Statistics

St Helena in Figures

Charts and commentaries on key topics, using the latest statistics

Census 2021

The latest Population and Housing Census was taken on February 7, 2021

Population

Resident on-island, end of September 2023

4,078

-145 on end of September 2022 (4,223)

Gross Domestic Product

Annual, 2021/22, market prices

£39.0 million

-1.7% on 2020/21 (£39.6m, 2021/22 prices)

Inflation

Retail Price Index, annual change Q3 2023

2.7%

+0.5 percentage points on Q2 2023 (2.2%)

Median Income

Annual, full-time employment, 2021/22

£9,460

-1.5% on 2020/21 (£9,600, 2021/22 prices)

Arrivals

Annual total, October 2022 to September 2023

4,171

+1,564 on October 2021 to September 2022 (2,607)

Departures

Annual total, October 2022 to September 2023

4,226

+1,614 on October 2021 to September 2022 (2,612)

Imports

Annual total, goods, FY22/23

£23.8m

+£2.9m on FY21/22

Visitor expenditure

Annual range estimate, 2022

£3.8m to £5.3m

+£1.8m to £2.6m on 2021

Births

On-Island, October 2022 to September 2023

15

-12 on October 2021 to September 2022 (27)

Deaths

On-Island, October 2022 to September 2023

59

+5 on October 2021 to September 2022 (54)

Population Projections

Estimated size of different population groups using five different migration scenarios.

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