Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Barbados
Barbados: Green corn (maize) — Area harvested was 168 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Barbados, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Barbados recorded 168 ha for green corn (maize) — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, green corn (maize) — area harvested in Barbados peaked at 197 ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
Barbados ranks 39th of 53 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Barbados, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 0 ha | — |
| 1972 | 0 ha | — |
| 1973 | 0 ha | — |
| 1974 | 0 ha | — |
| 1975 | 0 ha | — |
| 1976 | 0 ha | — |
| 1977 | 0 ha | — |
| 1978 | 0 ha | — |
| 1979 | 0 ha | — |
| 1980 | 0 ha | — |
| 1981 | 0 ha | — |
| 1982 | 0 ha | — |
| 1983 | 0 ha | — |
| 1984 | 0 ha | — |
| 1985 | 0 ha | — |
| 1986 | 0 ha | — |
| 1987 | 0 ha | — |
| 1988 | 0 ha | — |
| 1989 | 0 ha | — |
| 1990 | 50 ha | — |
| 1991 | 50 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 55 ha | +10.0% |
| 1993 | 20 ha | -63.6% |
| 1994 | 60 ha | +200.0% |
| 1995 | 182 ha | +203.3% |
| 1996 | 182 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 160 ha | -12.1% |
| 1998 | 160 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 160 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 163 ha | +1.9% |
| 2001 | 165 ha | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 168 ha | +1.8% |
| 2003 | 170 ha | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 175 ha | +2.9% |
| 2005 | 180 ha | +2.9% |
| 2006 | 190 ha | +5.6% |
| 2007 | 195 ha | +2.6% |
| 2008 | 197 ha | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 192 ha | -2.5% |
| 2010 | 188 ha | -2.1% |
| 2011 | 183 ha | -2.7% |
| 2012 | 183 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 175 ha | -4.4% |
| 2014 | 170 ha | -2.9% |
| 2015 | 168 ha | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 169 ha | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 171 ha | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 173 ha | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 175 ha | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 176 ha | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 174 ha | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 170 ha | -2.3% |
| 2023 | 169 ha | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 168 ha | -0.6% |
Barbados compared with similar countries
- Barbados's 168 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 970 ha, 17% of the median. (26 countries reporting)
- Barbados's 168 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 419 ha, 40% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Green corn (maize) — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | +203.3% | 60 ha | 182 ha |
| 1994 | +200.0% | 20 ha | 60 ha |
| 1993 | -63.6% | 55 ha | 20 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 107.9 ha | 20 ha | 182 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 179.5 ha | 163 ha | 197 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 175.5 ha | 168 ha | 188 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 171.4 ha | 168 ha | 176 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Barbados
- 36 Bulgaria 491 ha compare
- 37 Switzerland 386 ha compare
- 38 Panama 215 ha compare
- 40 Uruguay 152 ha compare
- 41 Brunei Darussalam 122 ha compare
- 42 Bosnia and Herzegovina 121 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 green corn (maize) — area harvested in Barbados?
- Green corn (maize) — area harvested in Barbados was 168 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest green corn (maize) — area harvested recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 197 ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest green corn (maize) — area harvested recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Barbados rank for green corn (maize) — area harvested?
- Barbados ranks 39th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is green corn (maize) — area harvested rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.2%. 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 Green corn (maize) — 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.