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	18.00	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	142	33000	2020
Internet users - percent of population	49	53.00 %	2020
Internet users - total	168	97323	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	34	21.00	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	151	38000	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	64	111.00	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	0.30 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	57	21.000 million US Dollars	2017
Debt - external	171	570.600 million US Dollars	2017
Exports	161	1.220 billion US Dollars	2018
GDP (official exchange rate)	185	1.686 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	37	62.70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	106	11.20 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	83	66.10 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	121	56.90 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	104	16.90 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	54	0.10 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	116	2.90 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	135	14.20 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	18	82.80 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	11	51 %	2016
Imports	176	1.000 billion US Dollars	2018
Industrial production growth rate	32	6.00 %	2017
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	84	0.10 %	2017
Labor force	171	79700 US Dollars	2012
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	65	22 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - industry	37	25 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - services	92	54 %	2002
Population below poverty line	64	25 %	2016
Public debt	45	70.70 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	182	2.250 billion US Dollars	2020
Real GDP growth rate	60	3.00 %	2017
Real GDP per capita	99	12300 US Dollars	2020
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	159	321.800 million US Dollars	2017
Taxes and other revenues	97	23.60 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	23	20.00 %	2003
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	15	42.60	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	2	46.40	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	6	44.70	N/A
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	174	659000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total	175	659000	2019
Electricity - consumption	170	322.506 million kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	173	92000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	167	27.568 million kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	5	99.10 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	57	1.00 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	96	50.872 million Btu/person	2019
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	165	4500 bbl/day	2019
Refined petroleum products - imports	173	3113 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	85	21 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	144	17	2018
Land use - arable land	113	5	2018
Land use - forest	7	77	2018
Land use - other	161	6	2018
Land use - permanent crops	21	12	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	144	1	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 - municipal	160	12.500 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	107	0.98	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	167	19	2022
Geography
Area - land	179	606 sq km	N/A
Area - total	180	616 sq km	N/A
Area - water	137	10 sq km	N/A
Coastline	127	158 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	123	948 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	139	30 sq km	2012
Land use - agricultural land	144	17	2018
Land use - arable land	113	5	2018
Land use - forest	7	77	2018
Land use - other	161	6	2018
Land use - permanent crops	21	12	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	144	1	2018
Population Density	42	275.78 Persons per sq km	N/A
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	118	13.60	1165
Age structure - 25-54 years	52	42.83	N/A
Age structure - 55-64 years	73	11.23	0075
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	47	3 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	29	1 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	2	5 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	27	9 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	139	12.02 births/1,000 population	2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	80	3 %	2012
Contraceptive prevalence rate	59	55.50 %	1112
Current health expenditure	68	4 % of GDP	2019
Death rate	70	8.07 deaths/1,000 population	2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	82	12.50 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	82	8.00 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	160	37.70 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	136	25.20 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	7	99 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - rural	93	2 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - total	87	1 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	55	1 % of population	N/A
Education expenditures	48	4 % of GDP	2020
Hospital bed density	57	1.30 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	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	110	11.99 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female	47	82 years	2022
Life expectancy at birth - male	53	76 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	50	79 years	N/A
Maternal mortality ratio	60	117.00 deaths/100,000 live births	2017
Median age - female	52	38 years	2020
Median age - male	53	36 years	N/A
Median age - total	48	37 years	N/A
Net migration rate	110	1.09 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	77	19.70 %	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	98 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	88	7 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - total	82	6 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	73	2 % of population	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	10	13 years	2020
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	8	12 years	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	9	13 years	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	9	1.06 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	19	1.04	N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	27	0.94	N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	35	0.86	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	22	0.75 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	7	1.06 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	23	0.94 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	102	1.72 children born/woman	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	107	0.98	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	167	19	2022
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	15	42.60	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	2	46.40	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	6	44.70	N/A
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	N/A
Airports - with paved runways - total	74	2	N/A
Roadways - paved	123	847 km	2011
Roadways - total	136	1210 km	2011

*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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