Maldives vs Saint Lucia

Maldives and Saint Lucia compared on 10 key figures from official sources. Each value is the latest one published for that country, so the year is shown with it.

• Maldives has about 2.9 times as many people as Saint Lucia: 529,676 against 180,149 in 2025.
• GDP per person is about the same in Maldives ($14,615) and Saint Lucia ($14,746) in 2025.
• The economy grew faster in Maldives (6.3%) than in Saint Lucia (-0.6%), a difference of 6.9 percentage points in 2025.
• Consumer prices rose faster in Maldives (4%) than in Saint Lucia (2%), a difference of 2 percentage points in 2025.
• The unemployment rate was higher in Saint Lucia (9.5%) than in Maldives (4.5%), a difference of 5 percentage points in 2025.
• A baby born in Maldives can expect to live 8.5 years longer than one born in Saint Lucia: 81.3 years against 72.8 years in 2024.
• The population of Saint Lucia is older: half of its people are over 33.7 years, against 31.1 years in Maldives in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in Maldives (85.2%) than in Saint Lucia (68.2%), a difference of 17 percentage points in 2024.
• CO2 emissions per person in Maldives (3.6 tonnes) are about 2.1 times as high as in Saint Lucia (1.7 tonnes) in 2024.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in Saint Lucia (53.8%) than in Maldives (12.5%), a difference of 41.3 percentage points in 2024.