Country comparison France vs Saint Lucia 2017

France			Saint Lucia
Government
GDP Mill. € [+]	2016	2,228,857M.€	1,251M.€	2016	GDP Mill. € [+]
GDP Mill.$ [+]	2016	2,463,222M.$	1,385M.$	2016	GDP Mill.$ [+]
GDP per capita [+]	2016	33,300€	7,029€	2016	GDP per capita [+]
GDP per capita [+]	2016	38,128$	7,780$	2016	GDP per capita [+]
Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]	2017Q2	8,484€
Quat. GDP Mill.€ [+]	2017Q2	568,618M.€
Debt [+]	2016	2,147,418 M.€	1,046 M.€	2016	Debt [+]
Debt [+]	2016	2,376,977 M.$	1,158 M.$	2016	Debt [+]
Debt (%GDP) [+]	2016	96.00%	82.93%	2016	Debt (%GDP) [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]	2016	32,039 €	5,876 €	2016	Debt Per Capita [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]	2016	36,603$	6,452$	2016	Debt Per Capita [+]
Deficit [+]	2016	-75,893 M.€	-49 M.€	2016	Deficit [+]
Deficit [+]	2016	-84,006 M.$	-54 M.$	2016	Deficit [+]
Deficit (%GDP) [+]	2016	-3.40%	-3.90%	2016	Deficit (%GDP) [+]
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]	2016	1,257,171.0	402.4	2016	Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]
Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2016	1,391,562.6	445.4	2016	Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]	2013	116,190.8	63.2	2015	Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Education Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2013	154,319.5	70.1	2015	Education Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]	2013	9.66%	16.53%	2015	Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]	2016	192,640.2
Gov. Health Exp.(M.$) [+]	2016	213,233.5
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]	2014	15.69%	11.47%	2014	Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]	2016	50,407.5
Defence Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2016	55,707.9
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]	2015	4.70%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]	2016	56.20%	31.90%	2016	Expenditure (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]	2016	18,757€	2,260€	2016	Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]	2016	20,762$	2,502$	2016	Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]	2013	1,763€	356€	2015	Education Expenditure P.C [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]	2013	2,423$	395$	2015	Education Expenditure P.C [+]
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]	2016	2,886€	213€	2014	Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]	2016	3,194$	283$	2014	Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]	2016	753€
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]	2016	862$
Moody's Rating [+]	09/18/2015	Aa2
S&P Rating [+]	11/08/2013	AA
Fitch Rating [+]	07/28/2017	AA
Corruption Index [+]	2016	69	60	2016	Corruption Index [+]
Competitiveness Ranking [+]	2016	22º
Fragile States Index [+]	2015	33.7
RTI Raking [+]	11/01/2016	95º
Innovation Ranking [+]	2016	18º
Labour
Unemployment Rate [+]	July 2017	9.8%
Unemployment rate [+]	2017Q2	9.1%	22.1%	2016Q1	Unemployment rate [+]
Unemployed [+]	2017Q2	2,705 m.	24 m.	2016Q1	Unemployed [+]
NMW [+]	2017	1,560.4 $
NMW [+]	2017	1,480.3 €
Average Wage [+]	2016	38,049€
Average Wage [+]	2016	42,117$
Human Capital Ranking [+]	2015	14º
Markets
10-Year Bond Yield [+]	09/25/2017	0.74%
Risk Premium [+]	09/25/2017	29
Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]	09/25/2017	8.33%
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]	August 2017	0.9%
HICP [+]	August 2017	1.0%
PPI Year on Year [+]	July 2017	1.5%
Money Market
Key rates [+]	03/16/2016	0%
Business
Doing Business [+]	2017	29º	86º	2017	Doing Business [+]
IPI Year on Year [+]	July 2017	3.6%
Passengers vehicles Year [+]	June 2017	2,048,015
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]	June 2017	37.69
Motor vehicle production [+]	2016	2,082,000
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]	2015	578.97
Taxes
Standard VAT [+]	01/01/2014	20.00%
Top tax rate + SSC [+]	2016	55.1%
Trade
Exports [+]	2016	452,813.9 M.€	153.6 M.€	2016	Exports [+]
Exports [+]	2016	501,262.8 M.$	170.0 M.$	2016	Exports [+]
Exports % GDP [+]	2016	20.32%	12.27%	2016	Exports % GDP [+]
Imports [+]	2016	517,621.8 M.€	496.9 M.€	2016	Imports [+]
Imports [+]	2016	573,021.8 M.$	550.0 M.$	2016	Imports [+]
Imports % GDP [+]	2016	23.22%	39.71%	2016	Imports % GDP [+]
Trade balance [+]	2016	-64,807.9 M.€	-343.3 M.€	2016	Trade balance [+]
Trade balance [+]	2016	-71,759.0 M.$	-380.0 M.$	2016	Trade balance [+]
Trade balance % GDP [+]	2016	-2.91%	-27.44%	2016	Trade balance % GDP [+]
Retail Sales YoY [+]	July 2017	4.4%
Socio-Demography
Density [+]	2016	122	287	2016	Density [+]
Population [+]	2016	67,024,459	178,015	2016	Population [+]
Immigrant stock [+]	2015	7,784,418	12,771	2015	Immigrant stock [+]
Remittance received (M.$) [+]	2015	23,347.1	30.1	2015	Remittance received (M.$) [+]
% Immigrant [+]	2015	11.66%	7.21%	2015	% Immigrant [+]
Remittance sent (M.$) [+]	2015	20,864.4	8.6	2015	Remittance sent (M.$) [+]
Emigrant stock [+]	2015	2,145,975	55,414	2015	Emigrant stock [+]
% Emigrant [+]	2015	3.21%	31.27%	2015	% Emigrant [+]
HDI [+]	2015	0.897	0.735	2015	HDI [+]
Global Peace Ranking [+]	2017	51º
Gender Gap Ranking [+]	2016	17º
Ranking [+]	2015	16º
Birth Rate [+]	2016	11.70‰	14.93‰	2015	Birth Rate [+]
Fertility Rate [+]	2015	1.96	1.87	2015	Fertility Rate [+]
Crude death rate [+]	2016	8.80‰	7.26‰	2015	Crude death rate [+]
Life expectancy [+]	2015	82.40	75.18	2015	Life expectancy [+]
Crude marriage rate [+]	2012	3.70‰
Crude divorce rate [+]	2015	1.90‰
Number of homicides [+]	2015	1,017	39	2012	Number of homicides [+]
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]	2015	1.6	21.6	2012	Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]
% risk of poverty [+]	2015	13.6%
Environment and Energy
CO2 Tons per capita [+]	2015	5.09	3.01	2015	CO2 Tons per capita [+]

France

Capital: Paris
Population: 67,024,459
Surface Area: 549,087 km2
Currency: Euros
Belongs to: CoE, EA, EEA, G20, G8, IMF, NATO, OECD, UN, OSCE, EU

Saint Lucia

Capital: Castries
Population: 178,015
Surface Area: 620 km2
Currency: East Caribbean dollars
Belongs to: ACP, CARICOM, IMF, OAS, UN