Wage bill as a percentage of Public Expenditure in Saint Lucia

Saint Lucia: Wage bill as a percentage of Public Expenditure was 28.3% in 2022. ▼ Falling

Latest (2022)
28.3%
Change on year
down 1.0%
World rank
66th
of 191 countries
All-time high
40.6%
in 2000
All-time low
28.3%
in 2022
Years of data
23
2000–2022

Wage bill as a percentage of Public Expenditure in Saint Lucia, 2000–2022

0102030402000201120222000: 40.62001: 402002: 372003: 37.12004: 34.82005: 29.92006: 30.22007: 32.92008: 35.12009: 34.12010: 32.92011: 30.62012: 31.42013: 33.52014: 342015: 32.72016: 34.32017: 31.22018: 30.32019: 31.82020: 28.82021: 28.62022: 28.3

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

The most recent figure for wage bill as a percentage of public expenditure in Saint Lucia is 28.3%, measured in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 23 years on record.

The figure is down 1.0% on the previous year and down 9.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, wage bill as a percentage of public expenditure in Saint Lucia peaked at 40.6% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 28.3%, in 2022.

Saint Lucia ranks 66th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.

Wage bill as a percentage of Public Expenditure in Saint Lucia, year by year

Annual values for Wage bill as a percentage of Public Expenditure in Saint Lucia, 2000 to 2022.
Year Value Change
2000 40.6%
2001 40.0% -1.5%
2002 37.0% -7.6%
2003 37.1% +0.3%
2004 34.8% -6.3%
2005 29.9% -14.0%
2006 30.2% +1.1%
2007 32.9% +8.9%
2008 35.1% +6.8%
2009 34.1% -3.0%
2010 32.9% -3.6%
2011 30.6% -7.0%
2012 31.4% +2.6%
2013 33.5% +6.9%
2014 34.0% +1.4%
2015 32.7% -3.9%
2016 34.3% +4.9%
2017 31.2% -8.9%
2018 30.3% -2.9%
2019 31.8% +4.9%
2020 28.8% -9.3%
2021 28.6% -0.7%
2022 28.3% -1.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 35.2% 29.9% 40.6% 10
2010s 32.3% 30.3% 34.3% 10
2020s 28.6% 28.3% 28.8% 3

Countries ranked near Saint Lucia

  1. 63 Central African Republic 28.6% compare
  2. 64 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 28.5% compare
  3. 65 Saint Kitts and Nevis 28.4% compare
  4. 67 Indonesia 28.3% compare
  5. 68 Malta 28.2% compare
  6. 69 Suriname 28.0% compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

More reference data data for Saint Lucia

All data for Saint Lucia →

Frequently asked questions

What is wage bill as a percentage of public expenditure in Saint Lucia?
Wage bill as a percentage of public expenditure in Saint Lucia was 28.3% in 2022, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest wage bill as a percentage of public expenditure recorded in Saint Lucia?
The highest recorded value was 40.6% in 2000.
What is the lowest wage bill as a percentage of public expenditure recorded in Saint Lucia?
The lowest recorded value was 28.3% in 2022.
How does Saint Lucia rank for wage bill as a percentage of public expenditure?
Saint Lucia ranks 66th out of 191 countries with data for 2022.
Is wage bill as a percentage of public expenditure rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
Over the last ten years it is down 9.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Saint Lucia data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Wage bill as a percentage of Public Expenditure. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 23 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Wage bill as a percentage of Public Expenditure in Saint Lucia. Statizoid. Retrieved 26 August 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/wage-bill-as-a-percentage-of-public-expenditure/st-lucia/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/wage-bill-as-a-percentage-of-public-expenditure/st-lucia/">Wage bill as a percentage of Public Expenditure in Saint Lucia</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Wage bill as a percentage of Public Expenditure
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
191 places, 4,119 data points, 2000–2022
Last refreshed