Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia: Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) was 97.9% in 2019. ▬ Flat
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Saint Lucia, 2009–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Saint Lucia recorded 97.9% for getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in 2019. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Saint Lucia peaked at 97.9% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 97.0%, in 2011.
Saint Lucia ranks 74th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Saint Lucia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 97.6% | — |
| 2010 | 97.4% | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 97.0% | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 97.5% | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 97.4% | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 97.6% | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 97.6% | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 97.6% | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 97.5% | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 97.8% | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 97.9% | +0.0% |
Saint Lucia compared with similar countries
- Saint Lucia's 97.9% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 96.6%, 1.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Saint Lucia's 97.9% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 97.4%, 1.0× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 97.6% | 97.6% | 97.6% | 1 |
| 2010s | 97.5% | 97.0% | 97.9% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Saint Lucia
- 71 Grenada 98.1% compare
- 72 Costa Rica 98.0% compare
- 73 South Africa 98.0% compare
- 75 Egypt 97.8% compare
- 76 Serbia 97.7% compare
- 77 North Macedonia 97.7% compare
More private sector data for Saint Lucia
- Merchandise trade 41.2% (2025)
- Food imports 27.6% (2020)
- Manufactures imports 57.0% (2020)
- Merchandise imports 1.01 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 41.6% (2020)
- Manufactures exports 45.9% (2020)
- Merchandise exports 85.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 471.83 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.032 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -7.61 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Saint Lucia?
- Getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Saint Lucia was 97.9% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The highest recorded value was 97.9% in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The lowest recorded value was 97.0% in 2011.
- How does Saint Lucia rank for getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita)?
- Saint Lucia ranks 74th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Saint Lucia data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The score for cost benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.