Human Development & Quality of Life in Saint Lucia
HDI 0.748 · UNDP rank 103 · latest published data
With HDI 0.748 for 2023, Saint Lucia sits at rank 103 in UNDP's latest table and falls in the high human development group. The aggregate hides useful detail: The inequality adjustment is one of the most consequential parts of this profile: IHDI falls to 0.523, a 30.1% loss. The profile also records that the health component is anchored by life expectancy of 72.7 years.
What sits inside Saint Lucia's HDI
For Saint Lucia, health contributes through life expectancy of 72.7; education through 12.7 expected and 8.6 mean years of schooling; and income through GNI per capita of $20,900 in 2021 PPP dollars. Those are the published inputs behind the 2023 HDI. When using this figure elsewhere, do not infer an unstated comparison because a composite score cannot explain every outcome on its own.
Inequality changes the headline
For Saint Lucia, IHDI asks how the HDI changes once unequal achievement across people is considered, the adjustment is about distribution rather than subjective well-being. For a like-for-like reading, separate the measure from subjective well-being because the index and its adjustments have different meanings.
Gender and planetary-pressure adjustments
The broader UNDP dashboard for Saint Lucia adds GDI 1.016, GII 0.327 to the HDI result. These measures answer different questions, so they are kept separate.
Quality-of-life coverage is conditional
This profile does not show a verified comparable life-satisfaction value for Saint Lucia. No proxy is inserted for a value the source does not report.
What Saint Lucia's numbers say together
Taken alongside HDI, Saint Lucia's profile includes IHDI 0.523 with a 30.1% loss; GDI 1.016. They complement one another, but none is treated as a substitute for another.
For the evidence shown here, the headline UNDP result for Saint Lucia is HDI 0.748, rank 103, for 2023. Broader quality-of-life indicators remain outside that index.
The IHDI is 0.523, and UNDP reports an overall loss of 30.1% relative to the headline index.
The GDI value is 1.016 in group 1; it should be read alongside, not merged into, HDI.
Frequently asked questions
What is Saint Lucia's HDI?
Saint Lucia's 2023 Human Development Index is 0.748, corresponding to UNDP rank 103 in the 2025 report.
How does inequality affect Saint Lucia's HDI?
UNDP reports IHDI 0.523 for Saint Lucia, which is 30.1% below the headline HDI after inequality across the three dimensions is taken into account.
Why is there no life satisfaction score on this page?
Saint Lucia's page adds a quality-of-life measure only when a comparable dated observation can be sourced. Missing source coverage is shown as a limitation, not filled with an estimate.
Is HDI the same as quality of life?
No. HDI is built from health, schooling and income indicators. Life satisfaction remains distinct from the health, education and income dimensions used by HDI.
Sources & methodology
Sources for the development indicators and definitions shown above.
View sources used for this page
Primary source for 2023 HDI and its components, plus IHDI, GDI, GII and PHDI where reported.
Report edition underlying the 2023 human-development indices and ranking.
Data note: Reference years are shown with each indicator; unavailable observations remain unfilled.