Country Fact Sheet - ,

General Official Name Saint Lucia Capital Castries Area 619 Sq Km Weather 24 to 31 degree Celsius throughout the year. (Tropical, hot and humid all year round, with a relatively cool, dry season from January to mid-April and a hot, humid and rainy season from June to December) Population 183,809 (Feb 2020) Forest cover 33.4% Co2 Emissions 0.4/2.2 Tourist arrivals 423,736 (Jan-Dec 2019)

Age profile Median age 36.9

Life Expectancy 75.96/81.62 Women/Men) 2020

Language English, French Patois Ethnic Groups Black/African descent 85.3%, Mixed 10.9%, East Indian 2.2%, Other 1.6%, Unspecified 0.1% (2010 est.) Main Religions Roman Catholic 61.5%, Protestant 25.5% (includes Seventh Day Adventist 10.4%, Pentecostal 8.9%, Baptist 2.2%, Anglican 1.6%, Church of God 1.5%, other Protestant .9%), other Christian 3.4% (includes Evangelical 2.3% and Jehovah's Witness 1.1%), Rastafarian 1.9%, other 0.4%, none 5.9%, unspecified 1.4% (2010 est.) Internet Penetration 79.2 %(2019) Mobile phones 126 per 100 ( 2019)

Urbanisation 18.9% 2020 ECONOMIC Currency East Dollar Exchange rate with [XCD 2.70 = US$ 1] US$ GDP US$ 1.9 billion (end of 2020)

GDP Growth Rate -16.9%%(end of 2020) Major sectors (% of Agriculture (2.9%), Industry (14.2%) & Services (82.8%) GDP) Unemployment 20.15%(end of 2020)

Inflation (%) 0.3% 2020

GDP Per Capita/US$ 9780(end of 2020)

Total Trade (Goods & US$ 2 Billion (2019) Services) Exports (Goods & US$ 127 mn (2019) Services) Imports (Goods & US$ 1.88 billion (2019) Services) Balance of Trade US$ -596mn Major Trading Partners Export : United States (28.7), United Kingdom (6.31) Trinidad (currency unit billion) and Tobago 6.35 Import : United States (30), Trinidad and Tobago (5.7), Columbia (46.5) POLITICAL Political Structure Parliamentary Democracy

Major Political Parties St Lucian Labour Party, United Workers Party Head of State Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II [Represented by Governor General His Excellency Sir Emmanuel Neville Cenac Head of Government H.E. Mr. , Prime Minister

Minister of Foreign H.E. Mrs. Sarah Flood-Beaubrun Affairs Political Issues Nothing significant BILATERAL Bilateral trade India’s Exports US$ 4.01 mn(2018-19) US$ 3.24 mn (2019-2020) India’s Imports US$ 0.57 mn (2018-2019) US$ 0.61 mn (2019-2020) Major items of India’s Iron and steel, vehicles, garments and pharmaceuticals Exports Major items of Indian Iron scrap Imports Indian Investments in US$ 2.8 million (pledged by New India Assurance Company) St Lucia St Lucian Investments Nil in India Indian diaspora 18600 PIOs including 5% having mixed marriages and 550 NRIs including 323 medical students. Indian Cultural Foundation and Indian Heritage Foundation. Indian organisation New India Assurance Co.

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