Caribbean · sovereign state
Saint Lucia
- Capital
- Castries
- Languages
- English
- Currency
- Eastern Caribbean dollar
- People
- 180,149 (2025)
- Neighbours
- none by land
Greetings from
Saint Lucia
- 8th highest homicide rate 39 per 100k · #8 of 160 · 2023
- 13th highest alcohol consumption 11.8 litres · #13 of 195 · 2023
- 21st lowest urban population 29% · #21 of 210 · 2025
Surprising facts about Saint Lucia
The comparisons that stand out most against its neighbours, its region and the world median.
Picked for surprise among Saint Lucia’s neighbours, its region and the world median.
Saint Lucia among 213 countries & territories
Each dot shows where Saint Lucia sits between the lowest and the highest value in the world; “See it” opens the full visual against the world median. Higher is not automatically better.
World twins
The countries most like Saint Lucia across 12 indicators (GDP/person, Life exp., Median age, Fertility, Urban, Internet, Schooling, CO₂/person, Density, Temperature, Happiness, Obesity). Each indicator is standardised and compared by average distance; a resemblance, not a score.
Nearest countries
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vs Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 97 km
vs Dominica 151 km
vs Barbados 180 km
vs Grenada 231 km
vs Antigua and Barbuda 359 km
Saint Lucia has no land borders: these are the 5 nearest countries by distance between capitals. Equal-area map centred on Saint Lucia.