Cassava, fresh — Yield in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia: Cassava, fresh — Yield was 2,088 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Saint Lucia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cassava, fresh — yield in Saint Lucia is 2,088 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and down 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — yield in Saint Lucia peaked at 4,091 kg/ha in 1974 and was at its lowest, 2,023 kg/ha, in 2020.
Saint Lucia ranks 89th of 93 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Saint Lucia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,939 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,941 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 4,000 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1964 | 3,943 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1965 | 3,943 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 3,889 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1967 | 3,919 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1968 | 3,947 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1969 | 3,974 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1970 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1971 | 4,024 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1972 | 4,048 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1973 | 4,070 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1974 | 4,091 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1975 | 3,693 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1976 | 3,687 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1977 | 3,542 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1978 | 3,520 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1979 | 3,462 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1980 | 3,462 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 3,462 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 3,370 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1983 | 3,407 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1984 | 3,286 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1985 | 3,321 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1986 | 3,321 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 3,241 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1988 | 3,241 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 3,241 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 3,167 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1991 | 3,130 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1992 | 3,097 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1993 | 3,091 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 3,079 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 3,074 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 3,062 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1997 | 3,055 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 3,044 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 3,030 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 3,026 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 3,022 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 3,017 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 3,013 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 3,008 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 3,001 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 3,043 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 3,029 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 3,056 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 2,807 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 2010 | 2,616 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2011 | 2,422 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 2012 | 2,167 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 2013 | 2,155 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 2,129 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 2,154 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 2,146 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 2,125 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 2,097 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2019 | 2,062 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2020 | 2,023 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2021 | 2,087 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 2,074 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 2,074 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 2,088 kg/ha | +0.7% |
Saint Lucia compared with similar countries
- Saint Lucia's 2,088 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 12,401 kg/ha, 17% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Saint Lucia's 2,088 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 10,632 kg/ha, 20% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,944 kg/ha | 3,889 kg/ha | 4,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,814 kg/ha | 3,462 kg/ha | 4,091 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,335 kg/ha | 3,241 kg/ha | 3,462 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,083 kg/ha | 3,030 kg/ha | 3,167 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,002 kg/ha | 2,807 kg/ha | 3,056 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,207 kg/ha | 2,062 kg/ha | 2,616 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,069 kg/ha | 2,023 kg/ha | 2,088 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Saint Lucia
- 86 Equatorial Guinea 3,169 kg/ha compare
- 87 Martinique 2,444 kg/ha compare
- 88 Singapore 2,371 kg/ha compare
- 90 Uganda 1,971 kg/ha compare
- 91 Sudan (former) 1,761 kg/ha compare
- 92 Maldives 1,468 kg/ha compare
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 cassava, fresh — yield in Saint Lucia?
- Cassava, fresh — yield in Saint Lucia was 2,088 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The highest recorded value was 4,091 kg/ha in 1974.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,023 kg/ha in 2020.
- How does Saint Lucia rank for cassava, fresh — yield?
- Saint Lucia ranks 89th out of 93 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — yield rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Saint Lucia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cassava, fresh — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.