Saint Lucia




General Information

source: UN data

Region  Caribbean
Population (000, 2025) 180
Pop. density (per km2, 2025) 2,924
Capital city  Castries
Capital city pop. (000, 2025) 223
UN membership date  181,979
Surface area (km2) 616
Sex ratio (m per 100 f) 973
National currency  E. Caribbean Dollar (XCD)c
Exchange rate (per US$) 27
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$) 2,430
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices) 22
GDP per capita (current US$) 135,550
Economy: Agriculturef,g (% of Gross Value Added) 13
Economy: Industryf,h (% of Gross Value Added) 111
Economy: Services and other activityf,i (% of GVA) 876
Employment in agriculturej (% of employed) 104
Employment in industryj (% of employed) 17
Employment in servicesj (% employed) 726
Unemployment (% of labour force) 106
Labour force participation rate (female/male pop. %) 627,755
CPI: Consumer Price Indexk (2010=100) 123
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100) 81
International trade: exports (million current US$) 120
International trade: imports (million current US$) 2,816
International trade: balance (million current US$) 2,696
Balance of payments, current account (million US$) 64
Population growth rate (average annual %) 2
Urban population (% of total population) ...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %) ...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman) 14
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years) 766,696
Population age distributionn (0-14/60+ years old, %) 172,154
International migrant stocko (000/% of total pop.) 8,145
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000) 0
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births) 161
Health: Current expenditurej,p (% of GDP) 5
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.) ...
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.) 10,131,014
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio  (f/m per 100 pop.) 923,884
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.) 878,847
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.) 39
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%) 105
Individuals using the Internetj (per 100 inhabitants) 701
Threatened species (number) 112
Forested area (% of land area) 34
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita) 530
Energy production, primaryj (Petajoules) 1
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules) 45
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borderst (000) 356
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%) 456
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI) 156

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