Freedom and Rights in Saint Lucia

An important aspect of responsible and ethical travel is an awareness of your destination country's record on political and economic freedoms, civil and political rights, and corruption and press censorship. Here we have amalgamated data from a range of indices produced by different worldwide organisations (see details below) to assess the status of Saint Lucia across these measures. Saint Lucia currently has an overall ranking of 76 out of 195 countries. To see how Saint Lucia compares with other countries, see our full list of countries freedoms and rights. Please be aware this is just intended as a broad overview and snapshot and the rankings are dependent on the criteria used by the respective organisations.

Index	Status	Score	Rank
Freedom in the World	Free	1	-
Democracy Index	No Data	-	-
Index of Economic Freedom	Mostly Free	70.2	35 (179)
Press Freedom Index	No Data	-	-
ILGA LGBT rights	No rights	-2	-
Corruption Perceptions Index	No Data	-	-
Average		58.63	76 (195)

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	Freedom in the World Freedom in the World, Freedom House’s flagship publication, is the standard-setting comparative assessment of global political rights and civil liberties. Published annually since 1972, the survey ratings and narrative reports on 195 countries and 14 related and disputed territories are used by policymakers, the media, international corporations, civic activists, and human rights defenders to monitor trends in democracy and track improvements and setbacks in freedom worldwide. Year of Report: 2015 Scoring: 1 to 7 (1=most free, 7=least free) Results: 1 - Free Breakdown: Political Rights (1), Civil Liberties (1)
	Index of Economic Freedom For over a decade, The Wall Street Journal and The Heritage Foundation, Washington's preeminent think tank, have tracked the march of economic freedom around the world with the influential Index of Economic Freedom. Since 1995, the Index has brought Adam Smith's theories about liberty, prosperity and economic freedom to life by creating 10 benchmarks that gauge the economic success of 185 countries around the world, covering 10 freedoms from property rights to entrepreneurship. Year of Report: 2015 Scoring: 1 to 100 (1=least free, 100=most free) Results: 70.2 - Mostly Free Rank: 35/179
	ILGA LGBT rights The ILGA Report on State-Sponsored Homophobia is a comprehensive outline of the legal status of same-sex sexual activity in countries across the world. In addition to core legal issues, it addresses issues around same-sex marriage and adoption, the prohibition of discrimination in employment and constitutionally and issues around hate crimes and incitement to hatred. Year of Report: 2015 Scoring: -5 to 10 (-5=fewest rights, 10=most rights) Results: -2 - No rights Breakdown: Homosexuality illegal (-2)

Freedom in the World

Freedom in the World, Freedom House’s flagship publication, is the standard-setting comparative assessment of global political rights and civil liberties. Published annually since 1972, the survey ratings and narrative reports on 195 countries and 14 related and disputed territories are used by policymakers, the media, international corporations, civic activists, and human rights defenders to monitor trends in democracy and track improvements and setbacks in freedom worldwide.

Year of Report: 2015 Scoring: 1 to 7 (1=most free, 7=least free)

Results: 1 - Free

Breakdown: Political Rights (1), Civil Liberties (1)

Index of Economic Freedom

For over a decade, The Wall Street Journal and The Heritage Foundation, Washington's preeminent think tank, have tracked the march of economic freedom around the world with the influential Index of Economic Freedom. Since 1995, the Index has brought Adam Smith's theories about liberty, prosperity and economic freedom to life by creating 10 benchmarks that gauge the economic success of 185 countries around the world, covering 10 freedoms from property rights to entrepreneurship.

Year of Report: 2015 Scoring: 1 to 100 (1=least free, 100=most free)

Results: 70.2 - Mostly Free Rank: 35/179

ILGA LGBT rights

The ILGA Report on State-Sponsored Homophobia is a comprehensive outline of the legal status of same-sex sexual activity in countries across the world. In addition to core legal issues, it addresses issues around same-sex marriage and adoption, the prohibition of discrimination in employment and constitutionally and issues around hate crimes and incitement to hatred.

Year of Report: 2015 Scoring: -5 to 10 (-5=fewest rights, 10=most rights)

Results: -2 - No rights

Breakdown: Homosexuality illegal (-2)