Barbados vs Saint Lucia: Yams — Area harvested
Yams — Area harvested over time
- Barbados
- Saint Lucia
How they compare
Barbados currently reports 27 ha against 20 ha in Saint Lucia, a difference of 7 ha.
That makes Barbados's figure about 1.4 times Saint Lucia's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Barbados ahead.
Barbados ranks 53rd and Saint Lucia ranks 55th of 61 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 2 and Saint Lucia in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Saint Lucia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,006 ha | 504.11 ha | 501.56 ha | Barbados |
| 1970s | 708.3 ha | 784 ha | 75.7 ha | Saint Lucia |
| 1980s | 282.7 ha | 962 ha | 679.3 ha | Saint Lucia |
| 1990s | 182 ha | 998.4 ha | 816.4 ha | Saint Lucia |
| 2000s | 62.7 ha | 187.5 ha | 124.8 ha | Saint Lucia |
| 2010s | 36.2 ha | 79.5 ha | 43.3 ha | Saint Lucia |
| 2020s | 36.8 ha | 23.8 ha | 13 ha | Barbados |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher yams — area harvested, Barbados or Saint Lucia?
- Barbados, at 27 ha against 20 ha in Saint Lucia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in yams — area harvested between Barbados and Saint Lucia?
- 7 ha, with Barbados ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Saint Lucia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Barbados and Saint Lucia rank globally for yams — area harvested?
- Barbados ranks 53rd and Saint Lucia ranks 55th of 61 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Yams — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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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.