International Rankings of Saint Lucia 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Saint Lucia, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Saint Lucia, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	74	19	2018
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	141	32265	0
Internet users - percent of population	134	50.82 %	2018
Internet users - total	175	84112	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	74	20.05	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	165	33285	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	132	101.68	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	182	168797	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	190	392.800 million US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	189	398.200 million US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	28	0.3 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	61	59.7	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	73	63.7	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	43	89.4	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	69	73.9	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	190	1.686 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	39	62.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	111	11.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	85	66.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	126	56.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	107	16.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	54	0.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	122	2.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	141	14.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	20	82.8 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	111	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	46	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	33	6 %	2017
Labor force	177	79700 US Dollars	2012
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	69	21.7 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	38	24.7 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	98	53.6 %	2002
Population below poverty line	66	25	2016
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	180	2.823 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	83	15449 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	102	23.6 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	181	437900	2017
Crude oil - exports	82	0	2015
Crude oil - imports	84	0	2015
Crude oil - production	89	0	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	90	0	2018
Electricity - consumption	176	343.200 million kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	2	99	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	69	0	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	40	1	2017
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	178	89000 kWh	2016
Electricity - production	166	369.000 million	2016
Natural gas - consumption	108	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	56	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	79	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	92	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	94	0	2014
Refined petroleum products - consumption	147	3100	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	124	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	178	3113 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	110	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	163	0.41 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	165	0.27 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	87	21.22 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	149	17.4	2018
Land use - arable land	120	4.9	2018
Land use - forest	7	77	2018
Land use - other	171	5.6	2018
Land use - permanent crops	23	11.5	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	152	1	2018
Revenue from coal	31	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	94	0.01 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	164	300.000 million	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	149	30.400 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	161	0 cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	164	12.500 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	110	0.98	2025
Urbanization - urban population	176	18.9	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2021
Geography
Area - land	189	606 sq km	0
Area - total	189	616 sq km	0
Area - water	132	10192 sq km	0
Coastline	135	158 km	0
Elevation - highest point	131	948 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	34	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	150	N/A meters	2021
Irrigated land	138	30 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	156	N/A km	2021
Land use - agricultural land	149	17.4	2018
Land use - arable land	120	4.9	2018
Land use - forest	7	77	2018
Land use - other	171	5.6	2018
Land use - permanent crops	23	11.5	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	152	1	2018
Total renewable water resources	163	300.000 million	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	125	13.6 %	1165
Age structure - 25-54 years	57	42.83 %	6868
Age structure - 55-64 years	78	11.23 %	0075
Birth rate	144	12.27 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	62	55.5 %	1112
Current Health Expenditure	66	4.4 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	76	7.96 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	63	14.4 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	87	7 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	145	39.4 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	136	25 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	107	0 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	99	0 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	70	0 % of population	0
Education expenditures	45	3.3 % of GDP	2018
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	32	0.6	2018
HIV/AIDS - deaths	44	N/A	2018
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	108	N/A	2018
Hospital bed density	56	1.3 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	100	13.07 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	133	11.44 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	114	12.23 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	49	81.62 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	54	75.96 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	55	78.71 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	61	117	2017
Median age - female	54	38 years	2020
Median age - male	54	35.7 years	0
Median age - total	51	36.9 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	82	N/A	2021
Net migration rate	117	1.37 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	81	19.7 %	2016
Physicians density	118	0.64 physicians/1,000 population	2017
Population	181	166637	2021
Population growth rate	130	0.3 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	33	95.6 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	120	0 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	108	0.8 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	74	4.4 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	9	13 years	2019
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	8	13 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	9	13 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	9	1.06 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	21	1.03	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	32	0.93	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	36	0.86	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	28	0.83 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.06 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	22	0.95 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	110	1.73 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	32	34.3	2019
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	7	39.6	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	14	37.2	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	110	0.98	2025
Urbanization - urban population	176	18.9	2021
Transportation
Airports	120	2	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	43	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	39	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	44	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	27	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - total	76	2	2019
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	30	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	58	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	96	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	67	N/A	2021
Heliports	26	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	136	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	156	N/A	2021
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	102	N/A	2021
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	28	N/A	2021
Railways - total	131	N/A km	2021
Roadways - paved	126	847 km	2011
Roadways - total	141	1210 km	2011
Waterways	95	N/A km	2021

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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