Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Barbados
Barbados: Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested was 28 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Barbados, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Barbados is 28 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 26.3% on the previous year and up 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Barbados peaked at 113 ha in 1972 and was at its lowest, 6 ha, in 1961.
That places Barbados 135th out of 140 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Barbados, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6 ha | — |
| 1962 | 8 ha | +33.3% |
| 1963 | 9 ha | +12.5% |
| 1964 | 9 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 10 ha | +11.1% |
| 1966 | 10 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 10 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 12 ha | +20.0% |
| 1969 | 12 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 54 ha | +350.0% |
| 1971 | 90 ha | +66.7% |
| 1972 | 113 ha | +25.6% |
| 1973 | 81 ha | -28.3% |
| 1974 | 82 ha | +1.2% |
| 1975 | 81 ha | -1.2% |
| 1976 | 67 ha | -17.3% |
| 1977 | 69 ha | +3.0% |
| 1978 | 74 ha | +7.2% |
| 1979 | 41 ha | -44.6% |
| 1980 | 44 ha | +7.3% |
| 1981 | 31 ha | -29.5% |
| 1982 | 30 ha | -3.2% |
| 1983 | 41 ha | +36.7% |
| 1984 | 31 ha | -24.4% |
| 1985 | 38 ha | +22.6% |
| 1986 | 24 ha | -36.8% |
| 1987 | 68 ha | +183.3% |
| 1988 | 30 ha | -55.9% |
| 1989 | 75 ha | +150.0% |
| 1990 | 75 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 73 ha | -2.7% |
| 1992 | 75 ha | +2.7% |
| 1993 | 55 ha | -26.7% |
| 1994 | 68 ha | +23.6% |
| 1995 | 100 ha | +47.1% |
| 1996 | 90 ha | -10.0% |
| 1997 | 36 ha | -60.0% |
| 1998 | 90 ha | +150.0% |
| 1999 | 19 ha | -78.9% |
| 2000 | 15 ha | -21.1% |
| 2001 | 18 ha | +20.0% |
| 2002 | 17 ha | -5.6% |
| 2003 | 19 ha | +11.8% |
| 2004 | 23 ha | +21.1% |
| 2005 | 15 ha | -34.8% |
| 2006 | 20 ha | +33.3% |
| 2007 | 14 ha | -30.0% |
| 2008 | 20 ha | +42.9% |
| 2009 | 30 ha | +50.0% |
| 2010 | 23 ha | -23.3% |
| 2011 | 17 ha | -26.1% |
| 2012 | 25 ha | +47.1% |
| 2013 | 22 ha | -12.0% |
| 2014 | 14 ha | -36.4% |
| 2015 | 33 ha | +135.7% |
| 2016 | 17 ha | -48.5% |
| 2017 | 17 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 17 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 32 ha | +88.2% |
| 2020 | 25 ha | -21.9% |
| 2021 | 20 ha | -20.0% |
| 2022 | 60 ha | +200.0% |
| 2023 | 38 ha | -36.7% |
| 2024 | 28 ha | -26.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9.56 ha | 6 ha | 12 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 75.2 ha | 41 ha | 113 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 41.2 ha | 24 ha | 75 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 68.1 ha | 19 ha | 100 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 19.1 ha | 14 ha | 30 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 21.7 ha | 14 ha | 33 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 34.2 ha | 20 ha | 60 ha | 5 |
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- 137 Antigua and Barbuda 5 ha compare
- 138 Guadeloupe 4 ha compare
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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)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Barbados?
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Barbados was 28 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 113 ha in 1972.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 6 ha in 1961.
- How does Barbados rank for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested?
- Barbados ranks 135th out of 140 countries with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is up 100.0%. 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 Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — 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.