Saint Lucia's life expectancy rose from 71.2 yrs in 1995 to 72.8 yrs in 2024.
Saint Lucia · Health
Longevity, mortality, health system capacity and risk factors.
23 indicators · 21 with data
Saint Lucia's healthy life expectancy at birth fell from 63.5 yrs in 2000 to 61.8 yrs in 2021.
Saint Lucia's infant mortality fell from 16.2 ‰ in 1995 to 15.8 ‰ in 2024.
Saint Lucia's under-5 mortality rate fell from 19.2 ‰ in 1995 to 17.2 ‰ in 2024.
Saint Lucia's maternal mortality ratio fell from 60.0 /100k in 1994 to 44.0 /100k in 2023.
Saint Lucia's ncd mortality fell from 20.5 % in 2000 to 15.5 % in 2021.
Saint Lucia's suicide mortality rate fell from 7.3 /100k in 2000 to 5.3 /100k in 2021.
Saint Lucia's mortality caused by road traffic injury rose from 19.8 /100k in 2000 to 29.8 /100k in 2019.
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- Health spendingdown −0.0 pts129th of 192
- Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)up +3.1 %75th of 191
- Out-of-pocket expenditure (% of current health expenditure)down −0.7 pts130th of 192
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- Physiciansdown −31.4 %20th of 138*
- Nurses and midwivesup +65.0 %27th of 79
- Hospital bedsdown −44.9 %96th of 113*
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- Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12–23 months)down −2.0 pts133rd of 192
- Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12–23 months)up +25.0 pts1st of 192
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- Prevalence of HIV (ages 15–49)unchanged +0.0 pts68th of 148
- Incidence of tuberculosisdown −49.1 %5th of 208
›No data available (2)
These indicators exist in the registry but no source reports a value for Saint Lucia.
- Safe drinking waterNo data
- Safe sanitationNo data