Human development index — all countries

Human development index — Saint Lucia

Human development index in Saint Lucia in 2023 — 0.748 index. Ranked 103 in the world out of 193. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 9.5%.

2023 0.748 index +0.13% vs 2022
World rank 103of 193
Period maximum 0.76 index2016
Period minimum 0.683 index1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Saint Lucia, 1990–20230.680.70.720.740.761990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.683 index1991: 0.685 index1992: 0.692 index1993: 0.694 index1994: 0.696 index1995: 0.698 index1996: 0.701 index1997: 0.701 index1998: 0.705 index1999: 0.708 index2000: 0.71 index2001: 0.712 index2002: 0.716 index2003: 0.721 index2004: 0.726 index2005: 0.73 index2006: 0.741 index2007: 0.74 index2008: 0.749 index2009: 0.751 index2010: 0.749 index2011: 0.755 index2012: 0.748 index2013: 0.741 index2014: 0.746 index2015: 0.757 index2016: 0.76 index2017: 0.757 index2018: 0.759 index2019: 0.745 index2020: 0.734 index2021: 0.724 index2022: 0.747 index2023: 0.748 index
Change over the period: +0.065 (+9.52%) Average annual rate: 0.28 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Saint Lucia

Saint Lucia 0.748 index
World 0.756 index
Latin America & Caribbean computed 0.779 index
Upper-middle-income countries computed 0.787 index
Human development index — Saint Lucia, by year Saint Lucia All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.748 +0.001 +0.13%
2022 0.747 +0.023 +3.18%
2021 0.724 −0.01 −1.36%
2020 0.734 −0.011 −1.48%
2019 0.745 −0.014 −1.84%
2018 0.759 +0.002 +0.26%
2017 0.757 −0.003 −0.39%
2016 0.76 +0.003 +0.4%
2015 0.757 +0.011 +1.47%
2014 0.746 +0.005 +0.67%
2013 0.741 −0.007 −0.94%
2012 0.748 −0.007 −0.93%
2011 0.755 +0.006 +0.8%
2010 0.749 −0.002 −0.27%
2009 0.751 +0.002 +0.27%
2008 0.749 +0.009 +1.22%
2007 0.74 −0.001 −0.13%
2006 0.741 +0.011 +1.51%
2005 0.73 +0.004 +0.55%
2004 0.726 +0.005 +0.69%
2003 0.721 +0.005 +0.7%
2002 0.716 +0.004 +0.56%
2001 0.712 +0.002 +0.28%
2000 0.71 +0.002 +0.28%
1999 0.708 +0.003 +0.43%
1998 0.705 +0.004 +0.57%
1997 0.701 +0 +0%
1996 0.701 +0.003 +0.43%
1995 0.698 +0.002 +0.29%
1994 0.696 +0.002 +0.29%
1993 0.694 +0.002 +0.29%
1992 0.692 +0.007 +1.02%
1991 0.685 +0.002 +0.29%
1990 0.683

About the indicator

The UNDP Human Development Index is the geometric mean of three components: life expectancy, years of schooling and national income per capita at PPP. The index was devised as an objection to the use of GDP alone as a measure of development, and its point is that the three components are multiplied rather than added: a failure on any one of them cannot be made up for by success on the other two. Values run from zero to one, and since 1990 the index has risen in almost every country in the world.

Important: The aggregate value for country groups is weighted by population, whereas UNDP computes group indexes from group components — the numbers may therefore differ slightly from the report.

Source: Human Development Report (UNDP), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.