What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Bahamas and Barbados?

0.0014 hectares per person, with Barbados ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bahamas and Barbados?

108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Cropland per person over the long-term. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Bahamas vs Barbados: Cropland per person over the long-term

Bahamas

0.0271 hectares per person

in 2025

Barbados

0.0285 hectares per person

in 2025

Bahamas rank

178th

Barbados rank

177th

Cropland per person over the long-term over time

Bahamas
Barbados

How they compare

Barbados currently reports 0.0285 hectares per person against 0.0271 hectares per person in Bahamas, a difference of 0.0014 hectares per person.

That makes Barbados's figure about 1.1 times Bahamas's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Barbados ahead.

Bahamas ranks 178th and Barbados ranks 177th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Bahamas averaged higher in 1 and Barbados in 34.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bahamas	Barbados	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0 hectares per person	0 hectares per person	0 hectares per person	—
1100s	0 hectares per person	0 hectares per person	0 hectares per person	—
1200s	0 hectares per person	0 hectares per person	0 hectares per person	—
1300s	0 hectares per person	0 hectares per person	0 hectares per person	—
1400s	0 hectares per person	0 hectares per person	0 hectares per person	—
1500s	0.0187 hectares per person	0.1125 hectares per person	0.0937 hectares per person	Barbados
1600s	0.0187 hectares per person	0.1063 hectares per person	0.0875 hectares per person	Barbados
1700s	0.0187 hectares per person	0.0992 hectares per person	0.0805 hectares per person	Barbados
1710s	0.0187 hectares per person	0.0985 hectares per person	0.0797 hectares per person	Barbados
1720s	0.0187 hectares per person	0.0977 hectares per person	0.079 hectares per person	Barbados
1730s	0.0187 hectares per person	0.0969 hectares per person	0.0782 hectares per person	Barbados
1740s	0.0187 hectares per person	0.0961 hectares per person	0.0774 hectares per person	Barbados
1750s	0.0187 hectares per person	0.0953 hectares per person	0.0766 hectares per person	Barbados
1760s	0.0187 hectares per person	0.0945 hectares per person	0.0758 hectares per person	Barbados
1770s	0.0187 hectares per person	0.0937 hectares per person	0.0749 hectares per person	Barbados
1780s	0.0187 hectares per person	0.0928 hectares per person	0.0741 hectares per person	Barbados
1790s	0.0187 hectares per person	0.0919 hectares per person	0.0732 hectares per person	Barbados
1800s	0.0187 hectares per person	0.091 hectares per person	0.0723 hectares per person	Barbados
1810s	0.0187 hectares per person	0.0901 hectares per person	0.0714 hectares per person	Barbados
1820s	0.0187 hectares per person	0.0892 hectares per person	0.0705 hectares per person	Barbados
1830s	0.0187 hectares per person	0.0883 hectares per person	0.0696 hectares per person	Barbados
1840s	0.0252 hectares per person	0.0873 hectares per person	0.0621 hectares per person	Barbados
1850s	0.0299 hectares per person	0.0863 hectares per person	0.0564 hectares per person	Barbados
1860s	0.0347 hectares per person	0.0853 hectares per person	0.0506 hectares per person	Barbados
1870s	0.0394 hectares per person	0.0843 hectares per person	0.0449 hectares per person	Barbados
1880s	0.0442 hectares per person	0.0832 hectares per person	0.0391 hectares per person	Barbados
1890s	0.0489 hectares per person	0.0822 hectares per person	0.0332 hectares per person	Barbados
1900s	0.0537 hectares per person	0.081 hectares per person	0.0274 hectares per person	Barbados
1910s	0.0584 hectares per person	0.0799 hectares per person	0.0215 hectares per person	Barbados
1920s	0.0632 hectares per person	0.0787 hectares per person	0.0155 hectares per person	Barbados
1930s	0.0679 hectares per person	0.0775 hectares per person	0.0096 hectares per person	Barbados
1940s	0.0727 hectares per person	0.0763 hectares per person	0.0036 hectares per person	Barbados
1950s	0.0796 hectares per person	0.0744 hectares per person	0.0052 hectares per person	Bahamas
1960s	0.0669 hectares per person	0.0725 hectares per person	0.0056 hectares per person	Barbados
1970s	0.0482 hectares per person	0.0694 hectares per person	0.0212 hectares per person	Barbados
1980s	0.039 hectares per person	0.0665 hectares per person	0.0275 hectares per person	Barbados
1990s	0.0305 hectares per person	0.0639 hectares per person	0.0334 hectares per person	Barbados
2000s	0.0277 hectares per person	0.0533 hectares per person	0.0256 hectares per person	Barbados
2010s	0.0293 hectares per person	0.0344 hectares per person	0.0052 hectares per person	Barbados
2020s	0.0277 hectares per person	0.0286 hectares per person	0.0009 hectares per person	Barbados

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cropland per person over the long-term, Bahamas or Barbados?: Barbados, at 0.0285 hectares per person against 0.0271 hectares per person in Bahamas as of 2025.
What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Bahamas and Barbados?: 0.0014 hectares per person, with Barbados ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bahamas and Barbados?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Bahamas and Barbados rank globally for cropland per person over the long-term?: Bahamas ranks 178th and Barbados ranks 177th of 202 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Cropland per person over the long-term. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Cropland per person over the long-term
Unit: hectares per person
Source: HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 202 places, 21,784 data points, 1000–2025
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Total cropland area for per person each separate country over time.