International tourism, expenditures for travel items in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia: International tourism, expenditures for travel items was 19.00 million current US$ in 2020. ▲ Rising
International tourism, expenditures for travel items in Saint Lucia, 1995–2020
Source: Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism. Measured in current US$.
Analysis
In 2020, international tourism, expenditures for travel items in Saint Lucia stood at 19.00 million current US$. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 68.9% on the previous year and down 60.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international tourism, expenditures for travel items in Saint Lucia peaked at 61.00 million current US$ in 2019 and was at its lowest, 19.00 million current US$, in 2020.
That places Saint Lucia 169th out of 191 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
International tourism, expenditures for travel items in Saint Lucia, year by year
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 25.00 million current US$ | — |
| 1996 | 29.00 million current US$ | +16.0% |
| 1997 | 29.00 million current US$ | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 31.00 million current US$ | +6.9% |
| 1999 | 33.00 million current US$ | +6.5% |
| 2000 | 33.00 million current US$ | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 32.00 million current US$ | -3.0% |
| 2002 | 34.00 million current US$ | +6.2% |
| 2003 | 36.00 million current US$ | +5.9% |
| 2004 | 37.00 million current US$ | +2.8% |
| 2005 | 39.00 million current US$ | +5.4% |
| 2006 | 39.00 million current US$ | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 42.00 million current US$ | +7.7% |
| 2008 | 45.00 million current US$ | +7.1% |
| 2009 | 47.00 million current US$ | +4.4% |
| 2010 | 48.00 million current US$ | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 48.00 million current US$ | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 45.00 million current US$ | -6.2% |
| 2013 | 46.00 million current US$ | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 45.00 million current US$ | -2.2% |
| 2015 | 46.00 million current US$ | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 51.00 million current US$ | +10.9% |
| 2017 | 54.00 million current US$ | +5.9% |
| 2018 | 55.00 million current US$ | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 61.00 million current US$ | +10.9% |
| 2020 | 19.00 million current US$ | -68.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 29.40 million current US$ | 25.00 million current US$ | 33.00 million current US$ | 5 |
| 2000s | 38.40 million current US$ | 32.00 million current US$ | 47.00 million current US$ | 10 |
| 2010s | 49.90 million current US$ | 45.00 million current US$ | 61.00 million current US$ | 10 |
| 2020s | 19.00 million current US$ | 19.00 million current US$ | 19.00 million current US$ | 1 |
Countries ranked near Saint Lucia
- 166 Burundi 23.00 million current US$ compare
- 167 Belize 20.55 million current US$ compare
- 168 Marshall Islands 19.90 million current US$ compare
- 169 Sint Maarten 19.00 million current US$ compare
- 171 Mauritania 18.00 million current US$ compare
- 171 Vanuatu 18.00 million current US$ 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$), annual growth rate -7.61 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is international tourism, expenditures for travel items in Saint Lucia?
- International tourism, expenditures for travel items in Saint Lucia was 19.00 million current US$ in 2020, according to Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism.
- What is the highest international tourism, expenditures for travel items recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The highest recorded value was 61.00 million current US$ in 2019.
- What is the lowest international tourism, expenditures for travel items recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The lowest recorded value was 19.00 million current US$ in 2020.
- How does Saint Lucia rank for international tourism, expenditures for travel items?
- Saint Lucia ranks 169th out of 191 countries with data for 2020.
- Is international tourism, expenditures for travel items rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 60.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Saint Lucia data come from?
- The figures come from Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism, published as part of International tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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International tourism expenditures are expenditures of international outbound visitors in other countries. The goods and services are purchased by, or on behalf of, the traveler or provided, without a quid pro quo, for the traveler to use or give away. These may include expenditures by residents traveling abroad as same-day visitors, except in cases where these are so important as to justify a separate classification. Excluded is the international carriage of travelers, which is covered in passenger travel items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.