St. Lucia: CPIA trade rating (1=low to 6=high)

Key figures

What the numbers say

From 2016 to 2025 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains less than 1% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2025, St. Lucia had the 8th highest value of the 72 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to St. Lucia in the 2025 ranking

• Samoa — 33rd of 72: 4
• São Tomé and Principe — 34th of 72: 4
• Sri Lanka — 35th of 72: 4
• St. Vincent and the Grenadines — 37th of 72: 4
• Timor-Leste — 38th of 72: 4
• Tonga — 39th of 72: 4

What this measures

Trade assesses how the policy framework fosters trade in goods.

Limitations: The CPIA exercise is intended to capture the quality of a country's policies and institutional arrangements, focusing on key elements that are within the country's control, rather than on outcomes (such as economic growth rates) that are influenced by events beyond the country's control. More specifically, the CPIA measures the extent to which a country's policy and institutional framework supports sustainable growth and poverty reduction and, consequently, the effective use of development assistance.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a unweighted average.

All 21 values

CPIA trade rating (1=low to 6=high) in nearby economies

• Bolivia — 4.5 (2015)
• Dominica — 4 (2025)
• Grenada — 4 (2025)
• Guyana — 4 (2025)
• Haiti — 3 (2025)
• Honduras — 4 (2025)
• Nicaragua — 4 (2025)
• St. Vincent and the Grenadines — 4 (2025)

More public sector data for St. Lucia

• Intentional homicides (per 100,000 people) — 39.04 (2023)
• Intentional homicides, male (per 100,000 male) — 68.85 (2023)
• Intentional homicides, female (per 100,000 female) — 9.92 (2023)
• CPIA business regulatory environment rating (1=low to 6=high) — 3.5 (2025)
• CPIA debt policy rating (1=low to 6=high) — 3 (2025)
• CPIA economic management cluster average (1=low to 6=high) — 3.67 (2025)
• CPIA policy and institutions for environmental sustainability rating (1=low to 6=high) — 4 (2025)
• CPIA quality of budgetary and financial management rating (1=low to 6=high) — 3 (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is St. Lucia's CPIA trade rating (1=low to 6=high)?

4 in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2005?

It is unchanged at from 4 in 2005. The highest value was 4 in 2005 and the lowest 4 in 2005.

How does St. Lucia rank?

8th highest of 72 economies with data for 2025.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: CPIA database, World Bank Group (WBG), uri: http://www.worldbank.org/ida.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator IQ.CPA.TRAD.XQ, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: CPIA database, World Bank Group (WBG), uri: http://www.worldbank.org/ida Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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