The Statistics Section is a small entity within the Corporate Planning Unit of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries, Natural Resources, and Cooperatives. The principal tasks involve the collection, processing, and analysis of agricultural statistical data that characterizes the current status and development of agriculture.   The section is also responsible for the provision of data, which is used to develop annual and long-term plans for the agricultural sector by the Government of Saint Lucia and another stakeholder.

The Section comprises four individuals – one (1) Statistician I and three (3) Statistical Assistants IV. The Statistical Assistants’ roles are divided between the Hotel, Supermarket, and Export data and any other data collection that has to be collected periodically. The Statistician’s role presently is to supervise these officers, the preparation of various publications done by this ministry, and liaise or gather data from the other units within the Ministry.