Taro — Production in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia: Taro — Production was 558.46 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Taro — Production in Saint Lucia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, taro — production in Saint Lucia stood at 558.46 t.
That represents a change of down 1.3% on the previous year and up 16.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — production in Saint Lucia peaked at 723 t in 2018 and was at its lowest, 110 t, in 1961.
Saint Lucia ranks 49th of 59 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 125.56 t | 110 t | 140 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 158.9 t | 140 t | 191 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 261.7 t | 200 t | 300 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 320.49 t | 294.34 t | 376.6 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 460.82 t | 392 t | 550 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 506.45 t | 300 t | 723 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 479.48 t | 299.48 t | 566 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Saint Lucia
- 46 Cyprus 1,414 t compare
- 47 Puerto Rico 767.05 t compare
- 48 Lebanon 728.24 t compare
- 50 Grenada 423.28 t compare
- 51 New Caledonia 362.36 t compare
- 52 French Polynesia 188.2 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Saint Lucia
- Agriculture share gdp 1.66 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 1.66 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.7% (2020)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2020)
- Rural population 70.9% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.2% (2025)
- Rural population 127,732 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.7% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 44.04 million current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 2,844 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taro — production in Saint Lucia?
- Taro — production in Saint Lucia was 558.46 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — production recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The highest recorded value was 723 t in 2018.
- What is the lowest taro — production recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The lowest recorded value was 110 t in 1961.
- How does Saint Lucia rank for taro — production?
- Saint Lucia ranks 49th out of 59 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taro — production rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Saint Lucia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Taro — 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.