St. Lucia
Latin America & Caribbean · Upper middle income· 179K inhabitants
Last updated: May 27, 2025
Note: This country is classified as a microstate (population under 300,000) and is indexed but not included in GEFRI global or regional rankings. Microstates are excluded from rankings because their unique population size, geographic scale, and special conditions can result in atypical data patterns that may not be directly comparable with larger countries. This helps ensure that rankings are more meaningful and fair for all measured countries.
Futures readiness profile
Key insights: St. Lucia
St. Lucia lags behind global peers in Innovation (26, 11th percentile). The remaining dimensions are closer to the global average, but none demonstrate global leadership or advanced futures readiness. Broad-based, high-impact interventions are needed to drive overall education futures readiness and resilience.
Composite GEFRI Score
51.19
47th percentile
Higher scores indicate greater education futures readiness
Component scores
School Access and Gender Parity62.47
Near the global average · 49th %-tile
Governance61.12
Above global avg. · 73rd %-tile
Captures the effectiveness and quality of policies, regulations, and governance that shape the educational environment.
Infrastructure59.97
Near the global average · 40th %-tile
Measures the availability and quality of basic digital and electrical infrastructure that supports education.
Human Capital46.87
Near the global average · 35th %-tile
Assesses the educational attainment and capacity of a country’s population, focusing on access and completion at secondary and tertiary levels as well as literacy.
Innovation25.52
Below global avg. · 11th %-tile
Reflects a country’s capacity to foster, produce, and apply new knowledge and technology in society and education.
Regional peers: Latin America & Caribbean
| Global rank | Regional rank | Country | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 34 | 1 | Chile | 70.69 |
| 39 | 2 | Uruguay | 65.36 |
| 42 | 3 | Argentina | 64.34 |
| — | — | St. Vincent and the Grenadines(microstate) | 60.07 |
| — | — | Antigua and Barbuda(microstate) | 59.84 |
| — | — | Barbados(microstate) | 59.30 |
| 64 | 4 | Peru | 58.45 |
| — | — | Aruba(microstate) | 57.21 |
| — | — | Cayman Islands(microstate) | 55.79 |
| — | — | St. Kitts and Nevis(microstate) | 55.69 |
| 77 | 5 | Colombia | 55.60 |
| — | — | Turks and Caicos Islands(microstate) | 55.11 |
| — | — | Curacao(microstate) | 55.07 |
| 79 | 6 | Mexico | 54.81 |
| — | — | British Virgin Islands(microstate) | 54.50 |
| — | — | St. Martin (French part)(microstate) | 54.20 |
| — | — | Virgin Islands (U.S.)(microstate) | 54.17 |
| 82 | 7 | Brazil | 54.00 |
| 83 | 8 | Puerto Rico | 53.98 |
| 84 | 9 | Cuba | 53.76 |
| 88 | 10 | Costa Rica | 53.00 |
| — | — | Sint Maarten (Dutch part)(microstate) | 52.03 |
| — | — | St. Lucia(microstate) | 51.19 |
| 95 | 11 | Ecuador | 50.88 |
| 99 | 12 | Bolivia | 50.03 |
| 100 | 13 | Jamaica | 49.46 |
| 101 | 14 | Panama | 49.40 |
| — | — | Grenada(microstate) | 49.18 |
| 108 | 15 | Dominican Republic | 47.03 |
| — | — | Dominica(microstate) | 46.62 |
| 111 | 16 | Bahamas, The | 44.52 |
| 112 | 17 | Trinidad and Tobago | 44.42 |
| 113 | 18 | Paraguay | 44.32 |
| 116 | 19 | Guyana | 42.30 |
| 117 | 20 | El Salvador | 42.10 |
| 120 | 21 | Belize | 41.06 |
| 121 | 22 | Venezuela, RB | 40.88 |
| 125 | 23 | Suriname | 37.33 |
| 130 | 24 | Honduras | 33.83 |
| 137 | 25 | Guatemala | 31.85 |
| 138 | 26 | Nicaragua | 31.15 |
| 159 | 27 | Haiti | 23.29 |