Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia: Fruit Primary — Area harvested was 1,286 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Saint Lucia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for fruit primary — area harvested in Saint Lucia is 1,286 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.1% on the previous year and down 18.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — area harvested in Saint Lucia peaked at 19,351 ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 1,286 ha, in 2024.
Saint Lucia ranks 178th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Saint Lucia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,261 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,868 ha | +11.5% |
| 1963 | 6,960 ha | +18.6% |
| 1964 | 7,163 ha | +2.9% |
| 1965 | 8,000 ha | +11.7% |
| 1966 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 5,100 ha | -36.2% |
| 1971 | 5,800 ha | +13.7% |
| 1972 | 6,200 ha | +6.9% |
| 1973 | 5,000 ha | -19.4% |
| 1974 | 6,800 ha | +36.0% |
| 1975 | 3,664 ha | -46.1% |
| 1976 | 5,100 ha | +39.2% |
| 1977 | 5,500 ha | +7.8% |
| 1978 | 7,040 ha | +28.0% |
| 1979 | 6,290 ha | -10.7% |
| 1980 | 5,220 ha | -17.0% |
| 1981 | 5,270 ha | +1.0% |
| 1982 | 5,300 ha | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 5,360 ha | +1.1% |
| 1984 | 7,470 ha | +39.4% |
| 1985 | 12,662 ha | +69.5% |
| 1986 | 14,032 ha | +10.8% |
| 1987 | 15,242 ha | +8.6% |
| 1988 | 17,337 ha | +13.7% |
| 1989 | 18,227 ha | +5.1% |
| 1990 | 19,351 ha | +6.2% |
| 1991 | 7,148 ha | -63.1% |
| 1992 | 7,798 ha | +9.1% |
| 1993 | 7,875 ha | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 6,929 ha | -12.0% |
| 1995 | 7,615 ha | +9.9% |
| 1996 | 7,365 ha | -3.3% |
| 1997 | 6,994 ha | -5.0% |
| 1998 | 6,384 ha | -8.7% |
| 1999 | 2,970 ha | -53.5% |
| 2000 | 2,896 ha | -2.5% |
| 2001 | 2,489 ha | -14.1% |
| 2002 | 2,791 ha | +12.1% |
| 2003 | 2,314 ha | -17.1% |
| 2004 | 2,221 ha | -4.0% |
| 2005 | 1,820 ha | -18.1% |
| 2006 | 1,988 ha | +9.2% |
| 2007 | 1,900 ha | -4.4% |
| 2008 | 2,210 ha | +16.3% |
| 2009 | 2,078 ha | -6.0% |
| 2010 | 1,671 ha | -19.6% |
| 2011 | 1,691 ha | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 1,436 ha | -15.1% |
| 2013 | 1,609 ha | +12.0% |
| 2014 | 1,576 ha | -2.1% |
| 2015 | 1,521 ha | -3.5% |
| 2016 | 1,503 ha | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 1,553 ha | +3.3% |
| 2018 | 1,630 ha | +5.0% |
| 2019 | 1,604 ha | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 1,545 ha | -3.7% |
| 2021 | 1,440 ha | -6.8% |
| 2022 | 1,570 ha | +9.0% |
| 2023 | 1,313 ha | -16.4% |
| 2024 | 1,286 ha | -2.1% |
Saint Lucia compared with similar countries
- Saint Lucia's 1,286 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 70,344 ha, 2% of the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Saint Lucia's 1,286 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 39,663 ha, 3% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,250 ha | 5,261 ha | 8,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,649 ha | 3,664 ha | 7,040 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,612 ha | 5,220 ha | 18,227 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,043 ha | 2,970 ha | 19,351 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,271 ha | 1,820 ha | 2,896 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,579 ha | 1,436 ha | 1,691 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,431 ha | 1,286 ha | 1,570 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Saint Lucia
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.0531 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.0552 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fruit primary — area harvested in Saint Lucia?
- Fruit primary — area harvested in Saint Lucia was 1,286 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The highest recorded value was 19,351 ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,286 ha in 2024.
- How does Saint Lucia rank for fruit primary — area harvested?
- Saint Lucia ranks 178th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — area harvested rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.4%. 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 Fruit 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.