Sweet potatoes — Producer Price in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia: Sweet potatoes — Producer Price was 8,065 LCU in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Producer Price in Saint Lucia, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LCU.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — producer price in Saint Lucia is 8,065 LCU, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 24.1% on the previous year and up 56.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — producer price in Saint Lucia peaked at 8,065 LCU in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2,020 LCU, in 2002.
That places Saint Lucia 47th out of 73 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Producer Price in Saint Lucia, year by year
| Year | LCU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 2,470 LCU | — |
| 1994 | 2,860 LCU | +15.8% |
| 1995 | 2,790 LCU | -2.4% |
| 1996 | 2,520 LCU | -9.7% |
| 1997 | 2,470 LCU | -2.0% |
| 1998 | 2,810 LCU | +13.8% |
| 1999 | 3,130 LCU | +11.4% |
| 2000 | 2,590 LCU | -17.3% |
| 2001 | 2,910 LCU | +12.4% |
| 2002 | 2,020 LCU | -30.6% |
| 2003 | 3,340 LCU | +65.3% |
| 2004 | 2,770 LCU | -17.1% |
| 2005 | 3,710 LCU | +33.9% |
| 2006 | 4,110 LCU | +10.8% |
| 2007 | 4,180 LCU | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 3,730 LCU | -10.8% |
| 2017 | 5,160 LCU | +38.3% |
| 2018 | 5,000 LCU | -3.1% |
| 2019 | 5,380 LCU | +7.6% |
| 2020 | 5,200 LCU | -3.3% |
| 2021 | 5,935 LCU | +14.1% |
| 2022 | 5,676 LCU | -4.4% |
| 2023 | 6,500 LCU | +14.5% |
| 2024 | 8,065 LCU | +24.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,721 LCU | 2,470 LCU | 3,130 LCU | 7 |
| 2000s | 3,262 LCU | 2,020 LCU | 4,180 LCU | 9 |
| 2010s | 5,180 LCU | 5,000 LCU | 5,380 LCU | 3 |
| 2020s | 6,275 LCU | 5,200 LCU | 8,065 LCU | 5 |
Countries ranked near Saint Lucia
- 44 Antigua and Barbuda 9,156 LCU compare
- 45 Saint Kitts and Nevis 8,818 LCU compare
- 46 Argentina 8,140 LCU compare
- 48 Grenada 7,709 LCU compare
- 49 Mexico 7,625 LCU compare
- 50 China, mainland 6,900 LCU compare
More economy & growth data for Saint Lucia
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 1.31 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 1.5 Percent per annum (2029)
- Total reserves minus gold (current US$), annual growth rate 10.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total reserves minus gold (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1683 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Total reserves minus gold (current US$), per capita 2,482 current US$ per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU), annual 16.57 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU), per 0.0448 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU), per 660.01 current LCU per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) 7.22 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) 0.0188 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — producer price in Saint Lucia?
- Sweet potatoes — producer price in Saint Lucia was 8,065 LCU in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — producer price recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The highest recorded value was 8,065 LCU in 2024.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — producer price recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,020 LCU in 2002.
- How does Saint Lucia rank for sweet potatoes — producer price?
- Saint Lucia ranks 47th out of 73 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — producer price rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 56.3%. 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 Sweet potatoes — Producer Price (LCU/tonne). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This sub-domain contains data on agriculture producer prices and the producer price index. Agriculture producer prices are prices received by farmers for primary crops, live animals and livestock primary products as collected at the point of initial sale (prices paid at the farm gate). Annual data are provided from 1991 (while mothly data start in January 2010) for 180 countries and 212 products. The producer price index is the index of agricultural producer prices that measures the average annual change over time in the selling prices received by farmers (prices at the farm gate or at the first point of sale). The three categories of producer price index available in FAOSTAT comprise: single-item price index, commodity group index and the agriculture producer price index.