Real Effective Exchange Rate in Saint Lucia

Saint Lucia: Real Effective Exchange Rate was 102.36 in 2018. ▼ Falling

Latest (2018)
102.36
Change on year
down 0.8%
World rank
49th
of 107 countries
All-time high
116.78
in 2001
All-time low
97.36
in 2008
Years of data
19
2000–2018

Real Effective Exchange Rate in Saint Lucia, 2000–2018

02550751001252000200920182000: 111.62001: 116.82002: 113.42003: 108.22004: 1032005: 101.62006: 101.42007: 97.92008: 97.42009: 99.92010: 1002011: 97.42012: 100.22013: 100.62014: 102.92015: 106.92016: 1052017: 103.22018: 102.4

Source: World Bank staff calculations based on Datastream and IMF International Finance Statistics data.

Analysis

Saint Lucia recorded 102.36 for real effective exchange rate in 2018.

That represents a change of down 0.8% on the previous year and up 5.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, real effective exchange rate in Saint Lucia peaked at 116.78 in 2001 and was at its lowest, 97.36, in 2008.

That places Saint Lucia 49th out of 107 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 105.11 97.36 116.78 10
2010s 102.05 97.39 106.88 9

Countries ranked near Saint Lucia

  1. 46 New Zealand 102.87 compare
  2. 47 Latvia 102.84 compare
  3. 48 Austria 102.77 compare
  4. 50 Dominica 101.85 compare
  5. 51 Thailand 101.73 compare
  6. 52 Sierra Leone 101.72 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is real effective exchange rate in Saint Lucia?
Real effective exchange rate in Saint Lucia was 102.36 in 2018, according to World Bank staff calculations based on Datastream and IMF International Finance Statistics data.
What is the highest real effective exchange rate recorded in Saint Lucia?
The highest recorded value was 116.78 in 2001.
What is the lowest real effective exchange rate recorded in Saint Lucia?
The lowest recorded value was 97.36 in 2008.
How does Saint Lucia rank for real effective exchange rate?
Saint Lucia ranks 49th out of 107 countries with data for 2018.
Is real effective exchange rate rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
Over the last ten years it is up 5.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Saint Lucia data come from?
The figures come from World Bank staff calculations based on Datastream and IMF International Finance Statistics data, published as part of Real Effective Exchange Rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Real Effective Exchange Rate
Source
World Bank staff calculations based on Datastream and IMF International Finance Statistics data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
117 places, 2,839 data points, 1994–2024
Last refreshed

Real effective exchange rate is the nominal effective exchange rate (a measure of the value of a currency against a weighted average of several foreign currencies) divided by a price deflator or index of costs.