Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia: Cereals, primary — Area harvested was 0 ha in 1980. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Saint Lucia, 1961–1980
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 1980, cereals, primary — area harvested in Saint Lucia stood at 0 ha. That is the lowest value across all 20 years on record.
The figure is down 100.0% on the previous year and down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — area harvested in Saint Lucia peaked at 50 ha in 1974 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1980.
That places Saint Lucia 175th out of 178 countries with data for 1980, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Saint Lucia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 40 ha | — |
| 1962 | 40 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 24 ha | -40.0% |
| 1964 | 12 ha | -50.0% |
| 1965 | 16 ha | +33.3% |
| 1966 | 20 ha | +25.0% |
| 1967 | 20 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 26 ha | +30.0% |
| 1969 | 28 ha | +7.7% |
| 1970 | 25 ha | -10.7% |
| 1971 | 35 ha | +40.0% |
| 1972 | 40 ha | +14.3% |
| 1973 | 49 ha | +22.5% |
| 1974 | 50 ha | +2.0% |
| 1975 | 50 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 50 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 50 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 50 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 50 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0 ha | -100.0% |
Saint Lucia compared with similar countries
- Saint Lucia's 0 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 354,364 ha. (47 countries reporting)
- Saint Lucia's 0 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 170,633 ha. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Saint Lucia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | -100.0% | 50 ha | 0 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 25.11 ha | 12 ha | 40 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 44.9 ha | 25 ha | 50 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 1 |
Countries ranked near Saint Lucia
- 172 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 32 ha compare
- 173 Antigua and Barbuda 26 ha compare
- 174 Djibouti 9 ha
- 175 Barbados 0 ha compare
- 175 China, Hong Kong SAR 0 ha compare
- 175 Malta 0 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 cereals, primary — area harvested in Saint Lucia?
- Cereals, primary — area harvested in Saint Lucia was 0 ha in 1980, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The highest recorded value was 50 ha in 1974.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1980.
- How does Saint Lucia rank for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- Saint Lucia ranks 175th out of 178 countries with data for 1980.
- Is cereals, primary — area harvested rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Saint Lucia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cereals, primary — 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.