Watermelons — Area harvested in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia: Watermelons — Area harvested was 14 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Watermelons — Area harvested in Saint Lucia, 2004–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Saint Lucia recorded 14 ha for watermelons — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 12.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — area harvested in Saint Lucia peaked at 19 ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 5 ha, in 2005.
That places Saint Lucia 116th out of 131 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Watermelons — Area harvested in Saint Lucia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 7 ha | — |
| 2005 | 5 ha | -28.6% |
| 2006 | 11 ha | +120.0% |
| 2007 | 12 ha | +9.1% |
| 2008 | 8 ha | -33.3% |
| 2009 | 10 ha | +25.0% |
| 2010 | 11 ha | +10.0% |
| 2011 | 11 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 8 ha | -27.3% |
| 2013 | 19 ha | +137.5% |
| 2014 | 16 ha | -15.8% |
| 2015 | 13 ha | -18.8% |
| 2016 | 12 ha | -7.7% |
| 2017 | 12 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 13 ha | +8.3% |
| 2019 | 15 ha | +15.4% |
| 2020 | 12 ha | -20.0% |
| 2021 | 11 ha | -8.3% |
| 2022 | 13 ha | +18.2% |
| 2023 | 14 ha | +7.7% |
| 2024 | 14 ha | +0.0% |
Saint Lucia compared with similar countries
- Saint Lucia's 14 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 5,118 ha, 0% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Saint Lucia's 14 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,186 ha, 1% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8.83 ha | 5 ha | 12 ha | 6 |
| 2010s | 13 ha | 8 ha | 19 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.8 ha | 11 ha | 14 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Saint Lucia
- 115 Brunei Darussalam 19 ha compare
- 117 Saint Kitts and Nevis 10 ha compare
- 118 Bhutan 7 ha compare
- 119 Cook Islands 3 ha compare
- 119 Djibouti 3 ha compare
More environment data for Saint Lucia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.19 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.257 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.32 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 3.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -0.4464 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — area harvested in Saint Lucia?
- Watermelons — area harvested in Saint Lucia was 14 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The highest recorded value was 19 ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The lowest recorded value was 5 ha in 2005.
- How does Saint Lucia rank for watermelons — area harvested?
- Saint Lucia ranks 116th out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — area harvested rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.5%. 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 Watermelons — 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.