St Lucia     [71]
(Independent in 1979 from United Kingdom)
ISO COUNTRY CODE: LC
LAND AREA: 619 sq. km
NUMBER OF ISLANDS BY SIZE (sq. km):

>17,000	>10,000	>1,000	>100	>10	>1	<1	Unknown	TOTAL
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1

DEMOGRAPHY
  POPULATION: 144000 (1996)
  DENSITY: 233 persons/sq. km    GROWTH RATE: 2%/year
  POP AGR/FISH/MINING: 37%
  URBAN POP: 48% (1994), versus 39% (1960), Annual Growth: 2.0%
  LIFE EXPECTANCY: 71.0 years,  ADULT LITERACY: 82.0%
  HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX: 0.838

ECONOMY
  GNP: US$0.5 billion,  Annual Growth Rate GNP/Capita: 4.4%
  GDP/Capita: $2665  GDP/Capita PPP: $6182
  GDP/Capita: 1960 $0, 1970 $0, 1980 $0, 1990 $2722
  OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE: $47 million  ODA%GNP: 9.6%
  ODA/Capita: $313

ENVIRONMENT (see also individual islands)
  TOTAL FOREST AREA: 5,000 ha, 8.2% of land area, 0.0 ha/capita
  NATURAL FOREST AREA: 5,000 ha
  ARABLE LAND: 8.1% of land area
NATURE CONSERVATION INTEREST:

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
  ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION: 794 kw-hr/capita, versus 178 kw-hr/cap (1970)

INSTITUTIONS
GOVERNMENT ENVIRONMENT/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY:

Forestry Division, Ministry of Agriculture, Castries                    
Wildlife Department                                                     
Parks and Beaches Commission                                            
Fisheries Management Unit                                               

Signatory of CITES                                                      
Wildlife Protection Act (No. 9, 1980)                                   
Forest, Soil and Water Conservation Ordinance (Cap. 25, 1946)           
  Amended 1983                                                          
St Lucia National Trust Act (No. 16, 1975)                              
Fisheries Act (No. 10, 1984)                                            

St Lucia Naturalists' Society                                           
St Lucia National Trust