Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Barbados
Barbados: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested was 292 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Barbados, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Barbados stood at 292 ha.
That represents a change of up 3.2% on the previous year and up 22.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Barbados peaked at 610 ha in 1986 and was at its lowest, 195 ha, in 1996.
Barbados ranks 173rd of 184 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 40 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Barbados, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 500 ha | — |
| 1986 | 610 ha | +22.0% |
| 1987 | 540 ha | -11.5% |
| 1988 | 540 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 540 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 541 ha | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 221 ha | -59.1% |
| 1992 | 223 ha | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 222 ha | -0.4% |
| 1994 | 210 ha | -5.4% |
| 1995 | 246 ha | +17.1% |
| 1996 | 195 ha | -20.7% |
| 1997 | 221 ha | +13.3% |
| 1998 | 222 ha | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 205 ha | -7.7% |
| 2000 | 220 ha | +7.3% |
| 2001 | 215 ha | -2.3% |
| 2002 | 215 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 230 ha | +7.0% |
| 2004 | 237 ha | +3.0% |
| 2005 | 253 ha | +6.8% |
| 2006 | 271 ha | +7.1% |
| 2007 | 285 ha | +5.2% |
| 2008 | 274 ha | -3.9% |
| 2009 | 274 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 248 ha | -9.5% |
| 2011 | 240 ha | -3.2% |
| 2012 | 210 ha | -12.5% |
| 2013 | 229 ha | +9.0% |
| 2014 | 239 ha | +4.4% |
| 2015 | 208 ha | -13.0% |
| 2016 | 206 ha | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 212 ha | +2.9% |
| 2018 | 303 ha | +42.9% |
| 2019 | 304 ha | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 255 ha | -16.1% |
| 2021 | 264 ha | +3.5% |
| 2022 | 276 ha | +4.5% |
| 2023 | 283 ha | +2.5% |
| 2024 | 292 ha | +3.2% |
Barbados compared with similar countries
- Barbados's 292 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 35,260 ha, 1% of the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Barbados's 292 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 30,920 ha, 1% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | -59.1% | 541 ha | 221 ha |
| 2018 | +42.9% | 212 ha | 303 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 546 ha | 500 ha | 610 ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 250.6 ha | 195 ha | 541 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 247.4 ha | 215 ha | 285 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 239.9 ha | 206 ha | 304 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 274 ha | 255 ha | 292 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Barbados
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 oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Barbados?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Barbados was 292 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 610 ha in 1986.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 195 ha in 1996.
- How does Barbados rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
- Barbados ranks 173rd out of 184 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.2%. 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 Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested. 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.