Raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — Production in Barbados
Barbados: Raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — Production was 6,848 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — Production in Barbados, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2023, raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — production in Barbados stood at 6,848 t.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 54.3% on the previous year and down 60.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — production in Barbados peaked at 204,000 t in 1967 and was at its lowest, 4,439 t, in 2022.
That places Barbados 111th out of 140 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — Production in Barbados, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 162,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 161,000 t | -0.6% |
| 1963 | 194,000 t | +20.5% |
| 1964 | 164,000 t | -15.5% |
| 1965 | 199,000 t | +21.3% |
| 1966 | 175,000 t | -12.1% |
| 1967 | 204,000 t | +16.6% |
| 1968 | 162,000 t | -20.6% |
| 1969 | 142,000 t | -12.3% |
| 1970 | 157,400 t | +10.8% |
| 1971 | 137,200 t | -12.8% |
| 1972 | 112,800 t | -17.8% |
| 1973 | 118,000 t | +4.6% |
| 1974 | 110,000 t | -6.8% |
| 1975 | 99,000 t | -10.0% |
| 1976 | 104,000 t | +5.1% |
| 1977 | 120,000 t | +15.4% |
| 1978 | 101,000 t | -15.8% |
| 1979 | 114,000 t | +12.9% |
| 1980 | 132,000 t | +15.8% |
| 1981 | 94,000 t | -28.8% |
| 1982 | 85,550 t | -9.0% |
| 1983 | 85,143 t | -0.5% |
| 1984 | 100,393 t | +17.9% |
| 1985 | 100,247 t | -0.1% |
| 1986 | 111,100 t | +10.8% |
| 1987 | 83,400 t | -24.9% |
| 1988 | 80,300 t | -3.7% |
| 1989 | 66,263 t | -17.5% |
| 1990 | 69,310 t | +4.6% |
| 1991 | 65,669 t | -5.3% |
| 1992 | 54,000 t | -17.8% |
| 1993 | 48,500 t | -10.2% |
| 1994 | 50,700 t | +4.5% |
| 1995 | 38,500 t | -24.1% |
| 1996 | 59,100 t | +53.5% |
| 1997 | 64,600 t | +9.3% |
| 1998 | 48,000 t | -25.7% |
| 1999 | 53,196 t | +10.8% |
| 2000 | 58,400 t | +9.8% |
| 2001 | 49,800 t | -14.7% |
| 2002 | 44,800 t | -10.0% |
| 2003 | 36,325 t | -18.9% |
| 2004 | 34,400 t | -5.3% |
| 2005 | 38,200 t | +11.0% |
| 2006 | 33,700 t | -11.8% |
| 2007 | 34,700 t | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 31,600 t | -8.9% |
| 2009 | 33,300 t | +5.4% |
| 2010 | 25,500 t | -23.4% |
| 2011 | 23,500 t | -7.8% |
| 2012 | 24,500 t | +4.3% |
| 2013 | 17,423 t | -28.9% |
| 2014 | 15,745 t | -9.6% |
| 2015 | 10,759 t | -31.7% |
| 2016 | 7,026 t | -34.7% |
| 2017 | 10,102 t | +43.8% |
| 2018 | 11,669 t | +15.5% |
| 2019 | 7,865 t | -32.6% |
| 2020 | 6,658 t | -15.3% |
| 2021 | 5,252 t | -21.1% |
| 2022 | 4,439 t | -15.5% |
| 2023 | 6,848 t | +54.3% |
Barbados compared with similar countries
- Barbados's 6,848 t is below the median for high income countries, which is 100,546 t, 7% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Barbados's 6,848 t is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 138,751 t, 5% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 173,667 t | 142,000 t | 204,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 117,340 t | 99,000 t | 157,400 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 93,840 t | 66,263 t | 132,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 55,158 t | 38,500 t | 69,310 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 39,522 t | 31,600 t | 58,400 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 15,409 t | 7,026 t | 25,500 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,799 t | 4,439 t | 6,848 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Barbados
- 108 Benin 10,000 t compare
- 108 Sierra Leone 10,000 t compare
- 110 Armenia 7,413 t compare
- 112 Central African Republic 5,000 t compare
- 113 Liberia 4,919 t compare
- 114 Martinique 4,073 t 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 raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — production in Barbados?
- Raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — production in Barbados was 6,848 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — production recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 204,000 t in 1967.
- What is the lowest raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — production recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,439 t in 2022.
- How does Barbados rank for raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — production?
- Barbados ranks 111th out of 140 countries with data for 2023.
- Is raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — production rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is down 60.7%. 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 Raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.