Sweet potatoes — Producer Price in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia: Sweet potatoes — Producer Price was 7,481 SLC in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Producer Price in Saint Lucia, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in SLC.
Analysis
In 2024, sweet potatoes — producer price in Saint Lucia stood at 7,481 SLC. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is up 21.7% on the previous year and up 45.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — producer price in Saint Lucia peaked at 7,481 SLC in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2,020 SLC, in 2002.
Saint Lucia ranks 44th of 73 countries on this measure, 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 | SLC | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 2,470 SLC | — |
| 1994 | 2,860 SLC | +15.8% |
| 1995 | 2,790 SLC | -2.4% |
| 1996 | 2,520 SLC | -9.7% |
| 1997 | 2,470 SLC | -2.0% |
| 1998 | 2,810 SLC | +13.8% |
| 1999 | 3,130 SLC | +11.4% |
| 2000 | 2,590 SLC | -17.3% |
| 2001 | 2,910 SLC | +12.4% |
| 2002 | 2,020 SLC | -30.6% |
| 2003 | 3,340 SLC | +65.3% |
| 2004 | 2,770 SLC | -17.1% |
| 2005 | 3,710 SLC | +33.9% |
| 2006 | 4,110 SLC | +10.8% |
| 2007 | 4,180 SLC | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 3,730 SLC | -10.8% |
| 2017 | 5,160 SLC | +38.3% |
| 2018 | 5,000 SLC | -3.1% |
| 2019 | 5,205 SLC | +4.1% |
| 2020 | 5,215 SLC | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 5,195 SLC | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 5,676 SLC | +9.3% |
| 2023 | 6,147 SLC | +8.3% |
| 2024 | 7,481 SLC | +21.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,721 SLC | 2,470 SLC | 3,130 SLC | 7 |
| 2000s | 3,262 SLC | 2,020 SLC | 4,180 SLC | 9 |
| 2010s | 5,122 SLC | 5,000 SLC | 5,205 SLC | 3 |
| 2020s | 5,943 SLC | 5,195 SLC | 7,481 SLC | 5 |
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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)
- 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)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) 276.57 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant LCU) 7.22 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant LCU), per 0.0392 constant LCU 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 7,481 SLC 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 7,481 SLC in 2024.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — producer price recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,020 SLC in 2002.
- How does Saint Lucia rank for sweet potatoes — producer price?
- Saint Lucia ranks 44th 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 45.0%. 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 (SLC/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.