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.

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