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St. Lucia

Latin America & Caribbean · Upper middle income · capital Castries

Reports 18 of 21 indicators tracked here.

Every figure below is the most recent year this country reported — the years differ, sometimes by a decade. Nothing is interpolated or carried forward.

Health

Life expectancy

2024 · 2 years old

72.8years

Ranks 127 of 217 in 2024

2% below world median · 4% below Latin America & Caribbean

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Under-5 mortality

2024 · 2 years old

17.2per 1,000 live births

Ranks 111 of 196 in 2024

15% above world median · 31% above Latin America & Caribbean

Medians computed across 196 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Maternal mortality

2023 · 3 years old

44per 100,000 live births

Ranks 96 of 194 in 2023

6% below world median · 19% below Latin America & Caribbean

Medians computed across 194 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Child stunting

2012 · 14 years old

2.5% of under-5s

Ranks 3 of 45 in 2012

86% below world median · 86% below Latin America & Caribbean

Medians computed across 45 countries reporting in 2012 — not a published figure

Health spending

2023 · 3 years old

4.73% of GDP

Not ranked — no better end

25% below world median

Medians computed across 192 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Fertility rate

2024 · 2 years old

1.39births per woman

Not ranked — no better end

27% below world median

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Education

Primary enrolment

2024 · 2 years old

96.8% gross

Ranks 90 of 134 in 2024

3% below world median · about the same Latin America & Caribbean

Medians computed across 134 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Education spending

2024 · 2 years old

3.85% of GDP

Ranks 25 of 40 in 2024

10% below world median · 5% below Latin America & Caribbean

Medians computed across 40 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Economy

GDP per capita

2025 · 1 year old

14,746current US$

Ranks 67 of 186 in 2025

87% above world median · 33% above Latin America & Caribbean

Medians computed across 186 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

GDP per capita (PPP)

2025 · 1 year old

28,674international $

Ranks 72 of 185 in 2025

42% above world median · 24% above Latin America & Caribbean

Medians computed across 185 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Extreme poverty

2015 · 11 years old

0.1% of population

Ranks 7 of 87 in 2015

92% below world median · 98% below Latin America & Caribbean

Medians computed across 87 countries reporting in 2015 — not a published figure

Income inequality (Gini)

2015 · 11 years old

43.7index, 0–100

Ranks 72 of 87 in 2015

23% above world median · 6% below Latin America & Caribbean

Medians computed across 87 countries reporting in 2015 — not a published figure

Unemployment

2025 · 1 year old

9.5% of labour force

Ranks 146 of 182 in 2025

86% above world median · 58% above Latin America & Caribbean

Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Inflation

2025 · 1 year old

2.0% per year

Not ranked — no better end

33% below world median

Medians computed across 165 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Infrastructure

Electricity access

2024 · 2 years old

100.0% of population

Ranks 1 of 215 in 2024

about the same world median · about the same Latin America & Caribbean

Medians computed across 215 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Internet use

2024 · 2 years old

68.2% of population

Ranks 123 of 182 in 2024

17% below world median · 14% below Latin America & Caribbean

Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Environment

CO₂ per person

2024 · 2 years old

1.71t CO₂e per person

Not ranked — no better end

33% below world median

Medians computed across 203 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Society

Population

2025 · 1 year old

180.1kpeople

Not ranked — no better end

97% below world median

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Never reported

St. Lucia has no figure in this dataset for Military spending, Adult literacy, Safe drinking water. That is an absence of measurement, not a value of zero.

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved into this site's own database; see methodology.

St. Lucia — World Pulse