Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Barbados
Barbados: Milk, Total — Milk Animals was 3,001 An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Barbados, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
In 2024, milk, total — milk animals in Barbados stood at 3,001 An.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.9% on the previous year and down 9.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — milk animals in Barbados peaked at 8,000 An in 1990 and was at its lowest, 2,933 An, in 2016.
That places Barbados 166th out of 185 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Barbados, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,900 An | — |
| 1962 | 3,900 An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 3,900 An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 4,000 An | +2.6% |
| 1965 | 4,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 4,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 3,900 An | -2.5% |
| 1968 | 3,900 An | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 4,000 An | +2.6% |
| 1970 | 4,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 4,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 4,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 4,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 4,100 An | +2.5% |
| 1975 | 4,100 An | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 4,500 An | +9.8% |
| 1977 | 4,500 An | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 4,800 An | +6.7% |
| 1979 | 5,000 An | +4.2% |
| 1980 | 5,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 4,800 An | -4.0% |
| 1982 | 4,800 An | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 5,200 An | +8.3% |
| 1984 | 5,500 An | +5.8% |
| 1985 | 6,000 An | +9.1% |
| 1986 | 6,500 An | +8.3% |
| 1987 | 7,100 An | +9.2% |
| 1988 | 7,100 An | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 7,138 An | +0.5% |
| 1990 | 8,000 An | +12.1% |
| 1991 | 8,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 5,100 An | -36.2% |
| 1993 | 4,500 An | -11.8% |
| 1994 | 4,400 An | -2.2% |
| 1995 | 4,700 An | +6.8% |
| 1996 | 5,000 An | +6.4% |
| 1997 | 5,200 An | +4.0% |
| 1998 | 5,000 An | -3.8% |
| 1999 | 4,800 An | -4.0% |
| 2000 | 4,400 An | -8.3% |
| 2001 | 4,500 An | +2.3% |
| 2002 | 4,100 An | -8.9% |
| 2003 | 3,850 An | -6.1% |
| 2004 | 3,650 An | -5.2% |
| 2005 | 3,450 An | -5.5% |
| 2006 | 3,100 An | -10.1% |
| 2007 | 3,750 An | +21.0% |
| 2008 | 3,700 An | -1.3% |
| 2009 | 3,850 An | +4.1% |
| 2010 | 3,680 An | -4.4% |
| 2011 | 3,200 An | -13.0% |
| 2012 | 3,300 An | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 3,300 An | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 3,300 An | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 2,935 An | -11.1% |
| 2016 | 2,933 An | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 2,944 An | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 2,942 An | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 2,943 An | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 2,940 An | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 2,994 An | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 3,014 An | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 3,027 An | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 3,001 An | -0.9% |
Barbados compared with similar countries
- Barbados's 3,001 An is below the median for high income countries, which is 341,030 An, 1% of the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Barbados's 3,001 An is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 308,424 An, 1% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Milk, Total — Milk Animals 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | -36.2% | 8,000 An | 5,100 An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,944 An | 3,900 An | 4,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,300 An | 4,000 An | 5,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,914 An | 4,800 An | 7,138 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,470 An | 4,400 An | 8,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,835 An | 3,100 An | 4,500 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,148 An | 2,933 An | 3,680 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,995 An | 2,940 An | 3,027 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Barbados
- 163 Congo 3,439 An compare
- 164 Antigua and Barbuda 3,240 An compare
- 165 Mauritius 3,030 An compare
- 167 Papua New Guinea 2,989 An compare
- 168 Martinique 2,565 An compare
- 169 Solomon Islands 2,284 An 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 milk, total — milk animals in Barbados?
- Milk, total — milk animals in Barbados was 3,001 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 8,000 An in 1990.
- What is the lowest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,933 An in 2016.
- How does Barbados rank for milk, total — milk animals?
- Barbados ranks 166th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — milk animals rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.1%. 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 Milk, Total — Milk Animals. 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.