Pulses, Total — Production in Barbados
Barbados: Pulses, Total — Production was 1,680 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pulses, Total — Production in Barbados, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pulses, total — production in Barbados is 1,680 t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and down 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — production in Barbados peaked at 1,819 t in 2012 and was at its lowest, 300 t, in 1964.
That places Barbados 148th out of 169 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Pulses, Total — Production in Barbados, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 400 t | — |
| 1962 | 400 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 400 t | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 300 t | -25.0% |
| 1965 | 350 t | +16.7% |
| 1966 | 318 t | -9.1% |
| 1967 | 450 t | +41.5% |
| 1968 | 570 t | +26.7% |
| 1969 | 628 t | +10.2% |
| 1970 | 650 t | +3.5% |
| 1971 | 708 t | +8.9% |
| 1972 | 730 t | +3.1% |
| 1973 | 770 t | +5.5% |
| 1974 | 700 t | -9.1% |
| 1975 | 710 t | +1.4% |
| 1976 | 720 t | +1.4% |
| 1977 | 740 t | +2.8% |
| 1978 | 760 t | +2.7% |
| 1979 | 760 t | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 770 t | +1.3% |
| 1981 | 780 t | +1.3% |
| 1982 | 800 t | +2.6% |
| 1983 | 820 t | +2.5% |
| 1984 | 830 t | +1.2% |
| 1985 | 830 t | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 830 t | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 840 t | +1.2% |
| 1988 | 840 t | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 840 t | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 860 t | +2.4% |
| 1991 | 860 t | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 840 t | -2.3% |
| 1993 | 840 t | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 840 t | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 840 t | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 840 t | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 840 t | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 1,140 t | +35.7% |
| 1999 | 1,080 t | -5.3% |
| 2000 | 1,110 t | +2.8% |
| 2001 | 1,135 t | +2.3% |
| 2002 | 1,169 t | +3.0% |
| 2003 | 1,295 t | +10.8% |
| 2004 | 1,059 t | -18.3% |
| 2005 | 1,173 t | +10.8% |
| 2006 | 1,251 t | +6.6% |
| 2007 | 1,152 t | -7.9% |
| 2008 | 1,118 t | -3.0% |
| 2009 | 1,201 t | +7.4% |
| 2010 | 1,418 t | +18.1% |
| 2011 | 1,650 t | +16.4% |
| 2012 | 1,819 t | +10.2% |
| 2013 | 1,762 t | -3.1% |
| 2014 | 1,713 t | -2.8% |
| 2015 | 1,673 t | -2.3% |
| 2016 | 1,716 t | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 1,779 t | +3.7% |
| 2018 | 1,723 t | -3.2% |
| 2019 | 1,669 t | -3.1% |
| 2020 | 1,724 t | +3.3% |
| 2021 | 1,671 t | -3.0% |
| 2022 | 1,666 t | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 1,673 t | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 1,680 t | +0.4% |
Barbados compared with similar countries
- Barbados's 1,680 t is below the median for high income countries, which is 30,515 t, 6% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Barbados's 1,680 t is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 11,050 t, 15% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pulses, Total — Production 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | +41.5% | 318 t | 450 t |
| 1998 | +35.7% | 840 t | 1,140 t |
| 1964 | -25.0% | 400 t | 300 t |
| 1968 | +26.7% | 450 t | 570 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 424 t | 300 t | 628 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 724.8 t | 650 t | 770 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 818 t | 770 t | 840 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 898 t | 840 t | 1,140 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,166 t | 1,059 t | 1,295 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,692 t | 1,418 t | 1,819 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,683 t | 1,666 t | 1,724 t | 5 |
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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)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.6% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pulses, total — production in Barbados?
- Pulses, total — production in Barbados was 1,680 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — production recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 1,819 t in 2012.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — production recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 300 t in 1964.
- How does Barbados rank for pulses, total — production?
- Barbados ranks 148th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — production rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.9%. 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 Pulses, 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.