Yams — Area harvested in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia: Yams — Area harvested was 20 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Yams — Area harvested in Saint Lucia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Saint Lucia recorded 20 ha for yams — area harvested in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 9.1% on the previous year and down 80.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — area harvested in Saint Lucia peaked at 1,200 ha in 1997 and was at its lowest, 20 ha, in 2019.
That places Saint Lucia 55th out of 61 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.
Yams — Area harvested in Saint Lucia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 607 ha | — |
| 1962 | 647 ha | +6.6% |
| 1963 | 405 ha | -37.4% |
| 1964 | 283 ha | -30.1% |
| 1965 | 405 ha | +43.1% |
| 1966 | 450 ha | +11.1% |
| 1967 | 520 ha | +15.6% |
| 1968 | 580 ha | +11.5% |
| 1969 | 640 ha | +10.3% |
| 1970 | 700 ha | +9.4% |
| 1971 | 730 ha | +4.3% |
| 1972 | 750 ha | +2.7% |
| 1973 | 770 ha | +2.7% |
| 1974 | 790 ha | +2.6% |
| 1975 | 750 ha | -5.1% |
| 1976 | 750 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 850 ha | +13.3% |
| 1978 | 870 ha | +2.4% |
| 1979 | 880 ha | +1.1% |
| 1980 | 900 ha | +2.3% |
| 1981 | 950 ha | +5.6% |
| 1982 | 950 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 960 ha | +1.1% |
| 1984 | 970 ha | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 970 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 970 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 970 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 980 ha | +1.0% |
| 1989 | 1,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1990 | 1,110 ha | +11.0% |
| 1991 | 1,050 ha | -5.4% |
| 1992 | 1,115 ha | +6.2% |
| 1993 | 1,100 ha | -1.3% |
| 1994 | 1,142 ha | +3.8% |
| 1995 | 1,150 ha | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 997 ha | -13.3% |
| 1997 | 1,200 ha | +20.4% |
| 1998 | 1,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1999 | 120 ha | -88.0% |
| 2000 | 369 ha | +207.5% |
| 2001 | 322 ha | -12.7% |
| 2002 | 200 ha | -37.9% |
| 2003 | 180 ha | -10.0% |
| 2004 | 150 ha | -16.7% |
| 2005 | 130 ha | -13.3% |
| 2006 | 120 ha | -7.7% |
| 2007 | 130 ha | +8.3% |
| 2008 | 135 ha | +3.8% |
| 2009 | 139 ha | +3.0% |
| 2010 | 118 ha | -15.1% |
| 2011 | 115 ha | -2.5% |
| 2012 | 150 ha | +30.4% |
| 2013 | 160 ha | +6.7% |
| 2014 | 100 ha | -37.5% |
| 2015 | 43 ha | -57.0% |
| 2016 | 28 ha | -34.9% |
| 2017 | 27 ha | -3.6% |
| 2018 | 34 ha | +25.9% |
| 2019 | 20 ha | -41.2% |
| 2020 | 26 ha | +30.0% |
| 2021 | 25 ha | -3.8% |
| 2022 | 26 ha | +4.0% |
| 2023 | 22 ha | -15.4% |
| 2024 | 20 ha | -9.1% |
Saint Lucia compared with similar countries
- Saint Lucia's 20 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 667 ha, 3% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Saint Lucia's 20 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 244 ha, 8% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Yams — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | +207.5% | 120 ha | 369 ha |
| 1999 | -88.0% | 1,000 ha | 120 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 504.11 ha | 283 ha | 647 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 784 ha | 700 ha | 880 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 962 ha | 900 ha | 1,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 998.4 ha | 120 ha | 1,200 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 187.5 ha | 120 ha | 369 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 79.5 ha | 20 ha | 160 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 23.8 ha | 20 ha | 26 ha | 5 |
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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 yams — area harvested in Saint Lucia?
- Yams — area harvested in Saint Lucia was 20 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — area harvested recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,200 ha in 1997.
- What is the lowest yams — area harvested recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The lowest recorded value was 20 ha in 2019.
- How does Saint Lucia rank for yams — area harvested?
- Saint Lucia ranks 55th out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — area harvested rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 80.0%. 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 Yams — 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.