St. Lucia 
Facts
Population:
158,178 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
32.13% (male 25,951; female 24,874)
15-64 years:
62.59% (male 48,568; female 50,430)
65 years and over:
5.28% (male 3,120; female 5,235) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:
1.23% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:
21.8 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:
5.36 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:
-4.15 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth:
1.07 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
0.96 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.6 male(s)/female
total population:
0.96 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
15.22 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
72.57 years
male:
69 years
female:
76.39 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:
2.38 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
NA%
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
NA
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
NA
Nationality:
noun:
Saint Lucian(s)
adjective:
Saint Lucian
Ethnic groups:
black 90%, mixed 6%, East Indian 3%, white 1%
Religions:
Roman Catholic 90%, Protestant 7%, Anglican 3%
Languages:
English (official), French patois
Literacy:
definition:
age 15 and over has ever attended school
total population:
67%
male:
65%
female:
69% (1980 est.)
GDP:
purchasing power parity - $700 million (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
0.5% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $4,500 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture:
10.7%
industry:
32.3%
services:
57% (1996 est.)
Population below poverty line:
NA%
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%:
NA%
highest 10%:
NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
2.5% (2000 est.)
Labor force:
43,800
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 43.4%, services 38.9%, industry and commerce 17.7% (1983 est.)
Unemployment rate:
15% (1996 est.)
Budget:
revenues:
$141.2 million
expenditures:
$146.7 million, including capital expenditures of $25.1 million (FY97/98 est.)
Industries:
clothing, assembly of electronic components, beverages, corrugated cardboard boxes, tourism, lime processing, coconut processing
Industrial production growth rate:
-8.9% (1997 est.)
Electricity - production:
110 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel:
100%
hydro:
0%
nuclear:
0%
other:
0% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:
102.3 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:
bananas, coconuts, vegetables, citrus, root crops, cocoa
Exports:
$68.3 million (2000 est.)
Exports - commodities:
bananas 41%, clothing, cocoa, vegetables, fruits, coconut oil
Exports - partners:
UK 50%, US 24%, Caricom countries 16% (1995)
Imports:
$319.4 million (2000 est.)
Imports - commodities:
food 23%, manufactured goods 21%, machinery and transportation equipment 19%, chemicals, fuels
Imports - partners:
US 36%, Caricom countries 22%, UK 11%, Japan 5%, Canada 4% (1995)
Debt - external:
$131.6 million (1998)
Economic aid - recipient:
$51.8 million (1995)
Currency:
East Caribbean dollar (XCD)
Currency code:
XCD
Exchange rates:
East Caribbean dollars per US dollar - 2.7000 (fixed rate since 1976)
Fiscal year:
1 April - 31 March
Statistics: CIA World Factbook.
Press
(Privately-owned, Weekly), Castries
http://www.onecaribeean.com
(Privately-owned, Weekly), Castries
http://www.stluciamirroronline.com/
(Privately-owned, Bi-weekly), Castries
http://www.stluciastar.com/
St. Lucia in the News
Ripples from the furious battle for control of the United Kingdom’s fourth-largest food retailer, Safeway, have washed hard against the shores of the eastern Caribbean. Robert Taylor reviews the Carribbean press.
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