Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia: Roots and Tubers, Total — Production was 4,292 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in Saint Lucia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Saint Lucia recorded 4,292 t for roots and tubers, total — production in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.4% on the previous year and down 7.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — production in Saint Lucia peaked at 11,535 t in 1990 and was at its lowest, 3,591 t, in 2006.
That places Saint Lucia 171st 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 — Production in Saint Lucia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,533 t | — |
| 1962 | 7,183 t | +9.9% |
| 1963 | 6,456 t | -10.1% |
| 1964 | 6,129 t | -5.1% |
| 1965 | 6,749 t | +10.1% |
| 1966 | 7,050 t | +4.5% |
| 1967 | 7,635 t | +8.3% |
| 1968 | 8,130 t | +6.5% |
| 1969 | 8,565 t | +5.4% |
| 1970 | 9,058 t | +5.8% |
| 1971 | 9,107 t | +0.5% |
| 1972 | 8,888 t | -2.4% |
| 1973 | 8,814 t | -0.8% |
| 1974 | 9,220 t | +4.6% |
| 1975 | 9,262 t | +0.5% |
| 1976 | 9,541 t | +3.0% |
| 1977 | 9,865 t | +3.4% |
| 1978 | 10,121 t | +2.6% |
| 1979 | 10,231 t | +1.1% |
| 1980 | 10,230 t | -0.0% |
| 1981 | 10,353 t | +1.2% |
| 1982 | 10,392 t | +0.4% |
| 1983 | 10,445 t | +0.5% |
| 1984 | 10,620 t | +1.7% |
| 1985 | 10,645 t | +0.2% |
| 1986 | 10,700 t | +0.5% |
| 1987 | 10,730 t | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 10,840 t | +1.0% |
| 1989 | 11,020 t | +1.7% |
| 1990 | 11,535 t | +4.7% |
| 1991 | 10,965 t | -4.9% |
| 1992 | 10,855 t | -1.0% |
| 1993 | 10,638 t | -2.0% |
| 1994 | 10,553 t | -0.8% |
| 1995 | 10,393 t | -1.5% |
| 1996 | 9,905 t | -4.7% |
| 1997 | 11,199 t | +13.1% |
| 1998 | 9,949 t | -11.2% |
| 1999 | 6,754 t | -32.1% |
| 2000 | 8,147 t | +20.6% |
| 2001 | 7,587 t | -6.9% |
| 2002 | 6,403 t | -15.6% |
| 2003 | 5,247 t | -18.0% |
| 2004 | 4,757 t | -9.3% |
| 2005 | 4,398 t | -7.6% |
| 2006 | 3,591 t | -18.3% |
| 2007 | 3,894 t | +8.4% |
| 2008 | 4,256 t | +9.3% |
| 2009 | 4,168 t | -2.1% |
| 2010 | 4,339 t | +4.1% |
| 2011 | 4,531 t | +4.4% |
| 2012 | 5,020 t | +10.8% |
| 2013 | 4,954 t | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 4,640 t | -6.3% |
| 2015 | 4,746 t | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 4,657 t | -1.9% |
| 2017 | 4,857 t | +4.3% |
| 2018 | 5,416 t | +11.5% |
| 2019 | 4,281 t | -20.9% |
| 2020 | 4,318 t | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 4,606 t | +6.7% |
| 2022 | 4,660 t | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 4,354 t | -6.6% |
| 2024 | 4,292 t | -1.4% |
Saint Lucia compared with similar countries
- Saint Lucia's 4,292 t is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 337,683 t, 1% of the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Saint Lucia's 4,292 t is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 147,895 t, 3% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,159 t | 6,129 t | 8,565 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,411 t | 8,814 t | 10,231 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,598 t | 10,230 t | 11,020 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,275 t | 6,754 t | 11,535 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,245 t | 3,591 t | 8,147 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,744 t | 4,281 t | 5,416 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,446 t | 4,292 t | 4,660 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Saint Lucia
- 168 New Caledonia 5,753 t compare
- 169 Iceland 5,514 t compare
- 170 Puerto Rico 5,221 t compare
- 172 French Polynesia 4,263 t compare
- 173 Niue 3,433 t compare
- 174 Barbados 2,874 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Saint Lucia
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.0531 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.0552 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — production in Saint Lucia?
- Roots and tubers, total — production in Saint Lucia was 4,292 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — production recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The highest recorded value was 11,535 t in 1990.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — production recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,591 t in 2006.
- How does Saint Lucia rank for roots and tubers, total — production?
- Saint Lucia ranks 171st out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — production rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.5%. 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 — 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.