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St Lucia

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Capital:	Castries
Area size:	610 sq. km Approximately four times the size of Washington D.C.
Time zone:	GMT -4
Currency:	East Caribbean dollar
Area code:	(+) 758
Driving:	Left
Climate description:	The tropical island experiences a dry season from January to April each year, but from May to August rains saturate the land, providing the moisture needed to grow sugarcane, cocoa and bananas.

People

Standard of living

Economy & aid

Health

Disasters, conflict & migration

Language
English is the official language, but a local patois with African and French influences is also spoken.
Source: New Internationalist World Guide

Population

2007	0.2 million	U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2006)
2006	0.2 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2005	0.2 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2004	0.2 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2003	0.2 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2002	0.2 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2001	0.2 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2000	0.2 million	U.N. DESA (2006)

Future population estimates
0.2 million (2050)
Source: U.N. DESA (2006)

Ethnic groups
Most descend from African slaves and European colonisers. There is also a European minority.
Source: NI World Guide

Religion
Catholic 79 percent and Protestant 15 percent, including Seventh-Day Adventist and Pentecostal.
Source: NI World Guide

Percentage urban population

2007	27.7 percent	U.N. DESA - World Urbanisation Prospects 2005
2006	27.6 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2005	27.6 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2004	27.6 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2003	27.6 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2002	27.6 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2001	27.6 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2000	28.0 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)

Year women granted right to vote
1951
Source: U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) Human Development Report
Where two figures are shown, the first refers to a partial recognition of the right to vote and the second to the year women received the right to vote on a universal and equal basis.

Net percentage of girls enrolled in primary education
97 (2006)
Source: U.N. Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)

Percentage of population under 15

2005	27.9 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	29.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	29.9 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	30.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	30.6 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	32.1 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Average life expectancy

2005	73.1 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	72.6 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	72.4 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	72.4 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	72.2 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	73.4 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Life expectancy - male

2005	71.3 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	71.0 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	70.9 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	70.7 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	70.5 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	70.7 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Life expectancy - female

2005	75.0 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	74.1 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	73.9 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	74.0 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	73.8 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	76.0 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Infant mortality

2006	12 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005	12 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2007
2004	13 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003	16 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	17 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	17 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	17 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Child mortality - deaths before the age of five

2006	14 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005	14 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2007
2004	14 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003	18 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2000	19 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Births attended by skilled personnel

1997-2005	99 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
1996-2004	100 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
1995-2003	100 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1995-2002	100 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1995-2001	100 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
1995-2000	100 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Maternal mortality
No data available per 100,000 live births

Human development index (HDI rank)

2005	72	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	71	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	76	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	71	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	71	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	66	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Percentage of children under weight for age (under age 5)
No data available percent (1996-2005)

Percentage of undernourished population

2002-2004 average	5 percent	U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 2006
2001-2003average	5 percent	FAO 2006
1999-2001average	No data available percent
1998-2000average	No data available percent

Food intake falls below the minimum requirement.

Population with access to improved water

2004	98 percent	UNICEF and World Health Organisation (WHO) 2006
2002	98 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2000	98 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004

Population with access to improved sanitation

2004	89 percent	UNICEF and WHO 2006
2002	89 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2000	89 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004

Literacy - average

2004	No data available percent
2003	90.1 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2001	90.2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	90.2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Literacy - male

2004	No data available percent
2003	89.5 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2001	No data available percent
2000	No data available percent

Literacy - female

2004	No data available percent
2003	90.6 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2001	No data available percent
2000	No data available percent

Landlines telephones
No data available per 1,000 people (2005)

Cellular telephone subscribers

2006	657 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2005	657 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2004	583 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2003	91 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2002	91 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2001	17 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2000	16 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007

Internet users

2006	345 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2005	345 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2004	345 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2003	215 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2002	84 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2001	84 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2000	52 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007

Transparency International corruption ranking (1=least corrupt, 179=most corrupt)

2007	24	Transparency International 2007
2006	Not ranked

Signatory of International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment for the crime of Genocide
No (1948)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
No (1984)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Yes (1989)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

International humanitarian aid flows
Access the Financial Tracking Service, a global real-time database which records all reported humanitarian aid - including that for NGOs, the Red Cross/Crescent Movement, bilateral aid, in-kind aid and private donations - searchable by country.
Source: Financial Tracking Service, ReliefWeb

Percentage of population living on less than US$1 a day
No data available percent

GNI per capita, Atlas method

2006	� current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005	5060� current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004	4640� current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003	4140� current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2002	3890 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2001	3550 current US$	WorldBankDataProfileTables2008
2000	3910 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

The purpose of the Atlas conversion factor is to reduce the impact of exchange rate fluctuations in a cross-country comparison of national incomes. The Atlas conversion factor for any year is the average of a country�s exchange rate (or alternative conversion factor) for that year and its exchange rates for the two preceding years.

GDP

2006	0.9 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005	0.9 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004	0.8 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003	0.7 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2002	0.7 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2001	0.6 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2000	0.7 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

Annual GDP growth

2005	No data available percent
2004	5.8 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2003	3 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2002	2.4 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2001	-5.5 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2000	5 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007

Annual inflation

2005	No data available percent
2004	1 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2003	1.9 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2002	0.3 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2001	2.6 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2000	-2.4 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007

Share of income or consumption (poorest 10 percent)
No data available

Share of income or consumption (richest 10 percent)
No data available

Physicians

2000-2004	No data available per 100,000 people
1990-2004	517 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
1990-2003	58 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1990-2002	518 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

Percentage HIV+ (adults aged 15-49)
No data available percent

Malaria
No risk
Source: WHO

TB cases

2006	No data available per 100,000 people
2005	No data available per 100,000 people
2004	No data available per 100,000 people
2003	No data available per 100,000 people
2002	No data available per 100,000 people
2001	No data available per 100,000 people
2000	No data available per 100,000 people

Chronology of natural disasters
Access EM-DAT, a database of natural disasters from 1900 to the present - death tolls and numbers of affected people - searchable by country.
Source: Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium

Number of refugees originating here

2006	163	Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
2005	99	UNHCR
2004	34	UNHCR
2003	16	UNHCR
2002	10	UNHCR
2001	No data available
2000	11	UNHCR

Number of refugees residing here
No data available

Number of internally displaced people\Estimate

	No data available

No data available

Landmine casualties per year

2004	0	Landmine Monitor Report 2005
2003	0	Landmine Monitor Report 2004

Casualty figures may include both civilians and military personnel injured or killed by landmines and unexploded ordnance.
Signatory to landmine convention?
Yes (1997 )
Source: Landmine Monitor Report

Percentage of GDP spent on military
No data available percent

Percentage of GDP spent on education

2002-2005	5.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2002-2004	5.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2000-2002	7.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1999-2001	7.3 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1998-2000	5.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

Percentage of GDP spent on health

2004	3.3 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2003-2004	3.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2002	3.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2001	2.9 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2000	2.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

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