St. Lucia's travel services (% of service imports, BoP) was 14.92% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 1.28 percentage points from 13.63% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 14.92% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 8.35% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 13.63% | 2015 |
| Highest | 41.3% | 1978 |
| Lowest | 8% | 2021 |
| Average since 2016 | 12.12% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 32.49% | 1976 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, St. Lucia's travel services (% of service imports, BoP) rose 2.78 percentage points on 2024 (from 12.14% to 14.92%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.32 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.8 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.7 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 5.57 percentage points in 1978 and the biggest yearly fall was 12.42 percentage points in 1986. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 4% 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 93rd highest value of the 134 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.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| St. Lucia | 14.92% | 2025 |
| World | 20.43% | 2025 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 22.07% | 2025 |
| Upper middle income | 31.82% | 2025 |
Closest to St. Lucia in the 2025 ranking
- Belgium — 90th of 134: 15.28%
- Türkiye — 91st of 134: 15.17%
- Azerbaijan — 92nd of 134: 15.08%
- Algeria — 94th of 134: 14.56%
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 95th of 134: 14.47%
- Chile — 96th of 134: 14.36%
What this measures
Travel services cover goods and services for own use or to give away acquired from an economy by nonresidents during visits to that economy, or acquired from other economies by residents during visits to these other economies. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of service imports which are services provided by non-residents to residents.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 50 values
| Year | Travel services (% of service imports, BoP) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 14.92 |
| 2024 | 12.14 |
| 2023 | 11.52 |
| 2022 | 11.01 |
| 2021 | 8 |
| 2020 | 8.35 |
| 2019 | 12.79 |
| 2018 | 13.78 |
| 2017 | 14.25 |
| 2016 | 14.46 |
| 2015 |
Travel services (% of service imports, BoP) in nearby economies
- Antigua and Barbuda — 15.68% (2025)
- Argentina — 40.32% (2025)
- Aruba — 37.48% (2023)
- Bahamas, The — 10.95% (2024)
- Barbados — 7.45% (2017)
- Belize — 25.07% (2025)
- Bolivia — 19.73% (2025)
- Brazil — 20.92% (2025)
- Chile — 14.36% (2025)
- Colombia — 31.5% (2025)
More economic policy & debt data for St. Lucia
- Adjusted savings, education expenditure (% of GNI) — 3.3% (2021)
- Adjusted savings, net forest depletion (current US$) — US$227,130 (2021)
- Adjusted savings, mineral depletion (current US$) — US$0 (2021)
- Net official development assistance and official aid received (current US$) — US$35.85 million (2023)
- Net official development assistance and official aid received (constant 2023 US$) — US$35.85 million (2023)
- Net official development assistance received (current US$) — US$35.85 million (2023)
- Net official development assistance received (constant 2023 US$) — US$35.85 million (2023)
- Net ODA received per capita (current US$) — US$199.96 (2023)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is St. Lucia's travel services (% of service imports, BoP)?
- 14.92% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1976?
- It is down 17.57 percentage points from 32.49% in 1976. The highest value was 41.3% in 1978 and the lowest 8% in 2021.
- How does St. Lucia rank?
- 93rd highest of 134 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in travel services (% of service imports, BoP) unusual for St. Lucia?
- In 2025, St. Lucia's travel services (% of service imports, BoP) rose 2.78 percentage points on 2024 (from 12.14% to 14.92%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.32 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.8 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.7 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator BM.GSR.TRVL.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF) 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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