Quality of life comparison
If you lived in California instead of Saint Lucia, you would:
Economy
make 3.7 times more money
Saint Lucia has a GDP per capita of $22,700 as of 2023, while in California, the GDP per capita is $84,028 as of 2024.
be 54.0% less likely to be unemployed
In Saint Lucia, 11.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In California, that number is 5.1% as of 2025.
Basic Needs
be 18.7% more likely to have internet access
In Saint Lucia, approximately 78.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In California, about 92.6% do as of 2023.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Bureau of Labor Statistics, US Census Bureau (American Community Survey), Bureau of Economic Analysis.
