Yams — Producer Price in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia: Yams — Producer Price was 8,174 SLC in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yams — Producer Price in Saint Lucia, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in SLC.
Analysis
Saint Lucia recorded 8,174 SLC for yams — producer price in 2024. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 11.5% on the previous year and up 30.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — producer price in Saint Lucia peaked at 8,174 SLC in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2,810 SLC, in 1998.
That places Saint Lucia 22nd out of 36 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.
Yams — Producer Price in Saint Lucia, year by year
| Year | SLC | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 3,520 SLC | — |
| 1994 | 3,430 SLC | -2.6% |
| 1995 | 3,660 SLC | +6.7% |
| 1996 | 3,210 SLC | -12.3% |
| 1997 | 2,980 SLC | -7.2% |
| 1998 | 2,810 SLC | -5.7% |
| 1999 | 3,190 SLC | +13.5% |
| 2000 | 3,310 SLC | +3.8% |
| 2001 | 3,480 SLC | +5.1% |
| 2002 | 3,420 SLC | -1.7% |
| 2003 | 4,910 SLC | +43.6% |
| 2004 | 3,530 SLC | -28.1% |
| 2005 | 3,820 SLC | +8.2% |
| 2006 | 4,410 SLC | +15.4% |
| 2007 | 4,760 SLC | +7.9% |
| 2008 | 5,000 SLC | +5.0% |
| 2017 | 6,290 SLC | +25.8% |
| 2018 | 6,210 SLC | -1.3% |
| 2019 | 6,790 SLC | +9.3% |
| 2020 | 6,620 SLC | -2.5% |
| 2021 | 6,890 SLC | +4.1% |
| 2022 | 7,080 SLC | +2.8% |
| 2023 | 7,329 SLC | +3.5% |
| 2024 | 8,174 SLC | +11.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3,257 SLC | 2,810 SLC | 3,660 SLC | 7 |
| 2000s | 4,071 SLC | 3,310 SLC | 5,000 SLC | 9 |
| 2010s | 6,430 SLC | 6,210 SLC | 6,790 SLC | 3 |
| 2020s | 7,219 SLC | 6,620 SLC | 8,174 SLC | 5 |
Countries ranked near Saint Lucia
- 19 Trinidad and Tobago 12,940 SLC compare
- 20 Tonga 11,997 SLC compare
- 21 Antigua and Barbuda 10,841 SLC compare
- 23 Barbados 7,811 SLC compare
- 24 Samoa 7,010 SLC compare
- 25 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6,070 SLC 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 8,174 SLC 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 8,174 SLC in 2024.
- What is the lowest yams — producer price recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,810 SLC in 1998.
- How does Saint Lucia rank for yams — producer price?
- Saint Lucia ranks 22nd out of 36 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — producer price rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.0%. 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 Yams — 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.