Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield was 11,276 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Saint Lucia, 2004–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Saint Lucia recorded 11,276 kg/ha for pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 21 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.0% on the previous year and down 60.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Saint Lucia peaked at 31,667 kg/ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 11,276 kg/ha, in 2024.
That places Saint Lucia 87th out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Saint Lucia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 20,222 kg/ha | — |
| 2005 | 19,800 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 19,692 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 20,067 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 19,812 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2009 | 22,250 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 2010 | 24,323 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2011 | 25,957 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2012 | 31,667 kg/ha | +22.0% |
| 2013 | 29,152 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 2014 | 28,331 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2015 | 28,807 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 28,993 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 29,471 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 24,857 kg/ha | -15.7% |
| 2019 | 22,842 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 2020 | 12,000 kg/ha | -47.5% |
| 2021 | 12,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 12,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 12,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 11,276 kg/ha | -6.0% |
Saint Lucia compared with similar countries
- Saint Lucia's 11,276 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 14,970 kg/ha, 75% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Saint Lucia's 11,276 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 12,088 kg/ha, 93% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pumpkins, squash and gourds — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | -47.5% | 22,842 kg/ha | 12,000 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 20,307 kg/ha | 19,692 kg/ha | 22,250 kg/ha | 6 |
| 2010s | 27,440 kg/ha | 22,842 kg/ha | 31,667 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,855 kg/ha | 11,276 kg/ha | 12,000 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Saint Lucia
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 pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Saint Lucia?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Saint Lucia was 11,276 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The highest recorded value was 31,667 kg/ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,276 kg/ha in 2024.
- How does Saint Lucia rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield?
- Saint Lucia ranks 87th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 60.2%. 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 Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield. 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.