International Rankings of Saint Lucia 2024, 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	18.00	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	149	33000	2020
Internet users - percent of population	36	78.00 %	2021
Internet users - total	181	140400	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	51	8.00	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	184	14182	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	64	96.00	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	184	170000	2021
Economy
Budget - expenditures	188	516.000 million US Dollars	2020
Budget - revenues	193	350.000 million US Dollars	2020
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	28	0.30 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	80	2.289 million US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	178	570.600 million US Dollars	2017
Exchange rates	122	2.70	N/A
Exports	179	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	62.70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	112	11.20 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	87	66.10 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	129	56.90 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	109	16.90 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	55	0.10 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	122	2.90 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	146	14.20 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	22	82.80 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	11	51 %	2016
Imports	194	846.484 million US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	24	10.80 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	123	2.41 %	2021
Labor force	183	99900 US Dollars	2021
Population below poverty line	67	25 %	2016
Public debt	59	70.70 % 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	108	13000 US Dollars	2021
Remittances	75	4	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	167	433.117 million US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	102	18.24 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	24	16.91 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	42	36.20 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	7	41.00 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	16	38.70 %	2021
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	183	659000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total	184	659000	2019
Electricity - consumption	178	322.506 million kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	182	92000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	174	27.568 million kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	6	99.10 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	59	1.00 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	100	50.872 million Btu/person	2019
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	173	4500 bbl/day	2019
Refined petroleum products - imports	185	3113 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	156	9 micrograms per cubic meter	2019
Land use - agricultural land	153	17	2018
Land use - arable land	122	5	2018
Land use - forest	8	77	2018
Land use - permanent crops	23	12	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	154	1	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 - municipal	112	10.000 million cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	111	0.98	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	174	19	2023
Geography
Area - land	192	606 sq km	N/A
Area - total	195	616 sq km	N/A
Area - water	143	10 sq km	N/A
Coastline	143	158 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	137	948 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	145	30 sq km	2012
Land use - agricultural land	153	17	2018
Land use - arable land	122	5	2018
Land use - forest	8	77	2018
Land use - permanent crops	23	12	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	154	1	2018
Population Density	48	276.55 Persons per sq km	N/A
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	48	3 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	30	1 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	3	5 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	29	9 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	118	11.70 births/1,000 population	2023
Contraceptive prevalence rate	60	55.50 %	1112
Current health expenditure	51	7 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	100	54 %	2023
Death rate	46	8.20 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	91	12.50 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	83	8.00 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	171	37.70 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	147	25.20 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	7	99 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - rural	98	2 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - total	90	1 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	58	1 % of population	N/A
Education expenditures	50	4 % of GDP	2020
Gross reproduction rate	86	0.84 %	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	96	12.50 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - male	118	11.00 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	105	11.80 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Life expectancy at birth - female	37	82 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - male	44	77 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	39	79 years	2023
Maternal mortality ratio	75	73.00 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	54	40 years	N/A
Median age - male	51	38 years	N/A
Median age - total	44	39 years	2023
Net migration rate	67	0.80 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	82	19.70 %	2016
Physicians density	125	0.64 physicians/1,000 population	2017
Population	186	167591	2023
Population growth rate	132	0.27 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	20	98 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	92	7 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - total	87	6 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	75	2 % of population	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	10	1.06 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	29	0.94 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	30	0.83 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.06 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	25	0.94 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	114	1.72 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	111	0.98	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	174	19	2023
Transportation
Airports	123	2	2024
Roadways - paved	98	847 km	2011
Roadways - total	114	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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