Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks in Barbados
Barbados: Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks was 11,241 An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks in Barbados, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
In 2024, cattle and buffaloes — stocks in Barbados stood at 11,241 An.
The figure is down 1.2% on the previous year and up 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle and buffaloes — stocks in Barbados peaked at 33,600 An in 1992 and was at its lowest, 8,800 An, in 2007.
Barbados ranks 171st of 189 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks in Barbados, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 20,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 15,600 An | -22.0% |
| 1963 | 15,800 An | +1.3% |
| 1964 | 15,600 An | -1.3% |
| 1965 | 16,000 An | +2.6% |
| 1966 | 16,500 An | +3.1% |
| 1967 | 16,800 An | +1.8% |
| 1968 | 17,000 An | +1.2% |
| 1969 | 20,000 An | +17.6% |
| 1970 | 20,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 21,000 An | +5.0% |
| 1972 | 20,000 An | -4.8% |
| 1973 | 21,000 An | +5.0% |
| 1974 | 18,500 An | -11.9% |
| 1975 | 14,000 An | -24.3% |
| 1976 | 14,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 14,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 16,000 An | +14.3% |
| 1979 | 16,500 An | +3.1% |
| 1980 | 18,000 An | +9.1% |
| 1981 | 19,000 An | +5.6% |
| 1982 | 17,500 An | -7.9% |
| 1983 | 18,000 An | +2.9% |
| 1984 | 18,500 An | +2.8% |
| 1985 | 18,000 An | -2.7% |
| 1986 | 20,000 An | +11.1% |
| 1987 | 22,000 An | +10.0% |
| 1988 | 24,000 An | +9.1% |
| 1989 | 31,000 An | +29.2% |
| 1990 | 32,300 An | +4.2% |
| 1991 | 32,300 An | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 33,600 An | +4.0% |
| 1993 | 31,000 An | -7.7% |
| 1994 | 31,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 31,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 31,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 28,000 An | -9.7% |
| 1998 | 27,000 An | -3.6% |
| 1999 | 25,000 An | -7.4% |
| 2000 | 23,000 An | -8.0% |
| 2001 | 21,000 An | -8.7% |
| 2002 | 19,000 An | -9.5% |
| 2003 | 17,000 An | -10.5% |
| 2004 | 15,000 An | -11.8% |
| 2005 | 13,000 An | -13.3% |
| 2006 | 10,500 An | -19.2% |
| 2007 | 8,800 An | -16.2% |
| 2008 | 9,600 An | +9.1% |
| 2009 | 10,700 An | +11.5% |
| 2010 | 11,000 An | +2.8% |
| 2011 | 10,800 An | -1.8% |
| 2012 | 11,000 An | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 11,200 An | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 11,100 An | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 11,050 An | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 11,034 An | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 10,956 An | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 10,975 An | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 10,957 An | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 10,966 An | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 11,229 An | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 11,322 An | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 11,378 An | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 11,241 An | -1.2% |
Barbados compared with similar countries
- Barbados's 11,241 An is below the median for high income countries, which is 556,466 An, 2% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Barbados's 11,241 An is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1.46 million An, 1% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | +29.2% | 24,000 An | 31,000 An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17,033 An | 15,600 An | 20,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 17,500 An | 14,000 An | 21,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 20,600 An | 17,500 An | 31,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 30,220 An | 25,000 An | 33,600 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 14,760 An | 8,800 An | 23,000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,007 An | 10,800 An | 11,200 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,227 An | 10,966 An | 11,378 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Barbados
- 168 Malta 13,800 An compare
- 169 French Guiana 13,386 An compare
- 170 Tonga 12,196 An compare
- 172 Saint Lucia 10,486 An compare
- 173 French Polynesia 8,097 An compare
- 174 Bahrain 7,000 An 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 cattle and buffaloes — stocks in Barbados?
- Cattle and buffaloes — stocks in Barbados was 11,241 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cattle and buffaloes — stocks recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 33,600 An in 1992.
- What is the lowest cattle and buffaloes — stocks recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,800 An in 2007.
- How does Barbados rank for cattle and buffaloes — stocks?
- Barbados ranks 171st out of 189 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cattle and buffaloes — stocks rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. 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 Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks. 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.