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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 old72.8years
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 old17.2per 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 old44per 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 old2.5% 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 old4.73% 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 old1.39births 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 old96.8% 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 old3.85% 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 old14,746current 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 old28,674international $
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 old0.1% 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 old43.7index, 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 old9.5% 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 old2.0% 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 old100.0% 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 old68.2% 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 old1.71t 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 old180.1kpeople
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.