International Rankings of Saint Lucia 2023, 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	36	18	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	149	33000	2020
Internet users - percent of population	36	78 %	2021
Internet users - total	181	140400	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	51	8	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	175	14000	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	64	96	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	182	170000	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	59	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Average household expenditures - on food	95	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Budget - expenditures	188	516.000 million US Dollars	2020
Budget - revenues	193	350.000 million US Dollars	2020
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	28	0.3 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	79	2.289 million US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	178	570.600 million US Dollars	2017
Exports	180	890.724 million US Dollars	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	196	1.686 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	40	62.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	112	11.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	87	66.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	129	56.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	109	16.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	55	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	146	14.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	22	82.8 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	11	51.2 %	2016
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	112	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
Imports	193	846.484 million US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	24	10.8 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	122	2.41 %	2021
Labor force	183	99900 US Dollars	2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	69	21.7 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	39	24.7 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	102	53.6 %	2002
Population below poverty line	67	25 %	2016
Public debt	56	70.7 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	195	2.344 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	18	12.23 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	111	13000 US Dollars	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	167	433.117 million US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	102	18.24 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	24	16.91 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	42	36.2	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	7	41	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	16	38.7	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	128	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	124	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	183	659000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	122	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	62	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	112	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	75	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	75	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	178	322.506 million kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	98	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - installed generating capacity	182	92000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	174	27.568 million kWh	2019
Electricity access	2	N/A %	2023
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	6	99.1 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	17	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	132	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	59	1 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	73	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	100	50.872 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	121	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	57	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	88	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	97	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	92	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	73	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	82	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	89	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	173	4500 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	106	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	128	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	185	3113 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	112	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	167	0.41 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	169	0.27 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	88	21.22 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	153	17.4	2018
Land use - arable land	122	4.9	2018
Land use - forest	8	77	2018
Land use - other	174	5.6	2018
Land use - permanent crops	23	11.5	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	154	1	2018
Revenue from coal	33	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	97	0.01 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	167	300.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	127	30.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial	108	0 cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	112	10.000 million cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	111	0.98	2025
Urbanization - urban population	174	19.2	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2023
Geography
Area - land	193	606 sq km	0
Area - total	194	616 sq km	0
Area - water	136	10192 sq km	0
Coastline	143	158 km	0
Elevation - highest point	143	948 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	35	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	152	N/A meters	2023
Irrigated land	145	30 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	164	N/A km	2023
Land use - agricultural land	153	17.4	2018
Land use - arable land	122	4.9	2018
Land use - forest	8	77	2018
Land use - other	174	5.6	2018
Land use - permanent crops	23	11.5	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	154	1	2018
Military
Military expenditures	53	N/A % of GDP	2023
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	48	3.21 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	30	0.6 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	3	5.1 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	29	9.3 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	66	0.4 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	154	11.73 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	84	2.8 %	2012
Contraceptive prevalence rate	60	55.5 %	1112
Current health expenditure	51	6.7 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	100	53.6 %	2023
Death rate	77	8.17 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	91	12.5 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	83	8 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	171	37.7 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	147	25.2 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	7	99.4 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	98	1.5 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	90	1.3 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	58	0.6 % of population	0
Education expenditures	50	3.6 % of GDP	2020
Gross reproduction rate	85	0.84 %	2023
Hospital bed density	58	1.3 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	102	12.5 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	135	11.03 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	120	11.75 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	53	82.06 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	57	76.46 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	55	79.18 years	0
Literacy - female	122	N/A %	0
Literacy - male	100	N/A %	0
Literacy - total population	110	N/A %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	75	73 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	57	38 years	2020
Median age - male	58	35.7 years	0
Median age - total	53	36.9 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	86	N/A	2023
Net migration rate	110	0.82 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	82	19.7 %	2016
Physicians density	125	0.64 physicians/1,000 population	2017
Population	187	167591	2023
Population growth rate	128	0.27 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	20	97.6 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	92	7.1 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	87	6.2 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	75	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	9	12 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	9	13 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	10	1.06 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	29	0.94 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	30	0.83 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	7	1.06 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	25	0.94 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	114	N/A %	2023
Tobacco use - male	140	N/A %	2023
Tobacco use - total	129	N/A %	2023
Total fertility rate	110	1.72 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	111	0.98	2025
Urbanization - urban population	174	19.2	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	42	36.2	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	7	41	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	16	38.7	0
Transportation
Airports	121	2	2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports	18	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports	1	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports	14	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports	22	N/A	2023
Airports - with unpaved runways	98	N/A	2023
Heliports	26	N/A	2023
Merchant marine - total	144	N/A	2023
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	139	N/A	2023
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	158	N/A	2023
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	102	N/A	2023
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	28	N/A	2023
Railways	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	129	847 km	2011
Roadways - total	158	1210 km	2011
Waterways	109	N/A km	2023

*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 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Saint Lucia 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Saint Lucia 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.