Yams — Producer Price in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia: Yams — Producer Price was 8,306 LCU in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yams — Producer Price in Saint Lucia, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LCU.
Analysis
In 2024, yams — producer price in Saint Lucia stood at 8,306 LCU. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is up 14.6% on the previous year and up 32.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — producer price in Saint Lucia peaked at 8,306 LCU in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2,810 LCU, in 1998.
Saint Lucia ranks 23rd of 37 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.
Yams — Producer Price in Saint Lucia, year by year
| Year | LCU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 3,520 LCU | — |
| 1994 | 3,430 LCU | -2.6% |
| 1995 | 3,660 LCU | +6.7% |
| 1996 | 3,210 LCU | -12.3% |
| 1997 | 2,980 LCU | -7.2% |
| 1998 | 2,810 LCU | -5.7% |
| 1999 | 3,190 LCU | +13.5% |
| 2000 | 3,310 LCU | +3.8% |
| 2001 | 3,480 LCU | +5.1% |
| 2002 | 3,420 LCU | -1.7% |
| 2003 | 4,910 LCU | +43.6% |
| 2004 | 3,530 LCU | -28.1% |
| 2005 | 3,820 LCU | +8.2% |
| 2006 | 4,410 LCU | +15.4% |
| 2007 | 4,760 LCU | +7.9% |
| 2008 | 5,000 LCU | +5.0% |
| 2017 | 6,290 LCU | +25.8% |
| 2018 | 6,210 LCU | -1.3% |
| 2019 | 6,120 LCU | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 5,595 LCU | -8.6% |
| 2021 | 6,630 LCU | +18.5% |
| 2022 | 7,080 LCU | +6.8% |
| 2023 | 7,250 LCU | +2.4% |
| 2024 | 8,306 LCU | +14.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3,257 LCU | 2,810 LCU | 3,660 LCU | 7 |
| 2000s | 4,071 LCU | 3,310 LCU | 5,000 LCU | 9 |
| 2010s | 6,207 LCU | 6,120 LCU | 6,290 LCU | 3 |
| 2020s | 6,972 LCU | 5,595 LCU | 8,306 LCU | 5 |
Countries ranked near Saint Lucia
- 20 Trinidad and Tobago 13,200 LCU compare
- 21 Antigua and Barbuda 10,841 LCU compare
- 22 Saint Kitts and Nevis 8,818 LCU compare
- 24 Barbados 7,883 LCU compare
- 25 Samoa 7,348 LCU compare
- 26 Malaysia 6,000 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)
- 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 yams — producer price in Saint Lucia?
- Yams — producer price in Saint Lucia was 8,306 LCU in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — producer price recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The highest recorded value was 8,306 LCU in 2024.
- What is the lowest yams — producer price recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,810 LCU in 1998.
- How does Saint Lucia rank for yams — producer price?
- Saint Lucia ranks 23rd out of 37 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — producer price rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.1%. 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 Yams — 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.