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Data Point	Value	Units	Year
Investment Freedom Index	67.9	Index 1 to 100	2015
Prevalence of foreign ownership	5.5	Index 1 to 7	2015
Number of days required to register a property	118	Days	2016
Time required to build a warehouse	442	Days	2016
Cooperation in labour-employer relations	4.9	Index 1 to 7	2015

1 - The Heritage Foundation (Jan 2015)
2 - Global Competitiveness Report, World Economic Forum, Switzerland (Sep 2015)
3 - World Bank Doing Business (Oct 2015)
4 - World Bank Doing Business (Oct 2015)
5 - Global Competitiveness Report, World Economic Forum, Switzerland (Sep 2015)

Indicators for Economic Growth & Stability

Data Point	Value	Units	Year
GDP per capita	15912.1	US Dollar	2015
GDP per capital (PPP)	16653.4	Current International Dollar	2015
Inflation Rate	1.2	Percent Change	2015
Credit Rating	B	Indexed Score	2015

1 - International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook Reports (Oct 2015)
2 - International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook Reports (Oct 2015)
3 - International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook Reports (May 2015)
4 - Standard & Poor's (May 2015)

Indicators for Population & Workforce

Data Point	Value	Units	Year
Labour force	162318	Persons	2014
Population	280000	Persons	2015
Population growth	0.36	Percentage	2015
Population, ages 15-64 (% of total)	66.8	Percentage	2014
Unemployment rate	12	Percentage	2015

1 - World Development Indicators (Dec 2015)
2 - fDi Intelligence from the Financial Times based on International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook Reports (Oct 2015)
3 - fDi Intelligence from the Financial Times based on International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook Reports (Oct 2015)
4 - World Development Indicators (Dec 2015)
5 - World Development Indicators (Dec 2015)

Indicators for Education & Skills

Data Point	Value	Units	Year
Gross enrolment ratio, secondary, both sexes (%)	104.7	Percentage	2011
Gross enrolment ratio, tertiary, both sexes (%)	60.8	Percentage	2011
Labour productivity	20294.8	Current international dollar	2015
Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, both sexes (%)	99.7	Percentage	2008
Public spending on education, total (% of GDP)	5.6	Percentage	2012
Unemployment with secondary education (% of total unemployment)	70.7	Percentage	2000
Unemployment with tertiary education (% of total unemployment)	12	Percentage	2000

1 - World Development Indicators (Dec 2015)
2 - World Development Indicators (Dec 2015)
3 - International Labour Organisation: Global Employment Trends (Feb 2015)
4 - World Development Indicators (Dec 2015)
5 - World Development Indicators (Dec 2015)
6 - World Development Indicators (Dec 2015)
7 - World Development Indicators (Dec 2015)

Indicators for Trade and Investment

Data Point	Value	Units	Year
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)	36.5	Percentage	2014
Exports growth	9.8	Percentage	2010

1 - World Development Indicators (Dec 2015)
2 - fDi Intelligence from the Financial Times based on World Development Indicators (Dec 2015)

Indicators for Labour Costs

Data Point	Value	Units	Year
Labour costs (minimum wage USD per month)	505	US dollar per month	2015
Social security contributions (employer) %	11.3	Percentage	2015

1 - World Bank Doing Business (Oct 2015)
2 - EY Worldwide Personal Tax Guide 2014/15 (Sep 2014)

Indicators for Utility Costs

Data Point	Value	Units	Year
Electricity cost	367.7	US dollar per Megawatt per hours	2015
Water cost - The cost for water for industrial use per cubic meter	3.4	US$/m3	2014
Telecom cost - The cost charged by a leading telecom operator for a 1 minute call to USA	0.11	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)	161.4	USD per year/m2	2015
Office space (Property)	277.2	USD	2011
Grade A office building costs	247	USD/sq.ft.	2014
Industrial space building costs	126	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 (%)	35	Percentage	2015

1 - The Heritage Foundation (Jan 2015)

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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