Cassava, fresh — Yield in Barbados
Barbados: Cassava, fresh — Yield was 19,870 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Barbados, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cassava, fresh — yield in Barbados stood at 19,870 kg/ha.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — yield in Barbados peaked at 31,885 kg/ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 16,429 kg/ha, in 1990.
Barbados ranks 14th of 93 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Barbados, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 30,067 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 31,885 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1963 | 29,607 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1964 | 30,609 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1965 | 30,435 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1966 | 28,000 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1967 | 28,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 30,000 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1969 | 26,667 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1970 | 26,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 26,562 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1972 | 26,562 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 26,364 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1974 | 26,471 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1975 | 25,714 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1976 | 25,278 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1977 | 25,278 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 23,000 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1979 | 24,865 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1980 | 24,474 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1981 | 24,474 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 24,359 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1983 | 24,000 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1984 | 24,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 24,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 24,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 24,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 23,810 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1989 | 16,923 kg/ha | -28.9% |
| 1990 | 16,429 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1991 | 16,560 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1992 | 17,357 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1993 | 27,720 kg/ha | +59.7% |
| 1994 | 19,688 kg/ha | -29.0% |
| 1995 | 17,783 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1996 | 17,143 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1997 | 17,105 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 17,143 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 17,188 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 17,241 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 17,200 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 16,542 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2003 | 17,167 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2004 | 31,700 kg/ha | +84.7% |
| 2005 | 20,917 kg/ha | -34.0% |
| 2006 | 18,750 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 2007 | 17,920 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2008 | 19,192 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2009 | 19,804 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2010 | 19,893 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 19,929 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 19,965 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 20,001 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 19,837 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 19,770 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 19,813 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 19,863 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 19,884 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 19,900 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 19,935 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 19,919 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 19,834 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 19,852 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 19,870 kg/ha | +0.1% |
Barbados compared with similar countries
- Barbados's 19,870 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 12,236 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (12 countries reporting)
- Barbados's 19,870 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 10,632 kg/ha, 1.9× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cassava, fresh — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +84.7% | 17,167 kg/ha | 31,700 kg/ha |
| 1993 | +59.7% | 17,357 kg/ha | 27,720 kg/ha |
| 2005 | -34.0% | 31,700 kg/ha | 20,917 kg/ha |
| 1994 | -29.0% | 27,720 kg/ha | 19,688 kg/ha |
| 1989 | -28.9% | 23,810 kg/ha | 16,923 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 29,474 kg/ha | 26,667 kg/ha | 31,885 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 25,676 kg/ha | 23,000 kg/ha | 26,667 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 23,404 kg/ha | 16,923 kg/ha | 24,474 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 18,412 kg/ha | 16,429 kg/ha | 27,720 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 19,643 kg/ha | 16,542 kg/ha | 31,700 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 19,885 kg/ha | 19,770 kg/ha | 20,001 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 19,882 kg/ha | 19,834 kg/ha | 19,935 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Barbados
- 11 China, Taiwan Province of 20,937 kg/ha compare
- 11 Democratic Republic of the Congo 8,153 kg/ha compare
- 12 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 7,128 kg/ha compare
- 12 Jamaica 20,310 kg/ha compare
- 13 Thailand 20,161 kg/ha compare
- 13 United Republic of Tanzania 6,417 kg/ha compare
- 14 Cabo Verde 7,996 kg/ha compare
- 15 Malaysia 18,692 kg/ha compare
- 15 Timor-Leste 3,582 kg/ha compare
- 16 Côte d'Ivoire 6,087 kg/ha compare
- 16 French Polynesia 18,517 kg/ha compare
- 17 Paraguay 18,472 kg/ha compare
- 17 Caribbean 5,371 kg/ha compare
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 cassava, fresh — yield in Barbados?
- Cassava, fresh — yield in Barbados was 19,870 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 31,885 kg/ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 16,429 kg/ha in 1990.
- How does Barbados rank for cassava, fresh — yield?
- Barbados ranks 14th out of 93 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — yield rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Barbados data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cassava, fresh — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.