Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 427 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Saint Lucia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Saint Lucia is 427 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Saint Lucia peaked at 1,100 ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 301 ha, in 2006.
That places Saint Lucia 47th out of 74 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Saint Lucia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 720 ha | — |
| 1962 | 700 ha | -2.8% |
| 1963 | 780 ha | +11.4% |
| 1964 | 820 ha | +5.1% |
| 1965 | 850 ha | +3.7% |
| 1966 | 880 ha | +3.5% |
| 1967 | 910 ha | +3.4% |
| 1968 | 940 ha | +3.3% |
| 1969 | 970 ha | +3.2% |
| 1970 | 950 ha | -2.1% |
| 1971 | 900 ha | -5.3% |
| 1972 | 840 ha | -6.7% |
| 1973 | 742 ha | -11.7% |
| 1974 | 760 ha | +2.4% |
| 1975 | 800 ha | +5.3% |
| 1976 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 900 ha | +12.5% |
| 1978 | 910 ha | +1.1% |
| 1979 | 920 ha | +1.1% |
| 1980 | 930 ha | +1.1% |
| 1981 | 930 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 940 ha | +1.1% |
| 1983 | 940 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 950 ha | +1.1% |
| 1985 | 950 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 960 ha | +1.1% |
| 1987 | 960 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 970 ha | +1.0% |
| 1989 | 970 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 980 ha | +1.0% |
| 1991 | 1,003 ha | +2.3% |
| 1992 | 990 ha | -1.3% |
| 1993 | 994 ha | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 995 ha | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 1,000 ha | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 1,012 ha | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 1,031 ha | +1.9% |
| 1998 | 1,050 ha | +1.8% |
| 1999 | 1,100 ha | +4.8% |
| 2000 | 1,089 ha | -1.0% |
| 2001 | 1,041 ha | -4.4% |
| 2002 | 827 ha | -20.6% |
| 2003 | 621 ha | -24.9% |
| 2004 | 540 ha | -13.0% |
| 2005 | 550 ha | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 301 ha | -45.3% |
| 2007 | 355 ha | +17.9% |
| 2008 | 373 ha | +5.1% |
| 2009 | 375 ha | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 418 ha | +11.5% |
| 2011 | 451 ha | +7.9% |
| 2012 | 500 ha | +10.9% |
| 2013 | 475 ha | -5.0% |
| 2014 | 419 ha | -11.8% |
| 2015 | 439 ha | +4.8% |
| 2016 | 444 ha | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 444 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 442 ha | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 441 ha | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 437 ha | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 427 ha | -2.3% |
| 2022 | 429 ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 428 ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 427 ha | -0.2% |
Saint Lucia compared with similar countries
- Saint Lucia's 427 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,325 ha, 32% of the median. (26 countries reporting)
- Saint Lucia's 427 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 762 ha, 56% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | -45.3% | 550 ha | 301 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 841.11 ha | 700 ha | 970 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 852.2 ha | 742 ha | 950 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 950 ha | 930 ha | 970 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,016 ha | 980 ha | 1,100 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 607.2 ha | 301 ha | 1,089 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 447.3 ha | 418 ha | 500 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 429.6 ha | 427 ha | 437 ha | 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 edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Saint Lucia?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Saint Lucia was 427 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,100 ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The lowest recorded value was 301 ha in 2006.
- How does Saint Lucia rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Saint Lucia ranks 47th out of 74 countries with data for 2024.
- Is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 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 Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c., fresh — 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.