International Rankings of Saint Lucia 2022, 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	35	18	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	142	33000	2020
Internet users - percent of population	49	53 %	2020
Internet users - total	169	97323	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	34	21	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	151	38000	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	64	111	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	173	203000	2020
Economy
Budget - expenditures	185	392.800 million US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	185	398.200 million US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	25	0.3 % of GDP	0
Exports	65	N/A US Dollars	2022
GDP (official exchange rate)	185	1.686 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	37	62.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	106	11.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	83	66.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	121	56.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	104	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	116	2.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	135	14.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	18	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	32	6 %	2017
Labor force	171	79700 US Dollars	2012
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	65	21.7 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	37	24.7 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	92	53.6 %	2002
Population below poverty line	64	25	2016
Public debt	58	N/A % of GDP	2022
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	176	2.250 billion US Dollars	2020
Real GDP per capita	81	12300 US Dollars	2020
Taxes and other revenues	97	23.6 % of GDP	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	15	42.6	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	2	46.4	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	6	44.7	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	123	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	122	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	174	659000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	117	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	58	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	108	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	72	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	71	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	170	322.506 million kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - imports	113	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - installed generating capacity	173	92000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	167	27.568 million kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	5	99.1 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	16	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	126	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	57	1 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	5	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	70	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	96	50.872 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	119	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	55	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	86	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	94	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	90	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	70	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	80	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	87	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	165	4500 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	101	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	122	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	173	3113 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	108	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	161	0.41 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	161	0.27 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	85	21.22 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	144	17.4	2018
Land use - arable land	113	4.9	2018
Land use - forest	7	77	2018
Land use - other	161	5.6	2018
Land use - permanent crops	21	11.5	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	144	1	2018
Revenue from coal	29	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	93	0.01 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	160	300.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	145	30.400 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	158	0 cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	160	12.500 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	107	0.98	2025
Urbanization - urban population	167	19	2022
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	118	N/A tons	2022
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	118	N/A tons	2022
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	86	N/A %	2022
Geography
Area - land	179	606 sq km	0
Area - total	180	616 sq km	0
Area - water	129	10192 sq km	0
Coastline	126	158 km	0
Elevation - highest point	127	948 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	32	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	147	N/A meters	2022
Irrigated land	139	30 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	151	N/A km	2022
Land use - agricultural land	144	17.4	2018
Land use - arable land	113	4.9	2018
Land use - forest	7	77	2018
Land use - other	161	5.6	2018
Land use - permanent crops	21	11.5	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	144	1	2018
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	118	13.6	1165
Age structure - 25-54 years	52	42.83	6868
Age structure - 55-64 years	73	11.23	0075
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	47	3.21 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	29	0.6 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	2	5.1 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	27	9.3 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	63	0.4 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	139	12.02 births/1,000 population	2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	80	2.8 %	2012
Contraceptive prevalence rate	59	55.5 %	1112
Current health expenditure	68	4.3 % of GDP	2019
Death rate	70	8.07 deaths/1,000 population	2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	82	12.5 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	82	8 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	160	37.7 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	136	25.2 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	7	99.4 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	93	1.5 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	87	1.3 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	55	0.6 % of population	0
Education expenditures	48	3.6 % of GDP	2020
Hospital bed density	57	1.3 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	95	12.78 deaths/1,000 live births	2022
Infant mortality rate - male	129	11.23 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	110	11.99 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	47	81.84 years	2022
Life expectancy at birth - male	53	76.21 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	50	78.95 years	0
Literacy - female	118	N/A %	0
Literacy - male	103	N/A %	0
Literacy - total population	112	N/A %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	60	117 deaths/100,000 live births	2017
Median age - female	52	38 years	2020
Median age - male	53	35.7 years	0
Median age - total	48	36.9 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	85	N/A	2022
Net migration rate	110	1.09 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	77	19.7 %	2016
Physicians density	121	0.64 physicians/1,000 population	2017
Population	175	167122	2022
Population growth rate	119	0.29 %	2022
Sanitation facility access - improved	20	97.6 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	88	7.1 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	82	6.2 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	73	2.4 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	10	13 years	2020
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	8	12 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	19	1.04	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	27	0.94	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	35	0.86	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	22	0.75 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	7	1.06 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	23	0.94 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	110	N/A %	2022
Tobacco use - male	137	N/A %	2022
Tobacco use - total	123	N/A %	2022
Total fertility rate	102	1.72 children born/woman	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	107	0.98	2025
Urbanization - urban population	167	19	2022
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	15	42.6	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	2	46.4	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	6	44.7	0
Transportation
Airports	118	2	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	43	1	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	37	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	43	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	26	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - total	74	2	0
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	30	N/A	2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	58	N/A	2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	94	N/A	2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	67	N/A	2022
Heliports	23	N/A	2022
Merchant marine - total	134	N/A	2022
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	133	N/A	2022
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	153	N/A	2022
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	100	N/A	2022
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	28	N/A	2022
Railways - standard gauge	71	N/A	2022
Railways - total	128	N/A km	2022
Roadways - paved	123	847 km	2011
Roadways - total	136	1210 km	2011
Waterways	105	N/A km	2022

*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.

NOTE: The information regarding Saint Lucia on this page is re-published from the 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Saint Lucia 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Saint Lucia 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.