Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Barbados
Barbados: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 147 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Barbados, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Barbados recorded 147 ha for roots and tubers, total — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 19.7% on the previous year and down 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Barbados peaked at 2,436 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 65 ha, in 2011.
Barbados ranks 180th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Barbados, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,436 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,348 ha | -3.6% |
| 1963 | 2,304 ha | -1.9% |
| 1964 | 2,256 ha | -2.1% |
| 1965 | 2,123 ha | -5.9% |
| 1966 | 2,055 ha | -3.2% |
| 1967 | 2,145 ha | +4.4% |
| 1968 | 2,217 ha | +3.4% |
| 1969 | 1,810 ha | -18.4% |
| 1970 | 1,984 ha | +9.6% |
| 1971 | 2,017 ha | +1.7% |
| 1972 | 1,920 ha | -4.8% |
| 1973 | 1,236 ha | -35.6% |
| 1974 | 813 ha | -34.2% |
| 1975 | 1,173 ha | +44.3% |
| 1976 | 952 ha | -18.8% |
| 1977 | 1,171 ha | +23.0% |
| 1978 | 1,385 ha | +18.3% |
| 1979 | 1,102 ha | -20.4% |
| 1980 | 1,047 ha | -5.0% |
| 1981 | 657 ha | -37.2% |
| 1982 | 749 ha | +14.0% |
| 1983 | 795 ha | +6.1% |
| 1984 | 803 ha | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 778 ha | -3.1% |
| 1986 | 687 ha | -11.7% |
| 1987 | 889 ha | +29.4% |
| 1988 | 642 ha | -27.8% |
| 1989 | 735 ha | +14.5% |
| 1990 | 735 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 592 ha | -19.5% |
| 1992 | 653 ha | +10.3% |
| 1993 | 605 ha | -7.4% |
| 1994 | 554 ha | -8.4% |
| 1995 | 1,020 ha | +84.1% |
| 1996 | 850 ha | -16.7% |
| 1997 | 633 ha | -25.5% |
| 1998 | 529 ha | -16.4% |
| 1999 | 372 ha | -29.7% |
| 2000 | 329 ha | -11.6% |
| 2001 | 325 ha | -1.2% |
| 2002 | 193 ha | -40.6% |
| 2003 | 336 ha | +74.1% |
| 2004 | 187 ha | -44.3% |
| 2005 | 221 ha | +18.2% |
| 2006 | 226 ha | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 231 ha | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 108 ha | -53.2% |
| 2009 | 148 ha | +37.0% |
| 2010 | 203 ha | +37.2% |
| 2011 | 65 ha | -68.0% |
| 2012 | 123 ha | +89.2% |
| 2013 | 164 ha | +33.3% |
| 2014 | 154 ha | -6.1% |
| 2015 | 149 ha | -3.2% |
| 2016 | 198 ha | +32.9% |
| 2017 | 110 ha | -44.4% |
| 2018 | 151 ha | +37.3% |
| 2019 | 144 ha | -4.6% |
| 2020 | 138 ha | -4.2% |
| 2021 | 133 ha | -3.6% |
| 2022 | 228 ha | +71.4% |
| 2023 | 183 ha | -19.7% |
| 2024 | 147 ha | -19.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,188 ha | 1,810 ha | 2,436 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,375 ha | 813 ha | 2,017 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 778.2 ha | 642 ha | 1,047 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 654.3 ha | 372 ha | 1,020 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 230.4 ha | 108 ha | 336 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 146.1 ha | 65 ha | 203 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 165.8 ha | 133 ha | 228 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Barbados
- 177 Belize 285 ha compare
- 178 Grenada 234 ha compare
- 179 Saint Kitts and Nevis 232 ha compare
- 181 Faroe Islands 100 ha compare
- 182 Antigua and Barbuda 98 ha compare
- 183 Qatar 49 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 roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Barbados?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Barbados was 147 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 2,436 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 65 ha in 2011.
- How does Barbados rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Barbados ranks 180th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.5%. 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 Roots and Tubers, Total — 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.