Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Barbados
Barbados: Fruit Primary — Area harvested was 693 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Barbados, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, fruit primary — area harvested in Barbados stood at 693 ha.
The figure is up 1.8% on the previous year and up 13.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — area harvested in Barbados peaked at 782 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 90 ha, in 1974.
Barbados ranks 182nd of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Barbados, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 200 ha | — |
| 1962 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 190 ha | -5.0% |
| 1967 | 190 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 190 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 190 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 110 ha | -42.1% |
| 1971 | 110 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 110 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 110 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 90 ha | -18.2% |
| 1975 | 90 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 90 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 90 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 90 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 90 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 91 ha | +1.1% |
| 1981 | 90 ha | -1.1% |
| 1982 | 90 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 90 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 90 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 395 ha | +338.9% |
| 1986 | 395 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 395 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 410 ha | +3.8% |
| 1989 | 410 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 440 ha | +7.3% |
| 1991 | 459 ha | +4.3% |
| 1992 | 437 ha | -4.8% |
| 1993 | 440 ha | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 437 ha | -0.7% |
| 1995 | 462 ha | +5.7% |
| 1996 | 457 ha | -1.1% |
| 1997 | 447 ha | -2.2% |
| 1998 | 472 ha | +5.6% |
| 1999 | 428 ha | -9.3% |
| 2000 | 408 ha | -4.7% |
| 2001 | 415 ha | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 442 ha | +6.5% |
| 2003 | 460 ha | +4.1% |
| 2004 | 477 ha | +3.7% |
| 2005 | 488 ha | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 498 ha | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 517 ha | +3.8% |
| 2008 | 522 ha | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 559 ha | +7.1% |
| 2010 | 567 ha | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 588 ha | +3.7% |
| 2012 | 588 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 599 ha | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 613 ha | +2.3% |
| 2015 | 616 ha | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 608 ha | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 617 ha | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 622 ha | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 624 ha | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 678 ha | +8.7% |
| 2021 | 782 ha | +15.3% |
| 2022 | 596 ha | -23.8% |
| 2023 | 681 ha | +14.3% |
| 2024 | 693 ha | +1.8% |
Barbados compared with similar countries
- Barbados's 693 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 19,080 ha, 4% of the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Barbados's 693 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 39,663 ha, 2% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fruit Primary — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +338.9% | 90 ha | 395 ha |
| 1970 | -42.1% | 190 ha | 110 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 195.56 ha | 190 ha | 200 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 98 ha | 90 ha | 110 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 245.6 ha | 90 ha | 410 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 447.9 ha | 428 ha | 472 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 478.6 ha | 408 ha | 559 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 604.2 ha | 567 ha | 624 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 686 ha | 596 ha | 782 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 fruit primary — area harvested in Barbados?
- Fruit primary — area harvested in Barbados was 693 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 782 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 90 ha in 1974.
- How does Barbados rank for fruit primary — area harvested?
- Barbados ranks 182nd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — area harvested rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.1%. 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 Fruit Primary — 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.