Starting a business - Score in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia: Starting a business - Score was 89.35 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business - Score in Saint Lucia, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business - score in Saint Lucia stood at 89.35. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business - score in Saint Lucia peaked at 89.35 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 83.76, in 2005.
Saint Lucia ranks 70th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Starting a business - Score in Saint Lucia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 83.76 | — |
| 2006 | 84.5 | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 84.78 | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 84.93 | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 88 | +3.6% |
| 2010 | 87.76 | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 88.43 | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 89.26 | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 89.16 | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 88.62 | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 88.68 | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 88.8 | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 88.79 | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 89.18 | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 89.35 | +0.2% |
Saint Lucia compared with similar countries
- Saint Lucia's 89.35 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 86.74, 1.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Saint Lucia's 89.35 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 85.6, 1.0× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 85.19 | 83.76 | 88 | 5 |
| 2010s | 88.8 | 87.76 | 89.35 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Saint Lucia
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 starting a business - score in Saint Lucia?
- Starting a business - score in Saint Lucia was 89.35 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business - score recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The highest recorded value was 89.35 in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business - score recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The lowest recorded value was 83.76 in 2005.
- How does Saint Lucia rank for starting a business - score?
- Saint Lucia ranks 70th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business - score rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Saint Lucia data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Starting a business - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for starting a business is the simple average of the scores for each of the component indicators: the procedures, time and cost for an entrepreneur to start and formally operate a business, as well as the paid-in minimum capital requirement.