Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Barbados
Barbados: Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 9,157 1000 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Barbados, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 An.
Analysis
In 2024, meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Barbados stood at 9,157 1000 An.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 9.5% on the previous year and up 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Barbados peaked at 12,110 1000 An in 2005 and was at its lowest, 192 1000 An, in 1961.
Barbados ranks 140th of 191 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.
Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Barbados, year by year
| Year | 1000 An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 192 1000 An | — |
| 1962 | 220 1000 An | +14.6% |
| 1963 | 275 1000 An | +25.0% |
| 1964 | 300 1000 An | +9.1% |
| 1965 | 250 1000 An | -16.7% |
| 1966 | 220 1000 An | -12.0% |
| 1967 | 290 1000 An | +31.8% |
| 1968 | 375 1000 An | +29.3% |
| 1969 | 460 1000 An | +22.7% |
| 1970 | 470 1000 An | +2.2% |
| 1971 | 614 1000 An | +30.6% |
| 1972 | 1,250 1000 An | +103.6% |
| 1973 | 2,000 1000 An | +60.0% |
| 1974 | 2,100 1000 An | +5.0% |
| 1975 | 2,400 1000 An | +14.3% |
| 1976 | 2,600 1000 An | +8.3% |
| 1977 | 3,000 1000 An | +15.4% |
| 1978 | 3,500 1000 An | +16.7% |
| 1979 | 4,300 1000 An | +22.9% |
| 1980 | 4,400 1000 An | +2.3% |
| 1981 | 4,800 1000 An | +9.1% |
| 1982 | 5,500 1000 An | +14.6% |
| 1983 | 5,100 1000 An | -7.3% |
| 1984 | 5,400 1000 An | +5.9% |
| 1985 | 5,200 1000 An | -3.7% |
| 1986 | 6,100 1000 An | +17.3% |
| 1987 | 6,700 1000 An | +9.8% |
| 1988 | 7,800 1000 An | +16.4% |
| 1989 | 8,900 1000 An | +14.1% |
| 1990 | 8,400 1000 An | -5.6% |
| 1991 | 8,300 1000 An | -1.2% |
| 1992 | 7,250 1000 An | -12.7% |
| 1993 | 7,200 1000 An | -0.7% |
| 1994 | 8,050 1000 An | +11.8% |
| 1995 | 9,050 1000 An | +12.4% |
| 1996 | 10,100 1000 An | +11.6% |
| 1997 | 9,700 1000 An | -4.0% |
| 1998 | 9,590 1000 An | -1.1% |
| 1999 | 9,532 1000 An | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 8,815 1000 An | -7.5% |
| 2001 | 9,945 1000 An | +12.8% |
| 2002 | 9,305 1000 An | -6.4% |
| 2003 | 9,585 1000 An | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 11,017 1000 An | +14.9% |
| 2005 | 12,110 1000 An | +9.9% |
| 2006 | 11,085 1000 An | -8.5% |
| 2007 | 12,085 1000 An | +9.0% |
| 2008 | 11,574 1000 An | -4.2% |
| 2009 | 11,667 1000 An | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 11,685 1000 An | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 11,673 1000 An | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 8,708 1000 An | -25.4% |
| 2013 | 8,378 1000 An | -3.8% |
| 2014 | 9,004 1000 An | +7.5% |
| 2015 | 10,084 1000 An | +12.0% |
| 2016 | 9,205 1000 An | -8.7% |
| 2017 | 9,773 1000 An | +6.2% |
| 2018 | 10,180 1000 An | +4.2% |
| 2019 | 10,029 1000 An | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 9,031 1000 An | -10.0% |
| 2021 | 8,384 1000 An | -7.2% |
| 2022 | 9,962 1000 An | +18.8% |
| 2023 | 10,119 1000 An | +1.6% |
| 2024 | 9,157 1000 An | -9.5% |
Barbados compared with similar countries
- Barbados's 9,157 1000 An is below the median for high income countries, which is 55,782 1000 An, 16% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Barbados's 9,157 1000 An is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 57,756 1000 An, 16% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | +103.6% | 614 1000 An | 1,250 1000 An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 286.89 1000 An | 192 1000 An | 460 1000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,223 1000 An | 470 1000 An | 4,300 1000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,990 1000 An | 4,400 1000 An | 8,900 1000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,717 1000 An | 7,200 1000 An | 10,100 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,719 1000 An | 8,815 1000 An | 12,110 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,872 1000 An | 8,378 1000 An | 11,685 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,331 1000 An | 8,384 1000 An | 10,119 1000 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Barbados
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, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Barbados?
- Meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Barbados was 9,157 1000 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 12,110 1000 An in 2005.
- What is the lowest meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 192 1000 An in 1961.
- How does Barbados rank for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Barbados ranks 140th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.7%. 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 Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered. 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.