Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 332 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Saint Lucia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, vegetables primary — area harvested in Saint Lucia stood at 332 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 1.8% on the previous year and up 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Saint Lucia peaked at 332 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 93 ha, in 1961.
Saint Lucia ranks 180th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Saint Lucia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 93 ha | — |
| 1962 | 93 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 93 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 93 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 93 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 93 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 93 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 93 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 93 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 93 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 93 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 95 ha | +2.2% |
| 1973 | 95 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 96 ha | +1.1% |
| 1975 | 100 ha | +4.2% |
| 1976 | 101 ha | +1.0% |
| 1977 | 104 ha | +3.0% |
| 1978 | 105 ha | +1.0% |
| 1979 | 115 ha | +9.5% |
| 1980 | 118 ha | +2.6% |
| 1981 | 120 ha | +1.7% |
| 1982 | 125 ha | +4.2% |
| 1983 | 125 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 126 ha | +0.8% |
| 1985 | 125 ha | -0.8% |
| 1986 | 125 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 125 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 125 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 125 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 114 ha | -8.8% |
| 1991 | 128 ha | +12.3% |
| 1992 | 130 ha | +1.6% |
| 1993 | 131 ha | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 127 ha | -3.1% |
| 1995 | 130 ha | +2.4% |
| 1996 | 134 ha | +3.1% |
| 1997 | 135 ha | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 138 ha | +2.2% |
| 1999 | 140 ha | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 143 ha | +2.1% |
| 2001 | 145 ha | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 148 ha | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 151 ha | +2.0% |
| 2004 | 236 ha | +56.3% |
| 2005 | 230 ha | -2.5% |
| 2006 | 249 ha | +8.3% |
| 2007 | 265 ha | +6.4% |
| 2008 | 281 ha | +6.0% |
| 2009 | 283 ha | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 294 ha | +3.9% |
| 2011 | 313 ha | +6.5% |
| 2012 | 317 ha | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 330 ha | +4.1% |
| 2014 | 319 ha | -3.3% |
| 2015 | 304 ha | -4.7% |
| 2016 | 298 ha | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 299 ha | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 309 ha | +3.3% |
| 2019 | 302 ha | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 317 ha | +5.0% |
| 2021 | 319 ha | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 324 ha | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 326 ha | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 332 ha | +1.8% |
Saint Lucia compared with similar countries
- Saint Lucia's 332 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 41,947 ha, 1% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Saint Lucia's 332 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 7,380 ha, 4% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Vegetables Primary — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +56.3% | 151 ha | 236 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 93 ha | 93 ha | 93 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 99.7 ha | 93 ha | 115 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 123.9 ha | 118 ha | 126 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 130.7 ha | 114 ha | 140 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 213.1 ha | 143 ha | 283 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 308.5 ha | 294 ha | 330 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 323.6 ha | 317 ha | 332 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Saint Lucia
- 177 Sao Tome and Principe 452 ha compare
- 178 Luxembourg 390 ha compare
- 179 Solomon Islands 387 ha compare
- 181 Bahrain 327 ha compare
- 182 Grenada 297 ha compare
- 183 Antigua and Barbuda 265 ha 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 vegetables primary — area harvested in Saint Lucia?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Saint Lucia was 332 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The highest recorded value was 332 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The lowest recorded value was 93 ha in 1961.
- How does Saint Lucia rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Saint Lucia ranks 180th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.1%. 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 Vegetables Primary — 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.