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Data Point	Value	Units	Year
Labour costs (minimum wage USD per month)	219	US dollar per month	2015
Social security contributions (employer) %	9	Percentage	2014
Customer Service Representative, annual labour cost	6999	US dollar	2014
Software Programmer, annual labour cost	23837	US dollar	2014

1 - World Bank Doing Business (Oct 2015)
2 - EY Worldwide Personal Tax Guide 2014/15 (Sep 2014)
3 - fDi Intelligence from the Financial Times (Jun 2014)
4 - fDi Intelligence from the Financial Times (Jun 2014)

Indicators for Utility Costs

Data Point	Value	Units	Year
Electricity cost	286.6	US dollar per Megawatt per hours	2015
Water cost - The cost for water for industrial use per cubic meter	0.99	US$/m3	2014
Telecom cost - The cost charged by a leading telecom operator for a 1 minute call to USA	0.01	USD per minute	2013

1 - Climatescope (Jun 2015)
2 - Corporacion del acueducto y Acantarillado de Santo Domingo (Nov 2015)
3 - International Telecommunication Union - ITU (Jun 2013)

Indicators for Property Costs

Data Point	Value	Units	Year
Industrial space (Property)	96.8	USD per year/m2	2014
Office space (Property)	183	USD	2014
Grade A office building costs	141	USD/sq.ft.	2014
Industrial space building costs	111	USD/sq.ft.	2014

1 - Cushman and Wakefield (Apr 2015)
2 - Cushman and Wakefield (Apr 2015)
3 - RLB - Rider Levett Bucknall (Caribbean Report) (Oct 2015)
4 - RLB - Rider Levett Bucknall (Caribbean Report) (Oct 2014)

Indicators for Taxes

Data Point	Value	Units	Year
Top personal tax rate (%)	25	Percentage	2015

1 - The Heritage Foundation (Jan 2015)

Indicators for Exports

Data Point	Value	Units	Year
Computer, communications and other services (% of commercial service exports)	38.2	Percentage	2014
Insurance and financial services (% of commercial service exports)	0.5	Percentage	2014

1 - World Development Indicators (Dec 2015)
2 - World Development Indicators (Dec 2015)
3 - World Development Indicators (Dec 2015)

Transport services (% of commercial service exports) 7.8 Percentage 2014

Indicators for Size of Industry

Data Point	Value	Units	Year
Number of companies in software & IT services	66	Number of companies	2016
Number of companies in business services	371	Number of companies	2016
Number of companies in communications	28	Number of companies	2016
Number of companies in financial services	198	Number of companies	2016
Number of BPO FDI projects (2006-15)	18	FDI projects	2006-2015
Number of BPO FDI jobs (2006-15)	11992	Jobs	2006-2015

1 - fDi Intelligence from the Financial Times (Jan 2016)
2 - fDi Intelligence from the Financial Times (Jan 2016)
3 - fDi Intelligence from the Financial Times (Jan 2016)
4 - fDi Intelligence from the Financial Times (Jan 2016)
5 - fDi Markets (Jan 2015)
6 - fDi Markets (Jan 2015)

Indicators for ICT Infrastructure

Data Point	Value	Units	Year
International internet bandwidth	14210	Bits per Internet user	2014
Internet bandwidth	32.3	kb/s per user	2015
Internet download speed (kb/s)	5960.4	Kilobits per second	2014
Internet upload speed (kb/s)	2707.2	Kilobits per second	2014
Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people)	102.9	Subscriptions per 100 people	2014
Percentage of the population covered by mobile-cellular network	95	Percentage	2015
Percentage of households with personal computer	30.5	Percentage	2015
Secure internet servers	57	Servers per 1 million people	2014

1 - World Development Indicators: The Little Data Book on Information and Communication Technology (Nov 2015)
2 - Global Information Technology Report, World Economic Forum (Apr 2015)
3 - fDi Intelligence from the Financial Times based on Ookla Net Index (Jun 2014)
4 - fDi Intelligence from the Financial Times based on Ookla Net Index (Jun 2014)
5 - World Development Indicators (Nov 2015)
6 - World Development Indicators (Nov 2015)
7 - Global Information Technology Report, World Economic Forum (Apr 2015)
8 - Global Information Technology Report, World Economic Forum (Apr 2015)
9 - World Development Indicators (Nov 2015)

Percentage of individuals using the internet 40.5 Subscriptions per 100 people 2014

GDP (purchasing power parity):

$2.216 billion (2013 est.)
$2.211 billion (2012 est.)
$2.23 billion (2011 est.)
note: data are in 2013 US dollars

Population growth rate:

0.35% (2014 est.)

GDP - real growth rate:

0.2% (2013 est.)
-0.9% (2012 est.)
1.8% (2011 est.)

GDP - per capita (PPP):

$13,100 (2013 est.)
$13,200 (2012 est.)
$13,400 (2011 est.)
note: data are in 2013 US dollars

Diplomatic representation from the US:

The US does not have an embassy in Saint Lucia; the US Ambassador to Barbados is accredited to Saint Lucia

Age structure:

0-14 years: 21.2% (male 17,814/female 16,809)
15-24 years: 16.6% (male 13,701/female 13,368)
25-54 years: 42.9% (male 33,695/female 36,445)
55-64 years: 8.8% (male 6,657/female 7,717)
65 years and over: 10.2% (male 7,760/female 9,396) (2014 est.)

Geographic coordinates:

13 53 N, 60 58 W

GDP - composition, by sector of origin:

agriculture: 3.1%
industry: 17.4%
services: 79.5% (2013 est.)

Sex ratio:

at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 0.93 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 0.95 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.83 male(s)/female
total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2014 est.)

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