Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 799 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines recorded 799 ha for roots and tubers, total — area harvested in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 4.0% on the previous year and down 77.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines peaked at 10,390 ha in 1986 and was at its lowest, 799 ha, in 2024.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ranks 162nd of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,269 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,179 ha | -2.1% |
| 1963 | 5,145 ha | +23.1% |
| 1964 | 5,459 ha | +6.1% |
| 1965 | 4,881 ha | -10.6% |
| 1966 | 5,397 ha | +10.6% |
| 1967 | 3,400 ha | -37.0% |
| 1968 | 3,234 ha | -4.9% |
| 1969 | 2,739 ha | -15.3% |
| 1970 | 2,615 ha | -4.5% |
| 1971 | 3,070 ha | +17.4% |
| 1972 | 2,820 ha | -8.1% |
| 1973 | 3,501 ha | +24.1% |
| 1974 | 3,080 ha | -12.0% |
| 1975 | 2,864 ha | -7.0% |
| 1976 | 3,290 ha | +14.9% |
| 1977 | 2,338 ha | -28.9% |
| 1978 | 2,720 ha | +16.3% |
| 1979 | 2,660 ha | -2.2% |
| 1980 | 3,160 ha | +18.8% |
| 1981 | 3,030 ha | -4.1% |
| 1982 | 3,200 ha | +5.6% |
| 1983 | 3,250 ha | +1.6% |
| 1984 | 5,470 ha | +68.3% |
| 1985 | 9,530 ha | +74.2% |
| 1986 | 10,390 ha | +9.0% |
| 1987 | 5,190 ha | -50.0% |
| 1988 | 8,470 ha | +63.2% |
| 1989 | 5,005 ha | -40.9% |
| 1990 | 3,653 ha | -27.0% |
| 1991 | 3,643 ha | -0.3% |
| 1992 | 3,671 ha | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 2,915 ha | -20.6% |
| 1994 | 2,363 ha | -18.9% |
| 1995 | 2,196 ha | -7.1% |
| 1996 | 2,349 ha | +7.0% |
| 1997 | 2,127 ha | -9.5% |
| 1998 | 2,503 ha | +17.7% |
| 1999 | 2,432 ha | -2.8% |
| 2000 | 2,048 ha | -15.8% |
| 2001 | 2,113 ha | +3.2% |
| 2002 | 2,160 ha | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 2,065 ha | -4.4% |
| 2004 | 2,350 ha | +13.8% |
| 2005 | 2,575 ha | +9.6% |
| 2006 | 3,097 ha | +20.3% |
| 2007 | 3,690 ha | +19.1% |
| 2008 | 2,908 ha | -21.2% |
| 2009 | 3,349 ha | +15.2% |
| 2010 | 3,248 ha | -3.0% |
| 2011 | 3,450 ha | +6.2% |
| 2012 | 3,444 ha | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 3,504 ha | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 3,544 ha | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 1,753 ha | -50.5% |
| 2016 | 1,285 ha | -26.7% |
| 2017 | 1,148 ha | -10.7% |
| 2018 | 1,146 ha | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 1,154 ha | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 1,094 ha | -5.2% |
| 2021 | 920 ha | -15.9% |
| 2022 | 853 ha | -7.3% |
| 2023 | 832 ha | -2.5% |
| 2024 | 799 ha | -4.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,300 ha | 2,739 ha | 5,459 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,896 ha | 2,338 ha | 3,501 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,670 ha | 3,030 ha | 10,390 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,785 ha | 2,127 ha | 3,671 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,636 ha | 2,048 ha | 3,690 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,368 ha | 1,146 ha | 3,544 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 899.6 ha | 799 ha | 1,094 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- 159 Guadeloupe 1,148 ha compare
- 160 Saint Lucia 1,143 ha compare
- 161 Puerto Rico 897 ha compare
- 163 Trinidad and Tobago 796 ha compare
- 164 Martinique 649 ha compare
- 165 Niue 620 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0344 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 431.7 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.9414 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5202 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.2% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines was 799 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 Vincent and the Grenadines?
- The highest recorded value was 10,390 ha in 1986.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines?
- The lowest recorded value was 799 ha in 2024.
- How does Saint Vincent and the Grenadines rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ranks 162nd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines?
- Over the last ten years it is down 77.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 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.