Saint Lucia
Country in Americas
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 180.1K (2025). World rank 183 of 216; in Americas, 31 of 46. Area: 616 km². World rank 197 of 249; in Americas, 37 of 56. GDP: $2.7B (2025). World rank 182 of 210; in Americas, 37 of 45. From 2015 to 2025: population 174.9K → 180.1K, GDP $1.8B → $2.7B, and GDP per person $10,335 → $14,746.
State
- Official name
- Saint Lucia
- Local name
- Saint Lucia
- Capital
- Castries
- Region
- Americas
- Form of government
- Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Charles III
- Head of government
- Philip J. Pierre
- Independence
- February 22, 1979
- Women in parliament
- 10.5% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 180,149 2025
- Area
- 616 km²
- GDP
- $2.7B 2025
- GDP per person
- $14,746 2025
- Life expectancy
- 72.9 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- English
- Currency
- East Caribbean Dollar (XCD)
- Time zones
- UTC−4
- Calling code
- +1758
- Emergency numbers
- 911, 999
- Driving side
- Left
- Plug types
- G
- Mains voltage
- 240 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Has a coastline
- Coastline, km
- 158
- Neighbours
- None
- Agricultural land
- 16.3% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Mount Gimie, 948 m
- Lowest point
- Caribbean Sea, 0 m
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 27
- Warmest month in the capital
- September, 29°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- February, 26°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 2,301 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 292.4 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- +0.2% 2025
- Living in cities
- 29.1% 2025
- Net migration per year
- -23 2025
- Born in another country
- 4.5% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 17.3% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 72.8% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 10% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 76.5 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 69.5 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 1.4 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 11.2 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 8.7 2024
Society
- Religions
- Catholic 61.5%, Protestant 25.5%, no religion 5.9%, other Christian 3.4%, and other 2.3% (2010)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 68 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 57.9 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 58.9 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 59.3 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 71.2 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $28,674 2025
- GDP growth per year
- -0.6% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- Upper-middle income
- Gross national income per person
- $13,410 2025
- Inflation
- +2% 2025
- Price level, USA = 100
- 51 2025
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 1.7% 2025
- Industry, share of GDP
- 10.7% 2025
- Services, share of GDP
- 73.8% 2025
- Unemployment
- 9.4% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 20.3% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 62% 2025
Trade and finance
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- -6.3% 2025
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- +7.3% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 2.4% 2025
- Tax revenue, share of GDP
- 18.2% 2017
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 43.7 2015
- Living on under $3 a day
- 0.1% 2015
Education
- Primary school enrolment
- 96.8% 2024
- Secondary school enrolment
- 87.9% 2024
- Higher education enrolment
- 15% 2023
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 3.9% 2024
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 4.7% 2023
- Health spending per person
- $641 2023
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 37.1% 2023
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 4.2 2020
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 5.3 2023
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 1.1 2022
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 83% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 15.8 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 17.2 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 44 2023
- HIV prevalence, ages 15–49
- 0.4% 2024
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 11.4% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 62.6% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 13.9% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 98.1% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 83.4% 2022
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 98% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 39 2023
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 29.8 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 5.3 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 85.4 2025
- Natural hazards
- volcanoes and tropical cyclones
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 10.4 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 1.7 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 2.6 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 53.8% 2024
- Protected areas
- 1% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 1,678 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 14.3% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 68.2% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 99 2022
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 13.6 2022
- Internet domain
- .lc
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 100% 2024
- Renewable share of energy use
- 9.7% 2022
- Electricity from renewables
- 2.5% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 97.5% 2021
Transport
- Airports
- 2 2025
Science and innovation
- Research spending, share of GDP
- 0.3% 1999
- Scientific articles per year
- 3 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 2 2018
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 9.3% 2020