Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Barbados
Barbados: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield was 6,117 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Barbados, 1981–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Barbados is 6,117 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 1.5% on the previous year and down 13.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Barbados peaked at 12,522 kg/ha in 1983 and was at its lowest, 5,196 kg/ha, in 2004.
Barbados ranks 110th of 120 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 44 years of available data.
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Barbados, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 11,711 kg/ha | — |
| 1982 | 11,738 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1983 | 12,522 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1984 | 9,454 kg/ha | -24.5% |
| 1985 | 10,343 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1986 | 9,571 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1987 | 11,583 kg/ha | +21.0% |
| 1988 | 11,286 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1989 | 8,944 kg/ha | -20.7% |
| 1990 | 9,158 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1991 | 10,100 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1992 | 10,071 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1993 | 10,178 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1994 | 10,102 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1995 | 10,094 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 10,127 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 10,135 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 10,145 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 8,750 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 2000 | 8,889 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 9,184 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2002 | 10,192 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 2003 | 10,136 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 5,196 kg/ha | -48.7% |
| 2005 | 8,160 kg/ha | +57.0% |
| 2006 | 8,067 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2007 | 8,000 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 8,300 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2009 | 7,640 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 2010 | 7,513 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2011 | 7,565 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 7,444 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 7,320 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2014 | 7,082 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2015 | 7,194 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 7,020 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2017 | 6,758 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2018 | 6,611 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2019 | 6,472 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2020 | 6,328 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2021 | 6,376 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 6,309 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 6,211 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2024 | 6,117 kg/ha | -1.5% |
Barbados compared with similar countries
- Barbados's 6,117 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 20,824 kg/ha, 29% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Barbados's 6,117 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 12,088 kg/ha, 51% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +57.0% | 5,196 kg/ha | 8,160 kg/ha |
| 2004 | -48.7% | 10,136 kg/ha | 5,196 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 10,795 kg/ha | 8,944 kg/ha | 12,522 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1990s | 9,886 kg/ha | 8,750 kg/ha | 10,178 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,376 kg/ha | 5,196 kg/ha | 10,192 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,098 kg/ha | 6,472 kg/ha | 7,565 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,268 kg/ha | 6,117 kg/ha | 6,376 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Barbados
- 107 Dominican Republic 6,715 kg/ha compare
- 108 Fiji 6,655 kg/ha compare
- 109 El Salvador 6,249 kg/ha compare
- 111 Rwanda 5,191 kg/ha compare
- 112 Antigua and Barbuda 5,165 kg/ha compare
- 113 Ireland 4,706 kg/ha compare
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 pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Barbados?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Barbados was 6,117 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 12,522 kg/ha in 1983.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,196 kg/ha in 2004.
- How does Barbados rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield?
- Barbados ranks 110th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.6%. 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 Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield. 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.