Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 1,143 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Roots and Tubers, Total — 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 roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Saint Lucia is 1,143 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.6% on the previous year and down 9.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Saint Lucia peaked at 2,744 ha in 1997 and was at its lowest, 897 ha, in 2006.
That places Saint Lucia 160th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Saint Lucia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,780 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,805 ha | +1.4% |
| 1963 | 1,645 ha | -8.9% |
| 1964 | 1,573 ha | -4.4% |
| 1965 | 1,726 ha | +9.7% |
| 1966 | 1,811 ha | +4.9% |
| 1967 | 1,919 ha | +6.0% |
| 1968 | 2,016 ha | +5.1% |
| 1969 | 2,124 ha | +5.4% |
| 1970 | 2,174 ha | +2.4% |
| 1971 | 2,200 ha | +1.2% |
| 1972 | 2,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 2,185 ha | -0.7% |
| 1974 | 2,120 ha | -3.0% |
| 1975 | 2,034 ha | -4.1% |
| 1976 | 2,073 ha | +1.9% |
| 1977 | 2,296 ha | +10.8% |
| 1978 | 2,344 ha | +2.1% |
| 1979 | 2,376 ha | +1.4% |
| 1980 | 2,399 ha | +1.0% |
| 1981 | 2,452 ha | +2.2% |
| 1982 | 2,465 ha | +0.5% |
| 1983 | 2,472 ha | +0.3% |
| 1984 | 2,497 ha | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 2,488 ha | -0.4% |
| 1986 | 2,489 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 2,490 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 2,501 ha | +0.4% |
| 1989 | 2,512 ha | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 2,633 ha | +4.8% |
| 1991 | 2,591 ha | -1.6% |
| 1992 | 2,622 ha | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 2,584 ha | -1.4% |
| 1994 | 2,611 ha | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 2,609 ha | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 2,478 ha | -5.0% |
| 1997 | 2,744 ha | +10.7% |
| 1998 | 2,508 ha | -8.6% |
| 1999 | 1,699 ha | -32.3% |
| 2000 | 1,984 ha | +16.8% |
| 2001 | 1,871 ha | -5.7% |
| 2002 | 1,560 ha | -16.6% |
| 2003 | 1,309 ha | -16.1% |
| 2004 | 1,196 ha | -8.6% |
| 2005 | 1,142 ha | -4.5% |
| 2006 | 897 ha | -21.5% |
| 2007 | 971 ha | +8.2% |
| 2008 | 1,042 ha | +7.3% |
| 2009 | 1,088 ha | +4.4% |
| 2010 | 1,162 ha | +6.8% |
| 2011 | 1,252 ha | +7.7% |
| 2012 | 1,422 ha | +13.6% |
| 2013 | 1,420 ha | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 1,268 ha | -10.7% |
| 2015 | 1,189 ha | -6.2% |
| 2016 | 1,131 ha | -4.9% |
| 2017 | 1,137 ha | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 1,174 ha | +3.3% |
| 2019 | 1,124 ha | -4.3% |
| 2020 | 1,146 ha | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 1,152 ha | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 1,160 ha | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 1,150 ha | -0.9% |
| 2024 | 1,143 ha | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,822 ha | 1,573 ha | 2,124 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,200 ha | 2,034 ha | 2,376 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,476 ha | 2,399 ha | 2,512 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,508 ha | 1,699 ha | 2,744 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,306 ha | 897 ha | 1,984 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,228 ha | 1,124 ha | 1,422 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,150 ha | 1,143 ha | 1,160 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Saint Lucia
- 157 Montenegro 1,913 ha compare
- 158 Mauritius 1,203 ha compare
- 159 Guadeloupe 1,148 ha compare
- 161 Puerto Rico 897 ha compare
- 162 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 799 ha compare
- 163 Trinidad and Tobago 796 ha 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 roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Saint Lucia?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Saint Lucia was 1,143 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The highest recorded value was 2,744 ha in 1997.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The lowest recorded value was 897 ha in 2006.
- How does Saint Lucia rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Saint Lucia ranks 160th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.9%. 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 Roots and Tubers, Total — 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.