Travel services in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia: Travel services was 93.5% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Travel services in Saint Lucia, 1976–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service exports.
Analysis
Saint Lucia recorded 93.5% for travel services in 2025.
The figure is up 3.6% on the previous year and down 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Saint Lucia peaked at 100.0% in 1976 and was at its lowest, 62.2%, in 1984.
That places Saint Lucia 6th out of 198 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.
Travel services in Saint Lucia, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 100.0% | — |
| 1977 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 98.8% | -1.2% |
| 1980 | 100.0% | +1.2% |
| 1981 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 66.0% | -34.0% |
| 1983 | 66.8% | +1.2% |
| 1984 | 62.2% | -6.9% |
| 1985 | 62.9% | +1.1% |
| 1986 | 90.8% | +44.3% |
| 1987 | 90.1% | -0.7% |
| 1988 | 82.7% | -8.2% |
| 1989 | 83.3% | +0.7% |
| 1990 | 81.0% | -2.7% |
| 1991 | 84.4% | +4.1% |
| 1992 | 86.6% | +2.7% |
| 1993 | 87.5% | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 87.5% | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 86.9% | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 89.0% | +2.4% |
| 1997 | 88.2% | -1.0% |
| 1998 | 89.0% | +1.0% |
| 1999 | 85.6% | -3.9% |
| 2000 | 89.7% | +4.8% |
| 2001 | 88.7% | -1.1% |
| 2002 | 87.6% | -1.3% |
| 2003 | 90.3% | +3.1% |
| 2004 | 90.7% | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 88.5% | -2.3% |
| 2006 | 86.9% | -1.8% |
| 2007 | 91.7% | +5.5% |
| 2008 | 90.9% | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 89.2% | -1.9% |
| 2010 | 92.7% | +3.9% |
| 2011 | 92.5% | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 93.5% | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 94.3% | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 94.4% | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 93.7% | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 93.8% | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 94.1% | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 94.8% | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 95.7% | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 88.7% | -7.3% |
| 2021 | 92.5% | +4.2% |
| 2022 | 93.7% | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 93.9% | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 90.2% | -3.9% |
| 2025 | 93.5% | +3.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 99.7% | 98.8% | 100.0% | 4 |
| 1980s | 80.5% | 62.2% | 100.0% | 10 |
| 1990s | 86.6% | 81.0% | 89.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 89.4% | 86.9% | 91.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 93.9% | 92.5% | 95.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 92.1% | 88.7% | 93.9% | 6 |
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 travel services in Saint Lucia?
- Travel services in Saint Lucia was 93.5% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 1976.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The lowest recorded value was 62.2% in 1984.
- How does Saint Lucia rank for travel services?
- Saint Lucia ranks 6th out of 198 countries with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Saint Lucia data come from?
- The figures come from Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Travel services (% of commercial service exports). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Travel services cover goods and services for own use or to give away acquired from an economy by nonresidents during visits to that economy, or acquired from other economies by residents during visits to these other economies. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of service exports which are commercial services provided by residents to non-residents.