Bananas — Area harvested in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia: Bananas — Area harvested was 96 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Bananas — Area harvested in Saint Lucia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, bananas — area harvested in Saint Lucia stood at 96 ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 23.2% on the previous year and down 76.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — area harvested in Saint Lucia peaked at 15,000 ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 96 ha, in 2024.
That places Saint Lucia 104th out of 141 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Bananas — Area harvested in Saint Lucia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,261 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,868 ha | +11.5% |
| 1963 | 6,960 ha | +18.6% |
| 1964 | 7,163 ha | +2.9% |
| 1965 | 8,000 ha | +11.7% |
| 1966 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 5,100 ha | -36.2% |
| 1971 | 5,800 ha | +13.7% |
| 1972 | 6,200 ha | +6.9% |
| 1973 | 5,000 ha | -19.4% |
| 1974 | 6,800 ha | +36.0% |
| 1975 | 3,664 ha | -46.1% |
| 1976 | 5,100 ha | +39.2% |
| 1977 | 5,500 ha | +7.8% |
| 1978 | 6,600 ha | +20.0% |
| 1979 | 6,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1980 | 4,900 ha | -18.3% |
| 1981 | 4,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 4,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 4,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 7,000 ha | +42.9% |
| 1985 | 8,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1986 | 9,310 ha | +16.4% |
| 1987 | 10,500 ha | +12.8% |
| 1988 | 12,600 ha | +20.0% |
| 1989 | 13,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 1990 | 15,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1991 | 2,786 ha | -81.4% |
| 1992 | 3,441 ha | +23.5% |
| 1993 | 3,486 ha | +1.3% |
| 1994 | 2,507 ha | -28.1% |
| 1995 | 3,053 ha | +21.8% |
| 1996 | 2,837 ha | -7.1% |
| 1997 | 2,183 ha | -23.1% |
| 1998 | 1,747 ha | -20.0% |
| 1999 | 1,857 ha | +6.3% |
| 2000 | 1,486 ha | -20.0% |
| 2001 | 1,094 ha | -26.4% |
| 2002 | 1,422 ha | +30.0% |
| 2003 | 1,095 ha | -23.0% |
| 2004 | 1,001 ha | -8.6% |
| 2005 | 718 ha | -28.3% |
| 2006 | 809 ha | +12.7% |
| 2007 | 710 ha | -12.2% |
| 2008 | 961 ha | +35.4% |
| 2009 | 872 ha | -9.3% |
| 2010 | 477 ha | -45.3% |
| 2011 | 496 ha | +4.0% |
| 2012 | 308 ha | -37.9% |
| 2013 | 391 ha | +26.9% |
| 2014 | 416 ha | +6.4% |
| 2015 | 384 ha | -7.7% |
| 2016 | 349 ha | -9.1% |
| 2017 | 386 ha | +10.6% |
| 2018 | 422 ha | +9.3% |
| 2019 | 357 ha | -15.4% |
| 2020 | 322 ha | -9.8% |
| 2021 | 200 ha | -37.9% |
| 2022 | 234 ha | +17.0% |
| 2023 | 125 ha | -46.6% |
| 2024 | 96 ha | -23.2% |
Saint Lucia compared with similar countries
- Saint Lucia's 96 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 6,574 ha, 1% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Saint Lucia's 96 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 6,955 ha, 1% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,250 ha | 5,261 ha | 8,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,576 ha | 3,664 ha | 6,800 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,051 ha | 4,900 ha | 13,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,890 ha | 1,747 ha | 15,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,017 ha | 710 ha | 1,486 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 398.6 ha | 308 ha | 496 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 195.4 ha | 96 ha | 322 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Saint Lucia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 16.57 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0166 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 244.45 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2268 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.709 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.7% (2020)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2020)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — area harvested in Saint Lucia?
- Bananas — area harvested in Saint Lucia was 96 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — area harvested recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The highest recorded value was 15,000 ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest bananas — area harvested recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The lowest recorded value was 96 ha in 2024.
- How does Saint Lucia rank for bananas — area harvested?
- Saint Lucia ranks 104th out of 141 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — area harvested rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 76.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Saint Lucia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Bananas — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.