Ginger, raw — Yield in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia: Ginger, raw — Yield was 5,545 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Ginger, raw — Yield in Saint Lucia, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for ginger, raw — yield in Saint Lucia is 5,545 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 3.6% on the previous year and down 73.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ginger, raw — yield in Saint Lucia peaked at 22,000 kg/ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 2,000 kg/ha, in 1989.
That places Saint Lucia 29th out of 40 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Ginger, raw — Yield in Saint Lucia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 2,733 kg/ha | — |
| 1986 | 3,400 kg/ha | +24.4% |
| 1987 | 2,625 kg/ha | -22.8% |
| 1988 | 2,320 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 1989 | 2,000 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 1990 | 2,593 kg/ha | +29.6% |
| 1991 | 20,000 kg/ha | +671.4% |
| 1992 | 20,325 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1993 | 20,374 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 20,000 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1995 | 20,484 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1996 | 20,546 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 20,608 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 20,670 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 20,732 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 20,794 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 20,856 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 20,918 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 20,981 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 21,043 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 21,068 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 21,057 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 21,045 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 21,034 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 22,000 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2010 | 20,999 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2011 | 20,974 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 20,949 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 20,923 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 21,030 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 21,047 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 21,079 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 22,000 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2018 | 19,000 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 2019 | 22,000 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 2020 | 7,000 kg/ha | -68.2% |
| 2021 | 7,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 6,000 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 2023 | 5,750 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2024 | 5,545 kg/ha | -3.6% |
Saint Lucia compared with similar countries
- Saint Lucia's 5,545 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 8,628 kg/ha, 64% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Saint Lucia's 5,545 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 7,154 kg/ha, 78% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Ginger, raw — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +671.4% | 2,593 kg/ha | 20,000 kg/ha |
| 2020 | -68.2% | 22,000 kg/ha | 7,000 kg/ha |
| 1990 | +29.6% | 2,000 kg/ha | 2,593 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 2,616 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 3,400 kg/ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 18,633 kg/ha | 2,593 kg/ha | 20,732 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 21,080 kg/ha | 20,794 kg/ha | 22,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 21,000 kg/ha | 19,000 kg/ha | 22,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,259 kg/ha | 5,545 kg/ha | 7,000 kg/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 ginger, raw — yield in Saint Lucia?
- Ginger, raw — yield in Saint Lucia was 5,545 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest ginger, raw — yield recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The highest recorded value was 22,000 kg/ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest ginger, raw — yield recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,000 kg/ha in 1989.
- How does Saint Lucia rank for ginger, raw — yield?
- Saint Lucia ranks 29th out of 40 countries with data for 2024.
- Is ginger, raw — yield rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 73.6%. 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 Ginger, raw — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.