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Economic indicators

	2010	2015	2021
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	1 487	1 808	2 122^c
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	0.5	0.1	1.7^c
GDP per capita (current US$)	8 540.4	10 093.9	11 611.4^c
Economy: Agriculture^g (% of Gross Value Added)	3	2.5	2.3^c
Economy: Industry^h,i (% of Gross Value Added)	13.5	12.6	11.4^c
Economy: Services and other activity^j (% of GVA)	83.5	84.9	86.3^c
Employment in agriculture^k (% of employed)	19.8	18.5	17^f
Employment in industry^k (% of employed)	18.6	17.9	18.3^f
Employment in services^k (% employed)	61.7	63.7	64.7^f
Unemployment^k (% of labour force)	17.1	24.1	20.2^f
Labour force participation rate^k (female/male pop. %)	57.0 / 74.9	58.5 / 75.2	59.7 / 74.9^f
CPI: Consumer Price Index^l (2010=100)	100	111	109^f
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	107	100	104^c
International trade: exports (million current US$)	215	181	115^k,f
International trade: imports (million current US$)	647	583	539^k,f
International trade: balance (million current US$)	-432	-403	-424^k,f
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	-203	38	103^e

Social indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Population growth rate^m (average annual %)	1.3	0.6	0.5^f
Urban population (% of total population)	18.4	18.5	18.8^c
Urban population growth rate^m (average annual %)	-3.4	0.6	...
Fertility rate, total^m (live births per woman)	1.6	1.5	1.4^f
Life expectancy at birth^m (females/males, years)	76.0 / 73.0	76.6 / 73.9	77.4 / 74.7^f
Population age distribution (0-14/60+ years old, %)	23.2 / 11.9	19.8 / 12.9	17.7 / 15.4^a
International migrant stockⁿ (000/% of total pop.)	9.0 / 5.2	8.7 / 4.8	8.3 / 4.5^f
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	~0.0^o	0.1	~0.0^f
Infant mortality rate^m (per 1 000 live births)	16.3	16	12.5^f
Health: Current expenditure^k (% of GDP)	5.3	4.6	4.4^e
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	1.6	1.9^p	0.6^q
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	3.5^k	3.9	3.3^c
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	98.0 / 103.2^r	99.5 / 102.8	103.3 / 101.4^c
Education: Secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	93.3 / 94.4	88.1 / 88.9	88.6 / 91.1^c
Education: Upper secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	93.6 / 89.1	83.3 / 81.5	87.0 / 88.2^c
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	25.3	15.6	21.4^e
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	11.1	16.7	16.7^s

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Individuals using the Internet^k (per 100 inhabitants)	32.5	42.5	50.8^q
Threatened species (number)	46	58	85
Forested area^k (% of land area)	34	34	34^e
Energy production, primary^k (Petajoules)	1	1	1^e
Energy supply per capita^k (Gigajoules)	45	43	44^e
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^t (000)	306	345	424^c
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	45.6	45.6	45.6^f
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	2.84	0.83	1.61^c

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		Refers to habitable area. Excludes Saint Lucia's Forest Reserve.
c		2019
d		East Caribbean Dollar.
e		2018
f		2020
g		Excludes irrigation canals and landscaping care.
h		Excludes publishing activities.
i		Includes irrigation canals.
j		Excludes repair of personal and household goods.
k		Estimate.
l		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division from national indices.
m		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
n		Including refugees.
o		Data as at the end of December.
p		2014
q		2017
r		2007
s		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
t		Excluding nationals residing abroad.