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Data Point	Value	Units	Year
Electricity cost	155	US dollar per Megawatt per hours	2015
Water cost - The cost for water for industrial use per cubic meter	2.1	US$/m3	2010
Telecom cost - The cost charged by a leading telecom operator for a 1 minute call to USA	0.19	USD per minute	2014

1 - Climatescope (Jun 2015)
2 - Corporacion del acueducto y Acantarillado de Santo Domingo (Nov 2015)
3 - International Telecommunication Union - ITU (Jun 2013)

Indicators for Property Costs

Data Point	Value	Units	Year
Industrial space (Property)	85.1	USD per year/m2	2015
Office space (Property)	228.4	USD	2015

1 - Cushman and Wakefield (Apr 2015)
2 - Cushman and Wakefield (Apr 2015)

Indicators for Taxes

Data Point	Value	Units	Year
Top personal tax rate (%)	25	Percentage	2015

1 - The Heritage Foundation (Jan 2015)

Indicators for Natural Resources

Data Point	Value	Units	Year
Average annual air temperature	25.4	Celsius	2016
Average daily solar irradiation	4.8	Kilowatt per square metre	2016
Average hours of sunshine per day	6.8	Hours	2016
Average wind speed	3.3	Metre per second	2016

1 - Renewable Energy System Design Tool: Solar power calculator (Jan 2016)
2 - Renewable Energy System Design Tool: Solar power calculator (Jan 2016)
3 - World Climate Guide (Jan 2016)
4 - Renewable Energy System Design Tool: Solar power calculator (Jan 2016)

Indicators for Track Record

Data Point	Value	Units	Year
Environmental Performance Index	73.6	Index	2016

1 - Yale University (Jan 2016)

GDP (purchasing power parity):

$2.216 billion (2013 est.)
$2.211 billion (2012 est.)
$2.23 billion (2011 est.)
note: data are in 2013 US dollars

Population growth rate:

0.35% (2014 est.)

GDP - real growth rate:

0.2% (2013 est.)
-0.9% (2012 est.)
1.8% (2011 est.)

GDP - per capita (PPP):

$13,100 (2013 est.)
$13,200 (2012 est.)
$13,400 (2011 est.)
note: data are in 2013 US dollars

Diplomatic representation from the US:

The US does not have an embassy in Saint Lucia; the US Ambassador to Barbados is accredited to Saint Lucia

Age structure:

0-14 years: 21.2% (male 17,814/female 16,809)
15-24 years: 16.6% (male 13,701/female 13,368)
25-54 years: 42.9% (male 33,695/female 36,445)
55-64 years: 8.8% (male 6,657/female 7,717)
65 years and over: 10.2% (male 7,760/female 9,396) (2014 est.)

Geographic coordinates:

13 53 N, 60 58 W

GDP - composition, by sector of origin:

agriculture: 3.1%
industry: 17.4%
services: 79.5% (2013 est.)

Sex ratio:

at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 0.93 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 0.95 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.83 male(s)/female
total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2014 est.)

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