Cereals, primary — Yield in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia: Cereals, primary — Yield was 700 kg/ha in 1979. ▼ Falling
Cereals, primary — Yield in Saint Lucia, 1961–1979
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cereals, primary — yield in Saint Lucia is 700 kg/ha, measured in 1979.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 21.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Saint Lucia peaked at 1,500 kg/ha in 1964 and was at its lowest, 632.7 kg/ha, in 1973.
That places Saint Lucia 169th out of 178 countries with data for 1979, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Yield in Saint Lucia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,250 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,250 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,250 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,500 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1965 | 1,250 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1966 | 1,500 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1967 | 1,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 961.5 kg/ha | -35.9% |
| 1969 | 892.9 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1970 | 840 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1971 | 714.3 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 1972 | 750 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1973 | 632.7 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 1974 | 700 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1975 | 700 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 700 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 700 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 700 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 700 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Saint Lucia compared with similar countries
- Saint Lucia's 700 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3,427 kg/ha, 20% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Saint Lucia's 700 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 3,747 kg/ha, 19% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,262 kg/ha | 892.9 kg/ha | 1,500 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 713.7 kg/ha | 632.7 kg/ha | 840 kg/ha | 10 |
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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 cereals, primary — yield in Saint Lucia?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Saint Lucia was 700 kg/ha in 1979, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,500 kg/ha in 1964.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The lowest recorded value was 632.7 kg/ha in 1973.
- How does Saint Lucia rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Saint Lucia ranks 169th out of 178 countries with data for 1979.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.6%. 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 Cereals, primary — Yield. 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.