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St. Lucia – Dependency Ratio

Name: St. Lucia Dependency Ratio
Creator: World Bank
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Ratio of dependents (people younger than 15 or older than 64) to the working-age population (15-64). Higher ratios imply greater economic burden on workers. · World Bank

37.28 −0.03 from 2023 Global rank: 11th · all-time high: 121.41 (1972)

St. Lucia's dependency ratio was 37.28 in 2024, a decrease of +0.03 from 37.30 in 2023. This ranked 11th globally. The all-time high was 121.41 in 1972.

APA

St. Lucia Dependency Ratio. HistorySaid. Retrieved March 12, 2026, from https://historysaid.com/st-lucia/dependency-ratio

BibTeX

@misc{historysaid_st-lucia_dependency-ratio,
  title = {St. Lucia Dependency Ratio},
  url = {https://historysaid.com/st-lucia/dependency-ratio},
  publisher = {HistorySaid},
  year = {2026}
}

Data & Projection▾

St. Lucia Dependency Ratio – Historical Data
Year	Value	Change	Rank
2027* trend	36.79	–	–
2026* trend	36.93	–	–
2025* trend	37.06	–	–
2024	37.28	−0.03	11th
2023	37.30	−0.03	12th
2022	37.33	−0.19	12th
2021	37.53	−0.30	12th
2020	37.82	−0.31	12th
2019	38.13	−0.41	15th
2018	38.54	−0.51	16th
2017	39.05	−0.67	19th
2016	39.73	−0.86	23rd
2015	40.58	−0.96	27th
2014	41.54	−1.00	31st
2013	42.54	−1.09	37th
2012	43.64	−1.29	41st
2011	44.92	−1.40	50th
2010	46.32	−1.25	58th
2009	47.57	−1.24	66th
2008	48.81	−1.55	77th
2007	50.36	−1.76	88th
2006	52.11	−1.83	98th
2005	53.95	−1.87	104th
2004	55.82	−1.86	109th
2003	57.68	−1.82	110th
2002	59.50	−1.80	114th
2001	61.30	−1.81	118th
2000	63.11	−1.94	119th
1999	65.05	−2.35	117th
1998	67.40	−2.22	120th
1997	69.62	−1.77	125th
1996	71.39	−1.46	126th
1995	72.85	−1.08	128th
1994	73.93	−1.05	130th
1993	74.98	−1.13	129th
1992	76.11	−1.11	130th
1991	77.21	−2.27	128th
1990	79.48	−3.79	132nd
1989	83.27	−4.37	146th
1988	87.64	−2.96	152nd
1987	90.60	−1.04	165th
1986	91.64	−0.80	166th
1985	92.44	−0.66	168th
1984	93.09	−0.82	166th
1983	93.91	−1.21	168th
1982	95.12	−1.55	177th
1981	96.67	−1.58	185th
1980	98.25	−2.54	191st
1979	100.79	−4.18	197th
1978	104.97	−5.55	204th
1977	110.52	−4.56	213th
1976	115.09	−2.48	214th
1975	117.56	−1.97	213th
1974	119.53	−1.30	214th
1973	120.83	−0.58	215th
1972	121.41	+0.21	215th
1971	121.20	+1.09	215th
1970	120.10	+1.45	215th
1969	118.66	+0.88	213th
1968	117.77	−0.23	214th
1967	118.00	−1.66	213th
1966	119.66	−0.29	213th
1965	119.95	+2.13	213th
1964	117.82	+2.61	214th
1963	115.21	+3.14	211th
1962	112.07	+3.82	211th
1961	108.25	+4.51	208th
1960	103.74	–	205th

Show all years (1960–2024)

* Linear trend extrapolation from last 5 data points

HistorySaid

St. Lucia's dependency ratio stood at 37.28 in 2024, a decline of −0.03 from 2023. Based on recent trends, HistorySaid estimates 37.06 by 2025.