Income inequality: Atkinson index in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia: Income inequality: Atkinson index was 0.3916 in 2023. ▬ Flat
Income inequality: Atkinson index in Saint Lucia, 2016–2023
Source: UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Saint Lucia recorded 0.3916 for income inequality: atkinson index in 2023. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Saint Lucia ranks 41st of 174 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Income inequality: Atkinson index in Saint Lucia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 0.3916 | — |
| 2017 | 0.3916 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.3916 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.3916 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.3916 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.3916 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.3916 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.3916 | +0.0% |
Saint Lucia compared with similar countries
- Saint Lucia's 0.3916 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.2515, 1.6× the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Saint Lucia's 0.3916 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.3457, 1.1× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.3916 | 0.3916 | 0.3916 | 4 |
| 2020s | 0.3916 | 0.3916 | 0.3916 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Saint Lucia
More poverty & inequality data for Saint Lucia
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 0 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.38 live births per woman (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 19.37 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 19.4% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 14.03 % change on previous year (2023)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via -100 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.327 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: atkinson index in Saint Lucia?
- Income inequality: atkinson index in Saint Lucia was 0.3916 in 2023, according to UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality: atkinson index recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3916 in 2016.
- What is the lowest income inequality: atkinson index recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3916 in 2016.
- How does Saint Lucia rank for income inequality: atkinson index?
- Saint Lucia ranks 41st out of 174 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income inequality: atkinson index rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Saint Lucia data come from?
- The figures come from UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality: Atkinson index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Atkinson index measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality. Depending on the country and year, the data relates to income measured after taxes and benefits, or to consumption, per capita.