Lemons and limes — Production in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia: Lemons and limes — Production was 324.93 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lemons and limes — Production in Saint Lucia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lemons and limes — production in Saint Lucia is 324.93 t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 10.5% on the previous year and down 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — production in Saint Lucia peaked at 419 t in 2019 and was at its lowest, 116 t, in 1996.
That places Saint Lucia 92nd out of 127 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Lemons and limes — Production in Saint Lucia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 170 t | — |
| 1962 | 175 t | +2.9% |
| 1963 | 175 t | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 180 t | +2.9% |
| 1965 | 180 t | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 185 t | +2.8% |
| 1967 | 190 t | +2.7% |
| 1968 | 200 t | +5.3% |
| 1969 | 200 t | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 203 t | +1.5% |
| 1971 | 200 t | -1.5% |
| 1972 | 200 t | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 200 t | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 190 t | -5.0% |
| 1975 | 180 t | -5.3% |
| 1976 | 150 t | -16.7% |
| 1977 | 140 t | -6.7% |
| 1978 | 125 t | -10.7% |
| 1979 | 133 t | +6.4% |
| 1980 | 141 t | +6.0% |
| 1981 | 208 t | +47.5% |
| 1982 | 213 t | +2.4% |
| 1983 | 202 t | -5.2% |
| 1984 | 222 t | +9.9% |
| 1985 | 220 t | -0.9% |
| 1986 | 230 t | +4.5% |
| 1987 | 240 t | +4.3% |
| 1988 | 250 t | +4.2% |
| 1989 | 260 t | +4.0% |
| 1990 | 270 t | +3.8% |
| 1991 | 240 t | -11.1% |
| 1992 | 200 t | -16.7% |
| 1993 | 180 t | -10.0% |
| 1994 | 160 t | -11.1% |
| 1995 | 173 t | +8.1% |
| 1996 | 116 t | -32.9% |
| 1997 | 354 t | +205.2% |
| 1998 | 183 t | -48.3% |
| 1999 | 173 t | -5.5% |
| 2000 | 382 t | +120.8% |
| 2001 | 350 t | -8.4% |
| 2002 | 300 t | -14.3% |
| 2003 | 280 t | -6.7% |
| 2004 | 206 t | -26.4% |
| 2005 | 366 t | +77.7% |
| 2006 | 236 t | -35.5% |
| 2007 | 257 t | +8.9% |
| 2008 | 254 t | -1.2% |
| 2009 | 247 t | -2.8% |
| 2010 | 271.57 t | +9.9% |
| 2011 | 275.82 t | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 274.2 t | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 326.6 t | +19.1% |
| 2014 | 339.57 t | +4.0% |
| 2015 | 339.5 t | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 332.72 t | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 338 t | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 327 t | -3.3% |
| 2019 | 419 t | +28.1% |
| 2020 | 317 t | -24.3% |
| 2021 | 301 t | -5.0% |
| 2022 | 325 t | +8.0% |
| 2023 | 294 t | -9.5% |
| 2024 | 324.93 t | +10.5% |
Saint Lucia compared with similar countries
- Saint Lucia's 324.93 t is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 20,222 t, 2% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Saint Lucia's 324.93 t is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 14,674 t, 2% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lemons and limes — Production 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | +205.2% | 116 t | 354 t |
| 2000 | +120.8% | 173 t | 382 t |
| 2005 | +77.7% | 206 t | 366 t |
| 1998 | -48.3% | 354 t | 183 t |
| 1981 | +47.5% | 141 t | 208 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 183.89 t | 170 t | 200 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 172.1 t | 125 t | 203 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 218.6 t | 141 t | 260 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 204.9 t | 116 t | 354 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 287.8 t | 206 t | 382 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 324.4 t | 271.57 t | 419 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 312.39 t | 294 t | 325 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Saint Lucia
- 89 French Polynesia 526.73 t compare
- 90 Réunion 462 t compare
- 91 Antigua and Barbuda 442.12 t compare
- 93 Burkina Faso 320.99 t compare
- 94 Puerto Rico 313.84 t compare
- 95 Malta 240 t compare
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 lemons and limes — production in Saint Lucia?
- Lemons and limes — production in Saint Lucia was 324.93 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — production recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The highest recorded value was 419 t in 2019.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — production recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The lowest recorded value was 116 t in 1996.
- How does Saint Lucia rank for lemons and limes — production?
- Saint Lucia ranks 92nd out of 127 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — production rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.3%. 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 Lemons and limes — Production. 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.