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Average age of mothers at childbirth in Saint Lucia

Saint Lucia: Average age of mothers at childbirth was 28.76 years in 2023. ▬ Flat

Latest (2023)
28.76 years
Change on year
up 0.2%
World rank
155th
of 236 countries
All-time high
28.76 years
in 2023
All-time low
26.77 years
in 1985
Years of data
74
1950–2023

Average age of mothers at childbirth in Saint Lucia, 1950–2023

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Source: Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in years.

Analysis

The most recent figure for average age of mothers at childbirth in Saint Lucia is 28.76 years, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, average age of mothers at childbirth in Saint Lucia peaked at 28.76 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 26.77 years, in 1985.

Saint Lucia ranks 155th of 236 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Average age of mothers at childbirth in Saint Lucia, year by year

Year years Change
1950 27.87 years —
1951 27.87 years +0.0%
1952 27.87 years -0.0%
1953 27.87 years -0.0%
1954 28.02 years +0.6%
1955 28.17 years +0.5%
1956 28.41 years +0.8%
1957 28.32 years -0.3%
1958 28.28 years -0.1%
1959 28.33 years +0.2%
1960 28.44 years +0.4%
1961 28.58 years +0.5%
1962 28.6 years +0.1%
1963 28.61 years +0.0%
1964 28.59 years -0.1%
1965 28.56 years -0.1%
1966 28.53 years -0.1%
1967 28.49 years -0.1%
1968 28.45 years -0.1%
1969 28.4 years -0.2%
1970 28.33 years -0.2%
1971 28.26 years -0.3%
1972 28.17 years -0.3%
1973 28.08 years -0.3%
1974 27.99 years -0.3%
1975 27.86 years -0.5%
1976 27.74 years -0.4%
1977 27.61 years -0.5%
1978 27.49 years -0.4%
1979 27.27 years -0.8%
1980 27.1 years -0.6%
1981 27.07 years -0.1%
1982 26.95 years -0.5%
1983 26.9 years -0.2%
1984 26.86 years -0.2%
1985 26.77 years -0.3%
1986 26.79 years +0.1%
1987 26.78 years -0.0%
1988 26.8 years +0.1%
1989 26.82 years +0.1%
1990 26.9 years +0.3%
1991 26.97 years +0.2%
1992 27.02 years +0.2%
1993 27.15 years +0.5%
1994 27.24 years +0.3%
1995 27.36 years +0.4%
1996 27.42 years +0.2%
1997 27.59 years +0.6%
1998 27.67 years +0.3%
1999 27.75 years +0.3%
2000 27.7 years -0.2%
2001 27.62 years -0.3%
2002 27.66 years +0.2%
2003 27.69 years +0.1%
2004 27.74 years +0.2%
2005 27.67 years -0.2%
2006 27.75 years +0.3%
2007 27.82 years +0.3%
2008 27.93 years +0.4%
2009 27.92 years -0.1%
2010 27.93 years +0.0%
2011 28.02 years +0.3%
2012 28 years -0.1%
2013 27.99 years -0.1%
2014 28.02 years +0.1%
2015 28.13 years +0.4%
2016 28.24 years +0.4%
2017 28.34 years +0.4%
2018 28.49 years +0.5%
2019 28.59 years +0.4%
2020 28.7 years +0.3%
2021 28.7 years +0.0%
2022 28.7 years +0.0%
2023 28.76 years +0.2%

Saint Lucia compared with similar countries

  • Saint Lucia's 28.76 years is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 28.64 years, 1.0× the median. (58 countries reporting)
  • Saint Lucia's 28.76 years is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 28.04 years, 1.0× the median. (42 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1950s 28.1 years 27.87 years 28.41 years 10
1960s 28.52 years 28.4 years 28.61 years 10
1970s 27.88 years 27.27 years 28.33 years 10
1980s 26.88 years 26.77 years 27.1 years 10
1990s 27.31 years 26.9 years 27.75 years 10
2000s 27.75 years 27.62 years 27.93 years 10
2010s 28.18 years 27.93 years 28.59 years 10
2020s 28.71 years 28.7 years 28.76 years 4

Countries ranked near Saint Lucia

  1. 152 Iran 28.78 years compare
  2. 153 Fiji 28.78 years compare
  3. 153 North Korea 28.78 years compare
  4. 156 Peru 28.76 years compare
  5. 157 Botswana 28.67 years compare
  6. 158 Belarus 28.65 years compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is average age of mothers at childbirth in Saint Lucia?
Average age of mothers at childbirth in Saint Lucia was 28.76 years in 2023, according to Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest average age of mothers at childbirth recorded in Saint Lucia?
The highest recorded value was 28.76 years in 2023.
What is the lowest average age of mothers at childbirth recorded in Saint Lucia?
The lowest recorded value was 26.77 years in 1985.
How does Saint Lucia rank for average age of mothers at childbirth?
Saint Lucia ranks 155th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is average age of mothers at childbirth rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Saint Lucia data come from?
The figures come from Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Average age of mothers at childbirth. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Average age of mothers at childbirth
Unit
years
Source
Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 17,683 data points, 1891–2023
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Mean age of mothers at the birth of their children if women were subject throughout their lives to the age-specific fertility rates observed in a given year.