Ores and metals imports in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia: Ores and metals imports was 0.7% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Ores and metals imports in Saint Lucia, 1973–2020
Source: Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division. Measured in % of merchandise imports.
Analysis
In 2020, ores and metals imports in Saint Lucia stood at 0.7%.
The figure is up 21.3% on the previous year and up 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ores and metals imports in Saint Lucia peaked at 1.4% in 1992 and was at its lowest, 0.3%, in 1981.
Saint Lucia ranks 152nd of 196 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 44 years of available data.
Ores and metals imports in Saint Lucia, year by year
| Year | % of merchandise imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 0.4% | — |
| 1974 | 0.9% | +102.0% |
| 1975 | 0.4% | -57.4% |
| 1976 | 0.3% | -9.9% |
| 1977 | 0.4% | +8.5% |
| 1978 | 0.3% | -10.7% |
| 1979 | 0.4% | +28.0% |
| 1980 | 0.3% | -21.1% |
| 1981 | 0.3% | -20.7% |
| 1982 | 0.3% | +23.3% |
| 1983 | 0.4% | +12.3% |
| 1985 | 0.4% | +12.9% |
| 1986 | 0.4% | -8.2% |
| 1987 | 0.3% | -11.2% |
| 1991 | 1.3% | +275.1% |
| 1992 | 1.4% | +9.3% |
| 1993 | 0.8% | -43.6% |
| 1994 | 1.2% | +58.5% |
| 1995 | 1.0% | -21.0% |
| 1996 | 1.1% | +10.3% |
| 1997 | 1.3% | +24.0% |
| 1998 | 0.9% | -36.6% |
| 1999 | 1.1% | +34.1% |
| 2000 | 0.8% | -29.0% |
| 2001 | 0.9% | +16.6% |
| 2002 | 0.8% | -17.5% |
| 2003 | 0.7% | -10.0% |
| 2004 | 1.0% | +46.5% |
| 2005 | 0.9% | -12.8% |
| 2006 | 1.2% | +32.0% |
| 2007 | 0.7% | -41.9% |
| 2008 | 0.6% | -15.8% |
| 2009 | 0.7% | +19.3% |
| 2010 | 0.7% | -4.1% |
| 2011 | 0.8% | +16.2% |
| 2012 | 0.8% | +6.7% |
| 2013 | 0.4% | -48.1% |
| 2014 | 0.5% | +11.9% |
| 2015 | 0.8% | +58.0% |
| 2016 | 0.6% | -15.6% |
| 2017 | 0.6% | -6.7% |
| 2018 | 0.6% | -6.8% |
| 2019 | 0.6% | +4.2% |
| 2020 | 0.7% | +21.3% |
Saint Lucia compared with similar countries
- Saint Lucia's 0.7% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.6%, 44% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Saint Lucia's 0.7% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1.0%, 72% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Ores and metals imports in Saint Lucia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +275.1% | 0.3% | 1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.9% | 7 |
| 1980s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 7 |
| 1990s | 1.1% | 0.8% | 1.4% | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.8% | 0.6% | 1.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Saint Lucia
More energy & mining data for Saint Lucia
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate 1.92 % change on previous year (2024)
- Coal consumption, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal consumption, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Coal production, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal production, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Fuel imports 11.4% (2020)
- Ores and metals exports 5.5% (2020)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ores and metals imports in Saint Lucia?
- Ores and metals imports in Saint Lucia was 0.7% in 2020, according to Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division.
- What is the highest ores and metals imports recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.4% in 1992.
- What is the lowest ores and metals imports recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 1981.
- How does Saint Lucia rank for ores and metals imports?
- Saint Lucia ranks 152nd out of 196 countries with data for 2020.
- Is ores and metals imports rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Saint Lucia data come from?
- The figures come from Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division, published as part of Ores and metals imports (% of merchandise imports). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Ores and metals comprise the commodities in SITC (Rev. 3) sections 27 (crude fertilizer, minerals nes); 28 (metalliferous ores, scrap); and 68 (non-ferrous metals). Imports of services are services provided by non-residents to residents. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of merchandise imports which is comprised of goods whose economic ownership is changed between a non-resident and a resident and that are not included in the following specific categories: goods under merchanting, non-monetary gold, and parts of travel, construction, and government goods and services n.i.e.