source: Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added per worker (constant 2015 US$)

Arable land (% of land area)

4.4 % of land area latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Arable land (% of land area)1961: 8.2; 2023: 4.40246810197019801990200020102020

Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Arable land (% of land area)

Cereal yield (kg per hectare)

700 kg per hectare latest value, 1979

Saint Lucia: Cereal yield (kg per hectare)1961: 1,250; 1979: 70005001,0001,5002,000196519701975

Cereal yield, measured as kilograms per hectare of harvested land, includes wheat, rice, maize, barley, oats, rye, millet, sorghum, buckwheat, and mixed grains. Production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded. The FAO allocates production data to the calendar year in which the bulk of the harvest took place. Most of a crop harvested near the end of a year will be used in the following year.

Source: Cereal yield (kg per hectare)

Certified organic agricultural land

0.06 1000 ha latest value, 2024

Saint Lucia: Certified organic agricultural land2021: 0.03; 2024: 0.0600.020.040.060.082020

FAOSTAT RL, Agriculture area certified organic. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Land equipped for irrigation

3 1000 ha latest value, 2024

Saint Lucia: Land equipped for irrigation1961: 1; 2024: 301234197019801990200020102020

FAOSTAT RL, Land area equipped for irrigation. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Primary forest

0 1000 ha latest value, 2025

Saint Lucia: Primary forest1990: 0; 2025: 00119901995200020052010201520202025

FAOSTAT RL, Primary Forest. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

Everyday environment

Access to electricity (% of population)

100 % of population latest value, 2024

Saint Lucia: Access to electricity (% of population)2000: 86; 2024: 10002040608010012020002005201020152020

Access to electricity is the percentage of population with access to electricity. Electrification data are collected from industry, national surveys and international sources.

Source: Access to electricity (% of population)

Fertilizer consumption (kilograms per hectare of arable land)

200 kg of nutrients per hectare latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Fertilizer consumption (kilograms per hectare of arable land)1961: 90; 2023: 20005001,0001,5002,0002,500197019801990200020102020

Fertilizer consumption measures the quantity of plant nutrients used per unit of arable land. Fertilizer products cover nitrogenous, potash, and phosphate fertilizers (including ground rock phosphate). Traditional nutrients--animal and plant manures--are not included. For the purpose of data dissemination, FAO has adopted the concept of a calendar year (January to December). Some countries compile fertilizer data on a calendar year basis, while others are on a split-year basis. Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Fertilizer consumption (kilograms per hectare of arable land)

Forest area (% of land area)

34 % of land area latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Forest area (% of land area)1990: 34.9; 2023: 340102030401990199520002005201020152020

Forest area (% of land area) is the share of total land area that is under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens.

Source: Forest area (% of land area)

Land temperature anomaly

1.32 °C latest value, 2025

Saint Lucia: Land temperature anomaly1961: 0.14; 2025: 1.3200.511.52197019801990200020102020

FAOSTAT ET, Meteorological year. Published exact annual central values only; missing/suppressed values and inequality bounds are excluded from the annual series. Source flags, units, period and release retained in typed tables. Food supply is availability, not actual intake; land areas are not prices; diet cost uses source PPP definitions; land temperature is relative to 1951–1980.

Source: FAO: FAOSTAT

PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter)

10.4 micrograms/m³, annual mean exposure latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter)1990: 11.8; 2023: 10.40510151990199520002005201020152020

Population-weighted exposure to ambient PM2.5 pollution is defined as the average level of exposure of a nation's population to concentrations of suspended particles measuring less than 2.5 microns in aerodynamic diameter, which are capable of penetrating deep into the respiratory tract and causing severe health damage. Exposure is calculated by weighting mean annual concentrations of PM2.5 by population in both urban and rural areas.

Source: PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter)

Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available freshwater resources

14.3 % of available freshwater resources latest value, 2022

Saint Lucia: Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available freshwater resources2007: 14.3; 2022: 14.3051015201020152020

The level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available freshwater resources is the ratio between total freshwater withdrawn by all major sectors and total renewable freshwater resources, after taking into account environmental water requirements. Main sectors, as defined by ISIC standards, include agriculture; forestry and fishing; manufacturing; electricity industry; and services. This indicator is also known as water withdrawal intensity.

Source: Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available freshwater resources

Work and skills

Children out of school (% of primary school age)

7 % of primary-school-age children latest value, 2024

Saint Lucia: Children out of school (% of primary school age)1981: 6; 2024: 702468101990200020102020

Children out of school are the percentage of primary-school-age children who are not enrolled in primary or secondary school. Children in the official primary age group that are in preprimary education should be considered out of school.

Source: Children out of school (% of primary school age)

Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP)

3.8 % of GDP latest value, 2024

Saint Lucia: Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP)1982: 5.5; 2024: 3.8024681990200020102020

General government expenditure on education (current, capital, and transfers) is expressed as a percentage of GDP. It includes expenditure funded by transfers from international sources to government. General government usually refers to local, regional and central governments.

Source: Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP)

Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate)

61.8 % of population aged 15+ latest value, 2025

Saint Lucia: Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate)1991: 52.6; 2025: 61.80204060801995200020052010201520202025

Employment to population ratio is the proportion of a country's population that is employed.

Source: Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate)

Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)

68.3 % of population aged 15+ latest value, 2025

Saint Lucia: Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)1990: 63; 2025: 68.302040608019901995200020052010201520202025

Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 15 and older that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period.

Source: Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)

New business density (new registrations per 1,000 people ages 15-64)

1.1 per 1,000 people aged 15-64 latest value, 2024

Saint Lucia: New business density (new registrations per 1,000 people ages 15-64)2006: 4.4; 2024: 1.10246201020152020

The number of newly registered firms with limited liability per 1,000 working-age people (ages 15-64) per calendar year.

Source: New business density (new registrations per 1,000 people ages 15-64)

Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group)

97.4 % of relevant age group latest value, 2024

Saint Lucia: Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group)1983: 106; 2024: 97.40501001501990200020102020

Primary completion rate, or gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, is the number of new entrants (enrollments minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education. Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of primary education.

Source: Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group)

Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

22 % of employment latest value, 2025

Saint Lucia: Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)1991: 17.5; 2025: 2205101520251995200020052010201520202025

Vulnerable employment is contributing family workers and own-account workers as a percentage of total employment.

Source: Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Literacy rate, youth total (% of people ages 15-24)

100 % of people aged 15-24 latest value, 2012

Saint Lucia: Literacy rate, youth total (% of people ages 15-24)2012: 100; 2012: 1000204060801002010

Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.

Source: Literacy rate, youth total (% of people ages 15-24)

Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of youth population)

25.5 % of youth aged 15-24 latest value, 2025

Saint Lucia: Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of youth population)2016: 33.6; 2025: 25.501020304020202025

The share of youth not in education, employment or training (also known as “the NEET rate”) conveys the number of young persons not in education, employment or training as a percentage of the total youth population. Youth not in education are those who were neither enrolled in school nor in a formal training program (e.g. vocational training). For the purposes of this indicator, youth is defined as all persons between the ages of 15 and 24 (inclusive).

Source: Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of youth population)

Science, space and technology

GitHub developer accounts at year end

3,960 accounts latest value, 2025

Saint Lucia: GitHub developer accounts at year end2020: 1,296; 2025: 3,96001,0002,0003,0004,00020202025

Fourth-quarter end snapshot; includes inactive accounts/organizations/repositories. GitHub Innovation Graph: public GitHub activity only. Geography reflects mode location, not nationality. Suppressed small groups are not zeros; not a professional-programmer count.

Source: GitHub Innovation Graph

GitHub organizations at year end

101 organizations latest value, 2025

Saint Lucia: GitHub organizations at year end2024: 103; 2025: 10105010015020202025

Fourth-quarter end snapshot; includes inactive accounts/organizations/repositories. GitHub Innovation Graph: public GitHub activity only. Geography reflects mode location, not nationality. Suppressed small groups are not zeros; not a professional-programmer count.

Source: GitHub Innovation Graph

GitHub repositories at year end

4,188 repositories latest value, 2025

Saint Lucia: GitHub repositories at year end2020: 1,300; 2025: 4,18801,0002,0003,0004,0005,00020202025

Fourth-quarter end snapshot; includes inactive accounts/organizations/repositories. GitHub Innovation Graph: public GitHub activity only. Geography reflects mode location, not nationality. Suppressed small groups are not zeros; not a professional-programmer count.

Source: GitHub Innovation Graph

High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports)

9.3 % of manufactured exports latest value, 2020

Saint Lucia: High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports)2012: 8.2; 2020: 9.305101520152020

High-technology exports are products with high R&D intensity, such as in aerospace, computers, pharmaceuticals, scientific instruments, and electrical machinery.

Source: High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports)

Research and development expenditure (% of GDP)

0.3 % of GDP latest value, 1999

Saint Lucia: Research and development expenditure (% of GDP)1998: 0.6; 1999: 0.300.20.40.61995

Gross domestic expenditures on research and development (R&D), expressed as a percent of GDP. They include both capital and current expenditures in the four main sectors: Business enterprise, Government, Higher education and Private non-profit. R&D covers basic research, applied research, and experimental development.

Source: Research and development expenditure (% of GDP)

Patent applications, residents

2 applications per year latest value, 2018

Saint Lucia: Patent applications, residents2016: 5; 2018: 201234562015

Patent applications are worldwide patent applications filed through the Patent Cooperation Treaty procedure or with a national patent office for exclusive rights for an invention--a product or process that provides a new way of doing something or offers a new technical solution to a problem. A patent provides protection for the invention to the owner of the patent for a limited period, generally 20 years.

Source: Patent applications, residents

Women among researchers

33.3 % of researchers latest value, 1999

Saint Lucia: Women among researchers1998: 30; 1999: 33.30102030401995

Share of women among researchers in all sectors (business, government, higher education, non-profit), by headcount: each person counts once, however many hours they spend on research. Not the share among paper authors or inventors. UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), indicator FRESP.THC.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS): science, technology and innovation

Patent applications by origin, worldwide

3 applications per year latest value, 2018

Saint Lucia: Patent applications by origin, worldwide2001: 1; 2018: 30123456200520102015

All applications for patents for inventions filed in a year by applicants from the country at any patent office worldwide — at home and abroad (direct filings and PCT national phase entries). Country = first applicant's address (origin), not the filing office. Applications, not grants; one invention filed in five countries counts five times. Residents' filings at their own office are a separate series, resident_patent_applications. WIPO IP Statistics Data Center (the last update is stated in the export file).

Source: WIPO IP Statistics Data Center

Patent applications abroad by origin

2 applications per year latest value, 2024

Saint Lucia: Patent applications abroad by origin2001: 1; 2024: 2051015202005201020152020

Applications for patents for inventions filed in a year by applicants from the country at foreign and regional offices (such as the European Patent Office): how much the country's inventions seek protection in other markets. Country = first applicant's address; applications, not grants. WIPO IP Statistics Data Center (the last update is stated in the export file).

Source: WIPO IP Statistics Data Center

PCT international patent applications

1 applications per year latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: PCT international patent applications2003: 1; 2023: 100011112005201020152020

International applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) by filing date and first applicant's country. One PCT application defers the choice of countries where the invention will be protected; it is neither a patent nor a filing at a particular office. The incomplete current year is excluded. WIPO IP Statistics Data Center (the last update is stated in the export file).

Source: WIPO IP Statistics Data Center

Communities and participation

Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%)

10.5 % of seats latest value, 2025

Saint Lucia: Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%)1997: 11.8; 2025: 10.505101520200020052010201520202025

Women in parliaments are the percentage of parliamentary seats in a single or lower chamber held by women.

Source: Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%)

Religion and beliefs

Christians — population share

91.7 % of population latest value, 2020

Saint Lucia: Christians — population share2010: 91.5; 2020: 91.7020406080100201020152020

Pew estimates for all ages in 2010 and 2020 from the same revised 2025 release. Harmonised census/survey religious identification, not practising believers. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist or without beliefs. Other religions include folk traditions, Sikhs, Jains, Baha’is and others. The 2026 appendix displays shares below 0.1% as <0.1%; the interactive table displays populations below 10,000 as <10,000; these are retained as bounds in dimensions.operator and omitted from exact chart points. Other counts are rounded to 10,000 and shares to 0.1 percentage point. No intervening years are filled. Affiliated is a derived subtotal of the six religious groups and must not be added to them. Regions/world overlap with countries and must not be summed. Diversity ranks describe only the seven broad groups; a larger rank means less diversity, not less freedom.

Source: Pew Research Center: religious composition, 2010 and 2020

Christians — population

160 thousand persons latest value, 2020

Saint Lucia: Christians — population2010: 160; 2020: 160050100150200201020152020

Pew estimates for all ages in 2010 and 2020 from the same revised 2025 release. Harmonised census/survey religious identification, not practising believers. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist or without beliefs. Other religions include folk traditions, Sikhs, Jains, Baha’is and others. The 2026 appendix displays shares below 0.1% as <0.1%; the interactive table displays populations below 10,000 as <10,000; these are retained as bounds in dimensions.operator and omitted from exact chart points. Other counts are rounded to 10,000 and shares to 0.1 percentage point. No intervening years are filled. Affiliated is a derived subtotal of the six religious groups and must not be added to them. Regions/world overlap with countries and must not be summed. Diversity ranks describe only the seven broad groups; a larger rank means less diversity, not less freedom.

Source: Pew Research Center: religious composition, 2010 and 2020

Muslims — population share

0.1 % of population latest value, 2010

Saint Lucia: Muslims — population share2010: 0.1; 2010: 0.10000.10.10.10.120052010

Pew estimates for all ages in 2010 and 2020 from the same revised 2025 release. Harmonised census/survey religious identification, not practising believers. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist or without beliefs. Other religions include folk traditions, Sikhs, Jains, Baha’is and others. The 2026 appendix displays shares below 0.1% as <0.1%; the interactive table displays populations below 10,000 as <10,000; these are retained as bounds in dimensions.operator and omitted from exact chart points. Other counts are rounded to 10,000 and shares to 0.1 percentage point. No intervening years are filled. Affiliated is a derived subtotal of the six religious groups and must not be added to them. Regions/world overlap with countries and must not be summed. Diversity ranks describe only the seven broad groups; a larger rank means less diversity, not less freedom.

Source: Pew Research Center: religious composition, 2010 and 2020

Religiously unaffiliated — population share

5.9 % of population latest value, 2020

Saint Lucia: Religiously unaffiliated — population share2010: 6; 2020: 5.902468201020152020

Pew estimates for all ages in 2010 and 2020 from the same revised 2025 release. Harmonised census/survey religious identification, not practising believers. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist or without beliefs. Other religions include folk traditions, Sikhs, Jains, Baha’is and others. The 2026 appendix displays shares below 0.1% as <0.1%; the interactive table displays populations below 10,000 as <10,000; these are retained as bounds in dimensions.operator and omitted from exact chart points. Other counts are rounded to 10,000 and shares to 0.1 percentage point. No intervening years are filled. Affiliated is a derived subtotal of the six religious groups and must not be added to them. Regions/world overlap with countries and must not be summed. Diversity ranks describe only the seven broad groups; a larger rank means less diversity, not less freedom.

Source: Pew Research Center: religious composition, 2010 and 2020

Religiously unaffiliated — population

10 thousand persons latest value, 2020

Saint Lucia: Religiously unaffiliated — population2010: 10; 2020: 10024681012201020152020

Pew estimates for all ages in 2010 and 2020 from the same revised 2025 release. Harmonised census/survey religious identification, not practising believers. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist or without beliefs. Other religions include folk traditions, Sikhs, Jains, Baha’is and others. The 2026 appendix displays shares below 0.1% as <0.1%; the interactive table displays populations below 10,000 as <10,000; these are retained as bounds in dimensions.operator and omitted from exact chart points. Other counts are rounded to 10,000 and shares to 0.1 percentage point. No intervening years are filled. Affiliated is a derived subtotal of the six religious groups and must not be added to them. Regions/world overlap with countries and must not be summed. Diversity ranks describe only the seven broad groups; a larger rank means less diversity, not less freedom.

Source: Pew Research Center: religious composition, 2010 and 2020

Hindus — population share

0.3 % of population latest value, 2020

Saint Lucia: Hindus — population share2010: 0.3; 2020: 0.300.10.20.3201020152020

Pew estimates for all ages in 2010 and 2020 from the same revised 2025 release. Harmonised census/survey religious identification, not practising believers. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist or without beliefs. Other religions include folk traditions, Sikhs, Jains, Baha’is and others. The 2026 appendix displays shares below 0.1% as <0.1%; the interactive table displays populations below 10,000 as <10,000; these are retained as bounds in dimensions.operator and omitted from exact chart points. Other counts are rounded to 10,000 and shares to 0.1 percentage point. No intervening years are filled. Affiliated is a derived subtotal of the six religious groups and must not be added to them. Regions/world overlap with countries and must not be summed. Diversity ranks describe only the seven broad groups; a larger rank means less diversity, not less freedom.

Source: Pew Research Center: religious composition, 2010 and 2020

Other religions — population share

2 % of population latest value, 2020

Saint Lucia: Other religions — population share2010: 2; 2020: 200.511.522.5201020152020

Pew estimates for all ages in 2010 and 2020 from the same revised 2025 release. Harmonised census/survey religious identification, not practising believers. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist or without beliefs. Other religions include folk traditions, Sikhs, Jains, Baha’is and others. The 2026 appendix displays shares below 0.1% as <0.1%; the interactive table displays populations below 10,000 as <10,000; these are retained as bounds in dimensions.operator and omitted from exact chart points. Other counts are rounded to 10,000 and shares to 0.1 percentage point. No intervening years are filled. Affiliated is a derived subtotal of the six religious groups and must not be added to them. Regions/world overlap with countries and must not be summed. Diversity ranks describe only the seven broad groups; a larger rank means less diversity, not less freedom.

Source: Pew Research Center: religious composition, 2010 and 2020

Religious diversity — country rank

138 rank among 201 latest value, 2020

Saint Lucia: Religious diversity — country rank2010: 125; 2020: 138050100150201020152020

Pew estimates for all ages in 2010 and 2020 from the same revised 2025 release. Harmonised census/survey religious identification, not practising believers. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist or without beliefs. Other religions include folk traditions, Sikhs, Jains, Baha’is and others. The 2026 appendix displays shares below 0.1% as <0.1%; the interactive table displays populations below 10,000 as <10,000; these are retained as bounds in dimensions.operator and omitted from exact chart points. Other counts are rounded to 10,000 and shares to 0.1 percentage point. No intervening years are filled. Affiliated is a derived subtotal of the six religious groups and must not be added to them. Regions/world overlap with countries and must not be summed. Diversity ranks describe only the seven broad groups; a larger rank means less diversity, not less freedom.

Source: Pew Research Center: religious composition, 2010 and 2020

Religious diversity index

1.8 index points (0–10) latest value, 2020

Saint Lucia: Religious diversity index2010: 1.8; 2020: 1.800.511.52201020152020

Pew index, 0–10, based on seven broad groups. 10 means seven equal groups; 0 means everyone belongs to one group. Does not measure religious freedom, intensity of belief or conflict. Values below 0.1 are retained as bounds in the table. Pew estimates for all ages in 2010 and 2020 from the same revised 2025 release. Harmonised census/survey religious identification, not practising believers. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist or without beliefs. Other religions include folk traditions, Sikhs, Jains, Baha’is and others. The 2026 appendix displays shares below 0.1% as <0.1%; the interactive table displays populations below 10,000 as <10,000; these are retained as bounds in dimensions.operator and omitted from exact chart points. Other counts are rounded to 10,000 and shares to 0.1 percentage point. No intervening years are filled. Affiliated is a derived subtotal of the six religious groups and must not be added to them. Regions/world overlap with countries and must not be summed. Diversity ranks describe only the seven broad groups; a larger rank means less diversity, not less freedom.

Source: Pew Research Center: religious composition, 2010 and 2020

Religious composition: balance between two groups

2.9 index points (0–10) latest value, 2020

Saint Lucia: Religious composition: balance between two groups2010: 3; 2020: 2.901234201020152020

Pew index, 0–10, based on seven broad groups. 10 means two equal groups, which may be any two religions. It is not an affiliated/unaffiliated index. Does not measure religious freedom, intensity of belief or conflict. Values below 0.1 are retained as bounds in the table. Pew estimates for all ages in 2010 and 2020 from the same revised 2025 release. Harmonised census/survey religious identification, not practising believers. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist or without beliefs. Other religions include folk traditions, Sikhs, Jains, Baha’is and others. The 2026 appendix displays shares below 0.1% as <0.1%; the interactive table displays populations below 10,000 as <10,000; these are retained as bounds in dimensions.operator and omitted from exact chart points. Other counts are rounded to 10,000 and shares to 0.1 percentage point. No intervening years are filled. Affiliated is a derived subtotal of the six religious groups and must not be added to them. Regions/world overlap with countries and must not be summed. Diversity ranks describe only the seven broad groups; a larger rank means less diversity, not less freedom.

Source: Pew Research Center: religious composition, 2010 and 2020

Religiously affiliated — population share

94.1 % of population latest value, 2020

Saint Lucia: Religiously affiliated — population share2010: 94; 2020: 94.1020406080100201020152020

Macroscope calculation: total population minus Unaffiliated. A subtotal of six religious groups, not an eighth group or a count of believers in God. Pew estimates for all ages in 2010 and 2020 from the same revised 2025 release. Harmonised census/survey religious identification, not practising believers. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist or without beliefs. Other religions include folk traditions, Sikhs, Jains, Baha’is and others. The 2026 appendix displays shares below 0.1% as <0.1%; the interactive table displays populations below 10,000 as <10,000; these are retained as bounds in dimensions.operator and omitted from exact chart points. Other counts are rounded to 10,000 and shares to 0.1 percentage point. No intervening years are filled. Affiliated is a derived subtotal of the six religious groups and must not be added to them. Regions/world overlap with countries and must not be summed. Diversity ranks describe only the seven broad groups; a larger rank means less diversity, not less freedom.

Source: Pew Research Center: religious composition, 2010 and 2020

Religiously affiliated — population

170 thousand persons latest value, 2020

Saint Lucia: Religiously affiliated — population2010: 160; 2020: 170050100150200201020152020

Macroscope calculation: total population minus Unaffiliated. A subtotal of six religious groups, not an eighth group or a count of believers in God. Pew estimates for all ages in 2010 and 2020 from the same revised 2025 release. Harmonised census/survey religious identification, not practising believers. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist or without beliefs. Other religions include folk traditions, Sikhs, Jains, Baha’is and others. The 2026 appendix displays shares below 0.1% as <0.1%; the interactive table displays populations below 10,000 as <10,000; these are retained as bounds in dimensions.operator and omitted from exact chart points. Other counts are rounded to 10,000 and shares to 0.1 percentage point. No intervening years are filled. Affiliated is a derived subtotal of the six religious groups and must not be added to them. Regions/world overlap with countries and must not be summed. Diversity ranks describe only the seven broad groups; a larger rank means less diversity, not less freedom.

Source: Pew Research Center: religious composition, 2010 and 2020

Government restrictions on religion

1.7 index points (0–10) latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Government restrictions on religion2023: 1.7; 2023: 1.700.511.522020

Pew coding of published materials for 2023, 198 countries and territories. Scores from 0 to 10, not population percentages. GRI covers government restrictions; SHI covers hostile acts by private individuals and groups. They measure different things and must not be summed. North Korea is not scored due to insufficient reliable observations; missing is not no restrictions. Released June 15, 2026.

Source: Pew Research Center: religious restrictions and social hostilities

Social hostilities involving religion

0.1 index points (0–10) latest value, 2023

Saint Lucia: Social hostilities involving religion2023: 0.1; 2023: 0.10000.10.10.10.12020

Pew coding of published materials for 2023, 198 countries and territories. Scores from 0 to 10, not population percentages. GRI covers government restrictions; SHI covers hostile acts by private individuals and groups. They measure different things and must not be summed. North Korea is not scored due to insufficient reliable observations; missing is not no restrictions. Released June 15, 2026.

Source: Pew Research Center: religious restrictions and social hostilities

Christians among immigrants — share

72.1 % of migrants latest value, 2020

Saint Lucia: Christians among immigrants — share1990: 73.1; 2020: 72.10204060801990199520002005201020152020

Pew 2024 estimates of international migrant stocks at seven dates, 1990–2020. Incoming means migrants living in a country; Outgoing means people from that country living abroad. These are not annual flows or shares of all residents. Based on international migrant data and estimates of religious composition, not a census of practising believers. Incoming and Outgoing overlap; world totals must not be added to countries. Counts are rounded to 10,000; smaller counts remain <10,000 bounds and are omitted from exact chart points. Shares use migrants in the same direction as denominator, rounded to 0.1 percentage point; 0.0% does not establish absence. Shares for 22 Incoming records with zero total are undefined and omitted. Vatican City Incoming is missing. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist. This release is not spliced with the revised 2025 all-population estimates.

Source: Pew Research Center: religion of international migrants

Muslims among immigrants — share

1.7 % of migrants latest value, 2020

Saint Lucia: Muslims among immigrants — share1990: 1.2; 2020: 1.700.511.521990199520002005201020152020

Pew 2024 estimates of international migrant stocks at seven dates, 1990–2020. Incoming means migrants living in a country; Outgoing means people from that country living abroad. These are not annual flows or shares of all residents. Based on international migrant data and estimates of religious composition, not a census of practising believers. Incoming and Outgoing overlap; world totals must not be added to countries. Counts are rounded to 10,000; smaller counts remain <10,000 bounds and are omitted from exact chart points. Shares use migrants in the same direction as denominator, rounded to 0.1 percentage point; 0.0% does not establish absence. Shares for 22 Incoming records with zero total are undefined and omitted. Vatican City Incoming is missing. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist. This release is not spliced with the revised 2025 all-population estimates.

Source: Pew Research Center: religion of international migrants

Religiously unaffiliated among immigrants — share

16.7 % of migrants latest value, 2020

Saint Lucia: Religiously unaffiliated among immigrants — share1990: 17.2; 2020: 16.7051015201990199520002005201020152020

Pew 2024 estimates of international migrant stocks at seven dates, 1990–2020. Incoming means migrants living in a country; Outgoing means people from that country living abroad. These are not annual flows or shares of all residents. Based on international migrant data and estimates of religious composition, not a census of practising believers. Incoming and Outgoing overlap; world totals must not be added to countries. Counts are rounded to 10,000; smaller counts remain <10,000 bounds and are omitted from exact chart points. Shares use migrants in the same direction as denominator, rounded to 0.1 percentage point; 0.0% does not establish absence. Shares for 22 Incoming records with zero total are undefined and omitted. Vatican City Incoming is missing. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist. This release is not spliced with the revised 2025 all-population estimates.

Source: Pew Research Center: religion of international migrants

Buddhists among immigrants — share

1.2 % of migrants latest value, 2020

Saint Lucia: Buddhists among immigrants — share1990: 1.2; 2020: 1.200.511.51990199520002005201020152020

Pew 2024 estimates of international migrant stocks at seven dates, 1990–2020. Incoming means migrants living in a country; Outgoing means people from that country living abroad. These are not annual flows or shares of all residents. Based on international migrant data and estimates of religious composition, not a census of practising believers. Incoming and Outgoing overlap; world totals must not be added to countries. Counts are rounded to 10,000; smaller counts remain <10,000 bounds and are omitted from exact chart points. Shares use migrants in the same direction as denominator, rounded to 0.1 percentage point; 0.0% does not establish absence. Shares for 22 Incoming records with zero total are undefined and omitted. Vatican City Incoming is missing. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist. This release is not spliced with the revised 2025 all-population estimates.

Source: Pew Research Center: religion of international migrants

Hindus among immigrants — share

2.2 % of migrants latest value, 2020

Saint Lucia: Hindus among immigrants — share1990: 1.2; 2020: 2.200.511.522.51990199520002005201020152020

Pew 2024 estimates of international migrant stocks at seven dates, 1990–2020. Incoming means migrants living in a country; Outgoing means people from that country living abroad. These are not annual flows or shares of all residents. Based on international migrant data and estimates of religious composition, not a census of practising believers. Incoming and Outgoing overlap; world totals must not be added to countries. Counts are rounded to 10,000; smaller counts remain <10,000 bounds and are omitted from exact chart points. Shares use migrants in the same direction as denominator, rounded to 0.1 percentage point; 0.0% does not establish absence. Shares for 22 Incoming records with zero total are undefined and omitted. Vatican City Incoming is missing. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist. This release is not spliced with the revised 2025 all-population estimates.

Source: Pew Research Center: religion of international migrants

Jews among immigrants — share

1.4 % of migrants latest value, 2020

Saint Lucia: Jews among immigrants — share1990: 1; 2020: 1.400.511.51990199520002005201020152020

Pew 2024 estimates of international migrant stocks at seven dates, 1990–2020. Incoming means migrants living in a country; Outgoing means people from that country living abroad. These are not annual flows or shares of all residents. Based on international migrant data and estimates of religious composition, not a census of practising believers. Incoming and Outgoing overlap; world totals must not be added to countries. Counts are rounded to 10,000; smaller counts remain <10,000 bounds and are omitted from exact chart points. Shares use migrants in the same direction as denominator, rounded to 0.1 percentage point; 0.0% does not establish absence. Shares for 22 Incoming records with zero total are undefined and omitted. Vatican City Incoming is missing. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist. This release is not spliced with the revised 2025 all-population estimates.

Source: Pew Research Center: religion of international migrants

Other religions among immigrants — share

4.6 % of migrants latest value, 2020

Saint Lucia: Other religions among immigrants — share1990: 4.8; 2020: 4.60123451990199520002005201020152020

Pew 2024 estimates of international migrant stocks at seven dates, 1990–2020. Incoming means migrants living in a country; Outgoing means people from that country living abroad. These are not annual flows or shares of all residents. Based on international migrant data and estimates of religious composition, not a census of practising believers. Incoming and Outgoing overlap; world totals must not be added to countries. Counts are rounded to 10,000; smaller counts remain <10,000 bounds and are omitted from exact chart points. Shares use migrants in the same direction as denominator, rounded to 0.1 percentage point; 0.0% does not establish absence. Shares for 22 Incoming records with zero total are undefined and omitted. Vatican City Incoming is missing. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist. This release is not spliced with the revised 2025 all-population estimates.

Source: Pew Research Center: religion of international migrants

Christians among emigrants — share

84.1 % of migrants latest value, 2020

Saint Lucia: Christians among emigrants — share1990: 79.2; 2020: 84.10204060801001990199520002005201020152020

Pew 2024 estimates of international migrant stocks at seven dates, 1990–2020. Incoming means migrants living in a country; Outgoing means people from that country living abroad. These are not annual flows or shares of all residents. Based on international migrant data and estimates of religious composition, not a census of practising believers. Incoming and Outgoing overlap; world totals must not be added to countries. Counts are rounded to 10,000; smaller counts remain <10,000 bounds and are omitted from exact chart points. Shares use migrants in the same direction as denominator, rounded to 0.1 percentage point; 0.0% does not establish absence. Shares for 22 Incoming records with zero total are undefined and omitted. Vatican City Incoming is missing. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist. This release is not spliced with the revised 2025 all-population estimates.

Source: Pew Research Center: religion of international migrants

Christians among emigrants — population

60 thousand persons latest value, 2020

Saint Lucia: Christians among emigrants — population1990: 20; 2020: 600204060801990199520002005201020152020

Pew 2024 estimates of international migrant stocks at seven dates, 1990–2020. Incoming means migrants living in a country; Outgoing means people from that country living abroad. These are not annual flows or shares of all residents. Based on international migrant data and estimates of religious composition, not a census of practising believers. Incoming and Outgoing overlap; world totals must not be added to countries. Counts are rounded to 10,000; smaller counts remain <10,000 bounds and are omitted from exact chart points. Shares use migrants in the same direction as denominator, rounded to 0.1 percentage point; 0.0% does not establish absence. Shares for 22 Incoming records with zero total are undefined and omitted. Vatican City Incoming is missing. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist. This release is not spliced with the revised 2025 all-population estimates.

Source: Pew Research Center: religion of international migrants

Muslims among emigrants — share

0.4 % of migrants latest value, 2020

Saint Lucia: Muslims among emigrants — share1990: 0.2; 2020: 0.400.10.20.30.40.51990199520002005201020152020

Pew 2024 estimates of international migrant stocks at seven dates, 1990–2020. Incoming means migrants living in a country; Outgoing means people from that country living abroad. These are not annual flows or shares of all residents. Based on international migrant data and estimates of religious composition, not a census of practising believers. Incoming and Outgoing overlap; world totals must not be added to countries. Counts are rounded to 10,000; smaller counts remain <10,000 bounds and are omitted from exact chart points. Shares use migrants in the same direction as denominator, rounded to 0.1 percentage point; 0.0% does not establish absence. Shares for 22 Incoming records with zero total are undefined and omitted. Vatican City Incoming is missing. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist. This release is not spliced with the revised 2025 all-population estimates.

Source: Pew Research Center: religion of international migrants

Religiously unaffiliated among emigrants — share

12.6 % of migrants latest value, 2020

Saint Lucia: Religiously unaffiliated among emigrants — share1990: 15.6; 2020: 12.6051015201990199520002005201020152020

Pew 2024 estimates of international migrant stocks at seven dates, 1990–2020. Incoming means migrants living in a country; Outgoing means people from that country living abroad. These are not annual flows or shares of all residents. Based on international migrant data and estimates of religious composition, not a census of practising believers. Incoming and Outgoing overlap; world totals must not be added to countries. Counts are rounded to 10,000; smaller counts remain <10,000 bounds and are omitted from exact chart points. Shares use migrants in the same direction as denominator, rounded to 0.1 percentage point; 0.0% does not establish absence. Shares for 22 Incoming records with zero total are undefined and omitted. Vatican City Incoming is missing. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist. This release is not spliced with the revised 2025 all-population estimates.

Source: Pew Research Center: religion of international migrants

Buddhists among emigrants — share

0.3 % of migrants latest value, 2020

Saint Lucia: Buddhists among emigrants — share1990: 0.5; 2020: 0.300.10.20.30.40.50.61990199520002005201020152020

Pew 2024 estimates of international migrant stocks at seven dates, 1990–2020. Incoming means migrants living in a country; Outgoing means people from that country living abroad. These are not annual flows or shares of all residents. Based on international migrant data and estimates of religious composition, not a census of practising believers. Incoming and Outgoing overlap; world totals must not be added to countries. Counts are rounded to 10,000; smaller counts remain <10,000 bounds and are omitted from exact chart points. Shares use migrants in the same direction as denominator, rounded to 0.1 percentage point; 0.0% does not establish absence. Shares for 22 Incoming records with zero total are undefined and omitted. Vatican City Incoming is missing. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist. This release is not spliced with the revised 2025 all-population estimates.

Source: Pew Research Center: religion of international migrants

Hindus among emigrants — share

0.4 % of migrants latest value, 2020

Saint Lucia: Hindus among emigrants — share1990: 0.2; 2020: 0.400.10.20.30.40.51990199520002005201020152020

Pew 2024 estimates of international migrant stocks at seven dates, 1990–2020. Incoming means migrants living in a country; Outgoing means people from that country living abroad. These are not annual flows or shares of all residents. Based on international migrant data and estimates of religious composition, not a census of practising believers. Incoming and Outgoing overlap; world totals must not be added to countries. Counts are rounded to 10,000; smaller counts remain <10,000 bounds and are omitted from exact chart points. Shares use migrants in the same direction as denominator, rounded to 0.1 percentage point; 0.0% does not establish absence. Shares for 22 Incoming records with zero total are undefined and omitted. Vatican City Incoming is missing. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist. This release is not spliced with the revised 2025 all-population estimates.

Source: Pew Research Center: religion of international migrants

Jews among emigrants — share

0.3 % of migrants latest value, 2020

Saint Lucia: Jews among emigrants — share1990: 0.3; 2020: 0.300.10.20.31990199520002005201020152020

Pew 2024 estimates of international migrant stocks at seven dates, 1990–2020. Incoming means migrants living in a country; Outgoing means people from that country living abroad. These are not annual flows or shares of all residents. Based on international migrant data and estimates of religious composition, not a census of practising believers. Incoming and Outgoing overlap; world totals must not be added to countries. Counts are rounded to 10,000; smaller counts remain <10,000 bounds and are omitted from exact chart points. Shares use migrants in the same direction as denominator, rounded to 0.1 percentage point; 0.0% does not establish absence. Shares for 22 Incoming records with zero total are undefined and omitted. Vatican City Incoming is missing. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist. This release is not spliced with the revised 2025 all-population estimates.

Source: Pew Research Center: religion of international migrants

Other religions among emigrants — share

1.8 % of migrants latest value, 2020

Saint Lucia: Other religions among emigrants — share1990: 4; 2020: 1.80123451990199520002005201020152020

Pew 2024 estimates of international migrant stocks at seven dates, 1990–2020. Incoming means migrants living in a country; Outgoing means people from that country living abroad. These are not annual flows or shares of all residents. Based on international migrant data and estimates of religious composition, not a census of practising believers. Incoming and Outgoing overlap; world totals must not be added to countries. Counts are rounded to 10,000; smaller counts remain <10,000 bounds and are omitted from exact chart points. Shares use migrants in the same direction as denominator, rounded to 0.1 percentage point; 0.0% does not establish absence. Shares for 22 Incoming records with zero total are undefined and omitted. Vatican City Incoming is missing. Unaffiliated does not mean atheist. This release is not spliced with the revised 2025 all-population estimates.

Source: Pew Research Center: religion of international migrants

Catholics — population, 2010 estimate

110 thousand persons latest value, 2010

Saint Lucia: Catholics — population, 2010 estimate2010: 110; 2010: 11005010015020052010

Historical all-age estimates for 2010 from Pew’s 2011 release, 232 countries/territories. Pew’s 2025 revision does not update this detailed split: do not splice into the revised Christian total series. Affiliation, not practice. Protestant includes Anglicans and independent churches; Orthodox includes Eastern and Oriental Orthodox churches. Other Christians include, among others, Latter-day Saints and Jehovah’s Witnesses under the source classification. Counts of at least 10,000 are rounded to 10,000; <1,000 and <10,000 remain bounds in the typed table only. The source states that <10,000 means 1,000–9,999, not zero. World is the sum of the five regions in the same release. Netherlands Antilles and Channel Islands are not assigned to a single present-day country. Geography follows the 2011 release; South Sudan is separate. Macroscope analysis. Pew Research Center bears no responsibility for the analyses or interpretations of the data presented here. The opinions expressed herein, including any implications for policy, are those of the author and not of Pew Research Center. Pew Research Center has published the original content in English but has not reviewed or approved this translation.

Source: Pew: Christian traditions, 2010 estimates (2011 release)

Protestants — population, 2010 estimate

50 thousand persons latest value, 2010

Saint Lucia: Protestants — population, 2010 estimate2010: 50; 2010: 50010203040506020052010

Historical all-age estimates for 2010 from Pew’s 2011 release, 232 countries/territories. Pew’s 2025 revision does not update this detailed split: do not splice into the revised Christian total series. Affiliation, not practice. Protestant includes Anglicans and independent churches; Orthodox includes Eastern and Oriental Orthodox churches. Other Christians include, among others, Latter-day Saints and Jehovah’s Witnesses under the source classification. Counts of at least 10,000 are rounded to 10,000; <1,000 and <10,000 remain bounds in the typed table only. The source states that <10,000 means 1,000–9,999, not zero. World is the sum of the five regions in the same release. Netherlands Antilles and Channel Islands are not assigned to a single present-day country. Geography follows the 2011 release; South Sudan is separate. Macroscope analysis. Pew Research Center bears no responsibility for the analyses or interpretations of the data presented here. The opinions expressed herein, including any implications for policy, are those of the author and not of Pew Research Center. Pew Research Center has published the original content in English but has not reviewed or approved this translation.

Source: Pew: Christian traditions, 2010 estimates (2011 release)

Markets and valuations

Private-sector credit / GDP

51.74 % of GDP latest value, 2025

Saint Lucia: Private-sector credit / GDP1980: 35.55; 2025: 51.7402040608010019801990200020102020

Financial resources supplied to the private sector by financial corporations relative to GDP. Includes loans and other debt claims; country coverage differs. Neither government debt nor mortgages alone. Source definition: Domestic credit to private sector refers to financial resources provided to the private sector by financial corporations, such as through loans, purchases of nonequity securities, and trade credits and other accounts receivable, that establish a claim for repayment. For some countries these claims include credit to public enterprises. The financial corporations include monetary authorities and deposit money banks, as well as other financial corporations where data are available (including corporations that do not accept transferable deposits but do incur such liabilities as time and savings deposits). Examples of other financial corporations are finance and leasing companies, money lenders, insurance corporations, pension funds, and foreign exchange companies. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.

Source: World Bank WDI: financial markets (WFE, IMF)

Bank nonperforming loans

8.51 % of gross loans latest value, 2025

Saint Lucia: Bank nonperforming loans2015: 18.2; 2025: 8.5105101520201520202025

Loans 90+ days overdue or unlikely to be repaid in full divided by gross loans, before provisions and collateral deductions. National rules and coverage can differ. Source definition: The indicator measures the proportion of a deposit taker’s loan portfolio that is impaired or at risk of default. It is calculated as the ratio of non-performing loans (NPLs) to total gross loans, where NPLs are defined as loans that are past due by 90 days or more or are otherwise considered unlikely to be repaid in full without the realization of collateral. Both non-performing loans and total gross loans should be reported at their gross book value, without deducting for loan-loss provisions or collateral. This indicator provides a key measure of asset quality and potential credit risk in the banking system.

Source: World Bank WDI: financial markets (WFE, IMF)

Industry and waste

Manufacturing, share of GDP

3.6 % of GDP latest value, 2025

Saint Lucia: Manufacturing, share of GDP2006: 4.1; 2025: 3.60123452010201520202025

Manufacturing value added (ISIC section C: factories, excluding mining, utilities and construction) as a percentage of GDP. The share can fall while output grows if the rest of the economy grows faster. World Bank, WDI. Source note: Manufacturing includes industries classified in ISIC (Rev. 3) major division C and is defined as the physical or chemical transformation of materials or components into new products. Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.

Source: World Bank WDI: national accounts (industry)

Industry incl. construction, share of GDP

10.7 % of GDP latest value, 2025

Saint Lucia: Industry incl. construction, share of GDP2006: 15.6; 2025: 10.7051015202010201520202025

Value added of industry in the broad sense (mining, manufacturing, utilities and construction; ISIC B-F) as a percentage of GDP. World Bank, WDI. Source note: Industry (including construction) corresponds to ISIC (Rev.4) divisions 05-43. It is comprised of mining, manufacturing, construction, electricity, water, and gas industries. Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.

Source: World Bank WDI: national accounts (industry)

Manufacturing value added per person

358 constant 2015 US$ per person latest value, 2025

Saint Lucia: Manufacturing value added per person1977: 123; 2025: 358010020030040019801990200020102020

Manufacturing value added at constant 2015 US dollars divided by population (UN WPP 2024): factory output net of inputs, not revenue. World Bank, WDI. Source note: Manufacturing includes industries classified in ISIC (Rev. 3) major division C and is defined as the physical or chemical transformation of materials or components into new products. Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator is expressed in constant prices, meaning the series has been adjusted to account for price changes over time. The reference year for this adjustment is 2015. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.

Source: World Bank WDI: national accounts (industry)

Manufacturing value added per person (UNIDO)

277 constant 2020 US$ per person latest value, 2025

Saint Lucia: Manufacturing value added per person (UNIDO)2000: 185; 2025: 2770100200300400200020052010201520202025

Manufacturing value added (ISIC section C) per person at constant 2020 US dollars. UNIDO National Accounts Database via the UN SDG database (indicator 9.2.1). Differs from the World Bank series by its base year (2020 rather than 2015) and UNIDO estimates for countries without recent accounts. Series: Manufacturing value added per capita (constant 2020 United States dollars).

Source: UNIDO via the UN SDG database: manufacturing value added

Manufacturing, share of GDP (UNIDO)

2.2 % of GDP latest value, 2025

Saint Lucia: Manufacturing, share of GDP (UNIDO)2000: 2; 2025: 2.20123200020052010201520202025

Manufacturing value added as a percentage of GDP, constant prices. UNIDO via the UN SDG database (indicator 9.2.1). Series: Manufacturing value added (constant 2020 United States dollars) as a proportion of GDP (%).

Source: UNIDO via the UN SDG database: manufacturing value added

Municipal waste per person (World Bank)

458 kg per person a year latest value, 2022

Saint Lucia: Municipal waste per person (World Bank)2022: 458; 2022: 45801002003004005002020

Municipal solid waste generation, kg per person a year (kg a day × 365). Municipal solid waste: households plus similar waste from shops, institutions and streets — excluding industrial, construction and mining waste. One reported year a country, the years differ. World Bank, What a Waste 3.0 (2026).

Source: World Bank: What a Waste 3.0 (2026)

Education and work

Unemployment aged 25 and over: basic education (ILO)

6.3 % of labour force latest value, 2025

Saint Lucia: Unemployment aged 25 and over: basic education (ILO)2016: 11; 2025: 6.30510152020202025

Unemployed as a share of the labour force, people aged 25 and over with basic education. ILO (ILOSTAT) from national labour force and other surveys: a country appears only in years with a survey; these are not ILO modelled estimates. Levels are the ILO aggregate of national classifications (by ISCED): basic up to lower secondary, intermediate upper secondary and post-secondary, advanced tertiary. Unreliable flags and survey type are in the labour_education_ilostat dataset. Source: ILO, UNE_DEAP_SEX_AGE_EDU_RT_A.

Source: ILO, ILOSTAT — unemployment and employment by level of education (national surveys)

Unemployment aged 25 and over: intermediate education (ILO)

12.6 % of labour force latest value, 2022

Saint Lucia: Unemployment aged 25 and over: intermediate education (ILO)2016: 7.7; 2022: 12.60510152020

Unemployed as a share of the labour force, people aged 25 and over with intermediate education. ILO (ILOSTAT) from national labour force and other surveys: a country appears only in years with a survey; these are not ILO modelled estimates. Levels are the ILO aggregate of national classifications (by ISCED): basic up to lower secondary, intermediate upper secondary and post-secondary, advanced tertiary. Unreliable flags and survey type are in the labour_education_ilostat dataset. Source: ILO, UNE_DEAP_SEX_AGE_EDU_RT_A.

Source: ILO, ILOSTAT — unemployment and employment by level of education (national surveys)

Unemployment aged 25 and over: advanced (tertiary) education (ILO)

5.1 % of labour force latest value, 2025

Saint Lucia: Unemployment aged 25 and over: advanced (tertiary) education (ILO)2017: 12; 2025: 5.105101520202025

Unemployed as a share of the labour force, people aged 25 and over with advanced (tertiary) education. ILO (ILOSTAT) from national labour force and other surveys: a country appears only in years with a survey; these are not ILO modelled estimates. Levels are the ILO aggregate of national classifications (by ISCED): basic up to lower secondary, intermediate upper secondary and post-secondary, advanced tertiary. Unreliable flags and survey type are in the labour_education_ilostat dataset. Source: ILO, UNE_DEAP_SEX_AGE_EDU_RT_A.

Source: ILO, ILOSTAT — unemployment and employment by level of education (national surveys)

Unemployment aged 15-24: basic education (ILO)

24.2 % of labour force latest value, 2025

Saint Lucia: Unemployment aged 15-24: basic education (ILO)2017: 48.9; 2025: 24.2020406020202025

Unemployed as a share of the labour force, people aged 15-24 with basic education. ILO (ILOSTAT) from national labour force and other surveys: a country appears only in years with a survey; these are not ILO modelled estimates. Levels are the ILO aggregate of national classifications (by ISCED): basic up to lower secondary, intermediate upper secondary and post-secondary, advanced tertiary. Unreliable flags and survey type are in the labour_education_ilostat dataset. Source: ILO, UNE_DEAP_SEX_AGE_EDU_RT_A.

Source: ILO, ILOSTAT — unemployment and employment by level of education (national surveys)

Unemployment aged 15-24: advanced (tertiary) education (ILO)

9.5 % of labour force latest value, 2025

Saint Lucia: Unemployment aged 15-24: advanced (tertiary) education (ILO)2017: 33.4; 2025: 9.501020304020202025

Unemployed as a share of the labour force, people aged 15-24 with advanced (tertiary) education. ILO (ILOSTAT) from national labour force and other surveys: a country appears only in years with a survey; these are not ILO modelled estimates. Levels are the ILO aggregate of national classifications (by ISCED): basic up to lower secondary, intermediate upper secondary and post-secondary, advanced tertiary. Unreliable flags and survey type are in the labour_education_ilostat dataset. Source: ILO, UNE_DEAP_SEX_AGE_EDU_RT_A.

Source: ILO, ILOSTAT — unemployment and employment by level of education (national surveys)

Employment aged 25 and over: basic education (ILO)

83.1 % of population latest value, 2025

Saint Lucia: Employment aged 25 and over: basic education (ILO)2016: 61.8; 2025: 83.102040608010020202025

Employed as a share of the population, people aged 25 and over with basic education. ILO (ILOSTAT) from national labour force and other surveys: a country appears only in years with a survey; these are not ILO modelled estimates. Levels are the ILO aggregate of national classifications (by ISCED): basic up to lower secondary, intermediate upper secondary and post-secondary, advanced tertiary. Unreliable flags and survey type are in the labour_education_ilostat dataset. Source: ILO, EMP_DWAP_SEX_AGE_EDU_RT_A.

Source: ILO, ILOSTAT — unemployment and employment by level of education (national surveys)

Employment aged 25 and over: advanced (tertiary) education (ILO)

65.6 % of population latest value, 2025

Saint Lucia: Employment aged 25 and over: advanced (tertiary) education (ILO)2016: 80.5; 2025: 65.602040608010020202025

Employed as a share of the population, people aged 25 and over with advanced (tertiary) education. ILO (ILOSTAT) from national labour force and other surveys: a country appears only in years with a survey; these are not ILO modelled estimates. Levels are the ILO aggregate of national classifications (by ISCED): basic up to lower secondary, intermediate upper secondary and post-secondary, advanced tertiary. Unreliable flags and survey type are in the labour_education_ilostat dataset. Source: ILO, EMP_DWAP_SEX_AGE_EDU_RT_A.

Source: ILO, ILOSTAT — unemployment and employment by level of education (national surveys)

Same region: Latin America and the Caribbean