Saint Lucia Saint Lucia

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Saint Lucia, is a country located at Caribbean, it has an area of 620 Km2 so it is one of the smallest countries in the world.

Saint Lucia, with a population of 181,000 people, it is one of the least populous country in the world and has a population density of 292 people per km2.

It's capital is Castries and its currency is East Caribbean dollars

Saint Lucia is holding the 170 position by nominal GDP. Its national debt in 2022 was 1,648 millions of euros (1,737 millions of dollars), ( 74.21% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita is €9,104 euros per inhabitant$9,594 dollars per inhabitant.

In terms of the human development index (HDI) of Saint Lucia, which is the index used by the United Nations to measure the progress of a country, was 0.715 points in 2021, leaving it in 106th place in the table of 191 countries published.

If the reason to visit Saint Lucia are business, you must know it's in the 93th of the Doing Business ranking , which provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms.

In the tables at the bottom of the page, you can see more information about the economy and demography of Saint Lucia, if you want to see information about other countries click here

Saint Lucia Economy
Gouvernement
Annual GDP [+]2022€2,180M
Annual GDP [+]2022$2,297M
GDP per capita [+]2022€12,054
GDP per capita [+]2022$12,704
Debt (M.€.) [+]20221,648
Debt ($M) [+]20221,737
Debt (%GDP) [+]202274.21%
Debt Per Capita [+]2022€9,104
Debt Per Capita [+]2022$9,594
Deficit (M.€) [+]2022-32
Deficit ($M) [+]2022-34
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2022-1.45%
Expenditure (M.€) [+]2022516.7
Expenditure ($M) [+]2022544.5
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]202047.7
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]202054.5
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]202114.47%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]201739.4
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]201744.5
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]20178.94%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202223.28%
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2022€2,855
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2022$3,008
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2020€266
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2020$304
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2017€199
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2017$225
Corruption Index [+]202255
Labour
Unemployment rate [+]2023Q311.8%
Unemployed [+]2023Q313K
Business
Doing Business [+]202093º
Taxes
Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]202121.8%
Standard VAT [+]01/01/201912.50%
Top tax rate + SSC [+]202030.0%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]2019423,736
Exports [+]2021€64.6M
Exports [+]2021$76.4M
Exports % GDP [+]20214.13%
Imports [+]2021€654.5M
Imports [+]2021$774.1M
Imports % GDP [+]202141.87%
Trade balance [+]2021€-589.9M
Trade balance [+]2021$-697.7M
Trade balance % GDP [+]2021-37.74%
Socio-Demography
Density [+]2022292
Remittance received ($M) [+]201732.1
% Immigrant [+]20204.66%
% Emigrant [+]202039.79%
Birth Rate [+]202111.49‰
Remittance sent ($M) [+]20178.8
Crude death rate [+]202110.30‰
Fertility Rate [+]20211.40
% risk of poverty [+]201625.0%
Population [+]2022181,000
Immigrant stock [+]20208,338
Emigrant stock [+]202071,227
HDI [+]20210.715
Life expectancy [+]202171.11
Suicides [+]201513
Suicide rate [+]20157.17
Number of homicides [+]202266
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]202236.70
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20213.94
Consumption GWh [+]2021327
Generation GWh [+]2021354
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]03/05/2024409
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]03/05/202430,069
Fully vaccinated [+]02/03/202354,971
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]03/05/20242,259.67
Doses administered [+]02/03/2023122,977