Spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of GDP in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia: Spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of GDP was 53.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of GDP in Saint Lucia, 2020–2024
Source: UN Tourism (2025); National statistical organizations and central banks, OECD national accounts, and World Bank staff estimates (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Saint Lucia recorded 53.2% for spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of gdp in 2024. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
That represents a change of up 8.1% on the previous year and up 137.7% over five years.
That places Saint Lucia 6th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
Spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of GDP in Saint Lucia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 22.4% | — |
| 2021 | 30.4% | +36.0% |
| 2022 | 46.7% | +53.5% |
| 2023 | 49.2% | +5.3% |
| 2024 | 53.2% | +8.1% |
Countries ranked near Saint Lucia
- 3 Maldives 68.0% compare
- 4 Andorra 66.5%
- 5 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 62.2%
- 7 Grenada 49.7% compare
- 8 Antigua and Barbuda 48.8% compare
- 9 Seychelles 46.9%
More economy & growth data for Saint Lucia
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 1.31 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 1.5 Percent per annum (2029)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU), annual 16.57 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU), per 0.0448 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU), per 660.01 current LCU per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) 7.22 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) 0.0188 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) 276.57 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant LCU) 7.22 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant LCU), per 0.0392 constant LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of gdp in Saint Lucia?
- Spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of gdp in Saint Lucia was 53.2% in 2024, according to UN Tourism (2025); National statistical organizations and central banks, OECD national accounts, and World Bank staff estimates (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of gdp recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The highest recorded value was 53.2% in 2024.
- What is the lowest spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of gdp recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The lowest recorded value was 22.4% in 2020.
- How does Saint Lucia rank for spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of gdp?
- Saint Lucia ranks 6th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Where does this Saint Lucia data come from?
- The figures come from UN Tourism (2025); National statistical organizations and central banks, OECD national accounts, and World Bank staff estimates (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Money received by the destination country from foreign visitors, including spending on accommodation, food, transport, entertainment, shopping, and fares paid to the country’s own airlines, as a share of, as a share of GDP.