Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested was 17 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Saint Lucia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Saint Lucia stood at 17 ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 5.6% on the previous year and down 73.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Saint Lucia peaked at 406 ha in 1973 and was at its lowest, 17 ha, in 2024.
That places Saint Lucia 105th out of 113 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Saint Lucia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 245 ha | — |
| 1962 | 245 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 245 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 250 ha | +2.0% |
| 1965 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 255 ha | +2.0% |
| 1967 | 260 ha | +2.0% |
| 1968 | 260 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 275 ha | +5.8% |
| 1970 | 280 ha | +1.8% |
| 1971 | 325 ha | +16.1% |
| 1972 | 350 ha | +7.7% |
| 1973 | 406 ha | +16.0% |
| 1974 | 300 ha | -26.1% |
| 1975 | 209 ha | -30.3% |
| 1976 | 241 ha | +15.3% |
| 1977 | 253 ha | +5.0% |
| 1978 | 261 ha | +3.2% |
| 1979 | 260 ha | -0.4% |
| 1980 | 250 ha | -3.8% |
| 1981 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 240 ha | -4.0% |
| 1983 | 230 ha | -4.2% |
| 1984 | 220 ha | -4.3% |
| 1985 | 210 ha | -4.5% |
| 1986 | 200 ha | -4.8% |
| 1987 | 190 ha | -5.0% |
| 1988 | 180 ha | -5.3% |
| 1989 | 170 ha | -5.6% |
| 1990 | 165 ha | -2.9% |
| 1991 | 150 ha | -9.1% |
| 1992 | 120 ha | -20.0% |
| 1993 | 90 ha | -25.0% |
| 1994 | 70 ha | -22.2% |
| 1995 | 50 ha | -28.6% |
| 1996 | 55 ha | +10.0% |
| 1997 | 100 ha | +81.8% |
| 1998 | 34 ha | -66.0% |
| 1999 | 50 ha | +47.1% |
| 2000 | 90 ha | +80.0% |
| 2001 | 70 ha | -22.2% |
| 2002 | 85 ha | +21.4% |
| 2003 | 60 ha | -29.4% |
| 2004 | 50 ha | -16.7% |
| 2005 | 22 ha | -56.0% |
| 2006 | 55 ha | +150.0% |
| 2007 | 58 ha | +5.5% |
| 2008 | 65 ha | +12.1% |
| 2009 | 42 ha | -35.4% |
| 2010 | 50 ha | +19.0% |
| 2011 | 54 ha | +8.0% |
| 2012 | 62 ha | +14.8% |
| 2013 | 92 ha | +48.4% |
| 2014 | 64 ha | -30.4% |
| 2015 | 40 ha | -37.5% |
| 2016 | 30 ha | -25.0% |
| 2017 | 26 ha | -13.3% |
| 2018 | 35 ha | +34.6% |
| 2019 | 23 ha | -34.3% |
| 2020 | 25 ha | +8.7% |
| 2021 | 30 ha | +20.0% |
| 2022 | 31 ha | +3.3% |
| 2023 | 18 ha | -41.9% |
| 2024 | 17 ha | -5.6% |
Saint Lucia compared with similar countries
- Saint Lucia's 17 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,598 ha, 1% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Saint Lucia's 17 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 565 ha, 3% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Area harvested 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% | 22 ha | 55 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 253.89 ha | 245 ha | 275 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 288.5 ha | 209 ha | 406 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 214 ha | 170 ha | 250 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 88.4 ha | 34 ha | 165 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 59.7 ha | 22 ha | 90 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 47.6 ha | 23 ha | 92 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 24.2 ha | 17 ha | 31 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Saint Lucia
- 102 Bhutan 23 ha compare
- 103 French Polynesia 21 ha compare
- 103 Panama 21 ha compare
- 105 Niue 17 ha compare
- 107 Cook Islands 11 ha compare
- 108 China, Hong Kong SAR 5 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 sweet potatoes — area harvested in Saint Lucia?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested in Saint Lucia was 17 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The highest recorded value was 406 ha in 1973.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The lowest recorded value was 17 ha in 2024.
- How does Saint Lucia rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Saint Lucia ranks 105th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 73.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Saint Lucia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sweet potatoes — 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.