Bahamas vs Barbados: Agricultural land use per person
Bahamas
0.032 hectares per person
in 2025
Barbados
0.0357 hectares per person
in 2025
Bahamas rank
186th
Barbados rank
184th
Agricultural land use per person over time
- Bahamas
- Barbados
How they compare
Barbados currently reports 0.0357 hectares per person against 0.032 hectares per person in Bahamas, a difference of 0.0037 hectares per person.
That makes Barbados's figure about 1.1 times Bahamas's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Barbados ahead.
Bahamas ranks 186th and Barbados ranks 184th of 202 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Bahamas averaged higher in 27 and Barbados in 8.
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 | 0.1304 hectares per person | 0.121 hectares per person | 0.0094 hectares per person | Bahamas |
| 1700s | 0.1862 hectares per person | 0.1137 hectares per person | 0.0725 hectares per person | Bahamas |
| 1710s | 0.1918 hectares per person | 0.1126 hectares per person | 0.0791 hectares per person | Bahamas |
| 1720s | 0.1973 hectares per person | 0.1116 hectares per person | 0.0857 hectares per person | Bahamas |
| 1730s | 0.2029 hectares per person | 0.1105 hectares per person | 0.0924 hectares per person | Bahamas |
| 1740s | 0.2085 hectares per person | 0.1095 hectares per person | 0.099 hectares per person | Bahamas |
| 1750s | 0.2141 hectares per person | 0.1084 hectares per person | 0.1057 hectares per person | Bahamas |
| 1760s | 0.2197 hectares per person | 0.1073 hectares per person | 0.1123 hectares per person | Bahamas |
| 1770s | 0.2252 hectares per person | 0.1062 hectares per person | 0.119 hectares per person | Bahamas |
| 1780s | 0.2308 hectares per person | 0.1051 hectares per person | 0.1257 hectares per person | Bahamas |
| 1790s | 0.2364 hectares per person | 0.104 hectares per person | 0.1324 hectares per person | Bahamas |
| 1800s | 0.242 hectares per person | 0.1029 hectares per person | 0.1391 hectares per person | Bahamas |
| 1810s | 0.2476 hectares per person | 0.1018 hectares per person | 0.1458 hectares per person | Bahamas |
| 1820s | 0.2531 hectares per person | 0.1006 hectares per person | 0.1525 hectares per person | Bahamas |
| 1830s | 0.2587 hectares per person | 0.0994 hectares per person | 0.1593 hectares per person | Bahamas |
| 1840s | 0.2474 hectares per person | 0.0983 hectares per person | 0.1492 hectares per person | Bahamas |
| 1850s | 0.2344 hectares per person | 0.0971 hectares per person | 0.1374 hectares per person | Bahamas |
| 1860s | 0.2214 hectares per person | 0.0959 hectares per person | 0.1256 hectares per person | Bahamas |
| 1870s | 0.2084 hectares per person | 0.0946 hectares per person | 0.1138 hectares per person | Bahamas |
| 1880s | 0.1954 hectares per person | 0.0934 hectares per person | 0.102 hectares per person | Bahamas |
| 1890s | 0.1824 hectares per person | 0.0921 hectares per person | 0.0903 hectares per person | Bahamas |
| 1900s | 0.1694 hectares per person | 0.0908 hectares per person | 0.0786 hectares per person | Bahamas |
| 1910s | 0.1564 hectares per person | 0.0894 hectares per person | 0.0669 hectares per person | Bahamas |
| 1920s | 0.1433 hectares per person | 0.0881 hectares per person | 0.0553 hectares per person | Bahamas |
| 1930s | 0.1303 hectares per person | 0.0867 hectares per person | 0.0437 hectares per person | Bahamas |
| 1940s | 0.1173 hectares per person | 0.0852 hectares per person | 0.0321 hectares per person | Bahamas |
| 1950s | 0.0985 hectares per person | 0.083 hectares per person | 0.0154 hectares per person | Bahamas |
| 1960s | 0.0743 hectares per person | 0.081 hectares per person | 0.0067 hectares per person | Barbados |
| 1970s | 0.0556 hectares per person | 0.0775 hectares per person | 0.022 hectares per person | Barbados |
| 1980s | 0.0476 hectares per person | 0.0743 hectares per person | 0.0267 hectares per person | Barbados |
| 1990s | 0.0378 hectares per person | 0.0715 hectares per person | 0.0337 hectares per person | Barbados |
| 2000s | 0.0339 hectares per person | 0.0607 hectares per person | 0.0268 hectares per person | Barbados |
| 2010s | 0.0346 hectares per person | 0.0415 hectares per person | 0.0069 hectares per person | Barbados |
| 2020s | 0.0328 hectares per person | 0.0358 hectares per person | 0.003 hectares per person | Barbados |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher agricultural land use per person, Bahamas or Barbados?
- Barbados, at 0.0357 hectares per person against 0.032 hectares per person in Bahamas as of 2025.
- What is the difference in agricultural land use per person between Bahamas and Barbados?
- 0.0037 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 agricultural land use per person?
- Bahamas ranks 186th and Barbados ranks 184th of 202 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Agricultural land use per person. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Total agricultural land per person for each separate country over time.