Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre was 0.0295 ha per square kilometre in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Saint Lucia, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per square kilometre.
Analysis
Saint Lucia recorded 0.0295 ha per square kilometre for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 41.9% on the previous year and down 80.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Saint Lucia peaked at 0.6656 ha per square kilometre in 1973 and was at its lowest, 0.0295 ha per square kilometre, in 2023.
Saint Lucia ranks 53rd of 99 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Saint Lucia, year by year
| Year | ha per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.4016 ha per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.4016 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.4016 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.4098 ha per square kilometre | +2.0% |
| 1965 | 0.4098 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 0.418 ha per square kilometre | +2.0% |
| 1967 | 0.4262 ha per square kilometre | +2.0% |
| 1968 | 0.4262 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.4508 ha per square kilometre | +5.8% |
| 1970 | 0.459 ha per square kilometre | +1.8% |
| 1971 | 0.5328 ha per square kilometre | +16.1% |
| 1972 | 0.5738 ha per square kilometre | +7.7% |
| 1973 | 0.6656 ha per square kilometre | +16.0% |
| 1974 | 0.4918 ha per square kilometre | -26.1% |
| 1975 | 0.3426 ha per square kilometre | -30.3% |
| 1976 | 0.3951 ha per square kilometre | +15.3% |
| 1977 | 0.4148 ha per square kilometre | +5.0% |
| 1978 | 0.4279 ha per square kilometre | +3.2% |
| 1979 | 0.4262 ha per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 1980 | 0.4098 ha per square kilometre | -3.8% |
| 1981 | 0.4098 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.3934 ha per square kilometre | -4.0% |
| 1983 | 0.377 ha per square kilometre | -4.2% |
| 1984 | 0.3607 ha per square kilometre | -4.3% |
| 1985 | 0.3443 ha per square kilometre | -4.5% |
| 1986 | 0.3279 ha per square kilometre | -4.8% |
| 1987 | 0.3115 ha per square kilometre | -5.0% |
| 1988 | 0.2951 ha per square kilometre | -5.3% |
| 1989 | 0.2787 ha per square kilometre | -5.6% |
| 1990 | 0.2705 ha per square kilometre | -2.9% |
| 1991 | 0.2459 ha per square kilometre | -9.1% |
| 1992 | 0.1967 ha per square kilometre | -20.0% |
| 1993 | 0.1475 ha per square kilometre | -25.0% |
| 1994 | 0.1148 ha per square kilometre | -22.2% |
| 1995 | 0.082 ha per square kilometre | -28.6% |
| 1996 | 0.0902 ha per square kilometre | +10.0% |
| 1997 | 0.1639 ha per square kilometre | +81.8% |
| 1998 | 0.0557 ha per square kilometre | -66.0% |
| 1999 | 0.082 ha per square kilometre | +47.1% |
| 2000 | 0.1475 ha per square kilometre | +80.0% |
| 2001 | 0.1148 ha per square kilometre | -22.2% |
| 2002 | 0.1393 ha per square kilometre | +21.4% |
| 2003 | 0.0984 ha per square kilometre | -29.4% |
| 2004 | 0.082 ha per square kilometre | -16.7% |
| 2005 | 0.0361 ha per square kilometre | -56.0% |
| 2006 | 0.0902 ha per square kilometre | +150.0% |
| 2007 | 0.0951 ha per square kilometre | +5.5% |
| 2008 | 0.1066 ha per square kilometre | +12.1% |
| 2009 | 0.0689 ha per square kilometre | -35.4% |
| 2010 | 0.082 ha per square kilometre | +19.0% |
| 2011 | 0.0885 ha per square kilometre | +8.0% |
| 2012 | 0.1016 ha per square kilometre | +14.8% |
| 2013 | 0.1508 ha per square kilometre | +48.4% |
| 2014 | 0.1049 ha per square kilometre | -30.4% |
| 2015 | 0.0656 ha per square kilometre | -37.5% |
| 2016 | 0.0492 ha per square kilometre | -25.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0426 ha per square kilometre | -13.3% |
| 2018 | 0.0574 ha per square kilometre | +34.6% |
| 2019 | 0.0377 ha per square kilometre | -34.3% |
| 2020 | 0.041 ha per square kilometre | +8.7% |
| 2021 | 0.0492 ha per square kilometre | +20.0% |
| 2022 | 0.0508 ha per square kilometre | +3.3% |
| 2023 | 0.0295 ha per square kilometre | -41.9% |
Saint Lucia compared with similar countries
- Saint Lucia's 0.0295 ha per square kilometre is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0267 ha per square kilometre, 1.1× the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Saint Lucia's 0.0295 ha per square kilometre is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.0216 ha per square kilometre, 1.4× the median. (30 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +150.0% | 0.0361 ha per square kilometre | 0.0902 ha per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.4162 ha per square kilometre | 0.4016 ha per square kilometre | 0.4508 ha per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.473 ha per square kilometre | 0.3426 ha per square kilometre | 0.6656 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.3508 ha per square kilometre | 0.2787 ha per square kilometre | 0.4098 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.1449 ha per square kilometre | 0.0557 ha per square kilometre | 0.2705 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0979 ha per square kilometre | 0.0361 ha per square kilometre | 0.1475 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.078 ha per square kilometre | 0.0377 ha per square kilometre | 0.1508 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0426 ha per square kilometre | 0.0295 ha per square kilometre | 0.0508 ha per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Saint Lucia
- 50 Cambodia 0.0326 ha per square kilometre compare
- 51 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0314 ha per square kilometre compare
- 52 Mali 0.0301 ha per square kilometre compare
- 54 Chad 0.0256 ha per square kilometre compare
- 55 South Africa 0.0238 ha per square kilometre compare
- 56 Liberia 0.0227 ha per square kilometre 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 sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Saint Lucia?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Saint Lucia was 0.0295 ha per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6656 ha per square kilometre in 1973.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0295 ha per square kilometre in 2023.
- How does Saint Lucia rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre?
- Saint Lucia ranks 53rd out of 99 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 80.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Saint Lucia data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Sweet potatoes — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.