Country
St. Lucia
- Region
- Latin America & Caribbean
- Income group
- upper middle income
- Capital
- Castries
- ISO code
- LC · LCA
69 indicators. Each shows the value, the rank among the world’s countries and the change over time – click to see the map.
- Population
- 180K
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- 24,503 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices)
- Life expectancy
- 72.8 years
- CO₂ emissions per person
- 1.7 t CO₂
Population
- Population 180K 2025 183rd of 214
- Population density 295 people/km² 2024 40th of 212
- Population growth 0.23 % per year 2025 159th of 214
- Natural increase 2.6 per 1,000 people 2023 147th of 228
- Net migration -0.1 per 1,000 people 2025 94th of 214
- Fertility rate 1.38 births per woman 2024 178th of 214
- Urban population 29.1 % 2025 194th of 214
- Median age 33.7 years 2023 103rd of 228
- Population aged 65+ 10.0 % 2025 98th of 214
- Old-age dependency ratio 13.7 per 100 people aged 15–64 2025 102nd of 214
- Children under 15 17.2 % 2025 149th of 214
Health
- Life expectancy 72.8 years 2024 125th of 214
- Life expectancy, women 76.4 years 2024 125th of 214
- Life expectancy, men 69.5 years 2024 134th of 214
- Life expectancy gap, women vs men 7.0 years 2024 34th of 214
- Infant mortality 15.8 per 1,000 births 2024 80th of 195
- Under-5 mortality 17.2 per 1,000 births 2024 84th of 195
- Maternal mortality 44 per 100,000 births 2023 98th of 193
- Health spending per person 641 USD 2023 74th of 190
- Health spending (PPP) 1,228 $ (PPP) 2023 88th of 191
- Physicians 4.23 per 1,000 people 2020 25th of 179
- Hospital beds 1.1 per 1,000 people 2022 114th of 150
- Measles immunization 83 % 2024 132nd of 191
- Tobacco use 13.9 % 2024 106th of 165
- Calorie supply 2,654 kcal per day 2023 132nd of 175
- Meat supply 90.3 kg per person per year 2023 28th of 175
Economy
- GDP 2.7B USD 2025 163rd of 185
- GDP per capita 14,746 USD 2025 67th of 185
- GDP per capita (PPP) 24,503 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices) 2025 73rd of 184
- GDP per capita since 1820 10,452 int-$ (2011 prices) 2022 93rd of 165
- GDP growth -0.6 % 2025 177th of 185
- GDP per capita growth -0.8 % 2025 172nd of 185
- Inflation 2.0 % 2025 114th of 169
- Unemployment 9.5 % 2025 37th of 181
- Youth unemployment 20.3 % 2025 46th of 181
- Youth not in education, employment or training 25.5 % 2025 36th of 150
- Income inequality (Gini) 43.7 2015 21st of 151
- Extreme poverty 0.1 % 2015 128th of 151
- Agriculture in the economy 1.5 % of GDP 2024 155th of 187
- Women in the labour force 62.0 % 2025 37th of 181
Education and society
- Human Development Index (HDI) 0.748 2023 103rd of 192
- Education spending 4.6 % of GDP 2022 61st of 163
- Secondary school enrolment 89 % 2023 92nd of 145
- Tertiary enrolment 15 % 2023 111th of 127
- Primary completion rate 91 % 2023 93rd of 135
- Women in parliament 10.5 % 2025 162nd of 183
- Homicide rate 29.2 per 100,000 people 2020 7th of 129
Technology and infrastructure
- Internet use 68 % 2024 123rd of 182
- Mobile phone subscriptions 99 per 100 people 2022 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Fixed broadband 13.6 per 100 people 2022 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Access to electricity 100.0 % 2024 1st of 212
- Research and development 0.27 % of GDP 1999 not ranked – no value for 2023
Environment and energy
- CO₂ emissions 0.3 Mt CO₂ 2024 182nd of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person 1.7 t CO₂ 2024 120th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person since 1850 2.99 t CO₂ 2024 110th of 212
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 0.0 Gt CO₂ 2024 183rd of 212
- Greenhouse gases per person 2.6 t CO₂e 2024 132nd of 201
- Forest area 53.8 % of land 2024 44th of 208
- Water stress 14 % 2022 76th of 176
- Arable land 4.4 % of land 2024 139th of 205
- Renewable energy 9.7 % of final energy 2021 146th of 210
- Renewable electricity 2.5 % of electricity 2024 175th of 193
- Nuclear electricity 0.0 % of electricity 2024 32nd of 193
- Electricity from coal 0.0 % of electricity 2024 82nd of 193
- Electricity from wind 0.0 % of electricity 2024 108th of 193
- Electricity from solar 2.5 % of electricity 2024 110th of 193
- Carbon intensity of electricity 642 g CO₂e/kWh 2024 32nd of 193
- Electricity generation per person 2,225 kWh 2024 101st of 190
- PM2.5 air pollution 10.4 µg/m³ 2023 153rd of 199
St. Lucia on other Ominuvo maps
- Languages of the worldEnglish · official languageSource: Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3)
- Prices around the worldEast Caribbean dollar (XCD)Source: ISO 4217
- Time zones mapUTC−4Source: IANA tz database (public domain)
- Plugs and sockets of the worldType G · 240 V · 50 Hz
- National dishes of the world1 national dish
- Plants of the world5 characteristic plants
- Volcano & earthquake map1 volcanoSource: Smithsonian GVP (Smithsonian Terms of Use)
- VPN provider mapServers of 1 VPN providerSource: VPN Map (Ominuvo) (CC BY 4.0)