Value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year) in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia: Value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year) was 194 % in 2022. ▲ Rising
Value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year) in Saint Lucia, 2000–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year) in Saint Lucia is 194 %, measured in 2022.
The figure is down 2.5% on the previous year and up 193.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year) in Saint Lucia peaked at 211 % in 2020 and was at its lowest, 55 %, in 2010.
That places Saint Lucia 17th out of 181 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year) in Saint Lucia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 121 % | — |
| 2001 | 111 % | -8.3% |
| 2002 | 102 % | -8.1% |
| 2003 | 107 % | +4.9% |
| 2004 | 108 % | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 108 % | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 93 % | -13.9% |
| 2007 | 77 % | -17.2% |
| 2008 | 62 % | -19.5% |
| 2009 | 57 % | -8.1% |
| 2010 | 55 % | -3.5% |
| 2011 | 57 % | +3.6% |
| 2012 | 66 % | +15.8% |
| 2013 | 71 % | +7.6% |
| 2014 | 88 % | +23.9% |
| 2015 | 97 % | +10.2% |
| 2016 | 116 % | +19.6% |
| 2017 | 131 % | +12.9% |
| 2018 | 156 % | +19.1% |
| 2019 | 203 % | +30.1% |
| 2020 | 211 % | +3.9% |
| 2021 | 199 % | -5.7% |
| 2022 | 194 % | -2.5% |
Saint Lucia compared with similar countries
- Saint Lucia's 194 % is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 14 %, 13.9× the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Saint Lucia's 194 % is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 21 %, 9.2× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 94.6 % | 57 % | 121 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 104 % | 55 % | 203 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 201.33 % | 194 % | 211 % | 3 |
Countries ranked near Saint Lucia
- 14 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 231 % compare
- 15 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 6 % compare
- 15 Sao Tome and Principe 217 % compare
- 15 Viet Nam 6 % compare
- 16 Saint Kitts and Nevis 206 % compare
- 18 Afghanistan 186 % compare
- 19 Democratic Republic of the Congo 4 % compare
- 19 Maldives 164 % compare
- 20 Nepal 161 % 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 value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year) in Saint Lucia?
- Value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year) in Saint Lucia was 194 % in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year) recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The highest recorded value was 211 % in 2020.
- What is the lowest value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year) recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The lowest recorded value was 55 % in 2010.
- How does Saint Lucia rank for value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year)?
- Saint Lucia ranks 17th out of 181 countries with data for 2022.
- Is value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year) rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 193.9%. 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 Value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year average) — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Suite of Food Security Indicators presents the core set of food security indicators. Following the recommendation of experts gathered in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Round Table on hunger measurement, hosted at FAO headquarters in September 2011, an initial set of indicators aiming to capture various aspects of food insecurity is presented here. The choice of the indicators has been informed by expert judgement and the availability of data with sufficient coverage to enable comparisons across regions and over time. Many of these indicators are produced and published elsewhere by FAO and other international organizations. They are reported here in a single database with the aim of building a wide food security information system. More indicators will be added to this set as more data will become available. Indicators are classified along the four dimensions of food security -- availability, access, utilization and stability.