Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in Barbados
Barbados: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production was 90.24 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in Barbados, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Barbados stood at 90.24 t.
The figure is down 1.8% on the previous year and down 9.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Barbados peaked at 161 t in 1979 and was at its lowest, 31.5 t, in 2001.
Barbados ranks 153rd of 179 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in Barbados, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 64.4 t | — |
| 1962 | 65.8 t | +2.2% |
| 1963 | 65.8 t | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 72.8 t | +10.6% |
| 1965 | 78.4 t | +7.7% |
| 1966 | 77 t | -1.8% |
| 1967 | 86.8 t | +12.7% |
| 1968 | 86.8 t | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 91 t | +4.8% |
| 1970 | 98 t | +7.7% |
| 1971 | 105 t | +7.1% |
| 1972 | 106.4 t | +1.3% |
| 1973 | 107.8 t | +1.3% |
| 1974 | 119 t | +10.4% |
| 1975 | 126 t | +5.9% |
| 1976 | 128.8 t | +2.2% |
| 1977 | 131.6 t | +2.2% |
| 1978 | 147 t | +11.7% |
| 1979 | 161 t | +9.5% |
| 1980 | 154 t | -4.3% |
| 1981 | 147 t | -4.5% |
| 1982 | 147 t | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 140 t | -4.8% |
| 1984 | 140 t | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 137.2 t | -2.0% |
| 1986 | 137.2 t | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 133 t | -3.1% |
| 1988 | 133 t | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 130.2 t | -2.1% |
| 1990 | 60 t | -53.9% |
| 1991 | 60 t | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 62 t | +3.3% |
| 1993 | 62 t | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 60 t | -3.2% |
| 1995 | 60 t | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 58 t | -3.3% |
| 1997 | 58 t | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 56 t | -3.4% |
| 1999 | 45.6 t | -18.6% |
| 2000 | 45.7 t | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 31.5 t | -31.1% |
| 2002 | 73.3 t | +132.7% |
| 2003 | 90 t | +22.8% |
| 2004 | 97 t | +7.8% |
| 2005 | 79 t | -18.6% |
| 2006 | 79 t | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 72 t | -8.9% |
| 2008 | 85 t | +18.1% |
| 2009 | 89 t | +4.7% |
| 2010 | 106 t | +19.1% |
| 2011 | 113 t | +6.6% |
| 2012 | 104 t | -8.0% |
| 2013 | 100 t | -3.8% |
| 2014 | 100 t | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 101.8 t | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 110.46 t | +8.5% |
| 2017 | 95.79 t | -13.3% |
| 2018 | 107.01 t | +11.7% |
| 2019 | 92.17 t | -13.9% |
| 2020 | 99 t | +7.4% |
| 2021 | 65 t | -34.3% |
| 2022 | 85 t | +30.8% |
| 2023 | 91.93 t | +8.2% |
| 2024 | 90.24 t | -1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 76.53 t | 64.4 t | 91 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 123.06 t | 98 t | 161 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 139.86 t | 130.2 t | 154 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 58.16 t | 45.6 t | 62 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 74.15 t | 31.5 t | 97 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 103.02 t | 92.17 t | 113 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 86.23 t | 65 t | 99 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Barbados
- 150 Honduras 101.69 t compare
- 151 Saint Lucia 101.08 t compare
- 152 Comoros 100.1 t compare
- 154 Martinique 77 t compare
- 155 Brunei Darussalam 40.84 t compare
- 156 Luxembourg 40 t 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 meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Barbados?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Barbados was 90.24 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 161 t in 1979.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 31.5 t in 2001.
- How does Barbados rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production?
- Barbados ranks 153rd out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.8%. 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 Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production. 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.