Liquid liabilities to GDP in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia: Liquid liabilities to GDP was 75.3% in 2021. โฒ Rising
Liquid liabilities to GDP in Saint Lucia, 1980โ2021
Source: International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for liquid liabilities to gdp in Saint Lucia is 75.3%, measured in 2021.
That represents a change of up 6.1% on the previous year and up 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, liquid liabilities to gdp in Saint Lucia peaked at 77.7% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 36.4%, in 1980.
Saint Lucia ranks 78th of 185 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 42 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 44.1% | 36.4% | 52.1% | 10 |
| 1990s | 51.2% | 46.7% | 56.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 68.7% | 59.1% | 77.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 71.4% | 62.7% | 75.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 73.1% | 71.0% | 75.3% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Saint Lucia
- 75 Jamaica 77.6% compare
- 76 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 77.2% compare
- 77 ุฌู ููุฑูุฉ ุจูููุฏุง 75.7% compare
- 79 Albania 74.5% compare
- 80 ุฌู ููุฑูุฉ ูุงุชููุง 73.9% compare
- 81 ุขูุณููุฏุง 72.5% compare
More financial sector data for Saint Lucia
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks 51.7% (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports 2.99 (2025)
- Net domestic credit 2.95 billion current LCU (2025)
- Net foreign assets 3.04 billion current LCU (2025)
- Monetary Sector credit to private sector 51.7% (2025)
- Broad money 66.7% (2025)
- Claims on central government, etc. -11.6% (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector 51.7% (2025)
- Official exchange rate 2.7 LCU per US$, period average (2025)
- Net migration -23 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is liquid liabilities to gdp in Saint Lucia?
- Liquid liabilities to gdp in Saint Lucia was 75.3% in 2021, according to International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest liquid liabilities to gdp recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The highest recorded value was 77.7% in 2009.
- What is the lowest liquid liabilities to gdp recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The lowest recorded value was 36.4% in 1980.
- How does Saint Lucia rank for liquid liabilities to gdp?
- Saint Lucia ranks 78th out of 185 countries with data for 2021.
- Is liquid liabilities to gdp rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Saint Lucia data come from?
- The figures come from International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Liquid liabilities to GDP (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Ratio of liquid liabilities to GDP, calculated using the following deflation method: {(0.5)*[Ft/P_et + Ft-1/P_et-1]}/[GDPt/P_at] where F is liquid liabilities, P_e is end-of period CPI, and P_a is average annual CPI. Raw data are from the electronic version of the IMF's International Financial Statistics. Liquid liabilities (IFS lines 55L or, if not available, line 35L); GDP in local currency (IFS line 99B..ZF or, if not available, line 99B.CZF); end-of period CPI (IFS line 64M..ZF or, if not available, 64Q..ZF); and average annual CPI is calculated using the monthly CPI values (IFS line 64M..ZF) For Eurocurrency area countries liquid liabilities are estimated by summing IFS items 34A, 34B and 35.