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 159th of 194 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Meat, Total — Production in Barbados, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,831 t | — |
| 1962 | 2,894 t | +2.3% |
| 1963 | 3,187 t | +10.1% |
| 1964 | 3,304 t | +3.7% |
| 1965 | 3,203 t | -3.0% |
| 1966 | 3,308 t | +3.3% |
| 1967 | 3,447 t | +4.2% |
| 1968 | 3,625 t | +5.2% |
| 1969 | 4,094 t | +12.9% |
| 1970 | 4,620 t | +12.8% |
| 1971 | 5,460 t | +18.2% |
| 1972 | 6,138 t | +12.4% |
| 1973 | 7,020 t | +14.4% |
| 1974 | 7,936 t | +13.1% |
| 1975 | 7,763 t | -2.2% |
| 1976 | 8,281 t | +6.7% |
| 1977 | 9,037 t | +9.1% |
| 1978 | 10,474 t | +15.9% |
| 1979 | 10,749 t | +2.6% |
| 1980 | 11,502 t | +7.0% |
| 1981 | 12,356 t | +7.4% |
| 1982 | 12,958 t | +4.9% |
| 1983 | 11,895 t | -8.2% |
| 1984 | 11,582 t | -2.6% |
| 1985 | 11,248 t | -2.9% |
| 1986 | 11,907 t | +5.9% |
| 1987 | 12,741 t | +7.0% |
| 1988 | 13,453 t | +5.6% |
| 1989 | 15,519 t | +15.4% |
| 1990 | 14,995 t | -3.4% |
| 1991 | 14,737 t | -1.7% |
| 1992 | 13,443 t | -8.8% |
| 1993 | 13,158 t | -2.1% |
| 1994 | 12,443 t | -5.4% |
| 1995 | 13,869 t | +11.5% |
| 1996 | 16,290 t | +17.5% |
| 1997 | 15,502 t | -4.8% |
| 1998 | 15,256 t | -1.6% |
| 1999 | 15,031 t | -1.5% |
| 2000 | 13,539 t | -9.9% |
| 2001 | 14,332 t | +5.9% |
| 2002 | 13,447 t | -6.2% |
| 2003 | 14,863 t | +10.5% |
| 2004 | 16,185 t | +8.9% |
| 2005 | 17,990 t | +11.2% |
| 2006 | 16,772 t | -6.8% |
| 2007 | 17,958 t | +7.1% |
| 2008 | 17,531 t | -2.4% |
| 2009 | 17,717 t | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 17,409 t | -1.7% |
| 2011 | 17,598 t | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 17,204 t | -2.2% |
| 2013 | 16,471 t | -4.3% |
| 2014 | 17,561 t | +6.6% |
| 2015 | 19,475 t | +10.9% |
| 2016 | 18,138 t | -6.9% |
| 2017 | 18,739 t | +3.3% |
| 2018 | 19,730 t | +5.3% |
| 2019 | 19,554 t | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 15,285 t | -21.8% |
| 2021 | 16,371 t | +7.1% |
| 2022 | 18,620 t | +13.7% |
| 2023 | 18,572 t | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 16,145 t | -13.1% |
Barbados compared with similar countries
- Barbados's 16,145 t is below the median for high income countries, which is 246,847 t, 7% of the median. (57 countries reporting)
- Barbados's 16,145 t is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 175,376 t, 9% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
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
- 156 Eswatini 26,283 t compare
- 157 North Macedonia 21,430 t compare
- 158 Luxembourg 19,809 t compare
- 160 Montenegro 15,218 t compare
- 161 Suriname 12,565 t compare
- 162 Djibouti 11,738 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Barbados
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.0283 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.0354 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
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 159th out of 194 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.