Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Barbados
Barbados: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 19,511 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Barbados, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, roots and tubers, total — yield in Barbados stood at 19,511 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.3% on the previous year and up 23.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Barbados peaked at 20,178 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 7,801 kg/ha, in 1985.
That places Barbados 73rd out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Barbados, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,557 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 11,356 kg/ha | +18.8% |
| 1963 | 10,172 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1964 | 9,463 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1965 | 8,432 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1966 | 8,405 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1967 | 9,068 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1968 | 9,666 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1969 | 9,535 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1970 | 11,323 kg/ha | +18.8% |
| 1971 | 11,174 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1972 | 10,999 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1973 | 10,837 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1974 | 10,608 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1975 | 10,685 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1976 | 10,658 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1977 | 10,568 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1978 | 9,632 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1979 | 8,746 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1980 | 13,229 kg/ha | +51.3% |
| 1981 | 12,983 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1982 | 13,017 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1983 | 13,031 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1984 | 8,359 kg/ha | -35.9% |
| 1985 | 7,801 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1986 | 8,284 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1987 | 8,380 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1988 | 8,089 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1989 | 8,729 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1990 | 9,103 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1991 | 9,042 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1992 | 10,092 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 1993 | 8,843 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 1994 | 8,798 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1995 | 8,556 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1996 | 8,818 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1997 | 10,989 kg/ha | +24.6% |
| 1998 | 11,953 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1999 | 14,140 kg/ha | +18.3% |
| 2000 | 13,769 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2001 | 13,544 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2002 | 12,508 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 2003 | 13,280 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2004 | 16,219 kg/ha | +22.1% |
| 2005 | 14,856 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 2006 | 15,606 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2007 | 11,173 kg/ha | -28.4% |
| 2008 | 15,517 kg/ha | +38.9% |
| 2009 | 16,431 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2010 | 12,856 kg/ha | -21.8% |
| 2011 | 16,628 kg/ha | +29.3% |
| 2012 | 15,172 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2013 | 14,692 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2014 | 15,832 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2015 | 16,006 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 18,971 kg/ha | +18.5% |
| 2017 | 17,319 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 2018 | 18,294 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2019 | 19,845 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2020 | 19,003 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2021 | 18,280 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2022 | 18,335 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 20,178 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 2024 | 19,511 kg/ha | -3.3% |
Barbados compared with similar countries
- Barbados's 19,511 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 27,824 kg/ha, 70% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Barbados's 19,511 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 12,572 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,517 kg/ha | 8,405 kg/ha | 11,356 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,523 kg/ha | 8,746 kg/ha | 11,323 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,190 kg/ha | 7,801 kg/ha | 13,229 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,033 kg/ha | 8,556 kg/ha | 14,140 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 14,290 kg/ha | 11,173 kg/ha | 16,431 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 16,562 kg/ha | 12,856 kg/ha | 19,845 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 19,061 kg/ha | 18,280 kg/ha | 20,178 kg/ha | 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 roots and tubers, total — yield in Barbados?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Barbados was 19,511 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 20,178 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,801 kg/ha in 1985.
- How does Barbados rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Barbados ranks 73rd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.2%. 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 Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield. 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.