Saint Lucia, year by year

Every index this site holds for Saint Lucia, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 1990

Human development rose from 0.683 in 1990 to 0.748 in 2023.

UNDP Human Development Report, 2025 edition. 34 annual values, none interpolated.

Twenty years here

The world report

Life expectancy at birth: 72.8 years2024at birthUp 0.3 years from 72.5 years in 2005
Internet users: 68%2024of people onlineUp 44 points from 25% in 2006
Urban population: 29%2025of people in towns and citiesUp 7 points from 22% in 2006
Births per woman: 1.392024births per womanDown 0.42 from 1.81 in 2005
Renewable share of energy: 10%2022of energy usedDown 9 points from 18% in 2004
Access to electricity: 100%2024of people with electricityUp 10 points from 90% in 2005
Infant mortality: 162024deaths before age one, per 1,000 birthsLevel with 2005
CO2 emissions per person: 1.7 t2024of CO2 per person a yearUp 1 t from 0.7 t in 2005
Forest area: 34%2023of land under forestLevel with 2004

World Bank, from the first to the last observed year of each indicator; each has its own window.

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series · 6 values marked for checking

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	0.683	70.0	—	—	3.24	43.1	—	17	0.5	34.9	—	—
1991	0.685	70.3	—	29.6	3.19	41.2	—	17	0.5	34.8	—	—
1992	0.692	70.7	—	29.5	3.11	36.7	—	17	0.5	34.8	—	—
1993	0.694	71.0	—	29.5	3.00	33.8	—	17	0.5	34.7	—	—
1994	0.696	71.1	—	29.3	3.03	30.8	—	16	0.6	34.7	—	—
1995	0.698	71.2	0.3	29.2	3.03	29.7	—	16	0.6	34.7	—	—
1996	0.701	71.0	0.7	29.0	2.71	27.4	—	16	0.6	34.6	—	—
1997	0.701	70.8	1.0	28.7	2.74	27.7	—	16	0.6	34.6	—	—
1998	0.705	70.7	1.3	28.5	2.40	25.1	—	16	0.6	34.5	—	—
1999	0.708	70.7	1.9	28.2	2.50	24.0	—	16	0.6	34.5	—	—
2000	0.710	70.8	5.1	27.9	2.21	24.0	86	16	0.6	34.4	—	—
2001	0.712	71.4	8.2	27.5	2.13	22.2	90	16	0.7	34.4	—	—
2002	0.716	71.7	14.6	26.9	2.03	21.7	88	16	0.6	34.4	—	—
2003	0.721	72.2	21.0	26.0	1.94	20.0	89	16	0.7	34.3	—	—
2004	0.726	72.5	21.4	24.9	1.86	18.4	89	16	0.7	34.3	—	—
2005	0.730	72.5	21.6	23.5	1.81	18.4	90	16	0.7	34.3	—	—
2006	0.741	72.8	24.5	22.2	1.77	16.9	91	16	0.8	34.2	7611	11758
2007	0.740	72.9	27.9	20.9	1.70	16.3	92	16	0.8	34.2	7964	12199
2008	0.749	73.0	30.0	19.8	1.70	15.5	93	17	0.9	34.1	8517	12969
2009	0.751	73.0	31.0	19.0	1.74	15.1	94	17	0.9	34.1	8251	12600
2010	0.749	72.8	32.5	18.5	1.67	13.2	94	17	1.1	34.0	8674	12718
2011	0.755	73.0	34.0	18.5	1.50	12.9	95	17	0.8	34.0	9129	13471
2012	0.748	72.9	45.9	18.6	1.50	12.4	95	17	0.8	34.0	9260	13443
2013	0.741	72.7	49.4	18.9	1.50	12.1	97	17	1.0	34.0	9577	14010
2014	0.746	72.7	53.2	19.4	1.49	11.7	98	17	1.0	34.0	10045	14403
2015	0.757	72.9	57.3	20.0	1.47	11.5	99	17	1.0	34.0	10335	14353
2016	0.760	72.5	58.2	20.8	1.46	11.2	100	17	1.1	34.0	10638	15307
2017	0.757	72.5	59.2	21.8	1.45	10.2	100	17	1.1	34.0	11333	16131
2018	0.759	72.7	60.1	22.9	1.44	10.2	100	17	1.5	34.0	11643	17433
2019	0.745	72.3	61.1	24.3	1.42	10.0	100	17	1.7	34.0	11764	18663
2020	0.734	72.3	62.1	25.8	1.41	10.0	100	17	1.6	34.0	8537	15136
2021	0.724	69.1	63.1	27.4	1.40	9.7	100	16	1.6	34.0	10481	19141
2022	0.747	72.7	67.0	29.1	1.39	9.7	100	16	1.7	34.0	12976	24434
2023	0.748	72.7	67.4	29.1	1.38	—	100	16	1.7	34.0	13617	26254
2024	—	72.8	68.2	29.1	1.39	—	100	16	1.7	—	14494	28117
2025	—	—	—	29.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	14746	28674
On the profile	0.748	72.8	68.2	29.1	1.39	9.7	—	—	1.7	34.0	14746	28674

Sources: HDI: UNDP HDR 2025; Life expectancy at birth: World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users: World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population: World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman: World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy: World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity: World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality: World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person: World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area: World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-10-04. Observed years only.

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