Lemons and limes — Yield in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia: Lemons and limes — Yield was 15,197 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Lemons and limes — Yield in Saint Lucia, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, lemons and limes — yield in Saint Lucia stood at 15,197 kg/ha.
The figure is up 3.4% on the previous year and up 66.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — yield in Saint Lucia peaked at 30,727 kg/ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 5,140 kg/ha, in 2007.
That places Saint Lucia 41st out of 107 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Lemons and limes — Yield in Saint Lucia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 5,946 kg/ha | — |
| 1986 | 6,216 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1987 | 6,486 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1988 | 6,757 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1989 | 7,027 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1990 | 7,500 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1991 | 6,641 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 1992 | 6,667 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 6,574 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1994 | 6,400 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1995 | 6,179 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1996 | 5,800 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1997 | 6,210 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1998 | 6,100 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1999 | 11,533 kg/ha | +89.1% |
| 2000 | 5,969 kg/ha | -48.2% |
| 2001 | 5,833 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2002 | 6,000 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2003 | 5,957 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 5,150 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 2005 | 8,133 kg/ha | +57.9% |
| 2006 | 5,900 kg/ha | -27.5% |
| 2007 | 5,140 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 2008 | 5,544 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2009 | 6,259 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 2010 | 6,323 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 6,313 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 6,302 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 6,292 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 9,143 kg/ha | +45.3% |
| 2015 | 16,704 kg/ha | +82.7% |
| 2016 | 21,231 kg/ha | +27.1% |
| 2017 | 30,727 kg/ha | +44.7% |
| 2018 | 21,800 kg/ha | -29.1% |
| 2019 | 22,053 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 15,000 kg/ha | -32.0% |
| 2021 | 15,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 15,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 14,700 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2024 | 15,197 kg/ha | +3.4% |
Saint Lucia compared with similar countries
- Saint Lucia's 15,197 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 14,000 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Saint Lucia's 15,197 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 15,230 kg/ha, 100% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lemons and limes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +89.1% | 6,100 kg/ha | 11,533 kg/ha |
| 2015 | +82.7% | 9,143 kg/ha | 16,704 kg/ha |
| 2005 | +57.9% | 5,150 kg/ha | 8,133 kg/ha |
| 2000 | -48.2% | 11,533 kg/ha | 5,969 kg/ha |
| 2014 | +45.3% | 6,292 kg/ha | 9,143 kg/ha |
| 2017 | +44.7% | 21,231 kg/ha | 30,727 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 6,486 kg/ha | 5,946 kg/ha | 7,027 kg/ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 6,960 kg/ha | 5,800 kg/ha | 11,533 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,989 kg/ha | 5,140 kg/ha | 8,133 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,689 kg/ha | 6,292 kg/ha | 30,727 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,979 kg/ha | 14,700 kg/ha | 15,197 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 lemons and limes — yield in Saint Lucia?
- Lemons and limes — yield in Saint Lucia was 15,197 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — yield recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The highest recorded value was 30,727 kg/ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — yield recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,140 kg/ha in 2007.
- How does Saint Lucia rank for lemons and limes — yield?
- Saint Lucia ranks 41st out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — yield rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 66.2%. 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 Lemons and limes — 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.