Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia: Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency was 0.307 million SLC per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency in Saint Lucia, 1970–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in million SLC per square kilometre.
Analysis
Saint Lucia recorded 0.307 million SLC per square kilometre for value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency in 2023. That is the highest value across all 54 years on record.
That represents a change of up 11.9% on the previous year and up 32.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency in Saint Lucia peaked at 0.307 million SLC per square kilometre in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.0356 million SLC per square kilometre, in 1970.
That places Saint Lucia 117th out of 194 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 54 years of available data.
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency in Saint Lucia, year by year
| Year | million SLC per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.0356 million SLC per square kilometre | — |
| 1971 | 0.0373 million SLC per square kilometre | +4.9% |
| 1972 | 0.0383 million SLC per square kilometre | +2.7% |
| 1973 | 0.0389 million SLC per square kilometre | +1.6% |
| 1974 | 0.0409 million SLC per square kilometre | +4.9% |
| 1975 | 0.0431 million SLC per square kilometre | +5.5% |
| 1976 | 0.0512 million SLC per square kilometre | +18.8% |
| 1977 | 0.0541 million SLC per square kilometre | +5.6% |
| 1978 | 0.062 million SLC per square kilometre | +14.6% |
| 1979 | 0.062 million SLC per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.0678 million SLC per square kilometre | +9.5% |
| 1981 | 0.0647 million SLC per square kilometre | -4.6% |
| 1982 | 0.0605 million SLC per square kilometre | -6.6% |
| 1983 | 0.0717 million SLC per square kilometre | +18.6% |
| 1984 | 0.082 million SLC per square kilometre | +14.3% |
| 1985 | 0.107 million SLC per square kilometre | +30.5% |
| 1986 | 0.1275 million SLC per square kilometre | +19.2% |
| 1987 | 0.1336 million SLC per square kilometre | +4.7% |
| 1988 | 0.1444 million SLC per square kilometre | +8.1% |
| 1989 | 0.1448 million SLC per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 1990 | 0.1619 million SLC per square kilometre | +11.8% |
| 1991 | 0.1572 million SLC per square kilometre | -2.9% |
| 1992 | 0.1586 million SLC per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 0.1553 million SLC per square kilometre | -2.1% |
| 1994 | 0.1481 million SLC per square kilometre | -4.7% |
| 1995 | 0.1564 million SLC per square kilometre | +5.6% |
| 1996 | 0.155 million SLC per square kilometre | -0.9% |
| 1997 | 0.1387 million SLC per square kilometre | -10.5% |
| 1998 | 0.1488 million SLC per square kilometre | +7.3% |
| 1999 | 0.1489 million SLC per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.1537 million SLC per square kilometre | +3.2% |
| 2001 | 0.1538 million SLC per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 0.1472 million SLC per square kilometre | -4.3% |
| 2003 | 0.1509 million SLC per square kilometre | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 0.1766 million SLC per square kilometre | +17.1% |
| 2005 | 0.1731 million SLC per square kilometre | -2.0% |
| 2006 | 0.1767 million SLC per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 0.18 million SLC per square kilometre | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 0.1876 million SLC per square kilometre | +4.3% |
| 2009 | 0.1911 million SLC per square kilometre | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 0.1965 million SLC per square kilometre | +2.8% |
| 2011 | 0.1996 million SLC per square kilometre | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 0.2124 million SLC per square kilometre | +6.4% |
| 2013 | 0.2311 million SLC per square kilometre | +8.8% |
| 2014 | 0.231 million SLC per square kilometre | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.2325 million SLC per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 0.24 million SLC per square kilometre | +3.2% |
| 2017 | 0.2392 million SLC per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.254 million SLC per square kilometre | +6.2% |
| 2019 | 0.2537 million SLC per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 0.2532 million SLC per square kilometre | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 0.2637 million SLC per square kilometre | +4.2% |
| 2022 | 0.2743 million SLC per square kilometre | +4.0% |
| 2023 | 0.307 million SLC per square kilometre | +11.9% |
Saint Lucia compared with similar countries
- Saint Lucia's 0.307 million SLC per square kilometre is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.4142 million SLC per square kilometre, 74% of the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Saint Lucia's 0.307 million SLC per square kilometre is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.3504 million SLC per square kilometre, 88% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency in Saint Lucia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +30.5% | 0.082 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.107 million SLC per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0463 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.0356 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.062 million SLC per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.1004 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.0605 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.1448 million SLC per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.1529 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.1387 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.1619 million SLC per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.1691 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.1472 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.1911 million SLC per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.229 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.1965 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.254 million SLC per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2745 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.2532 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.307 million SLC per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Saint Lucia
- 114 Grenada 0.3938 million SLC per square kilometre compare
- 115 Slovakia 0.3874 million SLC per square kilometre compare
- 116 Central African Republic 0.3575 million SLC per square kilometre compare
- 118 Guyana 0.3028 million SLC per square kilometre compare
- 119 Curacao 0.2932 million SLC per square kilometre compare
- 120 Argentina 0.2921 million SLC per square kilometre compare
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)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 18.67 million BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.007 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 103.63 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled 193.98 million BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual 3.95 % change on previous year (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.073 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 1,077 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), annual growth rate 10.12 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency in Saint Lucia?
- Value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency in Saint Lucia was 0.307 million SLC per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.307 million SLC per square kilometre in 2023.
- What is the lowest value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0356 million SLC per square kilometre in 1970.
- How does Saint Lucia rank for value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency?
- Saint Lucia ranks 117th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Saint Lucia data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.