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shortage.life · session_log · 2026-05-17 14:32 UTCPID 47023 · ttyS0 · uptime 312d

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shortage.life

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$ shortage country get LCA
> stress_index: 0.50 WATCH
> 1 events · 1 scenarios
> refreshed 2026-05-17

// readout · live

BRENT     $84.27 ▲
TTF       €31.50 ▼
OPEC_SP   3.8 mb/d ●
SPR_US    372.4 Mb
FAO_FFPI  121.4 ▲

auto-refresh 60slatency 312msbuild 0.3.0commit f3a2c81UTC 00:00:00

$_TICKER

BRENT$84.27▲0.50%WTI$80.15▲0.39%TTF€31.50▼3.67%NBP72.4p▼1.50%HH$2.84▲1.43%SPR_US372.4 Mb18.7dEU_GAS78.3%▲0.4ppOPEC_SPARE3.8 mb/d▼0.3FAO_FFPI121.4▲0.8WHT.SRW$6.42/bu▲1.84%RIC.THAI$612/t▲0.32%UREA$378/t▲2.71%LITH$13,820/t▼0.84%COBL$31,400/t—CU$9,820/t▲0.65%NI$17,420/t▼1.10%BRENT$84.27▲0.50%WTI$80.15▲0.39%TTF€31.50▼3.67%NBP72.4p▼1.50%HH$2.84▲1.43%SPR_US372.4 Mb18.7dEU_GAS78.3%▲0.4ppOPEC_SPARE3.8 mb/d▼0.3FAO_FFPI121.4▲0.8WHT.SRW$6.42/bu▲1.84%RIC.THAI$612/t▲0.32%UREA$378/t▲2.71%LITH$13,820/t▼0.84%COBL$31,400/t—CU$9,820/t▲0.65%NI$17,420/t▼1.10%

~/countries/LCA·region: Caribbean·tier: monitored·methodology: v3.2cite · /api/v1/countries/LCA

Saint Lucia / LCA

ISO LCALC│capital: Castries│region: Caribbean│population: 0.18M

WATCH

STRESS INDEX · v3.20.50

[ 01 ]$_STRESS INDEX · v3.2 composite

COMPOSITE · 0–1 SCALE0.50

The v3.2 stress index is a six-axis composite of energy and food exposure, geopolitical pressure, fiscal headroom, demography and supply concentration, normalised to a 0–1 scale.

stress index · 18-month history0–1 composite

[ 02 ]$_MACRO · economy and territory

NOMINAL GDP$2.5 bn

GDP PER CAPITA$14,000

AREA617 km²

POPULATION0.18M

INFLATION · 20263.5%

INFLATION FORECAST · 20273%

CURRENCY DEPR. · 1Y2%

PUBLIC DEBT / GDP70%

UNEMPLOYMENT11%

ELECTRICITY ACCESS99%

electricity generation mix · %

Fossil96 96.0%
Nuclear0 0.0%
Renewables4 4.0%

inflation · 2022–2027%

[ 03 ]$_ENERGY PROFILE · production and consumption

OIL PRODUCTION0 mb/d

OIL CONSUMPTION0.005 mb/d

GAS PRODUCTION0 bcm

GAS CONSUMPTION0 bcm

POSTUREnet importer

IMPORT DEPENDENCY97%

[ 04 ]$_FOOD POSTURE · cereals

CEREAL SELF-SUFFICIENCY0%

POSTUREnet importer

key commodities:

oilwheat

[ 05 ]$_RESILIENCE · oil cover

OIL STOCK COVER18days

[ 06 ]$_COUNTRY BRIEF · shortage posture

Saint Lucia is a small Eastern Caribbean island that imports nearly all of its energy and food, generating power from imported diesel. Tourism drives the economy and energy demand. Hurricanes threaten its infrastructure and harvests.

[ 07 ]$_VULNERABILITIES · pressure points

▸Near-total energy-import dependence
▸Diesel-fired island grid
▸Hurricane exposure
▸Negligible agriculture and total food import

[ 08 ]$_WATER · drought & lake levels

WATER STRESShigh

DROUGHTmoderate

Saint Lucia faces dry-season water stress with limited reservoir storage.

MAJOR LAKES & RESERVOIRS

John Compton Dam (reservoir)below normal

[ 09 ]$_EVENTS · tagged register

1 events recorded

2026-03-12ECONIran-war fuel price shock hits Caribbean importersCARICOM Energy Unit

[ 10 ]$_SCENARIOS · with exposure

// CARIBBEAN-FUEL-2026

Caribbean import-fuel crisis.

prob 0.48

severity 3.5 / 5 · revision 2026-05-10elevated · 14 Caribbean economies · diesel + jet fuel + power

open scenario →

[ 11 ]$_STRATEGIC RESERVES · by stock type

STOCK TYPE	RESERVE	DAYS COVER	STATUS
Oil · commercial inventoriesNearly all fuel is imported to run a diesel-fired island grid.	limited	18days	WATCH
Food · commercial stocksNegligible agriculture leaves Saint Lucia dependent on imported staples.	minimal	20days	WATCH

[ 12 ]$_CORPORATE FAILURES · Q1 2026

Q1 2026 FILINGS38

YEAR-ON-YEAR▲ +13%

RANK · WORLD#173

TourismAgriculture

$ curl -s https://api.shortage.life/v1/countries/LCA | jq '.stress'
> 0.50

endpoint: /api/v1/countries/LCA·MCP: get-country-profile(iso=LCA)·license: CC-BY-4.0