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Data Point	Value	Units	Year
Labour costs (minimum wage USD per month)	330	US dollar per month	2015
Social security contributions (employer) %	16.8	Percentage	2014
Engineer, annual labour cost	25419	US dollar	2014

1 - World Bank Doing Business (Oct 2015)
2 - EY Worldwide Personal Tax Guide 2014/15 (Sep 2014)
3 - fDi Intelligence from the Financial Times based on Towers Watson Global Remuneration Planning Report 2014/15 and national statistics (Jun 2014)

Indicators for Utility Costs

Data Point	Value	Units	Year
Electricity cost	186	US dollar per Megawatt per hours	2015
Water cost - The cost for water for industrial use per cubic meter	0.2	US$/m3	2014
Telecom cost - The cost charged by a leading telecom operator for a 1 minute call to USA	0.03	USD per minute	2013

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)	122.6	USD per year/m2	2015
Office space (Property)	224.5	USD	2015
Grade A office building costs	121	USD/sq.ft.	2014
Industrial space building costs	73	USD/sq.ft.	2014

1 - Cushman and Wakefield (Apr 2015)
2 - Cushman and Wakefield (Apr 2015)
3 - RLB - Rider Levett Bucknall (Caribbean Report) (Oct 2015)
4 - RLB - Rider Levett Bucknall (Caribbean Report) (Oct 2014)

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	24.4	Celsius	2016
Average daily solar irradiation	5	Kilowatt per square metre	2016
Average hours of sunshine per day	7.8	Hours	2016
Average wind speed	5.6	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	75.3	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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