Merchandise trade in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia: Merchandise trade was 41.2% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Merchandise trade in Saint Lucia, 1980–2025
Source: World Trade Organization (WTO). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2025, merchandise trade in Saint Lucia stood at 41.2%.
The figure is up 1.6% on the previous year and down 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, merchandise trade in Saint Lucia peaked at 106.8% in 1980 and was at its lowest, 32.5%, in 2019.
Saint Lucia ranks 137th of 204 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 46 years of available data.
Merchandise trade in Saint Lucia, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 106.8% | — |
| 1981 | 90.0% | -15.8% |
| 1982 | 89.5% | -0.6% |
| 1983 | 101.0% | +12.9% |
| 1984 | 66.8% | -33.9% |
| 1985 | 64.0% | -4.2% |
| 1986 | 71.2% | +11.2% |
| 1987 | 68.7% | -3.5% |
| 1988 | 78.0% | +13.5% |
| 1989 | 78.7% | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 68.7% | -12.8% |
| 1991 | 66.0% | -3.9% |
| 1992 | 64.7% | -2.0% |
| 1993 | 61.3% | -5.2% |
| 1994 | 57.3% | -6.6% |
| 1995 | 54.5% | -4.9% |
| 1996 | 49.8% | -8.6% |
| 1997 | 48.8% | -2.1% |
| 1998 | 44.4% | -8.8% |
| 1999 | 44.6% | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 42.7% | -4.3% |
| 2001 | 44.7% | +4.7% |
| 2002 | 39.2% | -12.3% |
| 2003 | 47.1% | +20.1% |
| 2004 | 47.1% | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 48.4% | +2.9% |
| 2006 | 54.1% | +11.7% |
| 2007 | 53.3% | -1.5% |
| 2008 | 57.0% | +7.0% |
| 2009 | 48.9% | -14.2% |
| 2010 | 59.2% | +20.9% |
| 2011 | 54.6% | -7.6% |
| 2012 | 51.7% | -5.4% |
| 2013 | 47.8% | -7.5% |
| 2014 | 45.0% | -5.8% |
| 2015 | 41.5% | -7.9% |
| 2016 | 41.5% | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 39.1% | -5.7% |
| 2018 | 35.0% | -10.6% |
| 2019 | 32.5% | -7.0% |
| 2020 | 36.7% | +12.9% |
| 2021 | 35.3% | -3.8% |
| 2022 | 39.4% | +11.4% |
| 2023 | 40.1% | +2.0% |
| 2024 | 40.5% | +1.0% |
| 2025 | 41.2% | +1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 81.5% | 64.0% | 106.8% | 10 |
| 1990s | 56.0% | 44.4% | 68.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 48.3% | 39.2% | 57.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 44.8% | 32.5% | 59.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 38.9% | 35.3% | 41.2% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Saint Lucia
- 134 Panama 41.6% compare
- 135 Antigua and Barbuda 41.5% compare
- 136 Jamaica 41.3% compare
- 138 New Caledonia 41.1% compare
- 139 Turkmenistan 40.8% compare
- 140 Egypt 40.8% compare
More private sector data for Saint Lucia
- 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$), annual growth rate -7.61 % change on previous year (2025)
- Merchandise imports (current US$), per capita 5,601 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is merchandise trade in Saint Lucia?
- Merchandise trade in Saint Lucia was 41.2% in 2025, according to World Trade Organization (WTO).
- What is the highest merchandise trade recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The highest recorded value was 106.8% in 1980.
- What is the lowest merchandise trade recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The lowest recorded value was 32.5% in 2019.
- How does Saint Lucia rank for merchandise trade?
- Saint Lucia ranks 137th out of 204 countries with data for 2025.
- Is merchandise trade rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Saint Lucia data come from?
- The figures come from World Trade Organization (WTO), published as part of Merchandise trade (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
General merchandise trade includes goods whose economic ownership is changed between a resident and a non-resident and that are not included in the following specific categories: goods under merchanting, non-monetary gold, and parts of travel, construction, and government goods and services n.i.e. It is the total of merchandise exports plus merchandise imports. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.