Bananas — Area harvested in St. Lucia
St. Lucia: Bananas — Area harvested was 96 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Bananas — Area harvested in St. Lucia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, bananas — area harvested in St. 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 St. Lucia peaked at 15,000 ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 96 ha, in 2024.
That places St. Lucia 104th out of 139 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.
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 |
Countries ranked near St. Lucia
- 101 Zambia 158 ha compare
- 102 Solomon Islands 138 ha compare
- 103 Seychelles 99 ha compare
- 105 Palestine 92 ha compare
- 106 Greece 80 ha compare
- 107 Bahrain, Kingdom of 68 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for St. Lucia
- Agriculture share gdp 1.66 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 1.66 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.7% (2020)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2020)
- Rural population 70.9% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.2% (2025)
- Rural population 127,732 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.7% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 44.04 million current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 2,844 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — area harvested in St. Lucia?
- Bananas — area harvested in St. 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 St. Lucia?
- The highest recorded value was 15,000 ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest bananas — area harvested recorded in St. Lucia?
- The lowest recorded value was 96 ha in 2024.
- How does St. Lucia rank for bananas — area harvested?
- St. Lucia ranks 104th out of 139 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — area harvested rising or falling in St. Lucia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 76.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this St. 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.