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Saint Lucia

Upper-middle income Capital: Castries 11 regions
28%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 26.2K people.
MODEL64th of 183 most exposed World 21%Upper-middle income 21%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
26.2K
of 92.2K in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
5.1%
4,690 people
People in workILO
92.2K
46% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
9.4%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
20.3%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$14,746
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
68%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.37
114th of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
180K
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
15%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
22%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
29%

Women and men

MODEL

Based on the real occupation mix of women’s and men’s jobs (ILO).

Women: any exposure 38%
Men: any exposure 20%
Women: highest exposure 7.8%
Men: highest exposure 2.8%

Women are +17.8 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Saint Lucia 28%
Upper-middle income 21%
Latin America & Caribbean 26%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
Saint LuciaUpper-middle income average
Digital infrastructure 0.08
Human capital & labour policy 0.11
Innovation & integration 0.05
Regulation & ethics 0.14

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.37 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Saint Lucia is highlighted. The other dots are all countries with both measures.

Sources: ILO modelled estimates 2025 · World Bank WDI · IMF AIPI · Anthropic Economic Index · Wikidata · Natural Earth. How the estimates are made.

Regions of Saint Lucia