Cocoa beans — Gross per capita Production Index Number in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia: Cocoa beans — Gross per capita Production Index Number was 65.5 in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cocoa beans — Gross per capita Production Index Number in Saint Lucia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Analysis
In 2024, cocoa beans — gross per capita production index number in Saint Lucia stood at 65.5. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.0% on the previous year and down 15.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cocoa beans — gross per capita production index number in Saint Lucia peaked at 2,276 in 1961 and was at its lowest, 65.5, in 2024.
Saint Lucia ranks 41st of 50 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cocoa beans — Gross per capita Production Index Number in Saint Lucia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,276 | — |
| 1962 | 1,501 | -34.0% |
| 1963 | 1,485 | -1.1% |
| 1964 | 1,470 | -1.0% |
| 1965 | 727.44 | -50.5% |
| 1966 | 720.27 | -1.0% |
| 1967 | 712.73 | -1.0% |
| 1968 | 704.44 | -1.2% |
| 1969 | 696.12 | -1.2% |
| 1970 | 687.45 | -1.2% |
| 1971 | 678.25 | -1.3% |
| 1972 | 669.05 | -1.4% |
| 1973 | 1,221 | +82.4% |
| 1974 | 650.19 | -46.7% |
| 1975 | 640.51 | -1.5% |
| 1976 | 630.82 | -1.5% |
| 1977 | 621.37 | -1.5% |
| 1978 | 612.26 | -1.5% |
| 1979 | 651.71 | +6.4% |
| 1980 | 428.05 | -34.3% |
| 1981 | 280.95 | -34.4% |
| 1982 | 288.09 | +2.5% |
| 1983 | 334.62 | +16.2% |
| 1984 | 362.79 | +8.4% |
| 1985 | 549.09 | +51.4% |
| 1986 | 540.39 | -1.6% |
| 1987 | 532.32 | -1.5% |
| 1988 | 525.33 | -1.3% |
| 1989 | 519.51 | -1.1% |
| 1990 | 246.94 | -52.5% |
| 1991 | 274.49 | +11.2% |
| 1992 | 300.47 | +9.5% |
| 1993 | 340.47 | +13.3% |
| 1994 | 247.92 | -27.2% |
| 1995 | 133.99 | -46.0% |
| 1996 | 150.86 | +12.6% |
| 1997 | 139.45 | -7.6% |
| 1998 | 105.46 | -24.4% |
| 1999 | 117.67 | +11.6% |
| 2000 | 102.84 | -12.6% |
| 2001 | 132.78 | +29.1% |
| 2002 | 140.97 | +6.2% |
| 2003 | 164.1 | +16.4% |
| 2004 | 219.9 | +34.0% |
| 2005 | 278.62 | +26.7% |
| 2006 | 234.08 | -16.0% |
| 2007 | 342.43 | +46.3% |
| 2008 | 420.12 | +22.7% |
| 2009 | 459.25 | +9.3% |
| 2010 | 236.53 | -48.5% |
| 2011 | 190.3 | -19.5% |
| 2012 | 103.55 | -45.6% |
| 2013 | 236.03 | +127.9% |
| 2014 | 77.38 | -67.2% |
| 2015 | 129.75 | +67.7% |
| 2016 | 92.87 | -28.4% |
| 2017 | 84.46 | -9.1% |
| 2018 | 68.11 | -19.4% |
| 2019 | 79.84 | +17.2% |
| 2020 | 71.62 | -10.3% |
| 2021 | 131.1 | +83.0% |
| 2022 | 115.04 | -12.3% |
| 2023 | 71.2 | -38.1% |
| 2024 | 65.5 | -8.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,144 | 696.12 | 2,276 | 9 |
| 1970s | 706.21 | 612.26 | 1,221 | 10 |
| 1980s | 436.11 | 280.95 | 549.09 | 10 |
| 1990s | 205.77 | 105.46 | 340.47 | 10 |
| 2000s | 249.51 | 102.84 | 459.25 | 10 |
| 2010s | 129.88 | 68.11 | 236.53 | 10 |
| 2020s | 90.89 | 65.5 | 131.1 | 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 cocoa beans — gross per capita production index number in Saint Lucia?
- Cocoa beans — gross per capita production index number in Saint Lucia was 65.5 in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cocoa beans — gross per capita production index number recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The highest recorded value was 2,276 in 1961.
- What is the lowest cocoa beans — gross per capita production index number recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The lowest recorded value was 65.5 in 2024.
- How does Saint Lucia rank for cocoa beans — gross per capita production index number?
- Saint Lucia ranks 41st out of 50 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cocoa beans — gross per capita production index number rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.4%. 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 Cocoa beans — Gross per capita Production Index Number (2014-2016 = 100). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The FAO indices of agricultural production show the relative level of the aggregate volume of agricultural production for each year in comparison with the base period 2014-2016. Indices for meat production are computed based on data on production from indigenous animals.