Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Barbados
Barbados: Carrots and turnips — Area harvested was 8 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Barbados, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for carrots and turnips — area harvested in Barbados is 8 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 46.7% on the previous year and down 55.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, carrots and turnips — area harvested in Barbados peaked at 589 ha in 1983 and was at its lowest, 7 ha, in 2021.
That places Barbados 126th out of 133 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Barbados, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15 ha | — |
| 1962 | 20 ha | +33.3% |
| 1963 | 25 ha | +25.0% |
| 1964 | 30 ha | +20.0% |
| 1965 | 33 ha | +10.0% |
| 1966 | 40 ha | +21.2% |
| 1967 | 50 ha | +25.0% |
| 1968 | 55 ha | +10.0% |
| 1969 | 20 ha | -63.6% |
| 1970 | 96 ha | +380.0% |
| 1971 | 127 ha | +32.3% |
| 1972 | 110 ha | -13.4% |
| 1973 | 122 ha | +10.9% |
| 1974 | 106 ha | -13.1% |
| 1975 | 133 ha | +25.5% |
| 1976 | 126 ha | -5.3% |
| 1977 | 132 ha | +4.8% |
| 1978 | 202 ha | +53.0% |
| 1979 | 382 ha | +89.1% |
| 1980 | 533 ha | +39.5% |
| 1981 | 478 ha | -10.3% |
| 1982 | 538 ha | +12.6% |
| 1983 | 589 ha | +9.5% |
| 1984 | 525 ha | -10.9% |
| 1985 | 126 ha | -76.0% |
| 1986 | 147 ha | +16.7% |
| 1987 | 233 ha | +58.5% |
| 1988 | 225 ha | -3.4% |
| 1989 | 260 ha | +15.6% |
| 1990 | 250 ha | -3.8% |
| 1991 | 260 ha | +4.0% |
| 1992 | 200 ha | -23.1% |
| 1993 | 227 ha | +13.5% |
| 1994 | 100 ha | -55.9% |
| 1995 | 194 ha | +94.0% |
| 1996 | 292 ha | +50.5% |
| 1997 | 129 ha | -55.8% |
| 1998 | 100 ha | -22.5% |
| 1999 | 90 ha | -10.0% |
| 2000 | 75 ha | -16.7% |
| 2001 | 50 ha | -33.3% |
| 2002 | 48 ha | -4.0% |
| 2003 | 60 ha | +25.0% |
| 2004 | 44 ha | -26.7% |
| 2005 | 27 ha | -38.6% |
| 2006 | 20 ha | -25.9% |
| 2007 | 18 ha | -10.0% |
| 2008 | 15 ha | -16.7% |
| 2009 | 12 ha | -20.0% |
| 2010 | 16 ha | +33.3% |
| 2011 | 9 ha | -43.8% |
| 2012 | 14 ha | +55.6% |
| 2013 | 17 ha | +21.4% |
| 2014 | 18 ha | +5.9% |
| 2015 | 16 ha | -11.1% |
| 2016 | 8 ha | -50.0% |
| 2017 | 9 ha | +12.5% |
| 2018 | 23 ha | +155.6% |
| 2019 | 19 ha | -17.4% |
| 2020 | 10 ha | -47.4% |
| 2021 | 7 ha | -30.0% |
| 2022 | 20 ha | +185.7% |
| 2023 | 15 ha | -25.0% |
| 2024 | 8 ha | -46.7% |
Barbados compared with similar countries
- Barbados's 8 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 910 ha, 1% of the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Barbados's 8 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 798 ha, 1% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Barbados changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | +380.0% | 20 ha | 96 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 32 ha | 15 ha | 55 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 153.6 ha | 96 ha | 382 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 365.4 ha | 126 ha | 589 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 184.2 ha | 90 ha | 292 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 36.9 ha | 12 ha | 75 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14.9 ha | 8 ha | 23 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12 ha | 7 ha | 20 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Barbados
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -1.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0155 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 418.19 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3404 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.403 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.6% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is carrots and turnips — area harvested in Barbados?
- Carrots and turnips — area harvested in Barbados was 8 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest carrots and turnips — area harvested recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 589 ha in 1983.
- What is the lowest carrots and turnips — area harvested recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 7 ha in 2021.
- How does Barbados rank for carrots and turnips — area harvested?
- Barbados ranks 126th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is carrots and turnips — area harvested rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is down 55.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Barbados data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Carrots and turnips — 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.