Meat, Total — Production in Barbados
Barbados: Meat, Total — Production was 16,145 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat, Total — Production in Barbados, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, meat, total — production in Barbados stood at 16,145 t.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 13.1% on the previous year and down 8.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, total — production in Barbados peaked at 19,730 t in 2018 and was at its lowest, 2,831 t, in 1961.
Barbados ranks 171st of 210 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,321 t | 2,831 t | 4,094 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,748 t | 4,620 t | 10,749 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,516 t | 11,248 t | 15,519 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,472 t | 12,443 t | 16,290 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 16,033 t | 13,447 t | 17,990 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 18,188 t | 16,471 t | 19,730 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 16,999 t | 15,285 t | 18,620 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Barbados
- 168 Eswatini 26,283 t compare
- 169 North Macedonia 21,430 t compare
- 170 Luxembourg 19,809 t compare
- 172 Montenegro 15,218 t compare
- 173 Suriname 12,565 t compare
- 174 Djibouti 11,738 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Barbados
- Agriculture share gdp 1.55 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 1.55 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2024)
- Rural population 40.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.3% (2025)
- Rural population 113,898 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.6% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 118.12 million current US$ (2024)
- Bananas — Production 981.37 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, total — production in Barbados?
- Meat, total — production in Barbados was 16,145 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat, total — production recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 19,730 t in 2018.
- What is the lowest meat, total — production recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,831 t in 1961.
- How does Barbados rank for meat, total — production?
- Barbados ranks 171st out of 210 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat, total — production rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Barbados data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Meat, Total — 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.